Excellent! Deciding to take the plunge is the hardest part. You are already miles ahead of those still thinking about it :)
I highly recommend taking a dedicated course(s) about art. I use Udemy personally and it's great. Each course costs around 12 bucks. I like them because they are structured well for complete beginners.
you will learn about colour theory this way as well, but an excellent resource for ready to go colour palettes is lospec. There are also lots of tutorials on the website too.....
Pixel art is a fantastic medium. It is easy to start with because you get by with the mouse and don't need to develop your drawing arm. It is difficult to master but if you stick to the same palette and follow along with a course you will learn to create good looking assets in no time ;) Even simple pixel art looks great when it's cohesive.
I completed this course so far and it's decent. I plan to take them all eventually and use the best bits from each one ;)
Cool. I could draw one, no charge of course, as a tester. I enjoy the practice ;) Are the backgrounds made to fit inside the template? Or do the templates combine to make the full background?
@chasersgaming true true. The benefit of seasonal jams is not having to wait much for the next jam if you miss one :) I like the sound of your scheduled yearly plan towards the end of your comment. Then if someone cant host the jam for whatever reason, there is time to organise another host possibly.... I would host or be on standby at least as soon as I get my head around the process :) I have little experience in these matters as of yet...
One thing I did notice about the last jam is that it didnt seem to appear on the home page like the summer jam did? That may have affected its discovery. It disappeared into the forum quite quickly.
The years fall by like the rain :) The summer jam seems the most popular. Anything leading up to Christmas is a no go for most. Zoms art challenge followed by a game jam idea is brilliant and should become a yearly thing imo but when to host? 2 jams per year may be optimal, 3 at most and the trick is to catch people when they are motivated, like summertime :) I guess summer and winter (after the Christmas rush) would be good?
This is sick. Nice work! There is a lot in this sheet. Many possible games :)
Love the submissions so far peeps :)
I'm in......
https://opengameart.org/content/polar-bear-platformer
Very Cool! (pun intended lol)
@chasersgaming I can host the spring jam nay probs. Please let me know if you still need someone.
That's not unfortunate, it's good news XD Now your cooking with gas! All the best with your game. Keep us posted somewhere about the progress.
Excellent! Deciding to take the plunge is the hardest part. You are already miles ahead of those still thinking about it :)
I highly recommend taking a dedicated course(s) about art. I use Udemy personally and it's great. Each course costs around 12 bucks. I like them because they are structured well for complete beginners.
you will learn about colour theory this way as well, but an excellent resource for ready to go colour palettes is lospec. There are also lots of tutorials on the website too.....
Pixel art is a fantastic medium. It is easy to start with because you get by with the mouse and don't need to develop your drawing arm. It is difficult to master but if you stick to the same palette and follow along with a course you will learn to create good looking assets in no time ;) Even simple pixel art looks great when it's cohesive.
I completed this course so far and it's decent. I plan to take them all eventually and use the best bits from each one ;)
https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-professional-pixel-art-animation-for-...
Cool. I could draw one, no charge of course, as a tester. I enjoy the practice ;) Are the backgrounds made to fit inside the template? Or do the templates combine to make the full background?
@chasersgaming true true. The benefit of seasonal jams is not having to wait much for the next jam if you miss one :) I like the sound of your scheduled yearly plan towards the end of your comment. Then if someone cant host the jam for whatever reason, there is time to organise another host possibly.... I would host or be on standby at least as soon as I get my head around the process :) I have little experience in these matters as of yet...
One thing I did notice about the last jam is that it didnt seem to appear on the home page like the summer jam did? That may have affected its discovery. It disappeared into the forum quite quickly.
The years fall by like the rain :) The summer jam seems the most popular. Anything leading up to Christmas is a no go for most. Zoms art challenge followed by a game jam idea is brilliant and should become a yearly thing imo but when to host? 2 jams per year may be optimal, 3 at most and the trick is to catch people when they are motivated, like summertime :) I guess summer and winter (after the Christmas rush) would be good?
Tuuuuune! Thanks for sharing. Takes me back to 1999 :)
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