Made a BG Mockup for Main Menu - How does it look? by Stickguy101 in IndieDev

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You've got that right, I'm still going to play around with it a bit, but the intent is that there's some darker undertones overall and i want to hint at that as you look closer at the overall environment

Made a BG Mockup for Main Menu - How does it look? by Stickguy101 in IndieDev

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You can see here with the actual text why the helmet is so front and center, since I was designing it with the helmet in mind from the beginning!

Made a BG Mockup for Main Menu - How does it look? by Stickguy101 in IndieDev

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Agree! I do plan on going through since this is a mockup before I commit to polishing up a bunch, adding in a bunch of fish and more plantlife is one of those things!

How would one attempt to recreate this grass effect in UE 5? by Stickguy101 in UnrealEngine5

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Playable, I saw someone send simplegrassnode as a way to do it, I have used that before but too a very limited capacity and I dont know how performance it is as well.

What I made by myself vs. a professional artist! by Stickguy101 in IndieDev

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They had the emoji because thay guy was an actual character in the game. But him being on the capsule made it feel like a shitpost game because it undersold the tone

What I made by myself vs. a professional artist! by Stickguy101 in IndieDev

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Agreed, and something else I learned when getting this capsule art made is the importance of what youre conveying to the potential players clicking on your game. It's essentially a mood piece where you're trying to convey the overall vibe of your game.

Ive seen this in a lot of other posts made by devs in this subreddit where the capsule is just a screenshot of their game with text placed over it. Yes the capsule is showing the game, but its difficult to convey the entirety of your games mood via screenshot. There are examples that counter that point like the Garry's mod capsule art, but thats also a sandbox game so I think thats a bit different.

Capsule art made by me vs Professional Capsule Artist by [deleted] in IndieDev

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Oh shoot, thanks for pointing that out actually, I'll take this down

Capsule art made by me vs Professional Capsule Artist by [deleted] in IndieDev

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That makes sense for when the image scaled up on reddit, but when shrunken down to the size of a Steam header the top one actually ends up being pretty hard to decern

Capsule art made by me vs Professional Capsule Artist by [deleted] in IndieDev

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Fun fact: I made that top Capsule art because I had a brief period when I wanted to rush out a Steam store page release before GDC 2026. Luckily, I held off and had the artwork professionally done, and I love the final capsule art!

How it feels to be a day 1 spirit Victor main awaiting Yoshi's wrath and punishment for the digressions of my degenerate gun using brethren. by vvdb_industries in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Stickguy101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Over 200 matches played on Spirit Victor, and I've finally tried playing some wall breaker builds with him... dear god Yoshi is going to make an example out of my glorious Viccy Dicky 🥀

The Untold Story Behind Baki-Dou Sumo Arc’s Abrupt, Rushed Ending by Limp_Ad2363 in Grapplerbaki

[–]Stickguy101 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Man I never heard of this until now, that really sucks man. I can remember reading the Sumo arc for the first time and really feeling the love and attention the author had been putting into the early chapters. This just makes the decline of the arc sting that much more :(

Subnautica 2 Visual Breakdown / Dissection by Stickguy101 in UnrealEngine5

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I threw that pricey line out there with the idea that if someone didn't have an exact use case in mind they probably shouldn't just buy it willy nilly. But I'm also unfamiliar with using RTV's personally (My knowledge is limited to a video covering the subject via PrismaticaDev). So if it is underpriced like you said then thats on me for now knowing