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EyeCraft
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Topic: More Shmup Sprites :update 3:
Posted: 30 August 2005 at 10:01pm

I'm back again with more graphics for the game I'm working on. Started working on some enemy sprites! Got 5 enemy designs so far with quite a few more to follow so here's the first of the batch...

interceptor

cargo ship (blow this up to get a powerup)

:Update 1:

Attack 'Copter

:Update 2:

Another ship done, this is one of the bigger enemies encountered in the game

Hell-raiser

:Update 3:

Yet another ship done! This is the last of the enemies I'm working on for now. Next I plan to do a backdrop

Carrier

:------------:

And here's a mockup just to see it all in context, and cuz mockups are yummy

C&C is very welcomed and encouraged

Edited by EyeCraft

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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:42am

Looks really good. Are you planning to create a game with them, or do you simply play around with those sprites as a mockup?

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:57am

Yep, a game is being made from it, got a good programmer I'm working with

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Blueberry_pie
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:27am

Ooh, this mockup is yummy indeed!
This is looking great so far

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jujucece
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:39am

Very impressive art !!!

Could you tell us more informations on this game ? The name, for what platform(s) it is designed, which language... Can we try it ?

Jujucece

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:07am

Thank you Blueberry_pie and jujuece

Its being developed with ActiveX in Visual Basic, I *think*. Its for PC (freeware), and the name is still being decided on, for now it is called "Arkon".

When it's at a more playable stage I'm sure we'll release a demo

Edited by EyeCraft

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sedgemonkey
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:17am

Sweet, looks like an ultra-futuristic 1943. I haven't played many games of this type since that game came out.

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Monstara
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:09am

supreme!

have you seen Xenon Megablast? a really nice schmup. yours is a bit better :D

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Commodore
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:29am

You could add more things in the background. Like planets or so. The usual white dots are kinda boring.

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Rifts
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:35pm

i love the art and colours you have used, i myself am working on a few
sprites for a space shooter so this has been a slight insperation :) i
hope to see the game finished... so i can play it

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:27pm

Originally posted by sedgemonkey

Sweet, looks like an ultra-futuristic 1943. I haven't played many games of this type since that game came out.

I still haven't played 1943, seen a couple of screenshots, it looks like some awesome eye-candy, in that respect, thank you!

Originally posted by Monstara

supreme!

have you seen Xenon Megablast? a really nice schmup. yours is a bit better :D

Hmm, nope, I seem to remember hearing Xenon from somewhere though, maybe I've looked it up in my time. It's flattering to hear you say mine's better just from one mockup

Originally posted by Commodore

You could add more things in the background. Like planets or so. The usual white dots are kinda boring.

Yes I agree, I've planned a couple of very massive, very detailed backdrops that I'll begin working on after I've completed the most pressing graphics that the programmer is requesting.

Originally posted by Rifts

i love the art and colours you have used, i myself am working on a few
sprites for a space shooter so this has been a slight insperation :) i
hope to see the game finished... so i can play it

I hope it gets finished so you can play it too

. I'm very pleased I could inspire you.

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Citizen_Insane
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Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:54pm

yeah I always wanted to make a shmup.. maybe I'll play around in mmf and make my own. it won't be as high quality as this one, though, haha

but you haven't played 1943? man.. that's old school stuff.

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mikembley
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Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:29am

Originally posted by EyeCraft

This one reminds me of a ship from Half life 2
I love the sprite's , Very smooth.
Perhap's a game demo or somethin' ?

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Pixel_Outlaw
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Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:56am

Looking good!I hope it has a low resolution like 640X480! That way the art is bit bigger and people can appreciate your color range!

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Zlothien483
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Posted: 03 September 2005 at 2:03pm

Damn it man, thats very good stuff you got there!!! o_o

I love, LOVE the floating metalic pieces. Actually, everything is lovely!

Thumbs for the project!

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:48am

Originally posted by mikembley

Originally posted by EyeCraft

This one reminds me of a ship from Half life 2
I love the sprite's , Very smooth.
Perhap's a game demo or somethin' ?

Read above, demo sometime within the future

Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw

Looking good!I hope it has a low resolution like 640X480! That way the art is bit bigger and people can appreciate your color range!

Thanks. The game is actually 320x240, goin REALLY old skool, welcome to DOS days, hehehe

Originally posted by Zlothien483

Damn it man, thats very good stuff you got there!!! o_o

I love, LOVE the floating metalic pieces. Actually, everything is lovely!

Thumbs for the project!

Thank you

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Pixel_Outlaw
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Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:52pm

What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort.

