So is there nothing wrong with the animation atall? There must be something... :D

If not i'll try another attack, possibly flamethrower (complete redo btw).

Keep an eye out.

@Sab: Well... i think it would be easier for me to redo the graphics but sort of keep the general aspect of the animation. I'll see how it goes, but i actually must agree with you about doing some more simple and necissary things first, so thanks, willdo.
@Alk: Ah yes, me and my jelly metal. If you thought that because of the cannon, i was trying to make it seem that the barrel was knocked back into its hold slightly, and then wobbles in it - therefore having no wobbly metal... sort of. The 'bone' between the front foot and the mid part is quite wobbly, but owel, that can always be made of something different. If you think i should, i'll make it seem more like the body is actually tilting by moving the back end down more when it does.

Basically because it's a cartoony (now anyway) sci-fi, i feel the need to not bother so much about making things realistic and concentrate more on general looks, than to be restricted to what's physically possible (lol). Anyway, it can always be another not-yet-invented material.

Also, from your comment about the barrel being over AAed at the top, i've yet to fix it.. and i'm not 100% sure that i will, as it seems to give more of an impression of 3d'ness. Of course i could as easily be wrong.

@halfDemon: Thanks, i glad you liked it. It's only an extra 0.05 second frame so i suppose there's no harm in putting it back in.

Thanks again for the comments guys.

UPDATES:
~I decided not to add the second wobble back to the cannon fire animation, because i think i was going a tad too far with 2 wobbles. 1 looks good enough methinks.
~I cleaned up the top of the cannon barrel afterall, and i agree it looks better. Also edited some of the tilting etc. of the shell.
~I used the cannonfire animation to make the withdrawal animation, because i thought it suited the action well. This is just an example of what it would look like in-game, it isn't the actual sprite that will be used.



Should take 0.61 seconds in-game to switch weapons, which i think is pretty good going. This animation is 1.61 seconds long, due to the lengthening (and addition) of the first and last frames.

And yes that's the new flamethrower barrel. Beefy ey wot.

Thoughts please! ^_^

Ah yes ensel, i see what you mean. I was thinking more that the rustbug would hop up to allow the cannon to fall inside it easier (a strange way to look at things, but owel). I'm not sure if i'll edit it or anything yet. And thanks! :)

I've just spent hours on this, this evening. And now i'm overjoyed with the result. This is what happens when you know what you're doing and plan it out before. Thanks to all the great help from you guys for the previous walk cycles i think i got it this time. It's meant to be quite OTT (possibly too much, after talking with alk i think i'll lessen the space the legs travel), and it doesn't have any weapon equipt yet, as i'll add the different ones later.



Feedback please! :D

And yus you are right about the feeling of stomping. It could be seen as being because of it's weight bringing it back to earth quickly, but i'll have a go at adding another frame or changing some to see if i can make it look less jerky.

And some palette fun before i finally goto bed.

 

I give you a <4, because 4 is greater than 3.

 

how about a greyscale version? :D XD

Haha, thanks guys for bumping the topic back up and reminding me about it. Chess, i really have no idea what you're on about, but thanks i guess. Murrman, thankyou awesomely! I'm rather flattered by your comments. I do think i like the forcefulness of the walking, although i may be redoing it anyway slightly, because it just seems it'd be too awkward to use in-game. I'll take that into account when i do.

 

 

Lol...!

 

 

And to everyone; Rustbug really really is on hold now. I just can't find it within myself to keep at it for more than a few days anymore, so i'm gunna step back for a bit and come back to it later. Long live Rustbug!

Any more crits or ideas about the game are welcome, but other than that you can consider this a dormant topic.

Update, tis less lopsided now. Fixed up a few things in the centre aswel.
Might have to add a colour or two for the darker areas, i'll try not to though.

 

Thanks everyone a buncho! Nice comments are always nice.

@Equinoxx,MurrMan,Ensell&PB: About the silhouetted junk heap, i was planning on having stuff nearer the path, and closer to the edges to be more visible (to add some sense of depth), so yeah i'll definetely do the stuff you guys suggested.

 

@MurrMan: Ooh, perhaps it isn't the sun in that gap atall...  Hehe, and yeah, it is meant to look kind of apocaliptic. Actually inspired by one of my weird dreams from a while back, i had the vision in my head quite clearly so i'm pleased with the current result.

@fil: Haha! I'm flattered, but honestly i'm terrible in comparison to who ever did the background pixelart for them. THAT's phenominal [sp?]..

@chess: Lol, 'heaven' you say? That's an interesting way to look at it i suppose. Thanks for the support! 'Famous' is probably not the right word though.. perhaps 'noticed' or something would be better.

 

Wh00t, back to it now.

 

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The thing in the closest foreground is not a shadow, although it does look cool as one, it wouldnt happen. It's another silhouette which i'll bulk out later. Now the track goes between the piles of junk, which i think looks cool. Planning the rest of the sky... tonnes of dithering to come..

 

Selfcrit: Hmm, the bottom right hand side of the cloud is really messed up, i'll have to fix that.

 

Thanks again eq. =)

 

 

Been dithering the sky (ugh), won't start the rest of the pic till all the sky is suitably done. I think the shadow and highlight colours of the ground are pretty good atm...