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Pixel Artist Simulator

By aamatniekss

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics74.55
Humor54.29
Mood633.83
Overall773.83
Theme1493.98
Fun3263.14
Innovation3423.06
Coolness119936

Comments

eri0o 2016-12-11 20:20

I had to use Wine, but it worked flawlessly! I love the game icon. This game is awesome and sad! :D

kirilllosev 2016-12-12 00:45

hey. liked your game. i have a project. i would love to work with you on it. can't though. y/n?

jk. i mean i liked the game. loved the art and the sense of humor.

procedural_love 2016-12-12 02:36

"I think you would push it to the next level!"

Good stuff.

cjke-7777 2016-12-12 09:33

Aw man, this looked really cool, but I'm on a mac. Let us know if you do a Mac or Web version.

nycolas 2016-12-12 10:01

I really love it! And the art is amazing. Great work!

stevenjmiller 2016-12-12 10:03

This game is hilarious, great job!

slimabob 2016-12-12 10:04

Great game, but such a sad story :(

Such is life.

discofish 2016-12-12 11:47

Great work!

oxeren 2016-12-12 11:54

Awesome! I hope some of the people contacting artists to ask them to make art for free will play this :)

pusty 2016-12-12 18:28

I absolutely love the art! I got hungry after playing it tho' :D
Amazing!

ithildin 2016-12-13 13:22

Great piece of satire.

Tops for graphics and humour. I often found myself smiling even if the topic itself was nothing to laugh about :S

etherealpsychegames 2016-12-13 14:31

Your humor is somewhere between awesome and sad xD Great job! The game is fantastic

2bit 2016-12-13 14:53

Hey, the pixel art in your game is really great. I was wondering if you'd like to work on this side project of mine? I can't really pay you, but the exposure will be unreal! Chat soon.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

pajama-llama 2016-12-13 15:13

Wow, too real for me man. Cool pixel art :) Would love to hire you for some sweet ass exposure!

vertigon 2016-12-13 16:38

Really nice looking game, and a fine presentation. The click mechanic fit the theme of the thankless slog. I know it was more of a story but I felt like it could have easily been turned into something more gamelike. The humor was spot-on.

lepatryckduffy 2016-12-13 16:57

Very good art game.
And there are not too many art game in ludum.

dev-dennis 2016-12-13 18:14

Great game. I'm running a work for hire company and it really hurt my soul playing this game. But great morale in the end :)

I would say 99% accurate simulator.

kddekadenz 2016-12-13 23:28

That's some sweet pixelart dude! I'll remember the skeleton :)

saucygames 2016-12-14 06:49

great game m8, i love the ironic humor. it was well done, gg!

didi 2016-12-14 11:44

ah kids! wanna be a pixelartist? get a real job! :p
nice game tho

ellian 2016-12-14 13:02

Dude. Awesome ahah.
I know it's a satyre, but you can't help but think it... feels... too close to home.

Awesome art, awesome writing. And that skeleton legs killed me ahah

rakart 2016-12-14 13:18

Woaw, this one hits home :(.

Awesome graphics, congratulations on the entry.

beardybard 2016-12-14 14:27

Not only a game, but solid message to the future generations of pixel art scene :)
Loved your style.
Actually, you know, I have a dream project with art work done on 50%...

radstar 2016-12-14 14:35

Nice satyr.
I felt sad and trapped in this fatality... Like, why would I ever be a pixel artist ?

This story is too sad :(

Goud job thought, i liked it!

marta-viader 2016-12-14 14:44

Real as life itself. Nice job!

arcadeheroart 2016-12-14 18:10

Awesome stuff, man! And yeah... True story ;c

ondrej-paska 2016-12-14 19:00

Wow, very sad. I hope this game jam entry will get you some sweet exposure! (it was a bit too small on my monitor)

adrian09_01 2016-12-14 20:31

Nice game with nice pixelart!

aamatniekss 2016-12-14 20:35

Thanks a lot everyone! Really glad you're all liking it! ^^

martincohen 2016-12-14 20:57

I'm so happy that I make money as a programmer :D

neowedge 2016-12-14 21:43

Based on real facts. Great game. A lot of people should play this game. Very good work!

gumboot 2016-12-15 03:06

I loved this game, mostly because it's true. The art is also wonderful.

madmarcel 2016-12-15 10:12

Whoo that was cynical. Hits close to the bone though. Well done. Love the graphics.

wowa_u 2016-12-15 11:37

Nice very nice art and story! Well done!

pixtopher 2016-12-15 12:16

TFW when all these have happened to you. Great entry man keep up the great pixel art.

obvious_san 2016-12-15 15:25

Oh wow, this is the field I want to get into? I don't wanna die of exposure!

Great story well told, and the art is really great :)

- randomhuman

mrshoestore 2016-12-15 15:58

Wow, great art! this will probably most likely truly potentially get you some rad exposure! In the meantime, can I interest you in a personal loan? Lock in your low APR now!

jsmars 2016-12-15 17:26

Really nice art. Would play for free again ;)

jeroenman 2016-12-15 19:47

Its like a biography of every starting pixel artist.

zettelkasten 2016-12-15 22:36

I had a blast.

simonhutchinson 2016-12-15 23:14

Your game gave me a sad. Just replace "pixel artist" with "musician," "photographer," or any other creative career.

