Don't be shy now. I see plenty of views. I'm sure someone has helpful information.

In the right environment and the right HUD/GUI these are terrific.
On their own they are simplistic and the colors are horrid...but that's their charm too. It all about what surrounds them.
You say you want a retro feel so go with it. Work on the tiles and other assets and then re-evaluate the game sprites. You can always up the pixelling at a later date.

E: No comments in Pixeljoint can be a good thing too. If there is nothing to crit why waste our pixelling time :p


Edited by jalonso - 07 June 2013 at 6:52pm

Here's an update. We have some environment floor pieces, wall pieces, some updated Slimes and a friendly Knight who will be slashing his way through the Slimes eventually.




The environment extras, like pipes, grates and other stuff, are in the work. Comments welcome.

Edited by jwgamedesign - 09 June 2013 at 7:46pm

I agree: the slime is very dark, while the knight is very bright. They actually seem like they belong in different games... Unless you were going for contrast. Either way, these look wonderful, good job!

Small update to the slimes. How do you guys feel about the removed outline and attention to some lighting?


What do you recommend on having a shadow color? I'd like to add just a touch more of detail to the sprites in general. I'd like to keep the colors simple for my own sake. I was thinking, for a given color, to have something like:
-Base color
-Dark color
-Light color
-High light (sparingly used, not for all things)

It should also be noted these enemies will be a little bit transparent, so that may change stuff.

Edited by jwgamedesign - 10 June 2013 at 2:26pm

Ungh, are you kidding me? What about them looks worse?

Can you take one and modify it and show me an example or two? Would with or without outlines look best, assuming I got the other stuff right?

Edit: So they do look a little flat. I added some shadow on the bottom left and that helps them pop a bit more, but since they will be translucent, it isn't going to be right.

I probably should have mentioned that earlier. They will be translucent. Maybe the colors behind them will be what they need?

Edited by jwgamedesign - 11 June 2013 at 12:12pm

And the rest of the unanswered questions?

Edit: Also, the Knight is a modified version from a classic Zelda sprite, being used as placeholder for now.

Edited by jwgamedesign - 11 June 2013 at 9:38am

Thanks for the feedback. It's just weird to me one would read over 5 or 6 questions and answer just one while saying nothing about the others.

Anyway, here's the slimes with some shadow on them. What do you think?

If I was hesitant to change things, I wouldn't have asked for you to take a sprite and modify it to understand what you mean. The other question was not redundant. If the lines were gone and the other stuff (should have been more specific, but what I meant was everything else around the sprite such as players, environment, or maybe even movement) would it be OK? You did not answer that. After all you said it's about what surrounds them, and if nothing has lines but the slimes won't they look out of place?

:|

Maybe those questions are the same in your mind, but they are not in mine. If a 5 year old asked what 2+2 was and then asked what 1+3 was, you wouldn't keep quiet, you would explain they are the same answer.

Now then, what do you think of the previous picture I put up there, jalonso? I've learned that not having the outline means more room to work with (in general, not so important with these slimes, but as you can see with the knight there isn't a lot of real estate), so I'd like to find that 'charm' again without the lines if possible.

Edited by jwgamedesign - 11 June 2013 at 1:51pm

Thanks for that. I needed to see how you did that dark color within the slime, that's useful. The slimes will be underground in a dark area, so that particular slime is bright. It does look good though.

Our players will be 16x16, and having an outline takes up a lot of room, so that's a concern of mine.