More Shmup Sprites :update 3:
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Printed Date: 13 September 2025 at 4:48am
Topic: More Shmup Sprites :update 3:
Posted By: EyeCraft
Subject: More Shmup Sprites :update 3:
Date 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
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Posted By: Shoba
Date 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? |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:57am
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Yep, a game is being made from it, got a good programmer I'm working with
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:27am
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Ooh, this mockup is yummy indeed! This is looking great so far  ------------- |
Posted By: jujucece
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:39am
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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 |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:07am
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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 |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date 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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Posted By: Monstara
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:09am
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supreme! have you seen Xenon Megablast? a really nice schmup. yours is a bit better :D |
Posted By: Commodore
Date 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. |
Posted By: Rifts
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:35pm
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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  -------------   |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 9:27pm
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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. |
Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:54pm
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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. |
Posted By: mikembley
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:29am
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Originally posted by EyeCraft This one reminds me of http://www.half-life2.de/images/enemies/hovership.jpg - a ship from Half life 2 I love the sprite's , Very smooth. Perhap's a game demo or somethin' ? |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:56am
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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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Posted By: Zlothien483
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 2:03pm
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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! |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:48am
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Originally posted by mikembley Originally posted by EyeCraft This one reminds me of http://www.half-life2.de/images/enemies/hovership.jpg - 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 |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 04 September 2005 at 6:52pm
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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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Posted By: Citizen_Insane
Date Posted: 04 September 2005 at 11:37pm
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oh man.. the hell-raiser is by far my favorite so far..
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Posted By: Vidd
Date Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:15am
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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. |
Posted By: Rifts
Date Posted: 05 September 2005 at 9:33am
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lol yeh u just go onto preffs and turn the quality 2 the lowest. thats how
i do it ne ways ------------- |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 05 September 2005 at 4:01pm
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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. |
Posted By: Wannahlakujuu
Date 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 |
Posted By: randomblink
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 7:17am
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Very sweet demo... I like the ships... Very sweet... ------------- www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really! |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 09 September 2005 at 1:57am
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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. |
Posted By: initial_reality
Date 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 :) |
Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 09 September 2005 at 7:02pm
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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 |