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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1810 on: October 02, 2010, 04:25:37 am
New Ludum dare http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/09/22/povs-challenge-make-a-game-sell-1-copy/.  Create a video game and sell one copy by the end of October.  No prizes, just a challenge.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1811 on: October 02, 2010, 09:12:45 am
No prizes?  Challenge accepted.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1812 on: October 07, 2010, 12:14:22 pm
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conceited little pixel animators
says Conceit  :lol:
pun absolutely intented :p

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Reply #1813 on: October 13, 2010, 07:43:28 am
I feel like I need a kick in the ass, I drop pieces whenever I can properly visualize them in my head or my silly palette experiments seems to mesh. At this point it seems pretty masturbatory and I want to kick that bad habit. Anyone have any tips on helping me rekindle my love for the more automatic, laborious side of pixel art? :(

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1814 on: October 13, 2010, 08:18:21 am
Yes! Make a piece of art that means more to you than palettes and aesthetics. Something with an internal story that you care about.

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Reply #1815 on: October 13, 2010, 02:45:08 pm
I feel like I need a kick in the ass, I drop pieces whenever I can properly visualize them in my head or my silly palette experiments seems to mesh. At this point it seems pretty masturbatory and I want to kick that bad habit. Anyone have any tips on helping me rekindle my love for the more automatic, laborious side of pixel art? :(

The wife ran into a similar problem in school. One thing that helped was to focus on doing series work, the other thing was just treating it like work. Like cleaning house, once you commit and start it is oddly satisfying.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1816 on: October 13, 2010, 03:04:04 pm
Cow, work under a tight time constraint.  Give your self 10 minutes to do something that takes you 3 hours.  Then post it here for critique, whether it's done or not.  You won't have time to think about masturbation.

On a similar note (maybe?), I've lately been obsessed with determination versus futility. Nothing is more inspiring to me than when somebody attempts something ludicrously impossible, even if they utterly fail--especially if they utterly fail.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

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Reply #1817 on: October 14, 2010, 09:34:58 am
Seriously, thanks a bunch guys. I will think about these things.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1818 on: October 14, 2010, 10:21:17 am
I sometimes combined the story and time limit thing...I looked for a song I liked of a suitable time limit...and forced myself to sketch something before it was over :p

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #1819 on: October 19, 2010, 04:27:45 am
Is it just me, or does Pixelation seem like more of a ghost town than ever?   :(
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.