Comments on: Video game collaboration is cute

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:18:35 +0000

Tony, I didn’t mean child-like as in a child could draw the images, but child-like in the way that the images seem to tend toward that age group. Just thought I’d clear that up

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:53:43 +0000

@engtech – heh, games have a totally different feel to them when they are played on a console. I’d like to see more XNA stuff available as well.

@Bashar – Most successful startups were usually started by 2 or 3 partners. This collaborative work is, of course, one of the reasons.

@Clayton – “child-like graphics” are a bit misleading. A child would most certainly have trouble producing illustrations anywhere near the quality presented above. And no, not all of Danc’s illustrations are as “cute”, though I would imagine that this particular graphics pack will stick to the theme as it expands.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:08:45 +0000

This is pretty cool. I completely lack any and all artistic skills. With this it may help. However, I must ask: Is all of Danc’s art like the images above? This would be kind of interesting, but I’d find trying to program with child-like graphics a bit of a limitiation.

By: Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:32:32 +0000

It is true most programmers are lousy designers. This is the idea behind the site ProgrammerMeetDesigner. And if you look into it, most big software companies were initiative of two initially. It's the formula 1 1 >= 3

By: engtech

engtech — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:51:23 +0000

I’d love to see someone take that graphics set and do something with XNA.