Naval Sprites
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 12 June 2026 at 1:01pm
Topic: Naval Sprites
Posted By: domox
Subject: Naval Sprites
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 9:38pm
Working on a iPad game. Top down shootemup/strategy. What I am after though is an honest opinion on this sprite. I am trying to decide if it is the style I want to go with. The seem a bit flat but I am not sure what I can do to make them pop, or if I am being too critical. Thoughts? Thanks! |
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Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 27 July 2010 at 11:51pm
More detail added and few frames of animation, I will double or triple the frames for the fire... Still not sold on the style. |
Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 28 July 2010 at 11:30pm
No thoughts huh?
Here is another one with more fleshed out smoke and effects. Debating if I should draw a shockwave on the water, I may wait till I have a water tile developed... |
Posted By: Rerg
Date Posted: 29 July 2010 at 7:34am
| Darker outlines and I would like to see a bigger boat because I mean to be honest this is kinda of small for a Ipad even, I just say a bigger scale with a focus on smoother outlines especially on the hull. |
Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 29 July 2010 at 7:49am
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i dont like the waterdropish shape too much...
also i think the volumes arent described very well , it looks more like a some sort of plank (...surfboard?) with a bunch of stuff laying on it... the huge amount of colors (39..)and the dithering create a lot of noise and make it less readable aswell ,..
heres an edit ( 5 colors )
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Posted By: bannanawalrus
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 1:02am
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WOW.
that is one sexy edit onek.
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Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 6:55am
| :O Oh, I like your refinements. Thank you for your time! I clearly need to work on the volume definition some more. One problem I have is that the ships will not all be facing the same direction, which could be troublesome when it comes to shadows. Man I like your work. :D |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 2:45pm
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One slight crit on onek's edit, make the gunbarrels --- instead of ^^^. ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 12 August 2010 at 6:04am
Round 2!
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Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 12 August 2010 at 4:58pm
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More progress today...
http://cl.ly/1yY8 - http://cl.ly/1yY8 |
Posted By: Ambient
Date Posted: 12 August 2010 at 5:06pm
| Your second water looks too shallow, I like the first better. |
Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 13 August 2010 at 1:08pm
| Thanks for the feedback! :) |
Posted By: PizzaEnergy
Date Posted: 14 August 2010 at 12:37am
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Just wondering, are the ships going to be individually controlled? The skinniest one might be a little too skinny for fingers to easily control?
Just a thought, I'm sure you've put some time into UI already. :) If you put this game out I'll certainly be downloading. |
Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 15 August 2010 at 7:26pm
| The ships will be placed on a map and pressed/released to fire. :D So even the smallest ones will be big enough to do this. I will post a video as soon as possible. :D |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 7:10pm
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The water is a bit too complex, and at the same time too simple. Have you tried looking at google maps or something? ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: domox
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:12pm
| yes, If I wanted to to do realistically I would probably do a sort of diffuse with aqua/deep blue. I guess I was trying to pursue a more cartoony approach. Being a kinda big advance wars fan I was playing around with different styles. One think I am a bit concerned about is that the maps will largely be water, so I don't want the entire screen too drab. Thanks for the feedback! |