Oh god these are so awesome. Are they for a game or something?

(Also maybe you could change the background to something a little less green/saturated to make it easier to see some of the colours?)

Some of them have 4-5+trans color count instead of the usuall 3+trans (if your going 8 bit). Ice golem is looking a little flat. And the grey winged deamon (far right) and the fly could be given a better outline.

looks like a game ive seen before

Looks great. Only thing I'd say is that some of them (Scorpion man) for example, now look VERY Realm of the Mad God, so the game will probably have to be very different to avoid drawing criticism on that front. Still, a lot of them are very original and different so you shouldn't be too bad.

Some jaggies on the dragon, brown wolf and cyclops. (Dragon's jaw for example)

Other than that they're great.

They remind me half-minute hero on psp, a great game ;)

working on the tileset for the game, not being as 8bit strict with it

I'm not sure about the black outline, it does look nice in itself and really makes that easy to read, so I guess it's a good thing, but it might clash a bit too much with the background for my taste. 

@Mille yeah I feel like it doesn't fit really, even though it makes them stick out

here are some other outline ideas, let me know what you think

The background integration of the 'no outline' versions is better but you can't separate the characters from certain background tiles. The black outlines make you distinguish the characters no matter what background you're using but they pop out too much and don't look as if they fit to the scene.

The soft outlines are some kind of trade-off of both advantages (and disadvantages). I don't like trade-offs but in this case it seems to work, so I like the soft outlines the most.



However, the black outlines might fit if you increase the contrast of the background as well or add objects that also got a black outline (e.g. trees). ...but you possibly knew that already.

PS: I changed the outline colour of the grey guy a bit.

I like the third one down, second in. (Gray outlines without corners, thin line.)

The thicker white and black lines look like they are pulsing with power or something >.>

I love the sprites, they are absolutely adorable.
Might be nice to see some snakes though, you've got a few things that are part-snake, after all.

Very nice! Good Job with those. 

I'm still not convinced by the outline.

I know why you want to add it and I know why you're having difficulty

but mixing 2x(or more) pixels and 1x pixels rarely works and is a taboo as far as I've been taught.

If the background and characters are 2x, then so too should the outlines or have none at all.

as it's been said before, if they were by themselves and not intended to move or have a background at 2x pixels, you might have gotten away with the 1x outline. But since this is not the case, i really think you should cut your losses and go for either a 2x outline or none at all.

Still love these little guys, they're adorable.

edit:
as a trade-off (or just an idea) considering they're quite flat looking, perhaps you might consider making them paper-cut-outs kinda, giving them a white 2x outline and then a dark shadow underneath. *Shruggs* just throwing ideas out there to make them stand out from the background without having to resort to mixing pixel ... zoom levels? depths? .. size? what's it called anyway. lol.

Edited by Partack - 06 May 2012 at 4:40pm

i think I'll just go for 1x outlines, easiest to scale and program, plus will probably look best. here's another mockup.

Wow!Its the same style of Realm Of The Mad God!I love it!\o/

I really prefer them without the outlines, I think the thick, dark line lessen the readability.

Skeddles, I hope you're happy. I just wasted way too much time on that little minigame you posted.

You could add different biomes.

@Bam112 Oh I plan on it, forest, desert, savannah, cave, mountain, volcano, underworld


I'll check em out

What are you programming this in anyway, going for flash?

Decided I wanted a more 8bit look. But I still want it to be pretty. Here's what I have so far.

LOVED the look of the game!

Edited by philippejugnet - 07 June 2012 at 12:40pm

some new monsters


and new tiles, cliffs, and significantly less good dirt. if anyone has any dirt ideas, please let me know.

EDIT:
new monster

and here's the process, if anyone's interested
http://i.imgur.com/Njrae.gif





Edited by skeddles - 26 June 2012 at 3:56am

attempting to animate... I suck...

yesss he's my favorite too