Thinking about how much better Slay the Spire was because of the extremely funny beta art. imagine if they just prompted a machine to "make card art serious game clumsy", what a boring world that is
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something that also slips non-markety peoples attention: during that extended beta phase, they also let their playtesters submit ideas for the placeholder art, or actual (personally crafted) placeholders themselves. added a great little engagement lever to the beta
Fun bit about Slay the Spire beta art is that folks loved it so much that it's actually still in the game - you can unlock the ability to swap card art back to it.
Lost Branch of Legend seems to just have one artist on staff that makes extremely good goofs that may or may not be beta art, and may or may not get replaced down the line.
And here I was sitting here going, "damn they better put the option in eventually" because I didn't see it until you said it. Thanks for flipping the event flag for me!
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something that also slips non-markety peoples attention: during that extended beta phase, they also let their playtesters submit ideas for the placeholder art, or actual (personally crafted) placeholders themselves. added a great little engagement lever to the beta
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They shoulda kept it; it's right up there with Improvisation in terms of silliness.