Pixel Joint Forum: "Sprite Chaser 2". A game about pixel art

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   Hello everyone! I'm a cartoonist/video game designer. I'm also a die hard pixel art enthusiast.
The website for my latest indie game demo is up and I thought alot of the people on this board might love it! It's just the chapter one demo, so the game itself is a work in progress.
It's called "Sprite Chaser 2"
http://spritechaser2.com
A video game about pixel drawing!!
It’s an adorable little adventure about a pixel art drawing penguin scraping by as a starving artist. He draws his way from town to town making friends with every piece of personalized artwork he makes. It’s a unique and well crafted indie gaming gem, that features lots of colorful characters and an interesting blend of cute, cartoony animals dealing with real world situations. Kind of like Animal Crossing meets those old school, Japanese logic games. 
The game is a bit of an acquired taste for the casual gamer, but I’m hoping a lot of actual pixel artists will find it quite entertaining and enjoy the game and concept as a whole package. Despite the flaws in the chapter one demo, I find it very fresh and endearing in an odd way. It’s by no means perfect, but it does serve as a prototype for my vision. 
I understand that it's kind of a "love it or hate it" game, but there is a full chapter one walkthrough and cheat guides for all the drawing puzzles. So you don't really have to understand the drawing aspect to enjoy the game, you can just cheat.
There is a tutorial on how to use the drawing engine in the "view the tutorial" option in the menu before you start the game.
This game is for PC, and might not work on a Mac.
I hoping at least a couple of pixel artists on here will dig it. The site has some great screenshots and concept art.
If you like anything about the game, I would love to hear some comments on the site's message board.

Edited by Dave Carter - 23 July 2006 at 6:59pm

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Dave Carter Seaman Joined: 23 July 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: "Sprite Chaser 2". A game about pixel art Posted: 23 July 2006 at 12:51pm
	Hello everyone! I'm a cartoonist/video game designer. I'm also a die hard pixel art enthusiast. The website for my latest indie game demo is up and I thought alot of the people on this board might love it! It's just the chapter one demo, so the game itself is a work in progress. It's called "Sprite Chaser 2" http://spritechaser2.com A video game about pixel drawing!! It’s an adorable little adventure about a pixel art drawing penguin scraping by as a starving artist. He draws his way from town to town making friends with every piece of personalized artwork he makes. It’s a unique and well crafted indie gaming gem, that features lots of colorful characters and an interesting blend of cute, cartoony animals dealing with real world situations. Kind of like Animal Crossing meets those old school, Japanese logic games. The game is a bit of an acquired taste for the casual gamer, but I’m hoping a lot of actual pixel artists will find it quite entertaining and enjoy the game and concept as a whole package. Despite the flaws in the chapter one demo, I find it very fresh and endearing in an odd way. It’s by no means perfect, but it does serve as a prototype for my vision. I understand that it's kind of a "love it or hate it" game, but there is a full chapter one walkthrough and cheat guides for all the drawing puzzles. So you don't really have to understand the drawing aspect to enjoy the game, you can just cheat. There is a tutorial on how to use the drawing engine in the "view the tutorial" option in the menu before you start the game. This game is for PC, and might not work on a Mac. I hoping at least a couple of pixel artists on here will dig it. The site has some great screenshots and concept art. If you like anything about the game, I would love to hear some comments on the site's message board. Edited by Dave Carter - 23 July 2006 at 6:59pm
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 23 July 2006 at 1:02pm
	I'm downloading the game now, it looks like a rather interesting idea. I love all your drawings on the site aswel. We'll see what i think of it once i start playing :O Heheh. Unfortunately it didn't work on my computer. I can't tell why. Also, seeing as this is less of you working on a pixel art piece, i'm going to move it to the diversions section, just say if you disagree. Edited by Larwick - 23 July 2006 at 2:44pm

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rabidbaboy Midshipman Joined: 25 July 2006 Location: Philippines Online Status: Offline Posts: 68	Posted: 27 July 2006 at 4:04am
	ingame graphics were OK. but why doesn't he face N and S when walking? also, maybe a line tool during the actual puzzles. nice game, but i don't see how it will help pixel artists improve, or provide fun for the pixel artist. being a pixel artist or not will not affect your liking of this game, imo.
	"baboy" is Filipino for "pig"
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