1. Good graphics It's so easy a blind man could do it Alan Hazelden

2. What do I know?
Not much!
A game from April:

3. Collaborations
Now looks like this:

4. Collaborations Where to find an artist? Here TIGSource Twitter?
Collaboration requires communication

5. Rule 0
Be consistent

6. Colour palettes Choose nice colours! Saturated colours are evil
Don't use pure black/white
Limit yourself to 4-16 colours

7. Colour palette: examples
Don't Look Back

8. Colour palette: examples
These Robotic Hearts of Mine

9. Colour palettes: examples
Not the Sharpest Sword in the Box

10. Colour palette: examples
Limbo

11. Colour palette: examples
Proteus

12. Colour palettes
Search for “arne 16 color palette”

13. Colour palettes: tools
choose-colours-procedurally-algorithms/

14. Rule 0
Be consistent

15. Pixel art Choose a low screen size Don't mix pixel resolutions
Plenty of tutorials online

16. Pixel art: examples
Legend of Parasite

17. Pixel art: examples
VVVVVV

18. Pixel art: examples
Terrible Tiny Traps

19. Pixel art: examples
Nitrome's icon games

20. Rule 0
Be consistent

21. Vector graphics: examples
Super Hexagon

22. Vector graphics: examples
Geometry Wars

23. Rule 0
Be consistent

24. Abstract shapes: examples
Thomas Was Alone

25. Abstract shapes: examples
Impasse

26. Abstract shapes: examples
Sokobond

27. Abstract shapes: examples
Voxatron

28. Abstract shapes: examples
English Country Tune

29. Rule 0
Be consistent

30. Screen filters: examples
At a Distance

31. Screen filters: examples
Appy 1000mg

32. Screen filters: examples
Lone Survivor

33. Rule 0
Be consistent

34. Text Never use the default font! Who needs graphics anyway?
Interactive fiction
Roguelikes

35. Other effects Screen shake Particles Glowy-ness Add faces Tweening
You can do a lot with one sprite, scaling, rotation and blending
Only clear the buffer to 90% alpha

36. Rule 0
Be consistent

37. MS Paint graphics
RunMan: Race Around the World

38. Rule 0
Be consistent

39. Draw & scan graphics
Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure

40. Rule 0
Be consistent

41. Make & photograph graphics
Frutorious
“We don't have an artist and we can't draw so we make stuff out of plasticine and felt and photograph it”
“It literally took about 2 hours to make all the characters”

42. Rule 0
Be consistent

43. Ignoring all the rules
memrrtiks, suashem

44. Rule 0
Be consistent

45. More resources Cactus's GDC 2009 talk: Juice it or lose it:
Juice it or lose it:
Seriously, watch them!

46. Questions/pubtime alan@draknek.org Twitter: @draknek

47. Notices Upload your games! Tigsource competition: “Sports”
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