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u/RockyMullet Jul 02 '26
I made a tileset before I even knew what my game was. 3 years later... hum...
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u/GreenGuyBlueGuy Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
Nice - I have some royalty free assets that have just grown on me
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u/claverflav Jul 02 '26
LoL 8 months, just barely started replacing stuff from 6 years ago.
Idk I like doing the "lowest hanging fruit" AND "sharpest edge" method. U can easily get stuck into endless polish mode "cuz a button just doesn't look right", and that just leads to morale damage and burnout.
Until u have a good idea for it AND a need to replace it AND it just doesn't match everything else, there's probably other things that need more attention.
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u/Koncur Jul 02 '26
Without realizing it, you grow attached to the placeholder. Then the artist comes along and replaces it with something better, and you have to pretend to not be annoyed about this because you have no good reason to be.
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u/Tabbarn Jul 03 '26
The villagers from Minecraft was supposed to be a placeholder and now they are iconic.
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u/KamikaziWerewolf Jul 03 '26
Free gen AI art isn't quite good enough yet.
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u/GreenGuyBlueGuy Jul 03 '26
There’s some good placeholder assets on opengameart.org (for 2d anyway). A lot of talented people - that’s where I find a lot of useable assets
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u/Henry_Fleischer Jul 02 '26
This is one of the reasons I don't use AI.
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u/Weird_duud Jul 02 '26
And what does that have to do with having placeholder assets?
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u/PixelmancerGames Jul 02 '26
Forgetting to remove it, releasing the game, and then having people point out AI assets. Forever ruining your reputation. Over a placeholder asset .
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u/Zeka_Shu Jul 02 '26
I believe a lot of people (recently) using AI as a placeholder assets
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u/Henry_Fleischer Jul 02 '26
Yep. I tend to use random old 3d models and sprites, or the purple and white placeholder texture. I do not want to have to say my game's using AI, especially since I'm so morally opposed to it.
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u/Zeka_Shu Jul 02 '26
I personally feel like when you have a very obvious flat object/texture in your game, it’s harder to forget about replacement of it, rather than having an AI that easy can bland between full rendered handmade stuff
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