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All I do is claim the monthly free Unreal Marketplace items worth hundreds of dollars and hope I'll do something with them later on. And I bought some Humble Bundles that are a waste of money until I use them.

speaking of coherency: generated slop is never coherent. and game jams are full with images where the assets where just shat out by some online service. those glistening, cursed-looking anime bs.

Same here, i am struggling my way through a gamejam solo rn

I like that you dont edit out the voice cracks 👌

Gamers dont care whether the assets for your game were all bought or made, they just care about the game beign good so dont put that burden on yourself when you already have to do so many other things to get that game made

Great video bro, looking forward to seeing more of this series and seeing the art styles you develop!

Awesome video and love the series so far! How did you create the Pixelation filter?

I've been messing with 2d simple geometric shapes in godot 4 but i have no idea how to do outline properly with collisions (my solution was to add Line2D behind but it is bigger than actual collision shape) Do you have any idea, maybe using shaders to add an outline?

Good Stuff Brother. As someone who also has little to no art skills, I appreciate someone else's point of view on the topic. it's like having a third voice in my head. Keep it up!

Just drawing a shitty stick figure will by itself already be more interesting to look at than the AI garbage people throw around

The algo brought me here because I am trying to learn how to draw in general. I also have a history with programming which I think helped. Good luck man! It's cool to see others take their own journey in new things.

w banger :3

Your profile picture is pretty cool.

make a video pls explaining how to make games with 4.0 licenced models

Good shit keep it up I want MOAR

Using brought or free assets is not asset flipping, that is just using assets and we have to stop the stigma that using brought assets is wrong. Why reinvent the wheel as a indi if you can buy trees etc then do so, you can also kit bash using brought assets. Flipping assets is creating a crappy game with a set of assets then changing out the assets only and then release the same game again over and over.

sweet!

I think the title might be a little misleading. Had to think about it for like a solid minute straight to figure out it's not about changing a few things and selling the assets as your own, but to use them in a project yourself xP Forgot that people call games that are just asset packs mashed together are called "asset flips" x)

I can only encourage anyone to try low poly modelling in Blender. It seriously isn't difficult, and it's so much cooler to have your own assets. There's no "I'm not artistic" here, either. Look at the logs in that Kenney pack. They're elongated hexagons. Anyone can do that. And if you're unsure how to do something, look into these packs and analyse how they're done.

Great video, you listed some art and resource sites I didn't even know of.

Honestly, I think it’s worth it to learn how to make your own assets. It’s not a difficult feat if you decide to use something like blender; You just have to get over the learning curve

Why not use an AI model, which can produce art in a consistent style?

Woo! Congratulations on getting the first video of the series up! And on graduating! Kenney's assets are also great to study! I'd recommend slapping one from his vehicles set next to the default cube in Blender, and trying to "replicate" it with your own style! 2:45 --- if you want to make your textures look even *more* PS1-esque, you can also posterize them after scaling them to ~6-8 steps. While it's not "accurate" to the PS1 palette, it will definitely help convey that old school limited-color depth! 3:10 --- Another one of those tiny yet potentially highly beneficial "hurdles" I mentioned on the last video: when you're trying to make a darker shade of a color, *also* move a little toward a "cooler" color. Do the opposite if you're trying to make the color lighter; that is, move toward a "warmer" color! So, for instance, your green grass might actually become more of a cyan or blue at night! And if you do highlights, they might actually trend more toward yellow! Reds become purple-ish in darkness, or orange in direct light, etc. Also, mid-tones tend to be your most "saturated" with darker and lighter shades becoming *less* saturated. There's obviously more to color theory, but I guarantee that following that as a "rule of thumb" can help tremendously!

Great video overall. Am not sure if term "asset flip" is correct in this context. I get that you picked it for its ease of use and attractiveness tho. When it comes to the term "asset flip" people often mean a game that barely has gameplay (often unitys fps / 3rd person shooter demo) where bare minimums have been replaced with cheap or free (or stolen) assets. The name refers to the "dev" just replacing the grayboxes (from the demo) into something that may look nicer... thus... "flipping" the "asset". Not every game that is made completely from existing assets is an "asset flip". For example i believe Phasmophobia is either 90%+ or even 100% just assets bought from stores. But the gameplay is the core feature - the art just supports it (and unlike many asset flip games, in phasmo every single piece feels like it belongs to the game - the cheap asset flip games often have multiple "how does this thing belong here" moments). I think i learned something about how to use assets so thank you!

How dare you support artists by licensing their work, SHAME ON YOU!

nice

I literally saw this video while playing with the material of a stolen asset LOL

3:12 phew! for a second i thought i had to start learning colors! have a like for that!

Even if just covering the basics, this was still very insightful. Especially covering potential concerns with the websites, hadn't thought about that.

where is the following videos of the series 😢

Stealing is fine when you're a programmer. Phew, i thought i had commited a crime

Fishnet rocks. I've been using the EOS transport and loving it. Still haven't tackled prediction yet, but it's good to see others are capable. Gives me hope for myself :P

I'm in a similar spot. I've currently put coding to the side to focus on becoming a better artist.

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Good luck! As a fellow programmer trying to figure out the art-side of things, I'm looking forward to following along.

what if I suck at both

6:36 i have the same shark stuffed animal

Hey man, i find it really cool that you are making this series to give people an entry point who may feel insecure about their projects and how to make art for their game. Just remember that the art you are talking about specifically is primarily visuals or audio, which as you described is what these days "sells" a game in its promotion. Do not forget though that art itself isn't constricted to these terms and that everything that your project is and what you create "is art". What i mean by this is that what counts in the end is the vision and intention of how you put these systems together, to (hopefully) give the player the experience you want them to have, ESPECIALLY with how the mechanics work. You might say that you are just a programmer, not an artist, but the intention on how things feel or function are just as important and a part of the game and vision you have in mind. I think games like early dungeon crawlers like Rogue are proof that games dont have to neccessarily be visualy complex to give you immersion or sell a vision of how a game should feel. Some people might even argue that games without apealing visuals fail, but if you put your idea out there and execute it accordingly a game can still end up a success. Many people argue for example that a game like Cruelty Squad looks like digital vomit, but it succeeds because the visuals and mechanics support the absurd feel and ironic "gamification" of its own weird gameplay. I find it super encouraging that you tell people that they dont have to make the perfect visuals or even learn everything right from the getgo. In a sense, reinforcing your theme with some basic visuals and seeing if its where you want to go and put your effort is a more important step for a dev or a programmer, maybe even giving the final draft to an artist once they know what they want things to look like. (I know that things get increasingly more complex as both of these sides have to collaborate to make it work, but this is just to get the idea across.) That being said, I am very exited for your upcoming series and what tips you might have for beginners. You're awesome, keep it up !👍

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Next video when?

out of curiosity, are you a full-time game dev? Or do you happen to be doing something else? This is really clean which is why i ask 👍

I kinda have the opiset problem. Make game art for my game it's the easy part however make the code it's very hard many times.

This is all nonsense

Can't wait for future episodes, keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌🏼

I’m looking forward to the next video in this series. Thank you.

I can't do neither but am still here cause it would be nice if I could.

LOVE the focus on not using AI primarily bc of the stolen art and then bc it's just awful to look at

The suit was a nice touch, but I would have been more convinced if you wore a tie for your presentations.

But the pc version is coming out late. so, if youre going with steam, you should be good for 2025.

Less-good art as long as you have some charm and personality of your own in to it can be very valuable.