How to make a game when your art sucks!

Today we're gonna look at how sucking at art is OK and shouldn't stop you from making your own game!
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[@bodhi8828]

Yes you are absolutely right... The fun of a game is mostly because of its mechanics! I would advise people who think they can't draw to use premade pallettes and also go with low res pixel art restrictions! For example with the Nokia 3310 Jam rules!

[@CodeWithTom]

Great suggestion!

[@pudding2675]

Caveat: Don't underestimate low res pixel art. Say 8 by 8 or 16 by 16. It takes an immense amount of experience in Pixel Art to make assets that low resolution look really good by nature of needing to understand the fundamentals of higher res pixel art to know how to reduce de jure detail but not losing de facto fidelity and readability. That goes with a shitton of pixel art by the way, its by far one of the more stringent and time consuming art styles, especially when you get to the point of animation. Always gotta remember: Pixel Art really shines because EVERY. SINGLE. PIXEL. is very deliberately placed. A far better style would be one of the more abstract, reductive styles that are not as deliberate on a microcosmic level as pixel art is. F.e. just using vector graphics to represent stuff. Stickmen for characters. Animation via tweening. FAR less of a hurdle artistically and A LOT more productive when it comes to learning. Heck, animating a simple stick figure is probably one of the best ways to learn about the golden rules of animation. It's very in your face with its results, allowing to pick up good and bad aspects of ones own work far quicker, allowing easier adjustment due to less visual noise occluding problems and thus allowing far more rapid iterations.

[@conspiracyman5031]

and if you are trying 3d , then you can just give it some primitive meshes. It's ok to do that

[@CodeWithTom]

Absolutely, white-boxing is a great way to prototype out a level

[@DArK-xj8lr]

I thought we are gonna make a game out of text and stuff

[@judelingan5863]

Welcome back! Thank you for the video

[@CodeWithTom]

Thanks Jude, good to be back

[@shardul52]

Please come back bro

[@noahgranger6749]

Im trying to make a space flight sim in godot, but i cant figure out how to get a "no mans sky" type landing system, where u just fly down to the surface of a planet from space. Any tips? Could u make a video on it?

[@VendettaDylan]

Say, Tom, question do you also so happen to use Maya and ZBrush as well?

[@recaibey]

OK OK Now you've done it well. let's make video called How to make a game when your musics suck!

[@martirexanimation2217]

Can you make a character activity at that scene in godot

[@grashoppah]

I can't make a game to save my life, hence the sub, I can do some arty stuff tho and even I know that mechanics > art!

[@CodeWithTom]

Absolutely, but if you're great at art already then learning to code will enable you to make some fantastic games :)

[@catconsumer]

Can you show me a tutorial on how to use vita sdk on godot? The community will like that :]

[@level50ibbott]

can you make a 3d horror game tutorial for Godot plz

[@froggames4922]

why aren't you here for long time

[@CodeWithTom]

I took a break during the Covid lockdown, but I'm back now :)

[@pespsisipper]

keep posting tutorials!

[@makra42069]

ah just what i needed

[@notimportant3033]

I'm the opposite. I'm okay at art but I can't code for shit.

[@Alexarr]

we can collab together if you want

[@notimportant3033]

@@Alexarr Sounds like fun

[@stevesmacfix]

Nice!

[@CodeWithTom]

Cheers Steve!

[@1luckyjo]

👏👏

[@Koto-Sama]

my biggest problem is 3d animation

[@froggames4922]

hello

[@CodeWithTom]

Hi!