Sprites Needed: Brian’s Iceworld
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Topic: Sprites Needed: Brian’s Iceworld
Posted By: pixelblink
Subject: Sprites Needed: Brian’s Iceworld
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 12:14pm
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http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1519&PN=%201 - A more indepth description of the world I want to see sprites based of animals from the South Pole. penguins, seals, etc. Boss character is the Emporer Penguin himself, Brian the Great. I'd like to see some reference to his characters made into himself. Basically, I am keeping the descriptions fairly basic so as to get a good amount of interpretations from everyone. Keep your colours simple so we can easily edit. Animations will be required. Anything else I should mention? Post it here. |
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 14 February 2006 at 6:07am
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Originally posted by pixelblink Feathered John Fogerty wannabe with
Napoleon hat?[...]I'd like to see some reference to his characters made into himself.[...] ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com"> 
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Posted By: d-p
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:01pm
 A visualisation to my suggestions in the characters & world section. 10 colors. ------------- http://iso.webmonk.de">  http://cc.webmonk.de">
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Posted By: kwigbo
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:15pm
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That's cool d-p. The penguin in the tank is awsome.
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 7:26am
Just a little thingie I had in mind. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: randomblink
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:21am
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dang... those are fresh... Both d-p AND Brian's stuff... way to go guys... can we see some animations now...??? ------------- www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really! |
Posted By: kwigbo
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:57am
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I agree lets see some animation. Good job brian.
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:31am
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Originally posted by kwigbo I agree lets see some animation. Good job brian. Originally posted by randomblink can we see some animations now...??? As if it's nothing...   Going inside and popping up. Please note that I have two animations for the developers with all frames at the same speed, so don't use this one.  Driving WIP. As soon as I know how many pixels the tank will move a frame, I will finish. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:26am
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Surely if the tank fires it'll just skim pj's head? -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: d-p
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:32am
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Yeah looks pretty cool brian, I like the animation, how about some turret movement?
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:12pm
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Originally posted by Larwick Gravity. Metal Slug has a pretty nice example of what I mean.Surely if the tank fires it'll just skim pj's head?  |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:13pm
Broken image.  ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:15pm
| Crapstickles. Lemme fix it. |
Posted By: Sibix
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 3:05pm
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your tanks are shaded diffewrently.. ithink we should keep to the styleof PJ mascott |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 5:00pm
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Originally posted by Sibix your tanks are shaded diffewrently.. ithink we should keep to the styleof PJ mascott Why just one style? I mean we want everyone to be a part of this right? So they can have their own style of shading, coloring, even styles of artwork. ------------- 
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:17pm
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As Art Director, I really have to disagree with you Souly. Look at any other pixel game. A wide variety of people work on one game and work with the style that has been chosen for the game. If you were to go into a job with the attitude that everyone should do their own style, you wouldn't last long. We all have to meet in the middle somewhere. Everyone: I think it would be best to leave the colours until the sprites have been chosen. This will make it easier for simple edits and colour variations. I think you'll all agree. If not, send me a banter to pixelblink at pixeljoint dot com and I'll make sure it goes into the correct Trash... I mean... banter folder... where it will be read most certainly... jk ------------- |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:20pm
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i think that since this is Brians level, there should be more reflecting his style rather than just his characters. Penguins is one thing, but Brian has like a whole breed, you know how when you look at a penguin pixel in the gallery you can tell right away if it was done by brian or not. |
Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 7:56pm
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Hmm. It's an interesting topic of discussion, with the final word falling at Pixel Blink's decision. Personally, I feel Brian's penguins should remain in their typically Brian state. They already match the cartoony style and I LOVE the animation of the penguin popping down into the tank. I've never been too fond of Brian's simplistic 'black outline' style, however I'm very impressed by the animations. They fit perfectly. I think that the tanks need to be redone though. Their shading doesnt reflect the smooth feel and texture of metal, or match the style of the penguins. Avoid using dithering when shading metal, especially for something that will need to be animated eventually. My only other tip would be to study the design of a tank. Sure, keep it cartoony, but I think d-p's tank design looks far more convincing, although the shading is still not really desirable. These are just a few things I though worth noting, hope they were helpful. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 12:54am
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Originally posted by pixelblink As Art Director, I really have to disagree with you Souly. Look at any other pixel game. A wide variety of people work on one game and work with the style that has been chosen for the game. If you were to go into a job with the attitude that everyone should do their own style, you wouldn't last long. We all have to meet in the middle somewhere. Oh, I noticed how I said that all wrong. Not every seperate artist doing his own style for each sprite. Anyone understand what I'm attempting to say? I am still abit messed so sorry if it makes less sense... -------------
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 12:58am
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I understand what you mean Souly. I still gotta say that the game as a whole should have a certain style connecting through each level. Not so much the lines as I mean the colouring styles, etc. ------------- |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 1:00am
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Originally posted by pixelblink I understand what you mean Souly. I still gotta say that the game as a whole should have a certain style connecting through each level. Not so much the lines as I mean the colouring styles, etc. That's what I was going for, I have no clue how shading even got involved in my head. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 1:01am
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Oh man my friends rug just gave me an idea, we should have a polar bear rug enemy. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Sibix
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 1:39am
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yer a game will look stupid if it had every ones individual style..
