NPC Art

I do not have an opinion on who should draw the NPCs, however it would be interesting to have them react to the world around them. Usually NPCs like shop keepers are oblivious to the site. A hurricane could rip through their store and they wouldn't notice. So I was thinking that to add depth the NPCs could be drawn in a few poses showing basic emotions and their personalities. Then, when an event comes by, whether good or bad, you could switch the art and change their dialogue so they are not static robots, and will become more like real characters. Three basic emotions: happy, sad, and angry should work, and different characters could have different attitudes, like one could be oblivious and usually has no idea what in the world everyone is talking about, or one could be the grumpy old man who is hard to please but inside he has a heart of gold (potentially having an event where he rescues abandoned eggs, where the users have to help him in exchange for prizes).

In short, having a few poses on hand can spur many events and could round out the site.

I like that. I like the idea too of just changing their faces. That will save a LOT of money on art.

So... I know this probably won't happen, but I can dream okay?? XD

This person would be so awesome as our NPC artist. They could shift their style to better match that of our site too. We'd need some explore art and stuff first so they can know what kind of style they'd need to use, but I think it's at least worth asking about later on. The worst that can happen is we can't afford them. c: