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CHALLENGE: Game Boy Turns 20
Last week was the 20th anniversary of the release of the Game Boy in
Japan. To celebrate we want you to create your own original Classic
Game Boy game. This means an original game that did not exist.

Your challenge entry must include the title screen and at least one in-game screen. You may include extra in-game screens if you want.

Canvas Size - 160 (width) x 144 (height) per screen. Make sure you
submit all of your screens together on the same canvas. Minimum 2
screens.

Colours - Use only colours from the provided palette (you may also use transparency between screens):

Transparenecy - Optional. Only use transparency between your screens, as stated above.

Animation - No.
 NO DEMAKES
Nintendo's Original Gameboy used 4 levels of grey only. This
challenge is a celebration of the Gameboy. The palette is 'look and
feel', some screens are yellower, others realm into ochers and browns.
Just work with this green, k.
CHALLENGE RULES
Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
Only new pixels allowed.
Open to all members.
Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.
CHALLENGE JUDGING
Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
Winner announced the following week.

CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
No matter what happens you get challenged :)
CHALLENGE VOTING
Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!
CHALLENGE AWARDS
The Game Boy Turns 20 pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Plagued - GB Challenge by jalonso
The Phantom Squad by Stickman
Dirge by Crylar

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 

Coldsteel Cannon - GB by King of Games
Gems Game Boy Mockup [Weekly Chalange] by Ails
GameBoy Turns 20 by Endurion
Nightmare - Gameboy Challenge by Perkele
Iron Horse by Macfly
The River by FrostPumpkin
SotR! by MFlanaga
The Adventures of Eggnog 2: Explode Another Day by Mr.Tsuyoshi
Commando-Game Boy by monotov
Challenge entry by Photocopier
Gameboy .:Iron Chain:. by Official-NeoSoft
Darkness adveture weekley challenge by Daviddarck
Mothership by Stratto
Kill the pikakiris GB style by El Sato
Gameboy mockup - Subtopia by 6dof
Power Fist! by Tuna Unleashed
NINJA! by Levi
ZOMG! - Gameboy challenge by TheManuz
Empyreal by Kindred
Nekayu: the game by ssm-04
Battle Doom by Pixelater
The Warlord -GB Challenge by darchangel
GB challenge by BK!
Hallow's Eve by SuperKirby
Toc's Tale: Under the Black Moon by Kaiseto
Inspector Pie in La Villa Strangiato by Jão
Star Search by Morgengrauen
Pizza Ninja Boy II - the squirrel zombie revenge! by Mis-BUG
Gameboy mockup "Old Skool RPG" by greenraven
Hooker Beat'Up (Nudity) by Flarfy
Challenge Entry - Commie Crusader by Ndsfreak
classic gameboy by unicorngirl
Tank Superhighway by dpixel
Airway by fawful
Jack, The Motorcycling Elephant by smk
Astra Aetera - Game Boy Game by dusanvf
WC-Builder by skooba-dude
PixelBoy - GameBoy challenge by Batlorder
Shadow of the Demon by pixelblink
FIGHT! Mechanical Shooting Device by Pietepiet
Wild West 51 by Qbi
Total Shit by InkBreath
I'M A SUPER HEEEEROOO by Shawn
Robot by Tets
Destination Armarath GB version by PanicBomber
Blade'n Beast by SUPAFLOW
Tarot the fairy GB mockup by tripnfelt
gameboy_creations by green raven
FOOTLOOSE: the tale of a lone warrior. by Reo

