I like it so far.
I'm just throwing out a bunch of ideas, they may or may not work out. Play with stuff until you find something you like.
The chandeliers are a nice addition.
The ceiling space to left and right is left empty, I think some banners on the beams, either brown or dark green would look nice. If not banners, some kind of feature that smaller than the lights.
I think overall the wood color is a bit flat.
Break it up a bit, maybe outline the carpet with a dark oak or different color wood for the ceiling planks and log beams.
Similar thing with the pillars, the arches are nice and I like the detailing around the tops and bottom, but put something in the center. maybe a banners or tourches. [edit, looking at this again on a bigger screen, I see the fence and laterern are right there]
Also the stone wall behind the arches may benifit from some variety, maybe inset the center column and a put stone wall co. For the ceiling, in the flat section between beams, slabs of same block can add depth in a few styles. Either a checkered pattern, or raise the center 2 rows up a 1/2 block so it looks like each section is vaulted.
(This part is defiantly my personal style)
Finally, think about how the architecture and throne interact. Right now it looks like thrown was just thrown in the middle of a hallway. A good throne room will look like the room was built around the throne.
If you take the suggestion to boarder the carpet with a dark wood, maybe that continues around the throne. Maybe the pillars become larger around the throne, or the arcs in the back curve to mimic the throne's outline. It should be an architect's finest work, not something they threw together on a Friday afternoon.
I forgot about shroom and frog lights. I haven't played in a while.
Hiding lights behind banners is a good trick to hide them when they don't fit the esthetic.
The rods might hide nicely behind the fence, but since you're on survival it'd be quite the task to get enough.
39 Year old Electrician Dale walks across it without any issue. You see, it's just like one of his jobs that someone else engineered from a desk without ever seeing that the job is impossible. But, Dale is the man who pulls it off by crossing narrow trusses carrying tools and the new equipment, while his assistant watches from below rethinking his career knowing Dale's the man he's going to have to replace in the next 10-15 years.
the statues on the staircase match and are in line.
the banner the statues are holding actually look attached and are lined up.
the chairs all have the right number of legs.
the parrot mascot/ad posters all match between the panels.
the text is coherent.
the lady's face and outfit match between panels, even the spiky bottom part of the dress.
The only questionable thing is the background patron's feet on the first panel, but maybe the artist just sucks at drawing feet.
This is an ongoing series is set to mock AI, it is purposefully made to resemble some of the generic over the top blurry filter AI is has become known for.
I'd argue games are significantly better for development than video. Solving problems, learning game rules, reading game dialogue, separating fiction from reality, etc.
Yes, cartoon and videos have their place, but get off the meaningless shorts and gambling games.
I wouldn't give full control, maybe 3 faders that allow for a 10% reduction in dialogue, music and SFX.
Will if affect artist integrity, absolutely, but so does listening on our consumer speakers and watching the content on our consumer grade displays that aren't perfectly color balanced in a pitch black room.
There is a hardware device, called a compressor that would solve the problem. Basically it reduces the loudest parts of audio on a gradual curve, which allows you turn up the overall volume.
Affordable ones range $100-$250, which should get the job done. Personally, I wouldn't go either direction out of that range, more expensive ones will be overkill and cheap ones could sound bad or lack the controls to set it up right)
If you can get analog audio out of the TV in to a speaker/sound bar, it's easy to setup.
So with a cheaper sound bar and a compressor, you could accomplish this for about $250-$400 depending on how much money you can to throw at the problem,
(Edit, some else pointed out if you use a PC for all your content, you can have software compressor on the PC instead of extra hardware)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dSY6ZuXEY