Thank you all for watching! Did you enjoy this type of video? I think I might do more of these in between devlogs, lemme know!

I suggest include an easter egg that turn the tree's texture into the old one's or teleport you to an indoor space with the the old texture shown or something and probably you will never seen this comment

I absolutely love how these new trees have turned out. They look fantastic!

The trees didn't ruined your game... they greatly enchanced your pixel art skills! 💪New ones look great :) (also I think trees with "no hands" look better)

"I love trees, but I hate drawing trees" - MOOD (Love the new trees btw !, especially the pine ones)

I didn't think any of the drawings were ugly. I love how the artstyle became more detailed though. The look became more realistic. And yeah, trees are annoying to draw. Well, trees, grass, sand and water. The hardest things to draw in pixel art, I think.

That first tree was really good though! it gave me vibrant venture vibes! the other ones were all really good too, especially those last ones, overall, better trees then I could ever make!

When you draw a tree remember this: the log is as big as you are, the leaves are as big as a house.

I think the pine tree should have a darker green color, as someone who lives near tons of pine and spruce trees. The earlier stages should also have more dispersed needles instead of being too bunched up (and can look lighter in color but usually don't really). Otherwise, these sprites in general look very, very good.

fairlii saying “bink bink bink and swoosh swoosh swoosh” is why i exist

I really like the new trees! I think a 4th growing stage for the oak tree would make sense, given the pine tree has one and it would make it more "immersive"? I guess? I dunno the right word. I do like the branches going up on the oak tree, gives it a more "unified" look! I seen another comment about how the pine tree looks like its mid-animation and I can totally see that, I don't think you'll animate the trees (oh boy that's a lotta work) but if you decide to keep the sorta "fuzzy" look for the pine tree I'd say just try to have all the fuzz bits a little more static, like pointing straight out and not angled. Idk if I'm getting my point across at all LOL I'm trying! Either way I really like this type of video! It keeps us updated and we also get to see a bit more behind the dev logs!

those are some GOOD trees, yo could make so that the number of branches on the round one is random (like 0, 1 or 2) so there is a bit more variation, because if you had a forest of the same trees with the same characteristic (it stand out a lot) two branches it would look a bit weird

These trees are a huge improvement! IMO the arms going up is great but a few side arm variants would be cool.

With the main tree you should make the branches go out in angles.

you should give the stump the zigzag pattern which are on the other trees’ logs, but at the top of the stump so it looks more dynamic and like you cut it by its zigzag if this makes any sense

Man, I hear you. Simple shaped things can be really hard to artistically create. It took my bird three years to look good. Three years of redesigns, the newest one I claim to be the "7th" when really it's like the 10th or 13th redesign.

this absolute madlad made an entire video about how bad he is at drawing trees

Ive never thought much about trees in video games, which I should going forward. You revision of the trees looks better and better. I like the inbetween devlog thing.

I think the final ones look absolutely amazing! I do want to say though that with the amount of detail in them it is harder to get away with static sprites. The pine tree especially looks like it is mid-animation of blowing in the wind. The bottom left corner of the leaves specifically seems like it is being raised by the wind, if that makes sense? maybe I'm the only one seeing this lol

3:33 i love the "ping ping ping" and the "shue shue shue"

Good video! Really shows the struggle of creative endeavors, and I like seeing how other creators solve problems like this. Only real criticism is that the title is a bit clickbaity, but maybe that's how you felt during the hassle of trying to get the trees just right, so I can't say for sure. Either way, nice trees!

If I had to be honest, while I can see what you're trying to achieve, I think the thing holding you back is that your pixel art is based off what you remember trees in video games looking like, without really understanding the different types of art fundamentals and principles that went into making /those/ trees. No matter how stylized, all those trees still take reference of actual trees, which you should do more of

I'll be honest, I didn't hate the trees at 2:34, but when I saw them, my first thought was "Damn, Kirby Caked Up"

I feel ya man. Trees are hard. I question to this day why I had my game start in a forest. But I've come to peace with it through some agreed on artistic shortcuts and a lot of recycling. I think your trees look nice, BTW.

