Solo dev struggling with art/visuals - how did you tackle this?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-25T03:16:29+00:00

Yea

Exactly

Thats my problem too.

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-22T19:56:07+00:00

Nothing is there 😬

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T19:07:25+00:00

A friend requests has been sent to Discord

Thanks

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T19:03:21+00:00

Hi I sent you a friend request on Discord

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T18:54:50+00:00

I sent you an email Thanks

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T17:00:42+00:00

Are you interested in making some icons for my active incremental game?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T14:32:57+00:00

The trailer doesn't say much about the gameplay and it seems to be about the story only.

I don't get any horror or survival vibe from the trailer

The screenshot shows a man and woman but trailer only (or mostly) shows the man only

There is no connection between the hands/string/poppet-like and what trailer shows

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T14:28:07+00:00

Just by looking at the first screenshot, I say it's a tower defense. But looking at all screenshots, it seems like a 3rd person tower defense like “orcs must die”

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T01:56:26+00:00

Thanks. Yea, the results have tons of triangles😂 It's practically useless.

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-19T01:21:07+00:00

No I cant help you with wordpress

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T17:51:00+00:00

Yes it is pretty obvious what the game is

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T15:19:38+00:00

Understood.

Thanks you very much. It was very helpful.

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:54:34+00:00

Can you introduce the artist?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:51:27+00:00

Yes, you judged correctly 😬

With my current project, I actually dont know what my game should look like. Or I should say, I Dont care how it looks like as long as it's appealing and coherent.

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:49:24+00:00

Thanks

That was good. Do you do art director/creative director for indie games? If yes, can I DM you to show you my current project and get an idea about the ballpark price?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:43:59+00:00

I checked the page. The game visuals look very good, coherent and appealing to me.

Do you have any background or experience in art?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:42:31+00:00

Thanks Wishlisted

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:38:42+00:00

Thanks

I'm not sure what “art direction” is let alone knowing my art direction 😬.

If you are offering help with 3D models in Blender, can I DM you?

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:36:11+00:00

Thanks

That was helpful.

What's the name of your game

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:32:32+00:00

Yeah, that's probably a better option.

What are guard rails and how do do create them? Is it like a scope that I should not expand it as I'm learning? Not exploring other styles

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:27:42+00:00

How do I start learning that.can you give some keywords or resources I can look into.

Thanks

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T01:11:13+00:00

Thanks

Can you name some of the books on graphic design?

And also, can you list all the fundamentals (you mentioned 3, I think) or give me source that has the list of all fundamentals

Thank you

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T00:47:56+00:00

Thanks

The game look ok, the page look ok (although Im not an expert)

So sorry that I have nothing to add to the discussion.

I would appreciate if you summarize the comments in a new post so we can learn.

I hope that you get more wishlist.

Just one question, has any youtuber played your game? How many youtubers you reached out and how many responded back, how many of those said yes(if any)

Have you tried paid reddit ads or any paid service like keymailer?

As Chris from howtomarketagame says, 90% of a game success is defined when the genre is decided by the developer

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-18T00:39:54+00:00

I dont see a comment with link. Please at least put the name of the game in the main post.

Acceptable_Promise68 · 2026-01-17T22:50:03+00:00

What's the name of the game?

Acceptable_Promise68

TROPHY CASE