yeah, but only if it was monochromatic

I've always found platformer tilesets a bit easier to make than RPG ones, but maybe that's just me :o... Also, I don't think that just making a tileset is quite enough; we'd have to make a bunch of mockups as well to keep people interested in the project, or something else that seems like a goal to reach. I don't think making an actual RPG from the tiles would really work all that well, though, because honestly that is way too much work and also relies too much on the one person who may or may not volunteer.

also I think everyone should make toucans

EDIT: What we could do, @ that tileset idea again, is do something along the lines of this: http://nifflas.ni2.se/forum/index.php?topic=1647.0
In that, there's already a Knytt Stories level set up, just all of the graphics are placeholders. We could do something similar to that, just maybe on a larger scale in order to make it collaborative instead of a competition.

also I still think everyone should make toucans


Edited by Bundt - 30 January 2009 at 11:52am

moved your topic into this one. Please use the available topics for discussion from now on.

I really like the trading card game idea! I would be into it

also, I had this idea-
OK, proposing a MASSIVE project that most people on the site don't have the dedication or time to put into it, but, would like to throw it out there anyways. I know when I was at pixelation there was a community project called King Of Spriters, where everyone made a fighting game character and a portrait for their character. What I would like to do is work with whoever else would like to and compile an actual full fighting game. I KNOW how big this is and how many people will roll their eyes at this, but I just think it would be cool if even 9 or 10 artists could bust out a complete sprite set for at least one character each, with things such as the stages going to whomever wanted to make them. Just an idea. I already created the first character I am working with. His name is goober and he is in my Gallery, if you want an idea of the kind of stuff I am working with. okthnx!

Did anyone ever play might and magic VII? There was a great cardgame you could play where you had to like, destroy the other player's tower, or bring yours up to 100, and cards could either build up your defenses, hurt the other players tower, or raise yours. You could only use cards if you had enough resources for that kind of card. You can play a clone of it on gemtree.com somewhere, it was called ants. It would be cool to make a pixel version of that. Maybe you should play it to get the idea, it's actually really fun.

I whipped this up I hope it makes sense, now people don't have to start contributing but if you want to work on your portrait go on ahead. 

This can be done, and it would only take 30 temporary dedicated pixelers.

10 pixelers per faction
3 factions - RED, GREEN, BLUE
1 artist, 4 creation cards/per entry 64x64 canvas.
40 creations/per faction
150 cards total.

This is not including the technique cards.
This is just covering all the attacker type cards.
I've decided to ditch the "3 artist" rule, now we're taking the reigns as leaders in combat.

The cards in between can be anyones not necisarly yours


26- common 0 to 3
0/1
0/1
0/2
0/2
0/3
0/3 artist
1/0
1/0
1/1
1/1
1/2
1/2
1/3
1/3 artist
2/1
2/1
2/2
2/2
2/3
2/3 artist
3/1
3/1
3/2
3/2
3/3 artist
3/3 artist

12- uncommon 3 to 6
4/3
4/4
4/5
4/6 artist
5/3
5/4
5/5
5/6  artist
6/3
6/4
6/5
6/6  artist

8- rare 6 to 8
6/7
6/8
7/6
7/7
7/8 pixeler
8/6
8/7
8/8 captain pixeler

Adriprints - you have to be the winner from the previous challenge to get to propose the new challenge.

Edited by vampireslug - 26 March 2009 at 9:06am

wow, this looks cool. i would love to join but i dont have that kind of skill

How about a collaberation of animals. I am interested in creating a Card Game as well and am basing it around animals. A bigger image is better. Animals can and should be creative, but realistic, and I am perticularly looking for:

An Eight-Winged Hawk, Octohawk
Pterodactyl
Flying Tree
Rideable Wolf
Spineless Porcupine
Megalodon

Woah that's an awesome Idea in my opinion. I think it could be something like maybe Yu-gi-oh or if it's going to be like the areas should be named using some kind of pixel names like for example the graveyard could be (Dead Wips or maybe Dead art)

pokemon are size restricted tho
and colored
dp style is usually 80*80 or smaller and have around 16 colors


Edited by TMH - 12 April 2009 at 6:19pm

then we could put them together and get some one to make a rip off pokemon game yaa.


good idea, wips could be fused together or something to make a powered up pixel or something. and when they die the pixel art needs revision.


Edited by TMH - 13 April 2009 at 2:26pm

I might postone tomorrow but im on my phone right now so i cant really

I like it.
Do a miniature 16x16 version.
You know, like where you'd see it on your inventory of pocket monsters (aka pokemon).

not very good.
you should post a thread for this

Eman: I moved your post into this thread... it needs fleshing out alot more as well. :|

I like the idea of seeing only the outer pixels. I also think that making it a character would be more complicated, not to mention cliche... if it was a different theme, or even no theme altogether, it would be pretty awesome.

Asuming the Joint doesn't count, then no.


Edited by Reo - 12 May 2009 at 1:34pm

identikit. make seperate pieces for identikit. maybe in speedball 2 portrait style.

Hi All,

I am new to the pixel art creation - well new again ;)

I use to make games and stuff on my vic-20 and work with computer since then and now I am back into having fun with computer art!

My first pixel art was a spaceship - to make a simple space ship scrolling game - you can check it out here :
http://www.ponnuki.net/?p=352

in my next project I would like to start a mini game with 1 character and some backgrounnd (yeah zelda like) andI would need to use some pixel art - which I am not good at yet. It's just for fun so there is no copyright involve it's really only o experiment to make a simple game. It will be buil in processing.

What I need is simply a character that is a animated gif that loop as if the character is walking and then some tiles for grass - mountain - water - then later tiles for the in between land and water and grass and mountain ...

It doesn't need to be new art - it could be an old project you created before and that you don't mind it being used in a video game prototype or anything really.

I am also open to create some other type of game prototype like scrolling shooters and other stuff like that ~ I am no expert but I have been learning processing for few month now and it's starting to be interesting ;)

let me know if anyone is interested!

I've got an idea. How about kind of a collaborative comic book? Someone could come up with a basic outline for a plot, then each person could add one or two panels after the previous person's. What's really cool about this the fact that I've never seen a pixel art comic book before, and that besides the art, everyone could help a little with the story, kind of like a TBRPG. What do you think?
Antymatter - that could actually come out really cool. Maybe it could be a Last Supper sort of thing.

If we did it exquisite corpse style, it would be kind of disjointed, wouldn't it?  I was thinking of it actually being like a real comic book.  I don't know if I really like the B/W idea much either, but a limited pallet would give it character.  Maybe something like 64 colors max?

So, would RGBs look something like this?



Edited by Momotaro - 19 June 2010 at 11:47am

What about a project, kind of like the joint, but instead, you use buildings in a city. It could be any building you want, and you can place them in allocated lots. Just a suggestion

I'm not very prominent on PJ, I'm more interested in programming, personally. Only trying to learning pixel art to actually make something reasonable for that.

I rather like this idea, but I don't think it'd work too well if each person made a tile or two of a topdown tileset, there would be too many conflicting stylistic choices.
I think that it'd give people much more freedom (arguably, of course) if people contributed tiles for a rougelike. As in, there would be one tileset with tiles, so people can make a wall tile or a floor tile, or whatever, to actually make maps; and there would be another tileset with characters and monsters, etc.
If people wanted to, they could then animate things and go all out, other people could link tiles with intermediary tiles and whatnot.

Of course, I don't have enough experience to say what palette would work, but that's my two cents is all.