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Mathias (Level 2 Kukyu) at 3/27/2009 6:46:33 AM
I must try this cutesy simplistic style sometime, this is inspiring. A great application of the pixel art genre.
inkbutterfly (Level 1 Rookie) at 8/29/2008 7:35:13 PM
Cool muck-up and very nicely done. Reminds me of the old GBA games.
nooodl (Level 1 Depressed) at 5/12/2008 4:30:42 AM
Looks a lot like Kuru Kuru Kururin. The game looks fun =)
PopsicleFish (Level 1 Jukyu) at 4/11/2008 6:43:08 AM
And mario will always be better than donkey kong and sonic...... but lugis better than mario....
........ I think I did a spelling mistake in luigi's name above...... anyways....
iLKke (Level 8 Cannibal) at 4/9/2008 1:09:16 AM
Those 'hills' in the back could blend better, imo. Maybe if you made them more blue and a tad brighter.Love how the bad guys all have the same eyes.
Vertigo-Zero (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 4/7/2008 11:27:58 AM
Wow this looks a lot like my bird game/pixel art, only differences: its a sidescroller and way bbetter (yours)
lander (Level 4 Deputy) at 4/7/2008 12:55:40 AM
Very nice style) Did you try yourself as a pixel artist in mobile gamedev?
AndyOaks (Level 1 Rookie) at 4/7/2008 12:28:25 AM
Fantastic! Love the style. I want to play this NOW!
DJD (Level 4 Button Man) at 4/6/2008 9:18:28 AM
eh, it's still an awesome improvement over the previous (which was already awesome) but I can't help but feel like this is just a trickled-down version of what it -should- be; ie, the photoshopped background which I think goes much better with the graphics than this seemingly tagged on one. I like the tan cloud bubbles but I can't help but feel the green hills and the zaggy sky is there not for the purpose of creating the scene but strictly so it can be accepted.It's not really something you can help, I just wish people didn't freak out over admitted NPA when that's the way it should be. Art shouldn't be sacrificed for the unbending sake of purism.
Farbanian (Level 1 Rookie) at 4/6/2008 7:50:24 AM
Hey, I'm planning to make a game kind of like this. Are you interested?!! I imagine you do not know HOW to make a game, I do not know as well, I have a friend over at dA (deviantArt) and he's made 2 games for me, well, we've done it, I do the pixel part, and he does the rest. What do you think?!! He offered kind of a pkmn game. I don't know. Just tell me what you think, you pixel very well as well.
Oh!! Here are the links to the 2 games I've done in collab with him:
http://farbanian.deviantart.com/art/Memory-Game-80061088
http://farbanian.deviantart.com/art/The-StarCatching-Game-65396185
©Farbanian.
Pocket Clouds (Level 1 Gangster) at 4/6/2008 2:04:51 AM
This candy style and graphic and spaces are full of love. Great sprites. Mighty! I waiting for the real game version! And I make Fav this!
old_flick (Level 3 Private Eye) at 4/5/2008 5:40:29 PM
Looks like the Bunchies purple aquatic cousin in the water. Very nice. Any progress on the game itself in the almost two years since this was originally posted?
Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 4/5/2008 3:51:38 PM
weekly showcased twice with the same piece. only Fejer could.
pixelblink (Level 9 Federal Agent) at 4/5/2008 1:08:11 PM
just in case you're all confused: this was sent back for the NPA background and then resubmitted today. Ken gets to have another round of being in the weekly showcase... lucky you Vertigo-Zero (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 4/5/2008 1:03:41 PM
I think you are right Jal, if it wasnt Ken's it'd be rejected. Why, because it happened to me when I was new here:http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/16900.htm But its fixed now so im not complaining :D
Great work as always Ken!
chicknstu (Level 1 Rookie) at 10/6/2007 8:03:57 AM
Looks great man. Did you ever get anywhere with turning this into a game?
FrostPumpkin (Level 6 Serial Killer) at 8/31/2007 6:20:21 AM
hum.....I think the clouds aren't pixelart...else great work on the "cuteness"
Kung-Gi-OH! (Level 1 Rookie) at 7/25/2007 9:42:25 PM
*whistles* damn......the sky is done so well...it looks painted.
its magnificent. 
pixeljockey (Level 1 Rookie) at 3/25/2007 9:47:11 AM
Nice one, is theire allready some concept behind it ?If you are talented pixelpusher who is desperately
in search of a programmer (Win,Mobile,Flash) to
make the gfx come alive in a game, im a programmer
who is desperately in search of pixelpushers who would
like to collaborate on any kind of game-project.