Edited by skamocore - 27 April 2009 at 4:54pm

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 4/27/2009: Game Boy Turns 20 Posted: 27 April 2009 at 12:31am
	CHALLENGE: Game Boy Turns 20 Last week was the 20th anniversary of the release of the Game Boy in Japan. To celebrate we want you to create your own original Classic Game Boy game. This means an original game that did not exist. Your challenge entry must include the title screen and at least one in-game screen. You may include extra in-game screens if you want. Canvas Size - 160 (width) x 144 (height) per screen. Make sure you submit all of your screens together on the same canvas. Minimum 2 screens. Colours - Use only colours from the provided palette (you may also use transparency between screens): Transparenecy - Optional. Only use transparency between your screens, as stated above. Animation - No. NO DEMAKES Nintendo's Original Gameboy used 4 levels of grey only. This challenge is a celebration of the Gameboy. The palette is 'look and feel', some screens are yellower, others realm into ochers and browns. Just work with this green, k. CHALLENGE RULES Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox. Only new pixels allowed. Open to all members. Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. CHALLENGE JUDGING Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged. Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries. Winner announced the following week. CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy. Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet. 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter. No matter what happens you get challenged :) CHALLENGE VOTING Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge! CHALLENGE AWARDS The Game Boy Turns 20 pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Plagued - GB Challenge by jalonso The Phantom Squad by Stickman Dirge by Crylar Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Coldsteel Cannon - GB by King of Games Gems Game Boy Mockup [Weekly Chalange] by Ails GameBoy Turns 20 by Endurion Nightmare - Gameboy Challenge by Perkele Iron Horse by Macfly The River by FrostPumpkin SotR! by MFlanaga The Adventures of Eggnog 2: Explode Another Day by Mr.Tsuyoshi Commando-Game Boy by monotov Challenge entry by Photocopier Gameboy .:Iron Chain:. by Official-NeoSoft Darkness adveture weekley challenge by Daviddarck Mothership by Stratto Kill the pikakiris GB style by El Sato Gameboy mockup - Subtopia by 6dof Power Fist! by Tuna Unleashed NINJA! by Levi ZOMG! - Gameboy challenge by TheManuz Empyreal by Kindred Nekayu: the game by ssm-04 Battle Doom by Pixelater The Warlord -GB Challenge by darchangel GB challenge by BK! Hallow's Eve by SuperKirby Toc's Tale: Under the Black Moon by Kaiseto Inspector Pie in La Villa Strangiato by Jão Star Search by Morgengrauen Pizza Ninja Boy II - the squirrel zombie revenge! by Mis-BUG Gameboy mockup "Old Skool RPG" by greenraven Hooker Beat'Up (Nudity) by Flarfy Challenge Entry - Commie Crusader by Ndsfreak classic gameboy by unicorngirl Tank Superhighway by dpixel Airway by fawful Jack, The Motorcycling Elephant by smk Astra Aetera - Game Boy Game by dusanvf WC-Builder by skooba-dude PixelBoy - GameBoy challenge by Batlorder Shadow of the Demon by pixelblink FIGHT! Mechanical Shooting Device by Pietepiet Wild West 51 by Qbi Total Shit by InkBreath I'M A SUPER HEEEEROOO by Shawn Robot by Tets Destination Armarath GB version by PanicBomber Blade'n Beast by SUPAFLOW Tarot the fairy GB mockup by tripnfelt gameboy_creations by green raven FOOTLOOSE: the tale of a lone warrior. by Reo Edited by skamocore - 27 April 2009 at 4:54pm
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Ekoi Seaman Joined: 16 March 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 1:08am
	Aww, we cannot use the green/yellow hued version of the palette? D:
	I can do a lot of things, I just never bother to do most of them.
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Savaril Midshipman Joined: 03 November 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 1:49am
	That palette looks quite green, to be honest.
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 2:04am
	there'sactually 2 versions of the gameboy palette. there's the one were using and there's a real green version. which is the one his referring two. but this is the better one out of the two in my opinion. Edited by x-death - 27 April 2009 at 3:43am
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Claredeth Seaman Joined: 21 August 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 4:26am
	I remember playing it in grey-scale, maybe I'm just crazy.
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Eldorn Seaman Joined: 02 March 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 4:40am
	My WIP. Edited by Eldorn - 27 April 2009 at 4:39am
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:28am
	Nintendo's Original Gameboy used 4 levels of grey only. This challenge is a celebration of the Gameboy. The palette is 'look and feel', some screens are yellower, others realm into ochers and browns. Just work with this green, k.
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Adarias Rear Admiral Joined: 18 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:44am
	AFAIK the original gameboy changed between brown and green depending on the light you were in, but was never gray. The gray was an improvement of the gameboy pocket so much as I remember, and I actually was annoyed by it and stuck to my big gray-outside green-screened monster until the GBC came out... Not that it's worth arguing over. I'm sure there are a lot of different screen colors with different manufacturing dates and individual histories of each machine, and let's not forget the contrast dial making the shade values (which I think are more important than the hues since this is monochrome...) almost arbitrary...
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InkBreath Seaman Joined: 10 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 7:45am
	I'm a little confused- probably cause i think too much. Does the game have to resemble an old game like the real GB games- or can it be impossible like a 3d looking one - hypothetically speaking. ?
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 9:02am
	Sweet. This one is a nice challenge indeed. I ll try my best.
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greenraven Commander Joined: 08 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2598	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 9:54am
	It says minimum of 2 screens. Does one of them have to be a title screen? So shouldn't the canvas size then be a minimum of either 320 x 144 or 160 x 288? Edited by greenraven - 27 April 2009 at 10:03am
	"pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 10:05am
	Your challenge entry must include the title screen and at least one in-game screen ::edit:: i see you just edited Edited by Quake - 27 April 2009 at 10:06am
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 11:32am
