"IngeJones;15671633" wrote:
"SimGuruGraham;915788" wrote:
we planned ahead and started to work on preparing art style choices for multiple themes,
I am really going to have to understand what this means to get the best out of these discussions. Because I thought the art style was already set for the game like TS4 has got light-hearted bright colors and a slightly painted look (ie non-photographic). How can a stuff pack have its own art style without looking like it's come from a different game. Or do you mean like will it be art nouveau or victorian, as in architectural style?
More like your second thought. Clearly the art direction for the overall look of the game is set. Each pack selects a style that they want to lean into though, and that's recreated to work within the game's overall style. I always think back to the variety of choices we had when considering what to make for Romantic Garden. We looked through various options for classical gardens, fantasy gardens, botanical gardens, contemporary gardens, suburban casual gardens, roaring 20s gardens, and rustic gardens. That's way more styles than we typically consider, but we gathered so much great reference material for that pack.
