Thread 718077369

The ONLY important quality of a vidya protagonist character design is
>not the silhouette
>not memorability
>not the color scheme
>not how much of their personality is communicated through the design
It's "holy fuck I want to play the game where I can be this character right now"

It's such a simple rule yet the vast majority of devs these days fail to follow it, even in indie spaces

>brown

Nah

>>718077369 (OP)
>holy fuck I want to play the game where I can be this character right now
pic unrelated?

>>718077432
He's Japanese

>>718077445
Stop eating sugar and your T levels might come back up

>>718077369 (OP)
>bad silhouette
>no memorability
>bad color scheme
>no personality
Why would I want to be that?

>>718077369 (OP)
How was 90s character design so fucking peak? Especially Capcom. They were pumping out iconic characters left and right.

>>718077534
Games were still being made by people who liked them.

>>718077369 (OP)
Sorry, I only play characters with an identifiable silhouette.

>>718077534
Limited visual fidelity meant character designs had to be simpler without a billion little details
Same reason why hand drawn animation has better designs than digital slop and especially CGI, limitations are important

>>718077520
The point is that those alone are worthless, but a character you'd want to play would probably still have them (but it's not a bad design if they don't)

>>718077534
>>718077645
>>718077703
I feel like I've seen this exact series of posts 10 million times now

>>718077369 (OP)
>Midwit take on aesthetics
>throws the fundamentals and foundation of aesthetics, out the window
This is like saying you don't need 'Loomis'-esqe fundamentals, you just need to draw gooder-rer.

>>718077831
see >>718077740

The fundamentals themselves are worthless if they're depicting a bad idea

Powerstone’s cast was weak as hell, which sucks since they were pretty fun games on the PSP.

>>718077740
Your original post isn't very clear

>>718077891
>>The fundamentals themselves are worthless if they're depicting a bad idea
that is the most nothing statement ever, if a character is designed like shit, I won't want to play as them. A character (especially a whole cast of characters) made under a design philosophy, creates visual cohesion.

This is why you're a midwit retard.

>eRm jUst draw cooler things, and then UH-.... it will be good!

Duuuuur

>>718078101
>>eRm jUst draw cooler things, and then UH-.... it will be good!
Exactly

>nooo you need variety and unique silhouettes for a well designed cast of characters!
"no" -Toriyama

>>718078236
DBZ is bottom tier as far as character design is concerned, Mexifriend

>>718078236
>>"No"
>Ignores that the saiyans designs are basically dictated by hairstyles, clothing and who's father is whom when not angry.
Even then, you can pick apart Yamcha, Tien, Krillin, etc because of their height, hair and garb. That might be the bare minimum, but that's still design philosophy. the fact you can visually tell who is a sayain speaks to that.

>>718078236
Android/Cell saga and the movies did irreparable damage to the public perception of Dragon Ball

>>718077369 (OP)
Your pic goes against your point and is just untrue in general.

>>718077369 (OP)
Your pic goes against your point and is just untrue in general.

>>718077534
>iconic characters
The characters in the OP are not iconic. Literally no one knows who they are or even what franchise they might be from.

>>718079748
Power Stone is iconic

>>718077369 (OP)
How can someone type so many words and say absolutely nothing?

>>718077534
No focus groups. Artists could do almost anything they wanted
Imagine modern capcom coming up with Felicia. It would never happen

>>718080785
Lol

>>718077645
Yeah, exactly. Back then you had nerds in dimly lit rooms sketching characters they thought were cool, not a marketing team optimizing "player retention metrics." That’s why so many 90s game casts are still instantly recognizable-creativity first, spreadsheets second.

I thought the protagonist was the dude who turns into a fucking airplane

>>718077369 (OP)
I want you do define that right now. All the other things you listed can be enumerated. "Is the silhouette readable? Yes!" "Is the Color Scheme bright and contrasting enough to catch the players eye? Yes!" "Is the characters personality put through into their design? Yes!"

You can't look at a character and go "Is this cool?" when making a character. Everyone's definition of cool is different. That Knockoff "My Little Pony" fighting game looks fucking stupid to me, but there are people out there that are like "YES I WANT TO PLAY THIS". You're helping no one.

>>718078101
Who is that to King Piccolo's top right?

>>718084521
I think Dende's dad.

>>718077534
Inspiration from anime and movies. It's a hard pill to swallow but movies and anime are better at conveying action.

>>718077369 (OP)
>>not how much of their personality is communicated through the design
>"holy fuck I want to play the game where I can be this character right now"
For the latter to be true, and for the viewer to be able to have an informed opinion, the character's job and gameplay style has to be communicated through the design. In other words, what you do in the game and how you do it. Your pic related is a textbook example of this.

>>718086634
And still not worth shit if that personality isn't something you'd want to experience playing in a game

Lots of people ITT mad their scrimblos aren't inspiring people to play their games

>>718090985
thief is making me want to play her game

>>718090985
>twitter buzzwords
STINKY!