The Infamous Story Of The Failed Reddit Dragon MMO

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  @MrSiren52 · 3 years ago

  The part about not regretting what they had done is a pretty powerful idea for creatives. You won't finish every project, they won't all be successes even if you finish.  But to look back and be fulfilled with what you have done and even grow from it is a lesson we all can learn.

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  @Weakest_Yuri_Enjoyer · 3 years ago

  My sincere hope for this person is that she put this dragon stuff in a portfolio & got a job as a concept artist somewhere. There’s so many talented artists out there held back by hyper-focusing on big projects they can’t reasonably complete at that point.

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  @DoctorStarky · 3 years ago

  I love how refreshingly low stakes this is. No one got scammed. No one got their life ruined. Just a nice art project. I hope she's doing all right.

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  @H11pShark · 3 years ago

  I'm so sorry to OP for getting bullied so hard and while it is true this probably wouldn't have done too well as a game, I could see it being a fantastic book or graphic novel. I loved every second of the development, the colors, the art, the detail. I'm a very detail-oriented person so I love seeing people get super into projects like this. I hope OP is doing well and doing just as much research into whatever project they chose next

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  @cranberri_inari · 3 years ago

  3D modeler here, her stuff is actually really friggen good!! Great sense of anatomy and style! Couldn’t be used in game as-is due to the high poly count, but that’s usually how these game models start out; nice high poly model that gets retopologized into something manageable for the game, and then you transfer all those great details to the low poly model. I really hope she keeps at it, these are gorgeous.

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  @mikemahaffey9121 · 3 years ago

  I can understand why she never finished her game project. She had some amazing concepts going on. She could have took a lot of those ideas and made a graphic novel out of it.

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  @zelenpixel · 3 years ago (edited)

  as someone who really likes speculative biology the idea of this is really appealing to me (the concept of splitting tetrapods based on how they adapt one of the three pairs of limbs is really interesting, as is having three pairs of limbs at all) and the art is really good too. but yea i can see how it was far far too ambitious. the game overall did remind me of spore too and i would have LOVED to play this<br>also ive always pronounced imgur in my mind with a g like in &quot;good&quot;. never considered any other pronunciation

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  @zoeb3573 · 3 years ago

  Honestly, I respect the creator&apos;s attitude towards the whole thing. She focused on the journey and not the destination. I hope she got some good creative lessons from the project, put all this in a portfolio and went on to work on something else professionally.

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  @connordarvall8482 · 3 years ago

  What I respect about the creator is not having any regrets about just making it to the concept art stage. A lot of people who&apos;ve tried to make games I&apos;ve met keep whining about how all their projects fail, but this one just admits &quot;Yeah, I&apos;m aware that what I&apos;m making is extremely ambitious, but I gave a crack at it anyway.&quot;

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  @RhiannonSmudge · 3 years ago

  Wherever OP is today, I hope she&apos;s doing well and is using her artistic talent to its fullest, whether that be for a job in a creative industry or as just a hobby<br>I kinda want to know who she is so I can find her online, maybe give her a follow if she&apos;s still posting art

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  @phazonsuitzora · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m definitely maining Arctic, since I love tanking. Expect me to roll up with a lore-compliant name and elaborate backstory in a perpetual refinement as I learn more about the game world, too.

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  @susieboo22 · 2 years ago

  The moral of the story is, if you&apos;re working on something creative and ambitious, never, ever, ever, ever, EVER tell Reddit about it.

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