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Title:	Hitlertron!
Pixel Artist:	glenn1980 (Level 1 Rookie :: 49 points)
Posted:	4/11/2011 08:17
Palette:	163 colors
Statistics:	15 comments 4 faves 0 avatars
The idea for this image has been brewing for some years. I am a big fan of old-school 2d visuals and in particular the designs of scrolling shoot-em-ups. Several years ago I commented to a friend that a 2d scroller set in a pseudo futuristic WW2 environment would be good material for some interesting designs. Why? Well, I like the idea of blending WW2 machinery with imaginary, futuristic technology. Also it provides the perfect theatre for some amazing boss battles - hence 'Hitlertron', an end-game boss that is about to get blown to smithereens by the British Spitfire (armed as you can see with a rather nifty after-market nuclear laser – what else?) I am new to creating imagery in this way and this is my first pixel-art image. It is made to the same dimensions as the Neo-Geo AES screen resolution. Hope you like it. Edit - Thanks to the Eagle-eyed observations of Pixeljoint member 'ptoing' I must point out that this image is in fact NOT made to the Neo-Geo resolution and is in fact 620x524. An error I will never again make!

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KrypToniTe (Level 5 Soldier) @ 4/26/2011 11:30

Well in that case... if ur German.

ptoing (Level 7 Cuttlefish) @ 4/25/2011 22:38

Eh? How is it disturbing to know things about nazis? Especially considering I am German. We learn a lot about WW2 and Nazi Germany in school. It just is part (albeit sad) of the history of our country.

KrypToniTe (Level 5 Soldier) @ 4/23/2011 05:28

Look whose an expert on all about nazis. Really disturbing. Anyway this piece is hillarious and very well drawn, alhough I agree about the dithering. Palette is nice, but I think you shouldve used some other a bit more "popping-up" color for the hud so it would pop out a bit.

big brother (Level 11 Admiral) @ 4/15/2011 11:18

Too soon, I think.

Ozzy (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/13/2011 10:23

nossa.. perfeito *-* adoro esse tipo de jogo

Pixel600MG (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/13/2011 02:52

actually this is a good job, I like style

glenn1980 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/12/2011 23:55

You are completely right - I don't know where I got that resolution from actually. Goes to show that you can't trust everything you read on the Internet - who'd of thought that would be possible? As for the Swastikas, well spotted but it was actually intentional to reverse them. As I said it is a 'pseudo futuristic WW2 environment' so I wanted to make some historical alterations. I was hyper-conscious that it this could come across as being offensive and while I wanted to bring some of the iconic imagery of WW2 I didn't want to replicate everything. Thanks for spotting the resolution mistake though.

ptoing (Level 7 Cuttlefish) @ 4/12/2011 22:52

No clue where you got that resolution from. The NeoGeo has an effective res of 304x224.

Also your swastikas are the wrong way round. The hooks should point right.

MCSuire (Level 1 Intern) @ 4/12/2011 13:41

I had an idea for something like this once

SacreDoom (Level 2 Dealer) @ 4/12/2011 11:30

Have to agree with cure on the dithering. Very dramatic scenery, tho.

glenn1980 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/12/2011 11:26

Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it.

ThomasJH (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 4/12/2011 08:26

i love it my friend, its totally awesome.. ship is cool

rated 5

faved it

glenn1980 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/12/2011 01:08

Sorry about the resize - I have now replaced it with a cropped sample. Yes, I think I agree with you about the dithering on the boss body. I was trying to lend it a worn, battle-scarred appearance but looking back it could have benefitted from a smoother look. Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

cure (Level 11 Pixellite) @ 4/11/2011 21:28

we typically like to avoid resized preview images, opting instead for a sample from the fullview. nice mockup btw, though I feel the Hitlertron could use less dithering, given the smooth texture of metal.

Asterix (Level 2 Peon) @ 4/11/2011 13:23

Well, it smells like a game from my childhood, when I spent hours at the 8 bit console. Nice dithering!

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