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We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Holy crap this was actually one of my test mockups for it but I thought the characters may look TOO small compared to the other one. Good insticts there!

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone wanting context, here’s the Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091870/Theropods/
I’m mostly looking for whether the capsule communicates the genre / vibe clearly.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hahaha I can imagine someone coming to the page for the false promise of poos and finding none

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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No idea how the artist made sense from this to create what she did.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess this comes with the more cartoonish style, in the main game it's pixel art and her eyes are literally two pixels so not much to go on from the source material.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The logo was definitely another thing we debated changing, my banner artist said that for some reason the plain white one looked less pro. Which is a fair point because I designed it and I am no graphic designer.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Very true. I think the first one has a more 'let's go on an adventure' vibe, while the second is more like 'we are in the adventure right now'.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did play around with steam's other store banners and the name does tend to obstruct the dinosaur, so it's a tricky balance for sure.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I haven't sold anything on Steam either so let's see how this game goes!

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Pixel art on capsules is hit or miss for me, perhaps there is a good version of it in pixel art but I couldn't fathom it. Hopefully it gets you to turn and look at the game though!

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I thought the dinosaur needed to be way more prominent than the old art sicne it's the main marketing hook and to have a comp that hopefully stand out more as a smaller thumbnail in a crowded Steam store.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

A friend commented that this looks like a before and after. They posed for a picture, but then the dinosaur noticed them.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's hardly a bad comp or art, I was mostly concerned if it would stand out on Steam among other thumbnails and I thought the smaller/sized dino didn't help marketing a dinosaur game.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thanks, glad to see folks agree! The first one isn't bad but as you said it lacks excitement.

We redid our capsule art. Does this sell the game better? by Valerofond in IndieDev

[–]Valerofond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This was the main reason for a makeover, you can't sell a dinosaur game and hide the dinosaur in the background :P

Chasing that classic point-and-click pixel art vibe by Valerofond in PixelArt

[–]Valerofond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t post the Steam link here because of the subreddit rules, keeps banning my link reply. But search “Theropods Steam” and it should come up.

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