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CHALLENGE: Bug Fight

Challenge winner Xion Night
wants you to create a mockup of a game, in any genre, that pits insect
forces against one another. 
For the purpose of this challenge anything
that would fall under the category of "arthropod" is OK. 

Canvas size - Exactly 240 (width) x 176 (height)  -or- 

                       Exactly 320 (width) x 240 (height).

Colors - Max 32.

Transparency - No.

Animation - Optional.
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 Bug Fight pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

BUGwars by kevink
Tokio Arthropod Sunshine by Victor Rojo
Buglands~ by Satsume

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

Versus by griffsnuff
Webby vs Scorps by TunderPhoenix
Beetle Bash by Clickety
Paintbug by Manupix
The Lair; Final Fight by Ozzy123
bug fight - challenge entry by bitswitcher
Arthropod game challenge by TheRobinHood
Cptn. Lobster by Kudohazama
Micro-Meteor! by bellaire
Bug Battle by Flarfy
Dual wasps - boss battle 2: GIANT ENEMY CRAB! by Reo
bug beaten by another bug by rustEdge

Edited by skamocore - 27 January 2010 at 1:27pm

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 1/25/2010: Bug Fight Posted: 25 January 2010 at 12:01am
	CHALLENGE: Bug Fight Challenge winner Xion Night wants you to create a mockup of a game, in any genre, that pits insect forces against one another. For the purpose of this challenge anything that would fall under the category of "arthropod" is OK. Canvas size - Exactly 240 (width) x 176 (height) -or- Exactly 320 (width) x 240 (height). Colors - Max 32. Transparency - No. Animation - Optional. 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 Bug Fight pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: BUGwars by kevink Tokio Arthropod Sunshine by Victor Rojo Buglands~ by Satsume Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Versus by griffsnuff Webby vs Scorps by TunderPhoenix Beetle Bash by Clickety Paintbug by Manupix The Lair; Final Fight by Ozzy123 bug fight - challenge entry by bitswitcher Arthropod game challenge by TheRobinHood Cptn. Lobster by Kudohazama Micro-Meteor! by bellaire Bug Battle by Flarfy Dual wasps - boss battle 2: GIANT ENEMY CRAB! by Reo bug beaten by another bug by rustEdge Edited by skamocore - 27 January 2010 at 1:27pm
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RA/pdx Seaman Joined: 02 September 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 3:14am
	Mockups are always a good idea. Sorry, but this bonus link is absolutely abnormal.
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Elk Commander Joined: 12 May 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 483	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 3:14am
	I'm in, but the canvas is a bit small :(
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 4:28am
	i'm confused what is refered to as a bug. are insects allowed? what "bugs" are covered in this word? are we allowed to make up our own? do we have to include a menu in this mockup or not? the peice can it be a menu if it shows the bugs fighting or must it be in game play? also is there a certain view we must keep to or not? there are so many questions that aren't answered in this challenge post. i like the sudden change in challenge for the week. but it would have been nice to have been given more info. i ask this because bugs and insects are suppose to be different things but most consider them the same, and things like scorpions and spiders are aracnids so they aren't considered to be either. so it doesn't leave hardly any options to choose from. and with so little options i can't find a single one which would be beleivable to actually go in a full on fight with something. so what am i suppose to do, draw a grass hopper covered in bed bugs? Edited by x-death - 25 January 2010 at 5:12am
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Flarfy Midshipman Joined: 30 May 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 6:18am
	I'm almost 100 % sure that in this case "bugs" refer to most arthropods. e.g. insects, arachnids and even centipedes if you wanna go crazy. This challenge obviously isn't about correct classification but about creepy crawler combat! Just go for it :-)
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 6:32am
	thanks, i was hoping it was creepy crawlies. it is definitily easier to understand then saying bug and then saying insect. that confused me alot. if i get a good idea for this i'll definitely enter.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:06pm
	*Originally posted by Flarfy* I'm almost 100 % sure that in this case "bugs" refer to most arthropods. e.g. insects, arachnids and even centipedes if you wanna go crazy. This challenge obviously isn't about correct classification but about creepy crawler combat! Just go for it :-)
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kevink Midshipman Joined: 16 August 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:13pm
	My idea and wip. Now I need to find the time to finish it!
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Elk Commander Joined: 12 May 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 483	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 3:28pm
	entering this for my boo jalonso <3 he will make a nice character in my mockup
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 3:53pm
	*Originally posted by Elk* entering this for my boo jalonso <3 he will make a nice character in my mockup You understand its a fight and not a love scene, right
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rustEdge Midshipman Joined: 13 November 2017 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 25 January 2010 at 4:58pm
	Arthropods... CRAB! hehe. Bugs for a game... gotta start working on it, lolz.
