How does this make you feel?
>>337605243
here's another.
>>337605243
Pretty good, I like that artstyle a lot.
>>337605315
and another
It makes me feel like what was originally a nice new way to get games has turned into a cheap-garbage factory that just clones whatever is successful the exact same way big publishers do.
>>337605243
Good
Colorful / cartoony artstyles are goat as fuck
>>337605243
>>337605315
>>337605425
we ALL know indie devs are unimaginative faggots
>>337605395
I do too.
But I said the same thing about retro-pixelart games, back in 2005.
It looks good, and will probably still look good years down the line.
It's better than the ugly brown and bloom realism that we endured for years.
>>337605243
it's kind of funny to me that the Wind Waker, which was raked over hot coals upon its announcement and release for having graphics that were
>cartoony
>kiddie
>baby
>easy
>pussy
>lame
>gay
has been 100% vindicated in its choice of art style.
>>337605753
this.
I'm very happy that colorful and bright is the new grey and gritty.
Also Gigantic is GOAT
>>337605875
when's that shit coming out, anyway? fuck battlebourne and overwatch, I've had my eye on Gigantic for what feels like years now.
>>337605243
Arguably only 2 of them have the same artstyle, what are you trying to get at? The fact that the games actually have color?
>>337605873
I don't even think any of the games that came after look as good, Wind Waker was just gorgeous.
>>337605623
> One Indie Dev makes a uniquely designed game
> Game becomes overly popular
> Other Indie Devs try to ride the coattails and produce copies of the same game
> People blame ALL Indie Devs for being talentless hacks
>>337605243
I see indie shits finally learned how to 3D model.
Does Spire count?
![the_grimdarkian_by_ironshrinemaiden[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7Co1YQs.jpg "the_grimdarkian_by_ironshrinemaiden[1].jpg")
>>337605243
>>337605315
>>337605425
These games look fine, I have no idea how autistic you'd have to be to complain about colors.
Are you really that nostalgic for brown and bloom again? Are you really that grimdark faggot /v/ has been making fun of for over a decade?
Solid colors are attractive and easy to design for small art teams. You have no reason to complain about this other than some twisted jealously.
>>337605243
Good
It's a nice artstyle
looks nice
>>337606119
I liked Dustforce but
>2016
>roguelike games
![spire-1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/SIb22Ta.jpg "spire-1[1].jpg")
>>337606119
definitely, adding it to the list. Anyone have any others?
>>337605602
>>337605873
Yeah, this makes sense, stylized cartoony/cellshaded designs both age better AND will cost the indie devs less resources, which they likely dont have much of.
I like these minimalistic artstyles, but gameplay needs to be good otherwise the art is just wasted
>>337605243
Better than the brown bloom phase last gen went through.
>>337605243
Makes me feel like they nailed how to hide laziness under being "artistic."
I don't play this garbage so I don't particularly care but it looks pretty good and seems easy to make so why not
>>337605243
Rime was cancelled.
>>337607109
Yeah not realistic enough
>>337605425
And another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OISHPnuvOrE
>>337607163
Its multiplatform now, Gamestop are publishing it
It looks like garbage.
You can make a game look good without it being a mess of colors.
>>337607278
Oh.
Will they deliver something in the end though? I know Sony pulled off because Tequila wasn't designing the "game" part at all.
>>337605243
It's the 3D equivalent of 8-bit graphics. It's easy and quick to model and doesn't require a full art team. Asset creation is probably the biggest bottle neck on game production these days, so it's no surprise indie devs often try to economize by having an artstyle that is "iconic" yet doesn't require too much effort.
>why is every indie dev making pixel shit
>why are indie devs making 3d games
What the fuck do you guys want from them? If you actually had any knowledge about the development process of games you'd realize that 3D takes forever to make for a small group/one person.
Even these kind of minimalistic style game assets could take months if you're working over 8hrs a day only on the models.
>>337607461
>game looks colorful? SHITTY INDIE MESS OF COLORS
>game looks bland? BROWN AND BLOOM COD CLONE TRASH
![vpPE0JL[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/13Q67Vn.jpg "vpPE0JL[1].jpg")
>>337607109
>hide laziness
You have no concept how 3d models are made and textured, do you?
There's no "laziness" to picking solid colors and creating those maps. In fact, today it's actually MORE WORK to hand paint textures than to quick gen a more realistic map in Substance Designer or Quixel.
The "lazy" way to making 3d art assets is using off the shelf assets or 0 license objects like MakeHuman. Painting 3d models made from scratch is the opposite of lazy.
