Without question Shoot 'em Ups are fun to play. However, the common space theme sometimes just doesn't cut it. Time to be more creative!
Pixel a player "ship" that isn't your generic spaceraft. A plant with guns, an animal that poops rockits, anything goes! You can choose between a top-down and side-scrolling perspective.
Canvas Size - Max. 150 x 150.
Colours - Max. 16.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.
So I am completely new here and this might be a silly question, but how do I submit work for the challenges?
Alright, that's what I was thinking. Thanks for clarification DexRunner and Mandrill.
@ Bexel
The easiest and most ideal way would be, like DexRunner mentioned, to pixel a sprite with a transparent backround. However, you could bend the rules to such a degree that just a few pixels are actually transparent. I don't see how this could improve the overall piece though.
Pretty sure the way you described it is exactly what is wanted. It's just a "ship" sprite made with transparency around it as if you could insert it into any random shoot-em up game. If you made transparency around the ship then technically the image has transparency.
In what ways is transparency required to be used? I haven't seen one requiring yet, and I'm wondering what specifically falls under that rules. Does a transparent background around your 'ship' count, or does the actual image itself need transparency used within' it?
A sprite would be ideal. However, if you can make something else work within 150x150 pixels, go ahead. :)
No mock-ups.
Sounds like it should be an in-game sprite, but can be from the top or side.
Should it be depicted as an in-game sprite or could it be shown another pose?
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