	*Originally posted by greenraven* It says minimum of 2 screens. Does one of them have to be a title screen? So shouldn't the canvas size then be a minimum of either 320 x 144 or 160 x 288? Well, let's say you want to have 1 pixel transparent between screens then the canvas sixe will be slightly bigger. What if you wish to have a 2px border between screens?...therefore, each screen has a fixed size but your canvas can vary. Edited by jalonso - 27 April 2009 at 11:32am
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El Sato Seaman Joined: 20 July 2023 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 11:36am
	who thinks this is confusing? i mean if you cant tell what is what :/ any ideas of how to improve the clouds? btw, great simple challenge :3 im bored of those imasmartandoriginalpixelartistlike challenges :3
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Savaril Midshipman Joined: 03 November 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 4:44pm
	Woah I'd buy that game
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 5:57pm
	El Sato that piece looks like you just recolored sprites already in your game, and made a little piece out of it. not original in the slightest sense of the word.
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El Sato Seaman Joined: 20 July 2023 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:22pm
	nah not really, i remade everything, if you compare for example the backgrounds looks totally diferent :/ (not even resized) here´s the canvas where im working in if you want to check :3 http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3115/gbpalette1.png of course its going to look like my game recoloured... becouse its a GB version of my game! o_o pretty obvious xD
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:37pm
	ohh ok.with your skill it would have been awesome to see a more original idea. but something that annoys me about that piece and the one you posted before is your character would look better if he was behind the tileset he lands on.
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El Sato Seaman Joined: 20 July 2023 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:47pm
	oh well, its true, its like when im in the mood for doing something i can only think in that something xD about what you said, in the actual game i made some bushes and grass that are behind the character and some others that are in front of it sorry for the offtopic xD first and last time :3 Edited by El Sato - 27 April 2009 at 6:47pm
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7Soul Midshipman Joined: 10 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 87	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 6:57pm
	Probably wip: This is the same game concept as i used for this (old): http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/27771.htm An tetris-like game with characters
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7Soul Midshipman Joined: 10 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 87	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 7:26pm
	I corrected some few errors, and added a new screen:
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Savaril Midshipman Joined: 03 November 2008 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 8:47pm
	Those numbers are very hard to read, just a heads up.
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MFlanaga Seaman Joined: 15 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 27 April 2009 at 9:53pm
	Sato you have some great stuff in your gallery, and Ails' pics reminds me of some quasi puyo-puyo game! Here's mine, its called Sword of the Rose. Its gonna be a REAL GAME SOME DAY... -not-
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InkBreath Seaman Joined: 10 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 1:01am
	Oh I get it now. nvm- original original. lol. anything goes right. Even you can't actually play it on a GB. Edited by InkBreath - 28 April 2009 at 1:06am
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Kindred Seaman Joined: 08 April 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 2:31am
	I'm moving this Saturday, so I dunno if I'll have time to finish in time. Here's what I got so far.
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MFlanaga Seaman Joined: 15 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 8:34am
	*Originally posted by InkBreath* Oh I get it now. nvm- original original. lol. anything goes right. Even you can't actually play it on a GB. Right! As long as you use the palette and minimum screens then I think you can make anything. I'm doing the no-more-than 10 3-color sprites on a line rule just for fun. I might actually be breaking the rules though if text letters and boxes count as sprites...
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PanicBomber Midshipman Joined: 28 October 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:10am
	here is my piece, i think its final but maybe i will edit it somehow
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 10:30am
	Finally settled on the idea. A Hieronymus Bosch inspired RPG adventure game. This is what I have so far...
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 11:40am
	mine so far:
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Stratto Midshipman Joined: 07 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 56	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 12:02pm
	Here's what i have so far: I still need to work on the title screen and one more screenshot. btw; all of the previous games are looking great and they actually seem real
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Dr D Midshipman Joined: 14 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 12:16pm
	Jesus, everyone has awesome entries.
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Ergg Midshipman Joined: 02 November 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 12:16pm
	Your works are really great. Mine is a bit classic. Hope it even please. (Still a WIP obviously)
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Pietepiet Seaman Joined: 23 December 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 1:23pm
	Loving this challenge. Working with the gameboy palette is one of my favorite things to do. I had an idea for a game with this palette in mind, so I figured this challenge to be a good excuse to start making assets for it. It's supposed to be a Bangai-O sort of game. Just lots of missiles and explosions :P WIP: I did some things not possible with the hardware (like the smoke-trail from the missiles), but I guess that's alright? Edited by Pietepiet - 28 April 2009 at 1:26pm
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 2:30pm
	Damn guys. What the heck. These are way too good. :/
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MFlanaga Seaman Joined: 15 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 2:52pm
	Jaltendo XD I put a similar copyright under mine... Hey Pixelblink what if you choose a female soul devourer as your class/gender when you start? Is there another option?? i know animation isn't allowed Edited by MFlanaga - 28 April 2009 at 3:19pm
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Setzer Commander Joined: 18 December 2016 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 780	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 4:48pm
	just started, mockup no. 1 and some of these look really great Edited by Setzer - 28 April 2009 at 4:48pm

