Its 2D objects and characters are specifically designed in a way to mimic the impact that a physically drawn line has. “The whole concept affected how we approach the line work - we aimed for a crispy, ink-looking linework - and rendering - heavily textured rendering - in Cozy Grove to resemble traditional art.”Ĭozy Grove is drawn using digital tools, like a stylus on a touchscreen tablet, but in a way that makes it look like it was created by a person using physical mediums: ink and watercolor.
“One of our main goals was to make a game that looks like a beautiful sketchbook that gets colored by watercolor washes as the world and its characters evolve,” Cozy Grove lead artist Noemí Gómez told Polygon. Video games revel in death, Spiritfarer focuses on what happens next What does it mean for a game to be hand-drawn? As it turns out, that’s different for most developers. A lot of games would qualify as hand-drawn, but only some choose to adhere to that label. Most games have an element of drawing, with artists that create textures, illustrate backgrounds, and model characters. After all, in breaking down the term “hand-drawn” to its simplest terms, we get something that’s drawn by hand - as obvious as that sounds. It’s a descriptor that plenty of games have taken on over the years notable hand-drawn games include the likes of Cuphead and Spiritfarer, neither of which quite resemble Cozy Grove’s hand-drawn style. But it’s also a technique designed to convey a sense of warmth and humanity - that this is a world touched by life.ĭeveloper Spry Fox describes the game as “hand-drawn,” and that feel has always been a priority for the team. These are there for a purpose the player is to bring color and life back to the island.
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Its detailed illustrations, rich with color and varied linework, slowly fade from full color to muted, almost unfinished scenes.
The world of Cozy Grove looks like the inside of a sketchbook.
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