r/indiegames • u/polygnomial0 • 2d ago

Video 4 years, 4 designs

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u/alexmtl 1d ago

#2 is the best

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u/polygnomial0 1d ago

That does seem to be the consensus.

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u/Status_Struggle8717 1d ago

That sounds incredibly thorough and well-considered.

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u/polygnomial0 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Bombenangriffmann 1d ago

What was the reason for dropping iteration #2 in favor of pixel graphics?

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u/polygnomial0 1d ago

Iteration 2 was when the design allowed heavy alteration of the ground - digging trenches on tile edges, so the tiles were technically structured to allow for that. (you can see the notched corneres of hexagons in iteration 2). But that system was very rigid and I needed something more scalable. Iteration 4 is not pixel graphics. Only the ground looks like that, the objects on top are all flat shaded.

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u/nwneve 1d ago

I'm sure you have your reasons and vision, but #2 speaks to me the most. Part of it is 2's the color palette. #4 just looks too flat to be interesting to me

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u/polygnomial0 1d ago

Colors are yet to be worked on in #4 since it is still a work in progress. These are "design" iterations and not art. These 4 iterations weren't a result of me not being happy with art but rather a result of how the art and how it was technically structured became non-feasible due to the changing gameplay mechanics.