How to start game programming without a graphic artist?

Question

With difficulty formulating the question, my situation is actually at the stage of releasing the game development cycle.

I have this game, which falls into a random category, in which practically no complex logic is involved, working on two-dimensional scrolling (half) of one character. In short, it really is that simple, so I’ve already finished with the code and I just need to replace the sprites with myself to avoid any copyright issues as soon as I decided to release it on the market (though I used sprites from different forums other side scrolling MMORPG).

So, my real problem is that I am an independent developer who does not have the talent for graphics and a small budget to transfer the graphics to the artist. How do I (a simple programmer) create a modern graphic game?

Note:

• The game is non-profit, I did this to find out what the Android platform has to offer. But, seeing that it can be fun for others to play, I would like to free him.
• I wanted to make this a wiki community, as I can see that other newbies for beginner games will also face the same issue. Although I'm not sure that only this reason qualifies. But now, it seems, with my reputation, I would leave this to the admin / mod solutions.

Answer 1

Keep resources separate and replace them with free versions or your own art before release.

There is no cheap source of high quality (graphics) unless you find someone who wants to work for you cheaply or for free.

Be very careful when copying sprites from other games. Some publishers have (and support) very strict policies.

Another forum / site that can give you more information, http://www.Gamedev.net

The resources found here may be particularly interesting.

Answer 2

I don’t know how it works on Android, but whenever I tried games for fun, I always relied on free sprites that are found all over the network. I also cropped a few of the old DOS games that I ran. DOSBox.

Answer 3

My favorite tactic is to put ugly note notes into the game and show off with my pixel counterparts. Then, someone from the pool will be disgusted by my lack of taste and ability to make good graphics, and insert myself into the game.

If this does not work, you can always go headhunting, having a ready-made game and replacing only with graphics.

Answer 4

I stayed on the same issue as you. As a programmer, I also wanted to start coding a small Android game, because I hadn’t done this before. And my garphic / artist art is like a 3 year old kid ...

So, I tried to think about design with very light geometric shapes, if you are not so skilled. And open source Software gimp can do a lot.

I don’t know which engine you are using, but I decided for unique3d because you are very flexible and you can cross-compile your project as well. I had no experience with C #, but it is very easy if you came from other oop languages ​​like java, so maybe look for it. :)

Maybe look what I made of it, these were just some circles and lines!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.duckdev.anbr
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