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Title: Rise Of The Strider
Pixel Artist: ThePixelKnight  (Level 1 Rookie :: 7351 points)
Posted: 2/23/2013 06:41
Statistics:  30 comments    47 faves    0 avatars

Been a while since I submited any pixels so here's a screenshot from a game I'm making. In the game you control the weapons of a giant walker (the strider), destroying enemy forces that stand (or fly) in your way.

[Edit] Hopefully fix the floating sprites effect (thanks Manupix), and added some details to the strider and soldiers.

[Edit] Redesigned the strider.

[Edit] Added a couple of lighter streaks to the planets rings.

[Edit] Done a bit more to the strider.

Its been brought to my attention that this background has a likness to a background in MetalSlug which it does as I used it as reference to see how the how the rocks, foggy atmosphere etc are done (not resized, copy and pasted pixeled over etc), and used it in game as I began coding. I forgot about the ref as it was drawn awhile ago and should've checked before unloading.

Ref: www.abload.de/img/metal_slug_2_backgrou38pun.png

Ref source: spriters-resource.com/arcade/ms2/sheet/32269

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philippejugnet (Level 6 Hitman) @ 3/1/2013 17:35

 its not the fact its worst pixelled, its because I like more sharp stuff :D Imo fits better with pixelart! ^^

edit: post all the versions here :p


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 3/1/2013 15:34

Maybe I'll add an option to choose from different types of strider, I've been thinking about doing an 8 legged one, a spider strider. :P


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philippejugnet (Level 6 Hitman) @ 3/1/2013 13:58

  I liked the old strider btw


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/28/2013 16:25

I couldn't resist.


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philippejugnet (Level 6 Hitman) @ 2/28/2013 16:15

 xD nice thing u've done on the showcase rofl!


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/27/2013 09:40

@ Connor: I've added a couple of lighter streaks. :)


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_Connor (Level 5 Assistant Manager) @ 2/27/2013 04:40

 aaahhh, that's damn epic. Maybe add a streak of the lighter colour into the darker side? Because right now it looks like a corner with one side in shadow.


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/26/2013 17:15

@ Connor: The planet has Saturn like rings which is what you see in the sky.


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/26/2013 17:13

@ Geti: I've redesigned the strider isn't quite finished yet but looks better than it did before :)


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_Connor (Level 5 Assistant Manager) @ 2/25/2013 21:17

 Got to agree with this. the player mecha lacks personality and looks more like a repeating enemy ship. the aircraft looks alot more interesting/fun to play as. Also, is that some kind of monolithic tower in the background? or an atmospheric effect? it's hard to tell what it's supposed to be.


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Geti (Level 3 Sergeant) @ 2/25/2013 21:04

Everything in this is great except for the actual mecha.

Maybe I'm just looking at it wrong, but it just seems like it'd be waving those block legs around to walk. There's no real reason to have feet that taper at the bottom as they'll just sink into terrain, and it just feels like a boring design.

The pixel work elsewhere is great, but I'd work on it more since I presume it'll be what you're looking at for most of the game.


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CobaltHex (Level 3 Chupacabra) @ 2/25/2013 19:48

 love the background design (as well as fg) and the colors are perfect


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w4rlock (Level 5 Sniper) @ 2/25/2013 09:14

really cool !!!


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Sapei (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/25/2013 08:54

Mmh, maybe u could work the colors of the machins and stat-bar, maybe saturate or reduce luminosity, to make it more linked with the rest of the picture :p

I said maybe i'm not an expert :p


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/24/2013 15:38

Oops, ok I've drawn in the shadow :)


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Manupix (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 2/24/2013 14:15

Much better! The strider's leftmost leg still lacks a shadow.


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ThePixelKnight (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/24/2013 12:41

@ Manupix: Agreed, so I've made some modifications and hopefully the issue is fixed now.


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jok (Level 11 Master Assassin) @ 2/24/2013 06:46

 very very nice gfx, superb colors, clean design, contrast between background and 1plane

like it a lot


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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 2/24/2013 04:37

I can't describe how I love both layers of the BG.


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pel (Level 4 Lieutenant) @ 2/23/2013 23:46

The background is amazing! I want to reference.


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CraftyPixel (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/23/2013 23:43

- Amazing... -


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Elk (Level 6 Saber-toothed Tiger) @ 2/23/2013 14:03

 very awesome background


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PessimistPoodle (Level 2 Peon) @ 2/23/2013 12:49

I love all the details that are packed into such a small resolution. Awesome palette as well!


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BlazingBlyde (Level 3 Hatchet Man) @ 2/23/2013 10:06

Woah I want to play this. Great texturing on the rocks.


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Manupix (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 2/23/2013 09:32

Whoa badass pixelin'!

I have one major issue though: all the sprites seem to float in air, while the dunes look faraway.
There's probably a mix of reasons to this: contrast mostly (it's hard not to see the dunes and near cliff as affected by atmospheric perspective); also the dunes look like having a strong upward slope while the sprites appear to be level, with straight and level shadows.


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Drazelic (Level 8 Partner) @ 2/23/2013 08:48

 aaaaaaaaugh the rocks the rooooooooooooocks <3


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skittle (Level 9 Nidan) @ 2/23/2013 07:58

 The mountains and the jet are gorgous!


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DawnBringer (Level 10 Pixel artist) @ 2/23/2013 07:32

Sweet stuff! 


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A2J2TIWARI (Level 5 Killer Klown) @ 2/23/2013 06:53

So awesome...*Salutes*

Btw.. I think the robo stands out from the BG? Dunoo if that's intentional though 


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Cream (Level 3 Stalker) @ 2/23/2013 06:50

 Good one! Remember me of Mrmo style.

PS: This is Dawn's pallete? 

 


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