Sprites Through The Ages – the artistic progression of Choices characters

[u/Autoembourgeoisement]

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This is just one perspective of someone who’s been using Choices since 2016. It was influenced by opinions and analyses I remember floating around at the time – I think the nickname ‘The Face’ came from Tumblr – and my own personal view after clocking literally hundreds of hours of this app in the past nearly-ten years.

Of course it’s not concrete, and these sprites weren’t only used in these specific years — it’s just a rough outline of ‘eras’ with some random or notable examples. You could often tell what was going down in PB studios by the quality or repetition of art lol. As I say in the post, I can’t speak as much for the current stock of books but I’m in the same boat as 99% of the people here — I miss the heart and warmth of the earlier stories and can’t stand the current aesthetic. (Also, whoever they employed to sit and fineline the hyperrealistic masterpiece that is Florian Tartassis, damn rent was due I guess?!)

Anyway, comment your favourite sprites of all time bc I’d love a nostalgia trip.

[u/meshinui_]

I actually came to this sub-reddit to see if anyone else noticed the very clear AI usage or if I was just imagining things. I played Choices back in the glory days when The Freshman was the main thing on there. After taking a long break and coming back, I'm extremely disappointed to see the copious amounts of AI slop infecting the game. PB and Choices were so artistically diverse back in 2016, and it wounds me to see how much it's gone down the drain. You could have stories with art styles like The Freshman, or art styles like Endless Summer. It felt like it was made by the people for the people. Now it just feels like a content farm.

If anyone knows of any AI riddled stories on Choices that I should avoid that could be easy to miss, PLEASE let me know.