New Art Coming to Old & Gray!

Happy holidays, gamers! After Old & Gray's success at the summer 2024 Macro Jam, our team knew we had to expand this cozy little slice of life game into a full cozy pie. Over the past few weeks, the Bolero crew has been hard at work on polishing mechanics, expanding lore, and changing the seasons for Lloyd and Gray.  We're excited to share a few progress updates from our designers just in time for the new year — here's the latest from our lead artist, Snowhawk!

This project is my first time really doing any pixel art so it’s been quite a learning process so far. There are a lot more rules and limitations to pixel art than I originally knew about and it’s been a bit of a jump into the deep end with doing all the art myself for this project. Something that has helped me so far to get backgrounds that I feel pleased with, especially the backyard, has been to think of it more like impressionism rather than pixel art. Even though I work in games now and do mostly digital art, my background was originally in fine art with oil paint. I went to see a Monet exhibit a few years ago and his paintings in the impressionist style have always stuck in my mind and so I’m trying to carry that over a little bit to make pixel art something I can understand a bit easier. Excited for all of you to see the new backgrounds :)  — Snowhawk

Autumn Background updates:

• Extended backyard area. Added foliage and fall colors. New fence with variation, added more grass texture and fallen leaves, 
• Updated kitchen with more detailed cabinets, microwave, utensil holder, oil, cooking pot, and rug. Updated fall window.
• Updated dining room to have china cabinet, new chairs (in-progress). Updated fall window.
• Updated living room with fireplace, new chairs facing fireplace, new rug, fall decor, new picture frames, grandfather clock, updated plants, and fixed chairlift size
• Updated bay window to be a book nook with bookshelves and updated fall window.
• Autumn minigame assets added: Glasses, Table, recycling bin, up and down arrows, and 4 mail types. 
• Autumn memory assets added: Envelope table scene and teacup animation, letter base asset.

Winter Background updates:

• Winter backyard snowy update
• Updated living room with winter decorations and lights
• Updated book nook with Christmas tree and wreath on front door.
• Winter minigame/memory asset added: Snowy window
  
• More winter background updates to come!