Why don't more indie devs go for low poly? >Very easy

>>383146860
I'm actually thinking of making a paper mario kind of game, with 2d sprites, over 3d backgrounds, maybe low poly would be the way to do it.

are there any guidelines to get this look easily?

>>383146860
That looks like fucking ass. What the fuck are you thinking?

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They think 3d is all about realism anon.
There is no going back now

>>383146860
Wait for someone to make a 3D modeling tool that's as easy to use as Paint and we'll have low poly indie games everywhere.
Animating and making 3D is much harder than 2D, even if it's not hard at all.

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>>383146860
Your pic looks like complete shit OP. You have god awful taste. This isn't low poly as much as it is low effort copy paste.

>>383146860
Basic 2D shapes are easier than basic 3D ones

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>>383147046
>That looks like fucking ass
Meh, i like it

>>383147017

All you need to learn is the basics of modelling in any program (i recommend Blender cause free + Zbrush if you want more detailed shit) and you are good to go.

Really the hardest work is getting the lightning in the game engine right

>>383146860
Now you've got 1 thing wrong.
it will never look fucking great.

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>>383146860
I'm not a fan of flat-shaded lowpoly without textures, but I really like lowpoly with low resolution textures for some reason

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>>383147458

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>>383147384
>Meh, i like it
Which is irrelevant to everyone else.

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>>383147543

>>383147458
Sort of agree
Horror games that were/are pixel messes are somewhat unsettling

>>383147384
I see
what you think it's easier, Unity, Godot, or UE4?

Op, there's two forms of "low poly".

The first is what low poly typically refers to. Low poly models that usually rely on textures to make up for details. The best low poly games you'll never know are low poly because they were done right. The bad ones usually pass it off as "retro".

And then there is "low poly" which is just a variant of Cubism, but hipster indie devs are fucking idiots and don't know what cubism is so they just call it low poly.

When will this le material design stop? Fucking hate this trend.

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>>383147423
thats where you are wrong kiddo

>>383146860
It really doesn't look all that good, honestly. The only reason Landfall Games has been getting away with it is because it's paired with good gameplay, ala Clustertruck and hopefully that battle simulator.

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I adore the look of low poly, but I can say with 100% certainty that it is now a style that actually deters people. I have met these people, realism is something that everyone likes, "style" is something only certain people like. There are people that simply will not even try a game that doesnt have realistic graphics.

If something like Necropolis had some more depth to its content it wouldve been great, the only kinds of games that can look like this are low budget, which means there isnt a whole lot they can do even if they wanted to do it.

>>383147653
Unity is fucking garbage for 3d games for what i heard, UE4 is the best all around i think

What the hell is Godot, that Amazon Cry Engine?

>>383147839
>>383147872
Yeah probably a game like Cuphead or Ori will be visually more impressive than your typical low poly game (so not really that typical but stilly), but the style is good enough if done right that if your game isnt total trash and its actually playable and a bit fun people will play it. Its for sure better than trying to go for Ratchet & Clank tier graphics and developing a game 20 years

>>383147928
>for what i heard
so basically your opinion is based on nothing

>>383146860
It looks bad in motion

>>383148129
Thats why i said from what i heard.

>>383147872
OF Necropolis had realistic graphics it would be 100X better, you know this to be true.

>>383147872
I loved the way the game looked and played, but it just needed more work, it wasnt even to do with teh visuals, the game looks great, it was the lack of content in game that was an issue. If it had a drop in drop out multiplayer mode it wouldve been fantastic, have a separate game mode which was just a short open multiplayer dungeon crawl, and also have the one it already has.

Its a shame because the game looks really nice and I would play more games that look like it.

>>383146860
>Very easy

come on now

>>383146860
Working on starship captain simulator,(battlecruiser 3000, Star Trek Commander, etc). As easy as it would be to go down the lego blocks path, I have more respect for the people that would be into the type of gameplay I am creating. It would be insulting to their intelligence to not put in that extra effort.

>>383147458
It's not the resolution or polygon count you like, it's the art direction and its consistency throughout the game

>>383146860
>Very easy
Sure, if you want it looking like ass

I like Low-Poly, just not when it means sacrificing usable details (like gauges in vehicles/aircraft)..

though it does seem to be quite reliant on shading/shadows to look good.

