Here’s How My Original Hand-Painted Art Became a Video Game Level

Sorcery: Contested Realm · by Jeremy Murray · July 2, 2026

I was one of about 350 attendees at SorceryCon 2026 in Indianapolis this past February. I went as an avid player and as an up-and-coming artist trying to build name recognition. I printed {Foot Soldier} and {Skeleton} tokens I painted to give to fellow community members.

I played in both large events at SorceryCon 2026: the Limited and Constructed Championships, as well as a number of side events. During one of my matches, I met an interesting person named Ozzy. He struck me as friendly and intelligent, as so many in the Sorcery community are. I remember Ozzy because he told me he was a video game developer and that he had a game releasing later in the year. I told him that I would be happy to share it around upon its release.

A few months later, Ozzy's video game Protectors of Prucia was released. As promised, he shot me the link on Discord, and I spread it around my friend group.

Since SorceryCon 2026, I’ve been painting full-size artwork and posting it online in various groups. Ozzy saw one of my recent paintings and thought it would make a good addition to his video game. He reached out to me with a licensing agreement.

I was very happy and honestly surprised by this. I am a newer artist. It’s my understanding that video games usually use a combination of digital art and computer-generated images. I had never heard of a video game licensing hand-painted art, having it digitally uploaded, and then using it as inspiration for a level in a game.

I think something special like this is the result of a unique place and time we are living in.

Ozzy told me that he thinks art is a uniquely human expression. That is a theme well documented by the Protectors of Prucia. Sorcery: Contested Realm, and many of its community members. With the rise of computer-generated images, there is greater hunger for hand-painted original art.Ozzy’s kindness, his talent as a video game developer, and a world where people crave real handmade art combined to give me this amazing opportunity, even though I am only an up-and-coming artist.

I encourage anyone who wants to reward this activity to check out Protectors of Prucia. There is a sale right now, and the video game can be purchased digitally for around $4.

My hope is that this will not be a one-time event, but rather a pebble that could turn into an avalanche if enough people support it.

Here’s How My Original Hand-Painted Art Became a Video Game Level

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