For this game I drew the parts of the spider separately all in Photoshop and then combined and animated them in Unity itself. You can create movement and squashing/stretching with the Unity animation system.
For Lo-Fi Room and most other things I usually draw lines on paper with brushpens + fineliners then scan them, convert them to pure black and white (threshold), then remove the white and add colour in Photoshop. I also add some overlays and stuff, but nothing too complicated.
I have a small Wacom intuos tablet (it's around 10 years old now) that I use for the digital colouring/drawing part. I think you can get a more modern one for around $50-$100. The more expensive version has bluetooth.
If you want to get into digital drawing you don't have to get photoshop, I think there are free/cheaper alternatives, it's just what I'm used to. I don't use a lot of the advanced features, I'm usually just drawing with flat colours with the pencil tool. For the backgrounds in this one I used a sponge brush I think, but I usually don't do too much with different types of brushes. Procreate on an iPad is good if you have one already, Also for pixel art stuff I sometimes use Aseprite.
If you want to know more specifics, feel free to ask follow up questions~
I have a small huion tablet that I bought like 5 years ago, but it works fine, I'll try and use it too 'cause I love these drawings like art style in games
Also I didn't know that lo-fi room was first drawn by hand, that's really cool
No problem~ It's not just Lo-Fi Room that's done on paper, I do most art/illustration work like that. I struggle to get nice lines with a tablet, but adding colour needs less control so I can do that with the tablet pretty easily. But I think for convenience doing everything digitally would probably be better, especially for animation or if you need to make a lot of changes to the design.
Good luck with drawing! I'd say the main thing is just to draw often and experiment to try and find a style and workflow that you're happy with, but I think it takes time to figure something out that works well for you.
Hey sorry it took me so long to reply. I remember seeing this and I swear I replied before... Congratulations! That's the highest score ever as far as I know! :)
I got some higher than 305 before listing my scores. I had to go through a bit of trouble after I signed up for the lo-fi room early access levels. Had to (BERIFY) verify my email after tht lol
OML everything you make is so freakin cuuute TWT AHHH just wanna eat up this cute spider gosh, and your art is so amazing D: As an artist inspiring to be an animator I just.. ugh love it.
Hi, thank you~ I guess you found the game through Lo-Fi Room, but if not I'd recommend you check it out ( http://lofiroom.com ). I put a lot more time and effort into the art in there, so maybe you'll like that too. I hope everything goes well with doing art and becoming an animator~
How is the animator training going? Perhaps you also have plans for your project. It's always great to see something beautiful come out of a little one. It's interesting to see how you grow in this business.
Took me a few tries to get how to play (tried to pull from bottom to top) but was very clear after I got it. Relaxing music, eases you into the game, but could use a mute button or volume slider. A pretty simple and clear game, nice!
Took me a while to figure out the best way to get points, but by the time I got the "Lots of flies for you today!" score, I felt like I understood this system pretty well. Loved the game, the SFX were really good, and I definitely felt rewarded enough by the gameplay loop to keep playing for a while until I had made that high score. Really great job, a lovely time!
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hey, where do you make your sprites and animations? they look so cool
Hi thanks for asking!
For this game I drew the parts of the spider separately all in Photoshop and then combined and animated them in Unity itself. You can create movement and squashing/stretching with the Unity animation system.
For Lo-Fi Room and most other things I usually draw lines on paper with brushpens + fineliners then scan them, convert them to pure black and white (threshold), then remove the white and add colour in Photoshop. I also add some overlays and stuff, but nothing too complicated.
I have a small Wacom intuos tablet (it's around 10 years old now) that I use for the digital colouring/drawing part. I think you can get a more modern one for around $50-$100. The more expensive version has bluetooth.
If you want to get into digital drawing you don't have to get photoshop, I think there are free/cheaper alternatives, it's just what I'm used to. I don't use a lot of the advanced features, I'm usually just drawing with flat colours with the pencil tool. For the backgrounds in this one I used a sponge brush I think, but I usually don't do too much with different types of brushes.
Procreate on an iPad is good if you have one already, Also for pixel art stuff I sometimes use Aseprite.
If you want to know more specifics, feel free to ask follow up questions~
Thank you so much for the advices!
I have a small huion tablet that I bought like 5 years ago, but it works fine, I'll try and use it too 'cause I love these drawings like art style in games
Also I didn't know that lo-fi room was first drawn by hand, that's really cool
No problem~ It's not just Lo-Fi Room that's done on paper, I do most art/illustration work like that. I struggle to get nice lines with a tablet, but adding colour needs less control so I can do that with the tablet pretty easily. But I think for convenience doing everything digitally would probably be better, especially for animation or if you need to make a lot of changes to the design.
Here are some of the Lo-Fi Room drawings on paper, if you're interested: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCorGLHNn5/
Good luck with drawing! I'd say the main thing is just to draw often and experiment to try and find a style and workflow that you're happy with, but I think it takes time to figure something out that works well for you.
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Hey sorry it took me so long to reply. I remember seeing this and I swear I replied before... Congratulations! That's the highest score ever as far as I know! :)
and now i got 272
i got 256
First try: 225
2nd: 211
3rd: 221
4th: 173
5th: 250
6th: 305
7th: 171
8th: 207
9th: 253
10th: 305 again lol
Nice :) Glad you played the game a few times~
305 is a very respectable score.
I got some higher than 305 before listing my scores. I had to go through a bit of trouble after I signed up for the lo-fi room early access levels. Had to (BERIFY) verify my email after tht lol
Hey, that's awesome, I think that's the highest score I've seen so far!
Am I finally cool now?
I'd like to think you were already pretty cool, but this is very nice! Congratulations :)
OML everything you make is so freakin cuuute TWT AHHH just wanna eat up this cute spider gosh, and your art is so amazing D: As an artist inspiring to be an animator I just.. ugh love it.
Hi, thank you~ I guess you found the game through Lo-Fi Room, but if not I'd recommend you check it out ( http://lofiroom.com ). I put a lot more time and effort into the art in there, so maybe you'll like that too. I hope everything goes well with doing art and becoming an animator~
I did, and I really enjoyed that game too, as it spoke to my inner band geek self uwu but I also wish the best with your game making :)
Nice :) Thanks very much~
How is the animator training going? Perhaps you also have plans for your project. It's always great to see something beautiful come out of a little one. It's interesting to see how you grow in this business.
Best I could get was 186
Nice, good work :)
pretty fun!
Hi, thanks for trying out all the games I've made :)
As you can probably tell I've put massively more time into Lo-Fi Room, but I'm glad you found something enjoyable in the others too~
Its pretty fun when find out how it works, 5/5 stars
Thank you! :)
I saw it at Seoul Indies. It's like a special game.
Thanks :)
Took me a few tries to get how to play (tried to pull from bottom to top) but was very clear after I got it. Relaxing music, eases you into the game, but could use a mute button or volume slider. A pretty simple and clear game, nice!
Thank you for playing :) and thanks for the feedback~
same thing happened to me
This is the kind of game that no matter how hard you try, you just can't stop playing.
Thank you~ :)
Took me a while to figure out the best way to get points, but by the time I got the "Lots of flies for you today!" score, I felt like I understood this system pretty well. Loved the game, the SFX were really good, and I definitely felt rewarded enough by the gameplay loop to keep playing for a while until I had made that high score. Really great job, a lovely time!
Hey, thanks for playing :) and the kind feedback~