A bit of an interesting rabbit hole today.

Working on off-brand pops to include in the game, since I’m trying to avoid real-world brand names like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

This weekend, my daughter P decided to color on a pop can with some nail polish. I ended up liking the design she made, so I kind of went with it to draw a No-Name Cola.

From there, I started working on some in-game assets to make this Cola a reality in-game. I started with making the in-game item, so within a 48×48 pixel space. Then I started making billboards and posters that could appear in different towns and cities. (Note, the smaller items will appear a little blurry because they are small items being blown up to large size by this website.)

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This led to making a mascot for said no-name cola.

Going from there, this led to making a rival blue cola and its own mascot. When I was drawing him, I was inspired by characters like Surly from The Simpsons.

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At this point, I called a halt to any further work, because this downward spiral had to end somewhere.

Maybe Stan and Rob will have to pick a fight with the Bro Cola guy at some point…