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Freshly Squeezed Progress Report: Replace Placeholder Art

Last time, I reported that I had started working on polish and addressing play tester feedback for my second Freshly Squeezed Entertainment project called Clown Alley Creator, a creativity tool about creating your own fun clowns.

In one of my more productive game development weeks, I managed to knock out quite a few tasks.

Sprints 2024-29: Replace placeholder art

Completed:

  • Replace Title screen BG placeholder art
  • Replace Quit confirmation screen BG placeholder art
  • Options Screen needs a BG
  • Create Credits screen background
  • Create Privacy Policy screen background
  • Create How to Play menu
  • Ensure in-game links take player to actual web pages
  • Replace Gallery Mode exit confirmation menu with modal

When I started this project, I made rapid progress by creating placeholder art and moving on. The title screen and various other screens either didn’t exist at all (and so showed up as a few buttons on a black background) or had something that was functional but not pretty.

Clown Alley Creator new title screen

Clown Alley Creator quit verification screen

Clown Alley Creator - options menu with audio toggle buttons

But thanks to spending my Indie Day focused on game development for a large part of the day, I managed to improve things.

Maybe. I’m not a professional artist, but I tried. And I didn’t use an AI to do it for me.

Clown Alley Creator - new title screen background

Clown Alley Creator - Exit confirmation screen

Clown Alley Creator - Options screen

I added some in-game help pages, and I got rid of a placeholder background for the in-game gallery exit confirmation screen by just replacing it with a modal menu.

I also spent time working on updating the app icon. The current one’s colors are too garish, and since I added more color options to the game weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to update the app icon to reflect it.

Here’s the current one:

Clown Alley Creator - app icon

And here are some updated versions with less obnoxious colors:

Clown Alley Creator - app icon candidates

With such a productive week, I realized that I am actually almost finished with the project. I know I’ve been working slowly but surely, and I know that I had a goal of releasing the game by the end of June which is right around the corner, but the fact that I’m almost done still surprised me! I can’t wait for you to play it.

Thanks for reading, and stay curious!

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