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Elk Commander Joined: 12 May 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 483	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 2:06am
	*Originally posted by jalonso* *Originally posted by Elk* entering this for my boo jalonso <3 he will make a nice character in my mockup You understand its a fight and not a love scene, right black widow kills the opponent aswell after the love act <3
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rustEdge Midshipman Joined: 13 November 2017 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 5:19am
	This might sound like a dumb question but, are we limited to just one scene, or can we create a batch of screens for the submission?
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slym Commander Joined: 04 January 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 116	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 5:00pm
	Probably, it is a mockup of a game, so that would allow/include other "screens" of the game.
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 5:15pm
	@rustedge - The challenge calls for just creating one mock-up image, and therefore should show just one screen. I suppose it would be ok to show multiple screens if it were showing a splitscreen multiplayer or something similar though. So generally, no, this is not a challenge where you are going to be showing many different screens; it should just be one 240x176/320x240 scene from the game.
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 5:17pm
	*Originally posted by Elk* black widow kills the opponent aswell after the love act <3 And then they eat them. Edited by TheRobinHood - 26 January 2010 at 5:21pm
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Kudohazama Seaman Joined: 04 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 26 January 2010 at 6:04pm
	I usually work on something right after they say what the challenge is about, but this time I'll wait till the very end.
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Bubu Seaman Joined: 28 March 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Posted: 27 January 2010 at 7:55am
	never really made a mockup before... anyway! very rough, very quick, very done-in-2-min-during-lunchbreak sketch of dung beetle dung-attacking its yet to be decided opponent... was thinking mantis for colour contrast?
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 27 January 2010 at 8:09am
	Maybe a cricket or grasshopper. Also, to make it more like a mockup, I think you should remove the text, and maybe add some sort of life bars on the top of the pic, like a fighting game.
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Bubu Seaman Joined: 28 March 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Posted: 27 January 2010 at 8:19am
	*Originally posted by lucas_irineu* Maybe a cricket or grasshopper. Also, to make it more like a mockup, I think you should remove the text, and maybe add some sort of life bars on the top of the pic, like a fighting game. oh hell yes, that's just the concept - there will be life bars, possibly a circular "portrait" of each, and the text's gonna go. was thinking maybe I should make the chars smaller though - so they've space to move back and forth to fight - should assess that before starting to work on it.
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Flarfy Midshipman Joined: 30 May 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 27 January 2010 at 9:24am
	*Originally posted by TheRobinHood* *Originally posted by Elk* black widow kills the opponent aswell after the love act <3 And then they eat them. I do this too
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Elk Commander Joined: 12 May 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 483	Posted: 28 January 2010 at 3:57am
	I don't, I do something else
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 28 January 2010 at 6:56am
	Its not even a WIP anymore, and I've already submitted it, but oh well. @Elk - >:\| Edited by TheRobinHood - 28 January 2010 at 4:09pm
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bellaire Seaman Joined: 23 August 2020 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 28 January 2010 at 3:14pm
	Here's my WIP, this is my first pixel, not really happy with the direction it took... I don't think I made good use of color, and the character/mob sprites just look silly to me, but I'm not sure how to fix it...
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bitswitcher Midshipman Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 29 January 2010 at 7:11am
	Done :)
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 29 January 2010 at 9:44am
	it all looks great but your characters blend in so much ith the background its hard to tell were they were until i looked really hard.
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bitswitcher Midshipman Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 30 January 2010 at 5:23am
	edit://
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 30 January 2010 at 12:11pm
	Can we make crabs? They're arthropods :P
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Ivy00 Midshipman Joined: 16 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 30 January 2010 at 3:53pm
	Not sure if I'll have time to finish this off, here is a very very rough version of my buggy. Had to at least give the topic a try :)
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x-death Commander Joined: 09 February 2019 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 151	Posted: 31 January 2010 at 2:54am
	nice job bitswitcher in my opinion you should try making the ground stand out more, just like you did with your characters. then compare what you have to the original you showed us and see if you liek your changes ;)
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 01 February 2010 at 2:44am
	Challenge voting section. Snazzy.
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