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 2:43am
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Originally posted by Sibix yer a game will look stupid if it had every ones individual style..
I'm aware of this, and due to an inappropriate problem I have; Sometimes I can't get what I'm saying out properly. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 2:47am
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Oh yes i would like to point out i love brain's penguin popping animation! It could be a sort of warning that it's about to fire/move etc. And yes that metal slug thing works pretty well, although it could look a tad lame if the static turret fires out a ...er thing, that just goes toppling to the floor, could be pretty comical though. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 2:58am
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They should fire ice missles that freeze you.
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I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 3:26am
| I'll remake it whenever I feel like it. Nyah. |
Posted By: Di0xygen
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 9:25am
 It may gives you some idea. Its far from perfect, the palette needs a lot of work, but i like the design of the character. Its a penguin rider ------------- c==3 |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 24 February 2006 at 5:00pm
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It's quite hard to make out but i like the look of the penguin on that, Di0xygen. Looks like it could be some sort of runt penguin in comparison to Brian's ones, like goombas in comparison to koopas from super mario. Oh yes and here's my killer snowball of ice and doom!
(The animation is half the speed it looks good on, beyond my control.) Oh and of course, credit to JJ_Maxx's pallette of which i took from (middle tile template). [EDIT:] And here's what it might look like... (also half-speed) >.<
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Posted By: JJ_Maxx
Date Posted: 24 February 2006 at 8:40pm
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Nice, Lawrick.
I made some ice sprtes, could be used for anything that shoots ice. 
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Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 9:48pm
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Really nice work Larwick and JJ_Maxx. I decided to try and sprite one of Brian's penguins in his style, but making sure it matched PJ aswell.
He should scale up to the PJ nerd pretty well. He reminds me of a mc chicken nugget, or Grimace. http://www.pixeljoint.com/istvan/penguinrunning.gif -------------- Listen to what the flower people say... 
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 11:35pm
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<3, 110% pure awesomness. ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Sibix
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 11:52pm
| ist the penguin walkin at the wrong angle. |
Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 1:58am
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No, the penguin is standing at the same angle as the PJ nerd. It would still work on a flat surface and is more interesting than a side on profile. ------------- Listen to what the flower people say...
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Posted By: kwigbo
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 6:16am
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I like the way it looks but the arm and leg movement just doesnt look right. The movement is very stiff.
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Posted By: alkaline
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 1:00pm
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looks to me like the pegnuin's right leg looks like it's attached to the wrong part of teh body. or something like that. |
Posted By: kwigbo
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 1:08pm
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The foot is mirrored maybe thats why it looks odd to me.
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 2:05pm
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Originally posted by iSTVAN This so so damn hot. |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 9:32pm
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does he have to pause like that between steps? or is that just what it looks like in my browser or something? ------------- www.semesteratsea.com |
Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 05 March 2006 at 11:51pm
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he will bouce in the air, looks like skipping.
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Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 7:07pm
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Exactly, shark. He also pauses like that to emphasise the slippery nature of ice. ------------- Listen to what the flower people say...
