Dream Quest had a similar aesthetic to this. The developer realized he couldn’t draw, had no graphic design sensibilities, but an astounding game design, and he leaned the fuck in.
It rivals Slay the Spire in mechanics, and it rivals my skill with MS Paint!
In Slay the Spire 1, clearing the True Ending with each character unlocks beta art for their card pool, and then clearing it with all characters unlocks beta art for all the colorless cards too. You can freely toggle each card individually, pick and choose your favorites. This was especially fun for Watcher, because during her development period they got the community involved to submit their own beta art.
I’m a little sad that StS2 doesn’t have this, but maybe that’s just because we don’t have the True Ending yet (and we do know that one is coming).
I considered including that one but I was getting too close to just linking every damn card. And it’s one that requires a lot of context to get the joke, I don’t know how many people reading this thread have played the original.
All cards in StS2 do have their final art already. But we know there was a closed beta with a smaller group prior to this public EA release, so I dunno if they’re sitting on older beta art that maybe they’ll show us eventually.
I kinda wish this was a reward for the early purchasers. Buy the EA release and you get free DLC at launch that gives you the option to use placeholder art or new art. Hades II had some great placeholder art and it’s all gone now.
Slay the Spire 1 has the option for everyone to use beta art for free if they feel like it, no DLC involved. I bet they might do something similar for this one.
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This is a perfect example for why nobody needs AI for their games placeholder art.
I’ll take that any day over AI slop, that is so cute!
Dream Quest had a similar aesthetic to this. The developer realized he couldn’t draw, had no graphic design sensibilities, but an astounding game design, and he leaned the fuck in.
It rivals Slay the Spire in mechanics, and it rivals my skill with MS Paint!
That Kirby is cursed
StS1 had the option to use beta art, is this placeholder art what we get before the beta art?
In Slay the Spire 1, clearing the True Ending with each character unlocks beta art for their card pool, and then clearing it with all characters unlocks beta art for all the colorless cards too. You can freely toggle each card individually, pick and choose your favorites. This was especially fun for Watcher, because during her development period they got the community involved to submit their own beta art.
I’m a little sad that StS2 doesn’t have this, but maybe that’s just because we don’t have the True Ending yet (and we do know that one is coming).
Some of my favorites: Disarm, Rampage, Double Tap, Immolate, Wraith Form, Boot Sequence, Self Repair, Meteor Strike, Protect, Fasting, Nirvana, Sands of Time, Study, Tantrum, Scrawl, Panic Button, Apparition
I feel bad correcting you when your list is so beautifully curated, but not including regret feels wrong. So here we go.
I considered including that one but I was getting too close to just linking every damn card. And it’s one that requires a lot of context to get the joke, I don’t know how many people reading this thread have played the original.
The Immolate card is just peak! I have never played the game, but i now seriously consider playing both
Double Tap really drives it home.
Also I love how some of them are “quick scribbles in Paint” while others are much more detailed and polished
Multi-cast and Double Energy are also great beta art cards
Huh? Wouldn’t you be really surprised if they had the ability to unlock the beta art during a time when the beta art hasn’t even been replaced yet?
All cards in StS2 do have their final art already. But we know there was a closed beta with a smaller group prior to this public EA release, so I dunno if they’re sitting on older beta art that maybe they’ll show us eventually.
I’m huffing copium, I know.
I kinda wish this was a reward for the early purchasers. Buy the EA release and you get free DLC at launch that gives you the option to use placeholder art or new art. Hades II had some great placeholder art and it’s all gone now.
Slay the Spire 1 has the option for everyone to use beta art for free if they feel like it, no DLC involved. I bet they might do something similar for this one.
I’ve forgotten the name of the card, but there’s a colorless card that has a bunch of them beating on a baddie and it makes me laugh every time.
Like this
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