Back to collectionA Valentine Sketch Opens a New Conversation About the Characters
Background: The card prototype was still being tested and revised, and the team was also looking for ways to show the relationships between its characters. Today: The sketch went up on Discord and drew a surprisingly warm response. Impact and next steps: Until then, most feedback had concerned battle issues.
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Background: The card prototype was still being tested and revised, and the team was also looking for ways to show the relationships between its characters. On Valentine’s Day, the art team sent around a sketch of a couples skin. The group had to decide whether it was just a holiday joke or worth carrying into later design discussions.
Today: The sketch went up on Discord and drew a surprisingly warm response. The team had worried that a lighthearted idea might seem like a distraction from polishing combat, but several members began talking about character pairings and how players might match them. They decided to gather specific feedback without promising production on the strength of a burst of enthusiasm.
Impact and next steps: Until then, most feedback had concerned battle issues. The sketch brought character expression and player imagination into the conversation too, and showed that the community was willing to respond to that kind of content. For now it remained a sketch; which pairings were most popular, and whether they could fit the card design without taking time from essential art, still needed discussion.