Please contact and sorry, i know im posting this everywhere :-)
Josiah (Level 8 Marshal) at 2/18/2007 6:05:15 PM
enough to make ur own *shot*
anyway they style is nifty
exocet (Level 5 Captain) at 11/25/2006 3:25:35 AM
I love that style, flawless! Too bad there are only a few games on GBA that look that good...
Mrmo Tarius (Level 3 Enforcer) at 10/31/2006 11:09:43 AM
hehe, lovely colors and cute design :Dnice mockup :)
Dark Angel (Level 1 Rookie) at 9/16/2006 12:04:26 AM
if this whas Real I will buy it
I love it its soo cute 5+ anf Favo,d
Indigo (Level 2 Flatfoot) at 8/4/2006 9:35:59 AM
haha! You seem to get the same gripe that i do, kenneth! Not sure if your've seen it yet, but I did a style study on you a couple days ago and i've been getting alot of "this should die because the sky isn't pixelled" in the pixeljoint forum. Glad to see i'm not alone.here are the threads:
http://pixel-arts.org/pixelopolis/index.php?topic=1702.0
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2707
Arithmetician (Level 4 Deputy) at 7/30/2006 10:56:23 AM
It's so… juicy and cute. I like it and want to play. (^_^)
Wolverine (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 7/24/2006 5:19:24 AM
Just to clarify I do appreciate this kind of style... it's just not my thing anymore. Wolverine (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 7/24/2006 4:47:39 AM
I dunno. This does nothing for me at all. It all just looks far too basic and simple and I know that's part of your style but I'm starting to feel like it's all looking sorta unfinished and rushed. Maybe my tastes are just changing and this simple japanese looking stuff just doesn't appeal to me anymore. It's technically well done I guess.
Akira (Level 5 Sniper) at 7/21/2006 10:07:21 PM
the sky looks magnificant and soft. just because it isn't pixel art doesn't mean you can't like it. great sprite work. you should be making games.
NobleClock (Level 2 Corporal) at 7/21/2006 7:06:31 AM
hey, wait a sec... maybe this is pixel art, i mean, slays lines are worse and people argue about that, but in the end everyone says, he must just be a very good pixel art detailer, maybe he just took time. The comment box isn't meant for bickering about shit, it's meant to make the piece of art BETTER! Kennethfejer (Level 1 Jukyu) at 7/20/2006 4:21:53 AM
meh. its not a gradient, but a painting of clouds.kirby GBA has the same type of backgrounds, so i really dont see a problem with it.
but i guess a matter of taste.
HMC (Level 5 Killer Klown) at 7/19/2006 7:47:44 PM
Ignoring the gradientage, this is a nice piece. Though, I think those pink things in the background should sort of fade into the background more to imply distance.
HawkTheSlayer (Level 4 Button Man) at 7/19/2006 10:25:03 AM
As stated it is a mockup screen for a GBA game idea, lets not forget that real GBA games use manipulated bitmaps from Photoshop or other art packages as backgrounds and even intro screens sometimes, though usually with some colour reduction, so I really do not see the problem here.
The rest of the scene is all hand pixelled and if I may say, Pixelled very well indeed.
In conclusion, maybe Kennethfejer should have submitted the sprite pixels for the characters seperately, but for the sake of a mockup scene I think that the sky adds to the realism of the whole piece, it just needs the ammount of colours used reduced a little bit.
David Stoner (Level 1 Rookie) at 7/19/2006 1:36:25 AM
O em gee, take this down! The background is obviously not pixel art and so it should not be on this site! Even if the vast majority of this is hand-pixeled the fact that you would sink so low as to use a gradient means that it doesn't deserve to be showcased at this pixel art site. Seriously, what were you thinking?I like the effect you put on the trees, but it seems sort of out of place in comparison with the rest of the scene.
