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paciferal

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From: TX

Registered: 2013-06-23

Posts: 15

Paintings

Hello, all!
I've been lurking through the forums a bit and have enjoyed seeing some of the evolution that the game has gone through lately.

One thing I'm sure everyone else already knows, but I couldn't find a thread about: I noticed that some of the authors had similar names to users on the forums and I really would like to try my hand at making one or two myself. I realize that I might be too late to get in on this of course.

jasonrohrer

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Registered: 2013-04-01

Posts: 1,235

Re: Paintings

Well, the similarity is just a coincidence.

All paintings were made before the game launched by my close friends, relatives, and indie game design colleagues.  Some people gave me more paintings than others did, and I didn't curate at all (except for hand-picking the initial group of people that I asked).

The plan is to keep the painting set fixed forever, and to not include player-generated paintings in the game (this is not a game about making paintings).  The paintings are there as otherwise-meaningless physical possessions to lust after and revenge-quest after.

This is a game *about* player-generated content, but I'm trying to do something different than other PGC games.  They usually just let you generate icing (picking rugs and furniture and hats) that has no effect on core gameplay.  The experiment here is to let players generate content that is the gameplay.  The gameplay is all about designing and refining and studying that generated content.

ukuko

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Registered: 2013-04-06

Posts: 334

Re: Paintings

I'd still love a nice rug.

colorfusion

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Registered: 2013-04-02

Posts: 537

Re: Paintings

Speaking of paintings there's a "Sky" by "Jason Rohrer" and another by "Jason "Rhorer", and also two paintings that seem glitched out with random letters and numbers (probably intentional).

Last edited by colorfusion (2014-02-14 16:55:30)

jasonrohrer

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Registered: 2013-04-01

Posts: 1,235

Re: Paintings

All intentional.  Each painter chose their own title and credit line.

The two sky paintings are not identical.

The glitched-out ones are part of a series called "MISSINGNO"

paciferal

Member

From: TX

Registered: 2013-06-23

Posts: 15

Re: Paintings

I can understand that. Thanks for the reply!

Pandamonium

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Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 123

Re: Paintings

Do paintings contribute to the value of your home?
(considering they have fluctuating prices, I'm not sure how this all works)

jere

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Registered: 2013-05-31

Posts: 540

Re: Paintings

No.

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protox13

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Registered: 2014-01-25

Posts: 111

Re: Paintings

I'd still love a nice rug.

Yeah man, it would really tie the room together.