I am a character artist and was thinking of making a few assets to put up on the Asset Store. I am just wondering what sort of character art package that you would like to see, with what sort of features?
A little bit about myself, I have been making mostly character packs for Dexsoft, so if you bought characters like the barbarian http://www.dexsoft-games.com/models/barbarian.html, I thank you and hope it’s been helpful in your game development.
UMA’s building momentum, someone with your talents would probably have a lot of success making character/apparel sets for it. I’m actually not using it in my current project, but I see it as a serious possibility for future projects (when some assets get to the marketplace).
Me specifically, I look for the right blend of detail, variety, and price. Detail, I’m not into low-poly or cartoony styles, as realistic as possible without sacking performance.
Variety, multiple models, textures*, accessories, whatever, if the asset can make 10 variations of the character I’ll be 10x more interested in it. * I can tweak tint/brightness/contrast on my own, actually re-texture the asset if you advertise multiple textures.
Price, indie-friendly, package deals are a plus. Price is very subjective to the quality and quantity of the asset, but there is a threshold where I decide that an asset is unaffordable even if it is perfect for my needs, that usually occurs around $50 for a single character and $250 for a bundle if you meet my detail and variety requirements (I’ve actually already been considering the barbarian and other Dexsoft models, you’ve got great detail, and some decent variety).
If you want even more specifics, I’m currently looking for medieval/dark-fantasy characters, especially undead. There are alot of skeletons and zombies on the asset store, but I think most of them are too clean (sure the occasional zombie might have a chunk of skull missing), but where are the rotting corpse zombies? The things that are so decomposed that it’s basically a skeleton with skin? Watch the Walking Dead, and when you see something so putrid that you almost puke, that’s what I want .
@CLW Game
Cheers mate! Though I don’t have any I could put in currently.
@mateodon
Thanks for the suggestion. The UMA’s suggestion is a good idea, and I should definitely look into it. Pricing definitely would be a hard thing to manage as I would like it to be affordable but not at a low price as well.
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