Simona Radeva tackles the art-making aspect of video game development. What it is, what it isn't, what are the processes involved, and why it's important for video game development in general. To answer those questions Simona is joined by Daniela (Didi) Draganova - a Games Art student in the U.K. who recently finished her second year of studies in the field
In this episode of Game Creativity:
We tackle the art-making aspect of video game development. What it is, what it isn't, what are the processes involved, and why it's important for video game development in general. To answer those questions with us is Daniela (Didi) Draganova - a Games Art student in the U.K. who recently finished her second year of studies in the field. With Didi we discuss:
- What sparked her interest in the field (1:48)
- What art-making for video games encompasses in layman's terms (2:40)
- The different independent art forms that exist within video game design (3:50)
- What the art process looks like from beginning to end (6:28)
- Whether everything is done from scratch, are ready-made objects used or only existing ideas and concepts (8:25, 10:39)
- Whether she has ever faced any problems with plagiarism (9:45)
- What specific software she uses, i.e. a game engine (12:11)
- Where/What she draws inspiration from (14:18)
- Whether making an entire game is the final goal and how close she has gotten (15:26)
- What are some of the challenges of art-making for video games versus the things she finds most enjoyable (17:42)
- How is the process divided up within a team (18:45)
- What is one project she's most proud of (21:04)
- What she thinks is the overall importance of art-making in video game design (22:56)
- Whether art-making by humans will become redundant at any point in time and/or replaced by AI (23:57)
- Advice for someone that wants to develop in the field of Games Art (26:44)
Selected Links:
Didi's most recent project, a.k.a the one she's most proud of!
Cinematic trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twncz5Mp8Kc
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alkP-SKXEI
An interview with Feng Zhu, the concept artist Didi mentioned (7:10):
https://evermotion.org/articles/show/8225/a-great-concept-begins-with-understanding-how-things-work