Any better Jal? Not sure how else to make the R... but the M is noticably different.

I stuck a bunch of them in the original game backgrounds, when I was still working on it :p

Anyone have suggestions on the ingame?

finally taking part in this
WIP



Edited by monotov - 29 April 2009 at 3:45pm

I think the ground really should be iso too, its distracting this way.

But...but...you are half way there : |


*jalonso is feeling extra chatty and c+cy today*

I just love how you did the palmtree here, subtle shading that gives it a nice 3d-effect. Good stuff.

My first post here, last time I actively pixeled was at Pixelation.

Edited by Endurion - 30 April 2009 at 6:58am

Ok, soooooo... after seeing all the awesome entries this week, I have no choice but to delete my crappy crap crap and start over fresh.

Adding Fish Palace and Bird Castle Screens
I was trying to fade from light screens to dark but maybe the 3rd is too boring ?



Edited by jalonso - 30 April 2009 at 1:14pm

most awesome challenge thread evar..

unfortunately i suck at pixeling =)

I'm very torn about my idea. The painting is so detailed and so many interesting things are in it that its hard to show this in a screen. I can only seem to make a new screen to show the pieces I really like and deserve to be on there. C'mon I gatta have the bird guy in the chair as a Boss somewhere, he's begging for it.

At first I thought, 'Why has nobody ever thought of this before' and now I can see why it would actually be a tad unrealistic to use Bosch...I maybe should have gone with Plan B, a Dali RPG.

ps: so you are ready to die! OR are you ready to die?



Like we all tell you constantly, Pillow Shading and sloppy pixelling are bad habits you must break, jeeeez 9.9


Edited by jalonso - 30 April 2009 at 9:55am

Haha daaamn jal that is awesome!

Dr.D, You are right about the stairs. I am making real tiles so what you see is one tile area. I changed to 2 tiles, thanks.

Like making real games, sometimes conditions force the matter. The game is 'Plagued' rats are very important to the storyline so they must be seen and readable. Notice if I take away the outline they blend in and look like rocks, if at all. I can't have just the rats outlined and nothing else, so conditions force outlines on everything.
Lightening the BGs so the rats read and need no outline does not read the feel of the ref image enough for me. Making the rats bigger looked bad to me.



Edited by jalonso - 30 April 2009 at 4:07pm

Hmm, true, Jal.

To be honest, I didn't even notice the rats with the outline, but for your sake, I didn't look super hard or long either. Maybe you could try darkening them, and then as well, they may not need outlines. And, perhaps, if they're moving as well, they may not either, but I suppose that's not viable as it's not an actual game.

I understand the priority issues, it's difficult to contrast sprites from tiles with only 4 colors, and you pull everything off quite nicely, I was just mentioning the outlines aren't as pleasing as without them, in my opinion, of course.

Well, outlines or not, keep up the good work, I'd still want to play it just as hard. 

@Fawful - I think that looks really cool how you made the shots and beams look flat, almost like they're part of the background. Did you make it like that on purpose?


Edited by Dr D - 30 April 2009 at 4:08pm

@ Dr D, Is that good?I would have thought that was a bad thing myself :/

Ahh ok,i see now.

Done..But actually now, I don't think that I have any chance to win.

Sorry, I didn't notice your post. Well, it was actually meant to be an appraisal (right word?). Would the sentence then still be grammaticaly wrong?

Okay, I'll edit the picture. Thanks!

But, euh, "So are you ready to die!" is certainly correct, isn't it?

Hi, this is my first post, I discovered Pixeljoint a week ago and I'm a fan ! Here is my first contribution (a bit inspired from the Motörhead song I was listenning.) this is a WIP, any comment is welcome :



...And I'm from France.

 @fawful I'm not sure everyone reading this will know you mean 'not' by the '!'.


also this is a pretty early wip but, has anyone got any advice for this?


Edited by Photocopier - 02 May 2009 at 6:53am

You know Dracula's Son doesn't look at all like Kid Dracula.

Really though there are some pretty nice entries going on here. And some that look nice but also like they'd be hell to play on the screen.

here's mine didn't got it good thought... It should be funny somehow

Antagonist:
"How does the loss of your sister feel like?" *Evil laugh*

Protagonist:
"You took the only thing that matters to me... Now you must pay!"

Antagonist:
"... so you are ready to die! *Takes out a pistol*

(Not as in a question, imo this sentence makes sense also.)
(Ja tervetuloa Perkele.)


Edited by smk - 04 May 2009 at 12:43am