Blick (Level 6 Commander) at 7/19/2006 1:06:34 AM
Too bad you can't prove that, jalonso. Since it is Kenneth's. We may never know. It'd be lame to remove it based on an assumed technicality.Anyway, I really like this, your simplistic style has always appealed to me. I love how functional your mockups look. The bottom status bar showing what I assume to be the progress through the level is what really sealed the deal for me as far as it looking like a true game. I still wish you'd made a real Kid Icarus fangame from those mockups a while back.
jalonso (Level 11 Godfather) at 7/18/2006 11:10:53 PM
[QUOTE] -DE- I for one don't care about the background (if GBA/DS allows for high-color bitmaps, then why not?) [/QUOTE]Because this site is about Pixel art.
Not directed at -DE-. If this was not Ken's, it would have been flamed to death, if it even made it to the gallery in the first place. Fair is fair.
iSTVAN (Level 8 Cannibal) at 7/18/2006 5:25:56 PM
Cute as always. I love your plant and grass palette.
radio_active (Level 2 Corporal) at 7/18/2006 5:22:35 PM
hmm for some reason Im really drawn tothis style. Gives me an idea for a game!
Badassbill (Level 9 Necrophiliac) at 7/18/2006 5:04:43 PM
Looks like a cross between Kirby and Yoshi's Story. I love the style, very nice work.
-DE- (Level 8 Cannibal) at 7/18/2006 1:33:55 PM
I for one don't care about the background (if GBA/DS allows for high-color bitmaps, then why not?). The rest is great.There are some parts in the outlines I don't like (esp. the darker line on one of the hills in the far back, near the signpost), but I guess it's a part of your style and it'd be hard to adjust it.
More mockups, people, and less Amiga-scene crap. Thank you.
chanfan (Level 7 Underboss) at 7/18/2006 12:43:40 PM
This looks very nice :D I but it would make a really great game if you decided to continue with this! However, as mentioned before.. the sky sux! Redo it! :P
Saru-chan (Level 1 Rookie) at 7/18/2006 10:52:02 AM
Really nice mockup, this reminds me of Kirby with the name you choose !
cerealkiller54 (Level 6 Yonkyu) at 7/18/2006 10:38:27 AM
AAAAAAAAGH! AAAAAAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAGH! I WANT TO PLAY IT SOOOOOOOOOO BAD! It looks soooooo cool! 5/5
Dra_chan (Level 8 Shodan) at 7/18/2006 10:25:14 AM
Ooooh this is cute, I would totally play this game! +7
Juank_corp (Level 1 Quiet One) at 7/18/2006 10:10:20 AM
great... i like the colors.. i like the cartoon style.. i like almost everithing... maybe the water could habe a bit more work... but .. thats just me...
Shawn (Level 8 Cannibal) at 7/18/2006 10:07:48 AM
I love the simple look of it. So simple, yet awesome. Kicks ass :) Evil-Ville (Level 1 Thug) at 7/18/2006 9:58:59 AM
I'd play it. Nothing wrong with the photoshopped background either in my opinion. MichaS (Level 1 Depressed) at 7/18/2006 9:43:19 AM
REO THE FOX (Level 8 Shodan) at 7/18/2006 9:17:15 AM
Cool.even i could i see it was yours before i saw the name.
pixelblink (Level 9 Federal Agent) at 7/18/2006 8:40:19 AM
aww... I wasgonna fave this but I noticed the photoshopped sky in the bg. This'd make a wonderful game. Great colours and clean characters and scenery. Fix that sky! jalonso (Level 11 Godfather) at 7/18/2006 8:26:31 AM
Very nice looking you got the colorful and the cute down! I don't know about the gradient sky, too bad 
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Oh my heavens. This is awesome! I especially love the brown pillars.
I'm assuming you also love to do game scenes :)
Anyway. I really like it but there are a few things I would change:
1. The health bar / stars collected thing - I think it looks a little weird having the bird's head just cut off there. Maybe a little border?
2. Background is a little blah - I don't know if that's what you're going for, though, having never played a classic GameBoy ^^ The greed rounded hill things look a little pixelly at the top - you and everyone else is probably going 'Duh - it's pixel art' - but it throws me off. Maybe remove the top border, or make it lighter?
3. Last, I promise! The water in the foreground - also kind of blah. Again, I don't know if that's what you wanted, but it's not working for me.
Anyway. Would totally buy this game ^^
Rine //