People who use flash blur the hell out of bad sprites in hopes that crap on crap makes things look better. Just because you squint and see less doesn't mean ugly images look better. Thanks for giving me white space for a mini rant!

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Citizen_Insane
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Posted: 04 September 2005 at 11:37pm

oh man.. the hell-raiser is by far my favorite so far..

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Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:15am

Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw

What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort.

...You can turn off the "flash blur" as you call it.

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Rifts
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Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:33am

lol yeh u just go onto preffs and turn the quality 2 the lowest. thats how
i do it ne ways

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 05 September 2005 at 4:01pm

Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw

What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort.

It's using ActiveX in Visual Basic or something like that. No effects are applied to the graphics besides some possible palette swapping.

Originally posted by Citizen_Insane

oh man.. the hell-raiser is by far my favorite so far..

Glad you like

. I've just about finished animating it opening its hatches and releasing big-arse mines.

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Wannahlakujuu
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Posted: 05 September 2005 at 5:03pm

Wow, something I just noticed, this has awesome selout. It doesn't glow like when I tried it, great job

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Posted: 07 September 2005 at 7:17am

Very sweet demo... I like the ships... Very sweet...

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 09 September 2005 at 1:57am

Originally posted by Wannahlakujuu

Wow, something I just noticed, this has awesome selout. It doesn't glow like when I tried it, great job

Thanks. Yeh this project has been great practice for selout, it's a tricky thing to do.

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Posted: 09 September 2005 at 11:58am

Your art looks very professional! The mockup is so pleasent to look at :D But I think the final boss should be at least two screens wide :)

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EyeCraft
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Posted: 09 September 2005 at 7:02pm

Originally posted by initial_reality

Your art looks very professional! The mockup is so pleasent to look at :D But I think the final boss should be at least two screens wide :)

Thank you

. Lol actually the level 1 boss alone is about that big. The final boss is...probably 1 screen size. It's not the size that matters, it how much of a pain in the arse they are

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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Topic: More Shmup Sprites :update 3: Posted: 30 August 2005 at 10:01pm
	I'm back again with more graphics for the game I'm working on. Started working on some enemy sprites! Got 5 enemy designs so far with quite a few more to follow so here's the first of the batch... interceptor cargo ship (blow this up to get a powerup) :Update 1: Attack 'Copter :Update 2: Another ship done, this is one of the bigger enemies encountered in the game Hell-raiser :Update 3: Yet another ship done! This is the last of the enemies I'm working on for now. Next I plan to do a backdrop Carrier :------------: And here's a mockup just to see it all in context, and cuz mockups are yummy C&C is very welcomed and encouraged Edited by EyeCraft
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Shoba Seaman Joined: 20 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:42am
	Looks really good. Are you planning to create a game with them, or do you simply play around with those sprites as a mockup?
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:57am
	Yep, a game is being made from it, got a good programmer I'm working with
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Blueberry_pie Rear Admiral Joined: 24 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2176	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:27am
	Ooh, this mockup is yummy indeed! This is looking great so far
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jujucece Midshipman Joined: 06 July 2005 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 60	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:39am
	Very impressive art !!! Could you tell us more informations on this game ? The name, for what platform(s) it is designed, which language... Can we try it ?
	Jujucece
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:07am
	Thank you Blueberry_pie and jujuece Its being developed with ActiveX in Visual Basic, I think. Its for PC (freeware), and the name is still being decided on, for now it is called "Arkon". When it's at a more playable stage I'm sure we'll release a demo Edited by EyeCraft
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:17am
	Sweet, looks like an ultra-futuristic 1943. I haven't played many games of this type since that game came out.
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Monstara Commander Joined: 01 July 2005 Location: Bulgaria Online Status: Offline Posts: 179	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:09am
	supreme! have you seen Xenon Megablast? a really nice schmup. yours is a bit better :D
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Commodore Midshipman Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 66	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:29am
	You could add more things in the background. Like planets or so. The usual white dots are kinda boring.
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Rifts Commander Joined: 14 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 355	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:35pm
	i love the art and colours you have used, i myself am working on a few sprites for a space shooter so this has been a slight insperation :) i hope to see the game finished... so i can play it

