I spent the last week working on actual art for my game. I locked in an art style. I created notes and a process to follow so that the assets all look cohesive.
And I am really happy with the outcome. I think it turned out far better then I had expected to be able to achieve on my own.
It was a nice boost of confidence that I can actually make this thing work. I spent my career developing code and design skills, but never art. I really was starting with the basics. So to have something that I think is shippable is a real win.
Audio is a whole different matter. I will be hiring a human to create the music and sound effects. There is a zero percent chance I will try to do that myself, lol
Today I start working on real art for Brewery Boss 2.
So far its' all been placeholder, temp, programmer art. Quick 3 second image files created. Just used to get an idea of what things are in the game, but nothing that would ever actually ship in the final product. These types of files are used at the start of development, because more often then not they get changed rapidly at this stage. And nobody wants to spend the time making it look pretty; only to then redo it.
But things are far enough along now that I cant justify making some real assets for the game.
I explored my art style options for a long while. Probably a couple days. I needed to come up with a plan that I could actually implement (because I am NOT a trained artist), but would also (hopefully) look interesting as well.
I think I have a pretty good plan. Time to find out though
Today is a different kind of work day. I am based out of Spokane, WA and our home city is in flames.
A massive fire has ripped through much of town last weekend, and it's still burning. A huge part of our town has been evacuated, including us. The devastation is intense.
I can thankfully say that all of our family are safe and sound though. We evacuated to a safe side of the city, and are staying at my mom's house.
The last couple days have been spent trying to get settled and find some normalcy during this chaos. Part of that means getting back to work. So, today I will pretend everything is normal and get back to work on Brewery Boss 2. Now if only I can remember what I was doing last Friday ....