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 7:14pm
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d-p
While I think these are wonderfully done, I don't think they reflect the toonish nature of the game. Too realistic in otherwords. Brian the Great
Of course the BtheG level should be focused on your penguins! These are really good and are pretty much what I have in mind. One thing I'd like to see is an edit with some simpler colours. Not so texturized in any case. Also, this guy looks kind small in comparison to PJ. Dioxygen
Not quite sure what this is Larwick
Snowball is cool. Needs to be sped up and tweaked a bit. This is pretty cool though. Maybe we could make it so as it rolls it builds up into a gigantic snowball that'd crush him? JJ Maxx
This could be BtheG's weapon I think... one at a time though instead of all three at once. iSTVAN
Very cute and very close to BtheG's style IMO. Colours are looking nice and crisp. This looks like a good size for them to be in comparison PJ himself Anyways gang, it's a good start to this level. Now I would like to see some more variety in sprites. What happened to the rest of the animals I mentioned before? How about some wierd lil snow creatures? ------------- |
Posted By: Di0xygen
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 8:26pm
 Penguin on a sledge ------------- c==3 |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 12:17am
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Originally posted by pixelblink Napoleon was a little guy too!
...Also, this guy looks kind small in comparison to PJ... |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 12:28am
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He made up for what he lacked in height.
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I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 12:49am
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and got sent to the Isle of Crete didn't he? ------------- |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 1:15pm
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Originally posted by pixelblink
this guy looks kind small in comparison to PJ. penguins áre throwable like that! ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 3:17pm
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Lol, i completely forgot about the snowball. I might have a crack at the biggenising idea soon. And yeah, when i saved it the slides were at 0.05 seconds long each, but it slowed them down to 0.1 when it was saved, if they cant be faster than that i'll have to re-do the animation or something ... well, i'll re-do it anyway, cus of above and cus there were quite a few shortcuts made. Yetis? Bouncing, evil, living snowballs? ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Arcanum Edge
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 5:07pm
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Do you think making a falling icicle sprite would be good? Because
that's kinda essential when it comes to ice areas in games it seems
like. I'll take a crack at it if it could be used. I don't want to work
for no reason. |
Posted By: miau
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 10:33pm
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I thought about making a falling icicle as well You could make it uhm.. quiver a little before it falls down. Like in Yoshi's Island if I remember correctly If it's well done I'm sure they'd take it :3 ------------- ... |
Posted By: alkaline
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 4:01am
| I remember falling icicles were really well done....uhm....in one of the wario land games. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 9:55am
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Yeah sounds good, make sure it relates to the tiles though, at least slightly. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 6:13am
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I was bored again:
I have no idea how it's going to move (well, like a goomba i suppose)... but, i tried animating it and failed badly, so if any of you like it i'll have to hand it over to you guys to animate and/or edit. Used iSTVAN's penguin pallette. |
Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 6:31pm
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I like the idea Larwick! It looks like both our penguins could co-exist within the same game, which is a big plus for style! In fact I've been really impressed by all your sprite work so far, well done mate! ------------- Listen to what the flower people say...
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 10:36am
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I actually REALLY like Larwicks Pengoomba. I like how you turned sides of the head into flippers. -------------
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Posted By: Krysis
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 7:15am
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Inspired by: Metal Slug, Counter Strike, Splinter Cell and others.
A few penguin soldiers. They are small, but that's even cooler. It is soo much fun making these sprites. The penguin with the radio (Mr. Two) could call reinforsments, choppers, and air strikes. Some tanks would be good too. The guy with the minigun can only be attaked by behind. Some animations would be added soon. EDIT: Animated... |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 7:39am
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I LOVE YOU.
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 9:29am
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awesome stuff yet again, Krysis! Keep going! ------------- |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 9:31am
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Those... Are the best penguins ever... They're so good I want to cry. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Krysis
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 12:29am
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Ok, these penguins ain't really usefull I guess. The Killer whale jumps out of the water and if you are not fast enough it pushes you in the icy water.
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 5:34pm
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Those penquins make me horney. :D Those are great! ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 15 May 2006 at 12:52pm
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Originally posted by Krysis
 It's a bit fast, but I'm loving it. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Krysis
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 2:03am
| Oh, that nasty .gif! I'd fix the colours soon... |
Posted By: rabidbaboy
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 1:52am
 Does this level have trees in the bg or is it all ice? At any rate, I made a snowy owl. Or it could be the O RLY owl, your choice. Again, I'm not sure if it's in style. If it isn't much of a bother, maybe someone could make a tutorial for the style? ------------- "baboy" is Filipino for "pig" |