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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:27pm
	*Originally posted by sedgemonkey* Sweet, looks like an ultra-futuristic 1943. I haven't played many games of this type since that game came out. I still haven't played 1943, seen a couple of screenshots, it looks like some awesome eye-candy, in that respect, thank you! *Originally posted by Monstara* supreme! have you seen Xenon Megablast? a really nice schmup. yours is a bit better :D Hmm, nope, I seem to remember hearing Xenon from somewhere though, maybe I've looked it up in my time. It's flattering to hear you say mine's better just from one mockup *Originally posted by Commodore* You could add more things in the background. Like planets or so. The usual white dots are kinda boring. Yes I agree, I've planned a couple of very massive, very detailed backdrops that I'll begin working on after I've completed the most pressing graphics that the programmer is requesting. *Originally posted by Rifts* i love the art and colours you have used, i myself am working on a few sprites for a space shooter so this has been a slight insperation :) i hope to see the game finished... so i can play it I hope it gets finished so you can play it too . I'm very pleased I could inspire you.
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:54pm
	yeah I always wanted to make a shmup.. maybe I'll play around in mmf and make my own. it won't be as high quality as this one, though, haha but you haven't played 1943? man.. that's old school stuff.
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mikembley Seaman Joined: 20 July 2025 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:29am
	*Originally posted by EyeCraft* This one reminds me of a ship from Half life 2 I love the sprite's , Very smooth. Perhap's a game demo or somethin' ?
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Pixel_Outlaw Commander Joined: 01 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3829	Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:56am
	Looking good!I hope it has a low resolution like 640X480! That way the art is bit bigger and people can appreciate your color range!
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Zlothien483 Midshipman Joined: 22 August 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 42	Posted: 03 September 2005 at 2:03pm
	Damn it man, thats very good stuff you got there!!! o_o I love, LOVE the floating metalic pieces. Actually, everything is lovely! Thumbs for the project!
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:48am
	*Originally posted by mikembley* *Originally posted by EyeCraft* This one reminds me of a ship from Half life 2 I love the sprite's , Very smooth. Perhap's a game demo or somethin' ? Read above, demo sometime within the future *Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw* Looking good!I hope it has a low resolution like 640X480! That way the art is bit bigger and people can appreciate your color range! Thanks. The game is actually 320x240, goin REALLY old skool, welcome to DOS days, hehehe *Originally posted by Zlothien483* Damn it man, thats very good stuff you got there!!! o_o I love, LOVE the floating metalic pieces. Actually, everything is lovely! Thumbs for the project! Thank you
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Pixel_Outlaw Commander Joined: 01 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3829	Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:52pm
	What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort. People who use flash blur the hell out of bad sprites in hopes that crap on crap makes things look better. Just because you squint and see less doesn't mean ugly images look better. Thanks for giving me white space for a mini rant!
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 04 September 2005 at 11:37pm
	oh man.. the hell-raiser is by far my favorite so far..
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Vidd Commander Joined: 06 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 131	Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:15am
	*Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw* What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort. People who use flash blur the hell out of bad sprites in hopes that crap on crap makes things look better. Just because you squint and see less doesn't mean ugly images look better. Thanks for giving me white space for a mini rant! ...You can turn off the "flash blur" as you call it.
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Rifts Commander Joined: 14 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 355	Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:33am
	lol yeh u just go onto preffs and turn the quality 2 the lowest. thats how i do it ne ways

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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 05 September 2005 at 4:01pm
	*Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw* What language are you going to use? DO NOT ANTIOALIAS LIKE THAT FLASH CRAP. It would ruin your effort. People who use flash blur the hell out of bad sprites in hopes that crap on crap makes things look better. Just because you squint and see less doesn't mean ugly images look better. Thanks for giving me white space for a mini rant! It's using ActiveX in Visual Basic or something like that. No effects are applied to the graphics besides some possible palette swapping. *Originally posted by Citizen_Insane* oh man.. the hell-raiser is by far my favorite so far.. Glad you like . I've just about finished animating it opening its hatches and releasing big-arse mines.
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Wannahlakujuu Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 205	Posted: 05 September 2005 at 5:03pm
	Wow, something I just noticed, this has awesome selout. It doesn't glow like when I tried it, great job
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randomblink Commander Joined: 13 February 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 403	Posted: 07 September 2005 at 7:17am
	Very sweet demo... I like the ships... Very sweet...
	www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really!
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 09 September 2005 at 1:57am
	*Originally posted by Wannahlakujuu* Wow, something I just noticed, this has awesome selout. It doesn't glow like when I tried it, great job Thanks. Yeh this project has been great practice for selout, it's a tricky thing to do.
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initial_reality Midshipman Joined: 03 March 2005 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 53	Posted: 09 September 2005 at 11:58am
	Your art looks very professional! The mockup is so pleasent to look at :D But I think the final boss should be at least two screens wide :)
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 09 September 2005 at 7:02pm
	*Originally posted by initial_reality* Your art looks very professional! The mockup is so pleasent to look at :D But I think the final boss should be at least two screens wide :) Thank you . Lol actually the level 1 boss alone is about that big. The final boss is...probably 1 screen size. It's not the size that matters, it how much of a pain in the arse they are
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