Placeholder Art, good or bad idea?

May 13, 2023
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I am actually moving surprisingly fast on coding my first renpy story. Good news, It may be finished relatively soon.

Bad news, training AI loras to get a similar look takes a little longer, and some fiddling. (most recent issue, a LORA was perfect for everything... except the model was baked in to the fact that the character didn't have nipples or a vagnia. Bit of an issue for a porn game character).

That being said i have a number of released LORAS*, as well as the ability to do individual SD sprites and such which will be close, but not identical.

So is it a good idea or bad idea to release the initial game with placeholder art?

My thought is that while some might not like the art, as long as I'm upfront about it, and don't jjust leave it, it gives them a chance to examine the game itself.


*Pay no attention to the fact that the captain looks strangely like a certain ice princess from a well known cartoon.