So It Begins.
Hello, welcome to the start of the blog about my first 2D pixel game.
This game has a theme of Dracula in the wild west.
I am currently thinking of a name for the game but I collated some images into a mood board in order to demonstrate the imagery that I want to occur in the game. Along with visuals from other games that hold the kind of aesthetic I want with my pixel art. I wanted to go for a more deserted look with the vampire being the outsider who has come in and culled all of the cowboys.
From this mood board that I created I designed a brief conceptual piece to show the kind of feel I want my game to have. I feel like having a more bland colour palette and then focusing the most saturation with the vampire would be better suited.
After creating this concept piece I decided to focus on creating more pixel art versions of the characters which I want to include.
The main character the vampire, I tried to make his appearance similar to that of the concept vampire. Once I find out how to make a more detailed pixel art counterpart I feel that this design would work out. Compared to the basic look I plan to give the cowboys the vampires appearance will help him stand out.
I hoped for the cowboy to have a more basic appearance so wanted to give them a rather bland colour palette to contrast with the vampire. Similarly I feel a more detailed look will be more suitable for the kind of art style I plan for the other assets in the game.
As well as these characters I also designed some health pickups. These don't really look the way I want at the moment but they are a good start.