Dude…. More videos like this So happy to see someone share the same sh!t that everyone else goes through but no one ever says!

there should be an easter egg where you can find a secret room full of every tree texture you’ve made for this game

I was scrolling through the gelli world playlist haha, been binge watching your stuff! Love ur works!! 💓💓

I feel your pain. Took me ages to settle on a tree I drew and actually LIKED for my projects too. I'm not entirely happy with what I ended up with, but at least it's something I feel I can safely say is "good enough". When it comes to solo gamedev, when you get to that point, the smart thing is to move onto the next item. Otherwise I'd probably never get anything finished.

Those look epic! I liked how the little branches were on the side more, but also one being far lower then the other

thank god this vid blew up, i bigned your gelli world devlog series and now i'm going to be watching the rest! you're amazing!

I really like when the arms are going out to the side and i think that you did a great job on both of the trees!

Enjoyed your video on trees! Thanks for sharing your process with creating your game assets. Trees are tough but I think your art is progressively getting better!

I like the arms being out but they should be animated to go up and down. Basing just flipping which one is up and which is down every second of so.

Tree arms sticking out n the side = I like it as it adds aesthetic and personality to the game :D

Love your tree designs, but I have a small suggestion: make them have variations with very small differences (by maybe a couple of pixels, the oak trees maybe can have some branches missing, the pine trees can have different heights etc.). I love when games do that, then the trees don't look like copy pasted copies of themselves when there is a lot of them.

1:58 i thought he was going to say particularly sus because thats the first thing i saw

I prefer the oak tree with the arms up and dude, those are pretty awesome looking trees... Good job

the thing about the trees before the last iteration is that they looked too perfect. the very first one is still my favorite though

I really like the floofy trees with the branches going to the side. Please keep them

Omg I hope I’m note too late so here’s some advice: The last design is awesome and and I’m all here for it, but I recommend to make an in-between the big and the smaller one for the third tree that you’re making, because I can’t tell (for the pine) if it is fully grown or not Still, have you checked Pedro Medeiros’ pixel art tutorials? If not, you should, because I felt I found a gold mine It has pixel tutorial from leaves, to trees, to blood, to even ghosts and glitch effects!!

I love the little v leaf bits on the newer trees, they fill me with joy.

I like the arms going up most of the time. The adult pine tree looks like it has a tounge sticking out.

Each growth level has to be instantly distinguishable. That is very important.

The new trees look very good! But I feel that the 3rd stage of the pine tree should be bigger, around the second shadow of the full grown one. (The 2nd stage is almost high enough to the 1st shadow of the pine tree, so I feel the 3rd stage should be a bit bigger)

Cozy and beautiful!

Aaaw you are wonderful, seeing your art process is inspiring

I like when the limbs of the tree are up better. Maybe up but still defined branches separate from the main leaves?

I like it but I feel like, since it is such a bushy tree, you should definitely add some kind of wind blowing it or at least make it slightly move, only a little bit, but I feel like even a little bit would make it look really good and more alive

These trees look great, and I would add an extra stage to the oak tree, may give the players a better idea of when the tree will be grown

Hey Fairlii! Love the video, just found your channel a while back and binged your Gelli World videos :D I was thinking you could make the sugar sprite as sugar cubes, and also adding a crouching mechanism would be really cool, if you didn't want to throw a heavy item like the log and have it break, you could just put it down softly. Anyway, hope you see this comment!

I personaly LOVE the pine but the oak arms in my opinion should go up into the tree

I like the end looking trees and I really like the pine growth stages

“shwoo shwoo shwah” -Fairlii, 2022

the first thing i thought when i saw this video was "Hey my game DID get cancelled over a tree"

I really like those trees. The old pine trees just looked like triangles lol.

Breaking the symétrie in the silhouette was a great idea! (sorry for the grammar)

cool! I wonder if you could make other trees like maple and willow as well?

4:06 that tree has terraria vibes, and I love it, stem up btw

0:36 thanks I can't unsee it now

I personally prefer the arms going up, but they both look great

I really love the new treees :D By the way , what software do you use for your pixel art?

great trees! a tiny bit of animating and the trees are going to look awesome!

thing about the tree branches, about them being either out or up in the tree why not both? oh and make the branches not bee so even on each side, like have one up and the other a little lower on the trunk of the tree and bend them a little upwards as well maybe.

