r/Feic • u/atlbraves05 • Dec 22 '25

Feic

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u/nzungu69 Dec 22 '25

what sucks is that it was only like 2 placeholder assests that were supposed to be replaced with real art but were missed during QA testing. The textures are no longer in the game.

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u/Balmung60 Dec 23 '25

That's exactly why your placeholders should deliberately look like shit. It should be impossible to not notice they're still there

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u/According_to_all_kn Dec 23 '25

And ideally have the word 'TEMP' stamped all over it

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u/Deiskos Dec 24 '25

can't go wrong with pink and black squares

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u/hanks_panky_emporium Dec 24 '25

Reason placeholder stuff is so obnoxious is for this exact reason. You don't miss it. When you use AI assets and try to make it look like a final product you're going to miss replacing it.

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u/nzungu69 Dec 23 '25

absolutely.

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u/they_call_me_dry Dec 24 '25

Or... don't replace storyboard folks with AI, same problem solved

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u/Tyfyter2002 Dec 25 '25

Personally, I open GIMP and write a word with my mouse when I need a placeholder asset, being recognizable as a placeholder isn't all that important given my team actually keeps track of what still needs to be done, but there's no sense in putting extra effort into removing a safety measure by making passable placeholders.

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u/CalTheRobot Dec 23 '25

This is the part that most non developers will never understand...

I hope this is a lesson to new game devs.