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Dr D Midshipman Joined: 14 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 7:32pm
	I can already tell it's going to be a very tough voting.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 28 April 2009 at 7:51pm
	*Originally posted by MFlanaga* Jaltendo XD I put a similar copyright under mine... Hey Pixelblink what if you choose a female soul devourer as your class/gender when you start? Is there another option?? i know animation isn't allowed ~~NO animation, k~~. E: In PBs game everything haz da ballz - go lvl 5 Edited by jalonso - 28 April 2009 at 8:18pm
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Perkele Midshipman Joined: 22 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 6:54am
	Working with that palette makes really fun! By the way, most of the entries look awesome
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Peach Commander Joined: 08 May 2008 Location: Italy Online Status: Offline Posts: 239	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 7:11am
	I would like to share with you the history of Game Boy http://xs138.xs.to/xs138/09183/gameboy-timeline-hd2793.jpg
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Spirou Seaman Joined: 21 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 29	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 9:58am
	Edited by Spirou - 29 April 2009 at 9:58am
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Reo Rear Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 679	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 10:19am
	*Originally posted by jalonso* Finally settled on the idea. A Hieronymus Bosch inspired RPG adventure game. Love the Idea and Bosch has some really good ''enemy'' designs :D
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 11:58am
	Thanks Reo :) Indeed all is looking awesome so far from everyone. E: Ref image added after comment below. Edited by jalonso - 29 April 2009 at 1:00pm
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willfaulds Seaman Joined: 02 April 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 12:52pm
	Ergg - very nice! Jalonzo - I like. But I can't make out what's going on with the image on the right - is it a mushroom with a face? Something about it just doesn't add up,,, Not sure if I will get to finish this or not...
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Dr D Midshipman Joined: 14 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 1:23pm
	Looks like a hollow half-body.
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willfaulds Seaman Joined: 02 April 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 1:31pm
	Even seeing the reference - which in my eyes isn't very clear. - I think you need to get extra definition. This edit might help? I presumed it is a hollowed body and tried to make it more like that - made one of uprights more arm like and tried to give the boats some depth... Also I didn't edit it but the round highlight on the hat is too round and a bit eye catching. Edited by willfaulds - 29 April 2009 at 1:32pm
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Vic Midshipman Joined: 03 May 2007 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 1:47pm
	Some really nice and promising entries in here ! Here's what I got so far, the fireplace isn't done yet, and the font is somewhat hard to read, I need to fix that later... However, I actually try to stick as close to the hardware restrictions as I can, but i'll probably break them at some points. Hopefully, i'll finish this in time, as I wanted to to at least 3 more screens and I still need to finish the title screen...
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Kaiseto Seaman Joined: 12 December 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 1:58pm
	... I'm beginning to think i don't have a remote chance at winning this... Anyway, got myself a title and ingame. Probably going to do one or two more ingame shots. Tried to stay as close as possible to gameboy restrictions. And I did two versions of the title. I need suggestions on which to go with: Any suggestions on stuff to improve would be greatly appreciated. Edit: ... photobucket isn't agreeing with my images. Edited by Kaiseto - 29 April 2009 at 2:01pm
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Reo Rear Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 679	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 2:09pm
	Number 1 for sure!
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Kaiseto Seaman Joined: 12 December 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 29 April 2009 at 2:34pm
	Alrighty then. That was the plan from the start, but I wasn't sure if it looked too cluttered.
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