The side branches are the only thing throwing me off at the end

i like the upward arms on the oak tre and may I suggest darker leaves and logs for the pine tree? like a smidge darker and maybe slightly blue toned. that would look really cool I think

I think maybe instead of having the branches up or out, maybe you should have a bit more branches, possibly more variants with like a leafless branch and a hole in the tree? I don't know, this is the first video of yours i've seen.

i don't know this game (i just stumbled upon your channel) but I will say your final tree results are heckin' adorable! Edit: Also, I prefer the arms to the sides personally

My opinions: For the oak tree, I think the latest one is good, but if I were to change anything, I think maybe the leaves on the branches shouldn't just be balls? And a stage inbetween adult and baby tree would be good, like how in the original version had that. And for the pine tree, I think that the evolution looks a little... off. What I mean is the 3rd stage tree doesn't really LOOK like a 3rd stage, more like stage 2, only slightly bigger, I think if the 3rd stage was a bit bigger to emphasize its the second to last stage you know? Best of wishes and luck to your game! :)

For the arms in or out I feel like you should use both versions and they randomly choose which version is used like rng I think.

I kinda like the second newest trees more than the new new ones. The new ones look a bit too detailed, but they also look fine

Have you looked at more cartoony trees? I think Dr Seuss’ trees could look nice and be a little less complex

The pine tree looks amazing.

Try playing Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy; you'll learn just how evil video game trees can be.

I think the final classic treeshpuldahec slightly upwards arns, but the canopy looks perfect. I laso rrally like the Pine ones,they are essentially what i wish i could draw, but in Pixel art

Very good improvement! No way I could draw a tree in pixel art and make it look that good

Pine tree is looking good. You may be having an issue because trees have a large amount of foliage aboveground and not as much visible trunk. Your tree is a big long trunk with a fluff on top. Art style isn't the issue - your drawings look good.

I love the “schwing schwing schwings” but not as much as much as I like the “schoom schoom schooms.” Just thought you should know.

I've never been so intreseted in trees before

the first one looks the best

All of them looked good, didn't notice a difference.

i like it when the arms go up and inside. It i guess takes up less room

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The pine tree is pretty good, I think the deciduous tree needs more work tho

I think that straight trees with straight branches with balls of foliage off of them are a very terraria thing. Most real trees have almost all of their branches and foliage high up in a canopy. At least the trees where I live. So I think it depends on a level of realism but also, don't underestimate the power of proportions. I think that having more/bigger foliage might look better. But also in games where trees can be grown anywhere it makes sense that they are narrower, so I understand the limitation (though it would be cool to find a way around it). And that's about all for me. Oh also: Nice voice. Very pleasant. Would listen again.

i like the new versions they look really good. for the arms i do like the ones the go up at an angle better.

i loveeeeeeeeeeeeee the final trees!!!!! they look so fluffy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i cant unsee buff man 😭

could you make a video on how you got started with Unity?(like what tutorials did you watch, what kinds of stuff did you start with to learn C#,did you follow tutorials that make games, or what?) cuz i know you came from construct and it looks like you started learning and making things pretty fast. and i just switched from construct to Unity. so it be cool to see what you did.

This man said earlier Pokémon games then shows stuff that came out when I was an adult… I’m so old.

2:34 *Me:* hey look! It’s a butt! *Fair:* nope, it’s actually a tre- *Me:* then why does it have cheeks? I’ve never seen a tree with cheeks. *Fair:* well that’s because it isn’t a bu- *Me:* BOOTY!

I LOVE your new trees

Arms going out to the side for sure!

I like it when the arms are up

The trees remind me of the trees from terraria

I’d suggest making the black outline into a dark colored one.

I love both of the finished versions of the trees! they look great! my only thing is with the pine tree. on top of the middle section there is a lime green extending out from a shadow that looks very odd to me. Otherwise, Awesome!

The new trees look hella good

First time viewer, never seen the games but this video was on the reccomended for some reason. thought I'd at least put in my two cents on the tree since I watched all the way through. i love them both, but I love a happy middle more. by that I mean have them stick out to the sides down in the middle of the tree trunk like in the first pic, but have them angled upwards a bit.

They look beautiful. Came a long way.

What do you use for drawing the trees and stuff? I just wanna know cause I’m getting into indie development and i want to know cause it looks really useful for game development