Great graphics and fun feel, though.

parias001 2016-12-16 02:15

WE Understand you bro!

2016-12-16 10:26

oh! Nice! woooooooo ! Yor pixel art is... wow! no words!! Can I find it on indiexpo? I'm making videos about the games of this Jam, but only about the games hosted also on indiexpo! Tell me if you will add it, so I can include it in my next video ;)

gamepopper 2016-12-16 13:19

This game looks great, and the story is simple but it's really sad.

personalurban 2016-12-16 16:52

Awesome work. Where gaming meets art meets critique. You should get some sort of prize, I'm just not sure which one!

miznoruri 2016-12-16 18:44

This is so deep, and makes me sad :(

pietro-ferrantelli 2016-12-16 20:36

This is the best entry I've seen so far. Hilarious storytelling with smooth anims and sweet pixel art.

skullpixel 2016-12-17 16:48

A bit clicky. Maybe that's because that's what doing freelance art is like. But the art and humor were spot on!

warmlemon 2016-12-17 19:03

i decline everyone! i know a cheap skate when i see one.. auooooooooooo........ great work btw! 5/5

fishbrain 2016-12-17 19:14

hhhahha!... "exposure" ....

psilon 2016-12-17 19:29

This is great entry, good graphics, cool concept, and the sad truth.

davisan 2016-12-17 20:16

Great game, but I think it needs more exposure. haha

faceless71 2016-12-17 20:31

So hilarious game, good work :D

jayprog 2016-12-17 20:55

Awesome entry. Too funny, too true.

riftpoint 2016-12-17 21:23

Amazing game! Very good job showing this vision the videogame industry, I did something similar in my game, hope you can check it out :)

holofire 2016-12-17 21:36

As an artist, I absolutely love this game, its hilarious!
Such a simple, yet effective concept.
I would have liked to have seen some other variations thrown in, but i guess that would take away from the theme of the game.

The dialogue boxes seemed a little quick at times, especially the accidentally skipping them from clicking fast. I do like how each of the characters is unique.

-Comment on behalf of MrDinosaur. (http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/mrdinosaur/)

yami-no-tenshi 2016-12-17 22:26

Can't say that this game is really optimistic ^^'. Well, life probably isn't neither. So the result is the same if you accept everything and decline everything ?
Nice graphics, you did it for exposure ? ;)

david-cookie 2016-12-17 23:53

Ahaha, it's really a neat idea! I've read so many stories like this one and you captured it very well in one very satirical game, it's just perfect!
More an experience than an actual game but it was really enjoyable and the "I'll have to eat all my posters" definitely made me crack xD
Good job!

somnium 2016-12-18 06:46

That was an interesting experience, telling a sad (and hopefully very exaggerated) story.

You can almost feel the main character's frustration, as his few glimmers of hope are squashed horribly, by low sales, and being casually brushed off by the game company rep (not done much paid work indeed...)

The (slightly disturbing) detail, that the main character works more slowly, the more hungry he gets, was a nice touch.

Very nice satirical game! :)

Also, it is good to know, that posters can serve as an emergency meal ;)

cjke-7777 2016-12-18 08:52

The feels in this one are strong. So true, so sad. Well done!

seano 2016-12-18 12:25

It's quite pretty to look at but not much fun to play.

pixelpotions 2016-12-18 15:50

LOL! Loved the graphics and I was laughing the entire time. I felt the struggle with all those clicks. Great work man!

velvetlobster 2016-12-18 21:14

Woow, that the funniest entry that I have played in this ludum dare so far. This really made me laugh! Top in every cathegory.

miziziziz 2016-12-19 01:17

ad some issues with the text boxes, sometimes would accept or decline offers while I was just trying to skip through text.
Otherwise, good entry. Reminds me of the comic by the Oatmeal about exposure bucks

ajmalr 2016-12-19 13:08

Really cool game. Love the pixel art, definitely worth a lot of exposure!

aamatniekss 2016-12-19 13:57

Thanks a ton everyone! Im overwhelmed by the positive response!

karai17 2016-12-21 09:32

This is the same in a lot of fields - the important thing is to network and meet new people. There are professionals out there who are willing to pay.

Regardless, solid pixels - could have used more gameplay and music. Nice game!

~josefnpat

oddly-shaped-pixels 2016-12-22 16:49

Great art and message, good work!

samuelsousa 2016-12-28 18:33

Sad but true!

Awesome "game" wouldn't change a thing.

tifu 2016-12-29 20:34

Awesome art! Funny/depressing stuff =D
I tried declining every offer without pay, until the last couple revenue percentage jobs, and died. Tried again and accepted everything, still died. Is there some way to survive or is this the crushing inevitability of life as an artist? :(

ddrkirbyisq 2017-01-01 00:58

Nooooooo hahaha

franklins-ghost 2017-01-02 06:24

Such a great entry and the ending message about exposure was pretty funny. Only thing I'd tweak is that at times I was clicking quickly to create the art and would end up accidently skipping text as I finished the project. Someway to stop that from happening would help as I enjoyed reading all your writing. The different offers and responses were also nicely done. Great simulator entry.