>>383147231
Do you see how many polygons those trees have in OPs image ?
That shit can be done in 5min top.

>>383146860
>Why don't more indie devs go for low poly?
You think people who build their 1337 RIGs to run Crysis in 8K@400FPS would care about your ps1-detail tier ''''game''''?

>>383146860
>Not taxing on the hardware
Most indie devs are hipster shutters that for their life couldn't optimize their games to run properly.
This kind of stuff is not that bad with 2D but if you suck at optimizing in 3D it will show.

>>383147773
>60 centuries later and Drift Stage still isn't finished
>Isn't even on Steam yet

>>383152153
low poly with god tier lightning is objectively nice to look at

>>383147872
the biggest deal breaker of that game are the animations, it's so very unsatisfying to see.
Atleast games with realistic graphics usually have logical animation

>>383152153
Yes.

>>383148756
No it wouldn't, it was a shitty arcade Co-op perma-death game with absolutely no real progression and God awful "LOL xD SO RAN-DUMB xd" humor in every fucking text.

>>383150772
THIS YOU STUPID FAGS.

>>383153676
Oh and don't forget the fucking assholish Binding of Isaac random pill effects. Real fucking nice the good descriptions on some shit end up being paralysis or blindness. Necropolis was shitshow all around that even the developers stopped giving a shit.

>>383152876
>>383153454
>deluded indie devs, shortly before getting hit by reality stick
One such game would be a novelty, once there are 5, no one would even bat an eyelash.
And that's assuming the first one would have good animation (unlikely), good story (unlikely) and great game play (very unlikely).

>>383147563
(You)

>>383153676
So basically any roguelike? Minus the multiplayer component of course. I dont know what you mean by the humor, it was light hearted, not lol random, dont confuse the two. "lol random" would be picking up a sword that is actually a dildo, and it makes fart noises when you hit things, light hearted is when you arent treating things seriously.
>pick up shit sword, read description
>"The bad news is its not very sharp, the good news is you can butter toast with it"
Is not lol random, its a light hearted description.

>>383154298
Is this your first roguelike, go download Tome or something, this is all common practice. There was alot of problems with the game, what you are describing is not the problems.
>more enemy variety
>bosses on some levels are needed so you feel like you are doing something other than changing floors to progress
>more environment variety
and the biggest thing it needed
>stat allocation or some kind of levelling system, where players allocate stats to different criteria to specialize in, such as armor type, swords, hammers maces etc. like in other roguelikes. One character doesnt feel any different from another because there is no way to change stats.
Actual problems, what you are describing is fair game in roguelikes.

>>383156293
>So basically any roguelike?
How the fuck does this description relate in any way to DCSS, Nethack, CDDA, Brogue, ToME or Sil?

>>383156693
Silly anon, the only "roguelikes " nu-/v/ knows is Binding of Isaac, Don't Starve and the such.

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>>383156693
You are complaining about having to identify effects when this is something part and parcel of roguelikes.
>find potion
>dont know what it does
>finish floor
>test all unknown items to see what they do before moving on
This is normal practice in roguelikes where there is no way of knowing what alot of consumables are until you test them. You test things before moving on, why the fuck would you use an unknown potion or scroll in a fight when you know for a fact there are items that can and will fuck you up or wont have the effects you actually need to win. Once you identify these items you never have to do it again for that playthrough either
>drank potion before, it will paralyze you
>potion says it will paralyze you in the description
>carry it around with you still

>>383147118
>Bed exposed on four sides
Shit nigga what are you doing

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>>383157828
It's a kotatsu and it's meant to be used by 4 people.

>>383157796
>You are complaining
Nope, I am complaining about calling non-roguelikes roguelikes. This post is my second post in this thread.

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>>383157828
Shit taste general?

>>383158101
Oh shit, yeah. I just saw the girl sleeping under it and assumed.

Low Poly is not as easy to make as people always seem to assume. You need to know exactly where to put your polygons, especially in animated objects. And if the Art direction isn't good it quickly looks cheap. I personally really love that look, if done right, though.
Meanwhile there are great tools out there to quickly create realistic stuff like Substance Designer (still a lot of work, of course).

>>383147653
I don't know about Godot, but as an Artist you will probably love UE4. Programmers usually prefer Unity and it's generally far easier to get into.