Favorite Minimal Art (indie) games?

jiggywattart · Oct 2018

I've been researching various indie games with notable minimalist art styles, but it's usually either 2d side scroller-ish (Limbo, Monument Valley) or 3d but feel lacking in the art department (SUPERHOT, Antichamber, Gang Beasts).

I was curious if anyone knew any 3d titles that had a bit more emphasis on the art like Journey or Mirror's Edge (but more on an indie/school project production scale).

Or just any minimalist art in games! I never really appreciated just how good simplistic art styles could look until I started looking into it.

Monument Valley

Image: http://img.ibxk.com.br/2014/5/programas/457876316120414826-o.jpg

Limbo

Image: http://www.mobygames.com/images/promo/original/1478884582-4083274997.jpg

Journey

Alto's Adventure

Image: https://www.itsnicethat.com/system/files/022018/5a8f035d7fa44c36a50009fc/images_slice_large/altos-odyssey-snowman-game-digital-itsnicethat-7.jpg?1519322069

Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Image: https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/769/831/large/fabien-christin-fabienchristin-07.jpg?1465498192

Distance

Image: https://humblebundle.imgix.net/misc/files/hashed/fb5e853b2a41cc04464b4c52f18c0d698e658473.jpg?auto=compress,format&fit=crop&h=425&w=741&s=42c7b76f560685988c1587134c58747e

PolyHertz · Oct 2018

ABZU:

El Shaddai:

Tengami:

Image: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/789297437626bfe4eefbd5e97ea0296e.jpg

lefix · Oct 2018

Nice thread! Here's some I can think of:

Godus

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hj/vm4mv1y1d75c.jpg

Battleplans

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ll/1kzuxhgtwcb4.jpg

Arena 3D

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/q5/m06emwzkprl7.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ca/d14hpce9fasz.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/lv/f4j2mkepmark.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/80/l8eu0ovylm0z.gif

Noors · Oct 2018

Rime, The Witness

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JacqueChoi · Oct 2018

allergic to textures!

jiggywattart · Oct 2018

JacqueChoi said:

allergic to textures!

So true. The reason for the post was that it seems most indie projects are revolving around programming backgrounds and the art is less of a priority.

I'm guessing it's ill-advised for aspiring game artists to focus on indie projects? It seems a lot of the art is done through game engines and coding rather than texturing and modeling.