	Saboteur @ 1/21/2009 05:14 commented on Ganesha @ flyguy Pixel art IS about the optimization though... doing something as limited as possible. If a piece is using a lot of colours... an excessive amount of colours, then it isn't optimized and isn't as good, isn't as pixel art as it could be. Therefore the "too many colours" comments are entirely valid, and not part of a trend we as a community are locked into and need to be shaken out of.
	Saboteur @ 1/13/2009 17:46 commented on Personal Space. ALL HELL CAN'T STOP US NOW.
	Saboteur @ 12/29/2008 23:38 commented on Big Bird T'was wierd. When I learned of paradise falls... wait, paradise falls is the slavetraders' place, innit? Nevermind. T'was wierd. When I learned of the oasis, I said to myself : "Hmm, self. If you were trees in a wasteland, where would you be?" and I picked a spot on the map and was frighteningly and absurdly right. Also I just bought super smash bros for the Wii. Somewhat depressed by how soulless it feels on account of no voiceacting whatsoever, but overall interesting. I didn't know/didn't think there'd be such a cool storyline, though :D
	Saboteur @ 12/23/2008 11:30 commented on Big Bird Mmm FL. I used it once, made a wicked song (It really wasn't good, I'm biased) and tried to save it. Stupid demo doesn't let you save! I cried in my heart :( It's not really that complicated, though. There are tutorials for FL that give you the information needed: I.E where to find sounds, what a pattern is, and how to put patterns into the song. Just use youtube and/or google, and you will be rewarded :)
	Saboteur @ 12/22/2008 19:04 commented on Big Bird http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTfXfmtoEXU&eurl=http://www.tigsource.com/ ...should satisfy all your snake-y pixel desires!
	Saboteur @ 12/22/2008 18:28 commented on Big Bird Onononono. Sab used RhysAndrews to do the coding, RhysAndrews used Sab (Greg Vanderbeek :O) to do the graphics. I thought the credits always being at the bottom of the game would clear that up pretty quick ;) And Rhys used Gamemaker.
	Saboteur @ 12/22/2008 15:51 commented on Big Bird http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=412002 Releasedness. Shame on me and my non-pixel ways, I know I know. Free throat-punches for anyone who cracks wise, though! /shamelessselfpromotion
	Saboteur @ 12/20/2008 23:33 commented on Big Bird Best broken link I ever clicked!
	Saboteur @ 12/13/2008 19:23 commented on Big Bird Oh balls, my Dad just sent me an email that contained "LOL" I feel like less of a human, now. Capital letters, too. -.-
	Saboteur @ 12/13/2008 18:22 commented on Big Bird My brother once changed my cousin's MSN name thingummer to "If c**k was a popsicle, my tongue would be purple."
	Saboteur @ 12/13/2008 18:01 commented on Big Bird We need ways to IP check accounts. I'm skeptical every time some crazycraze posts something that may be considered humorous on the grounds that it's probably one of our own members bored out of their mind and lonely as chunks. But that illusion is maintained because I'm still ignorant of just how stupid people can be. Ahh the internet. You're home to some of the worst of humanity :)
	Saboteur @ 12/13/2008 13:19 commented on Big Bird If linguicide isn't actually a crime, it really, really should be. In other news, http://xananeko.freeonlinegames.com/ wins the two colour competition already. 2BAD4U.
	Saboteur @ 12/7/2008 00:24 commented on Big Bird It isn't really a christian thing anyhow. To quote 50 cent: "An you know we don't give a *@(&$ its not yo birthday! (Jesus) " It's my brother's birthday on the 25th as well, not to mention he got married on the... 19th last year? And it's my OTHER brother's birthday on the 14th... plenty of celebrations crammed into a few weeks :)
	Saboteur @ 12/6/2008 22:02 commented on Big Bird Kay scrooge, you go right ahead and be miserable about it. I'll be at a drunken office party having fun.
	Saboteur @ 12/5/2008 03:03 commented on Big Bird Aww, is there a ctrl+Z for downloads? Firefox 3 finally caught up with me :/
	Saboteur @ 12/3/2008 13:20 commented on Big Bird Me and spouting random bits of nothing in the pool get along. Too hard to keep a conversation running when any member at any time is likely to alt-tab to something else and totally forget about the pool. It needs MSN's obnoxious orange flashing when something new has been said.
	Saboteur @ 12/2/2008 21:31 commented on Big Bird What's the story on regions in D2? It only lets me use US west or summat. Sounds like it might be a problem, but I know very little. My character's name is Willows, but I feel like I might delete it and make a sorceress instead :D (I hate that pandora got un-canada'd :( )
	Saboteur @ 12/2/2008 16:21 commented on Big Bird Dilemma: Pixel? Draw? Paint?
	Saboteur @ 12/1/2008 17:46 commented on Big Bird I've got so much crap to do I'm avoiding the work I'm supposed to be doing by doing shit I was supposed to have done last week. I absolutely loathe bone studies. I need one of those medical skeletons in my house. So excited though, I get to storyboard a story to Pink Floyd's The Trial. Pumped for that :D Actually, just drank a pot of coffee. Pretty much pumped for everything right now.
	Saboteur @ 12/1/2008 03:51 commented on Big Bird http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2126854361_bc13855ee1_o.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2007/12/&usg=__6xhvAJaXIdR05DPMmcu54hkD1bI=&h=238&w=320&sz=22&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=-87q_VY90aCXrM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddarthlupi%2Bmagecraft%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN The video itself is exciting, but the song at the end of the video makes it allllll worth it. (Profanity warning in the above video) Also tyvm greenie :D
	Saboteur @ 11/30/2008 17:41 commented on Big Bird Trying to avoid things I've heard so much in-game that I'm sick of em, so diablo is out :P Got some random Castlevania soundtrack, getting Chrono Trigger and FF7, found some cave story remix soundtrack that's friggin' awesome, but I can't download, only stream :/ Will look into zelda an' Advance Wars in the near future. Thanks guys!
	Saboteur @ 11/30/2008 14:02 commented on Big Bird Huzzah for Dogmeat! In other news, any reccomendations for video game soundtracks to download? I'm in need of some new background musics.
	Saboteur @ 11/29/2008 00:39 commented on Big Bird I'm so used to my tiny tablet I find it hard to use anything else anywhere. I can't make edits at school 'cause I never bring my tablet and haaaaaaaaate pixelling/drawing with a mouse. I even game with it, when applicable. First person shooters don't like that very much though, absolute positioning + relative aiming = fail. MORE EDITS If you're a casual artist, just like to draw every once in a while, Get a Wacom Bamboo or something equal and not so big. I've got a Graphire4 4X5 and it's actually functional, though not ideal. If you draw every day for at least two hours (whether on the computer or not) get a Wacom Intuos3 9X12 or thereabouts. Bigger is better, as long as it suits your needs and fits on your desk. If you're a professional artist working in a studio, don't get anything because the studio should have one (Cintiq if you're lucky ;)), and you're likely to spend so dang much time at the studio that you won't want to draw at home anyhow. If you've got too much money, get a Wacom Cintiq. Cintiqs are essentially monitors you can draw on. Unfortunately, they cost multiple thousands of dollars, if I recall correctly.
	Saboteur @ 11/28/2008 02:13 commented on Big Bird I just had a nap from 8 pm to midnight. I'm now not sure what day it is, and am fully awake.
	Saboteur @ 11/27/2008 22:03 commented on Big Bird Diablo 2 installed and actually functioning! Sunday I will begin my plans for world domination!