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Color Crystal Pixel Art's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of Colors | #2 | 4.768 | 4.768 |
| Overall | #4 | 4.607 | 4.607 |
| Theme | #8 | 4.339 | 4.339 |
Ranked from 56 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your art incorporate the theme?
The art depicts a fantasy world where all the world's color is locked away in a magical crystal, surrounded by an arcane cyclone...
Would you like to receive constructive criticism/advice in the comments?
Yes
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Still
Comments
I really like the idea and the implementation, it looks really good. Anyway I am not sure if it is a nitpick but one tree in the left looks slightly bent while all other seem straight. This isn't bad, but if it is only that tree it makes the effects in the image feel inconsistent. It feels either more trees should be effected or either it should be shown betters why it is just that part of the image.
I don't feel the cyclone part of the image was showcased great, it doesn't feel that dangerous from the art. Anyway that were my negatives, the art is great and the idea is really well, could work for a small indie game premise and would make a great cover art.
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Friends in barsMy bad now that you pointed it out, I can tell it was meant to be mountains. I wrote my comment kinda late so it might also be me, but some of the mountains really do look like trees in the dark, atleast to me. I do still think the scale of the art is great,
I do think if it interacted more with the environment around it, it would've hit harder. Currently if feels like a cosmic event that while larger than life is way too far away to effect anyone, the environment around it feels controlled,while the scenery is beautiful it looks like a pretty sky, rather than a something that is dangerous for that world. Don't get me wrong the art is really great regardless.
This is insane, well done!! My only nitpick, you should have used one of the lighter purples for the text. I didn’t notice the message until I looked at it full screen. Unless that was intentional?
Otherwise, this is awesome! Using nothing but purple in the environment then putting the other colors in the crystal like that was absolutely genius!
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EmbarkReally neat how you localized a lot of the color to the center of the piece and let the contrast do the talking.
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Crystal Platformer TilesetReally beautiful piece! I really like the composition and the colors usage! You did an amazing job! And a big highlight for me is the rendering on the crystal it is superb!
The only thing I could suggest to improve this piece, would be to have utilized some AA ( Anti Aliasing ), I think it would have made the piece just a little better. That being said I can also understand why you may have not utilized it, as the pallet didn't always have a good color for it, depending on the values (though I for sure think that some could have been applied to the middle as they were quite a lot of "yellow-ish" hues!
Regardless, an amazing piece! I really like it!
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An Adventure AwaitsYes I actually did notice! (I am sorry not phrasing my critique better)
And yes I do agree, the pallet wasn't the best for AA ( Anti Aliasing), especially in the purple darker tones where there weren't really a lot of in between colors. In the colors with higher values I feel like it was a little better in terms of ramps, but it was still quite inconsistent!
Regardless, great piece! : )
Absolutely excellent. Somehow managed to use like... the whole pallet without it being confusing. The only gripe is that the perspective on the crystal is weird, but that doesn't subtract from the piece at all. 5s across the board, and I expect this piece to win.
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