New Art Pacing | Patreon Poll #68
Added 2025-08-12 15:29:42 +0000 UTCHey Patrons, In this poll Iβm going to ask for your thoughts on the pacing for releasing new pixel art for Shattered!
So, you all probably remember a blog post I made about a year ago about new upcoming art for Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Since then some more progress has been made, but things have largely stalled. Iβm partly to blame for this, as I could have been more proactive with messaging the artists after periods of silence.
In the last month or so I have been getting onto them, and unfortunately one of them has definitively told me they cannot commit to the project, and the slow reply speed of the other makes me think they are also in that position.
That doesnβt mean that this project is dead, or that the existing work is a waste though. We have a lot of finished new art and reference material for what updated art should look like, and now itβs more of a matter of finding new artists to collaborate with. That is likely going to take a while though, so thereβs the question of what to do with the art thatβs done right now.
Iβm curious what you guys think, and whether youβd like to see some new art sooner even if more new art might then take quite a while, and leave things in a partially complete state for a while.
The result of this poll will help me decide on a pace to release new art at!
Poll Options
This is a single-choice poll, with a range of options for expressing what tradeoff youβd like to see for speed vs. completeness.
All patrons are encouraged to share their opinion by commenting and voting, but currently only the votes from Golden+ Supporters are counted when determining a poll winner. Votes from Shattered Supporters are worth double!
Release visual changes ASAP, even if it may take a while to release more.
Iβm fine with ASAP or after momentum, as long as itβs not all at once.
Release visual changes once some momentum gets going, but before itβs all done
Iβm fine with momentum or all at once, as long as it isnβt ASAP.
Release visual changes all at once, in a single update.
Comments
They're not really equivalent, unless you specifically mean visual changes then artists can't work on usability improvements. Are there particular usability changes you have in mind?
Shattered Pixel
2025-08-13 18:30:48 +0000 UTCI'd prefer usability improvements.
Robert Heinig
2025-08-13 16:03:13 +0000 UTCI think having the art in the game would let the whole community share their opinions and possibly build hype for what other art is to come. Iβm pro for ASAP.
BoxDog
2025-08-12 16:39:30 +0000 UTC