Jack out of the Box
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Category: Pixel Art
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Printed Date: 07 September 2025 at 7:24pm
Topic: Jack out of the Box
Posted By: Souly
Subject: Jack out of the Box
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 9:30am
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I started drawing something last night... Mock-up? ------------- 
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Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 11:52am
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the second animation could be more smooth because it looks like the box stays in the air for too long. You could also have the head stay in its place while the box falls, then when the box touches the ground, the head would snap down; would give the second animation a cool personality. :D ------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 1:19pm
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By second do you mean the jump animation? -------------
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Posted By: Hazviz
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 11:25pm
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I'm no expert to pixel art so this is just a personal opinion. The second animation where it's head is bobbing back and forward, perhaps make it a little less violent and slow it down a bit. At the moment it doesn't look like its rocking back and forth on a spring, but it looks like someone is punching it from behind or something. So maybe slow the animation down, and make it bounce backwards aswell, since in reality it wouldn't spring forward and then go straight back to its starting position before springing back out again.  |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 8:16am
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It's the attack animation, I'm not going to make it "Less violent" -------------
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:08am
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Lol, cool character. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 10:19am
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He he, I made a random mock-up. With a floating pencil.. -------------
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Posted By: Blick
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 10:23am
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The jumping animation has no build up to his release. I'd make his neck
scrunch together and then quickly release and maybe while in the air,
make it squish again like the box is putting some pressure on from
below to get more height, and then fall back down.
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 10:26am
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I'll give it a whirl. -------------
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Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 11:22am
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looking better. But on the newest one, when he first jumps up his head should move a little to the right instead of standing centered.
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Posted By: Hazviz
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 1:31pm
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Originally posted by Souly It's the attack animation, I'm not going to make it "Less violent" Okay, sorry but from your post I couldn't tell that it was for a game, or that it was an attack animation. My apologies.  |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 2:25pm
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I kinda like the original jump animation! -------------  got game?
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 8:01pm
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The colors are a little bland and saturated. How about a bit more contrast and saturation? ------------- |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:14pm
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I would like to see an animation with his head swinging front to back, and each time his hit smacks the floor.
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:29am
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Ensellitis, that was my idea for his death animation. -------------
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 10:37am
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It looked a bit squared:
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Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 12:54pm
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i think you should make at least one inbetween frame, of his head at 45 degrees, so iet doesnt go -o- => þ ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 2:31pm
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Yes.
and shouldent the can of cola be a side view? ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 3:12pm
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Dont be afraid to make different rotations of the head. From what Im seeing, you only use the regular head and a 90* CCW rotated head. ------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 12:41pm
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Yeah... I was going to attempt that. I just got lazy and rotated it. -------------
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 1:09pm
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With something as wacky as this, you need animations that just explode with life. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com"> 
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 8:41am
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Yeah your most definitly right Brian. I've basically been rushing through all of these. -------------
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Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 2:46pm
| I prefer the second Coke can. I like the direction that mockup is going, colorful and cute and whatnot. And I agree with BtG, with something this fun and cartoony, the animations should be over-the-top. |
Posted By: KawizradSaddrax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 3:22am
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I think your animation would look sweet if you were able to add some squashing and stretching to the jump sequence. I have never done that in 2d so it might be too much of a pain to bother with? Regardless, it would look hot. Other then that I think the character design is great! Keep it up. /weller |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:44am
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Newer mock-up.
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:39am
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New enemies. Normal: -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 11:44am
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SWEET! Those are so fuzzy looking! Is anyone making this game? If not, I'd feel somewhat obligated to do so. I just love the style. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 11:49am
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Thank you Monkey. That's the first time anyone has actually loved anything I've drawn. :] <3 -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 4:00pm
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May I get to work then? ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 9:25am
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If you'd like! His box can transform into many things. I also came up with a few level ideas. -------------
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 9:27am
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You should have some kind on animatio set when he goes from one item to another, too.
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 9:39am
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Oh of course, I was going to do a whole tranformation animation for each mode. -------------
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 10:48am
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Tank Mode. -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 5:02pm
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Could you make the crappy animations into side-by-side frames? I can put both anims and side-by-sides in the game, so I just want it all to look good. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 7:25pm
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You should get Graphics Gale if you want to avoid piss poor quality animations. The sprites are coming along nicely. The transformation is my favourite. The dust bunnies are also a novel idea but that boss sprite doesn't really do it for me. I'd make it less flat and angular in design. But you've made a new thread for it, so I'll save from commenting on it here. ------------- Listen to what the flower people say... 
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 7:59pm
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Problem is I have no laptop at the moment.|
Originally posted by iSTVAN |At the moment the worst thing is the backgrounds and tiles. They seem really uninspired and don't enhance the nicely drawn sprites. I'd avoid using large areas of block colour. I like your ideas though, and I think this could be quite a fun game. Yeah, I have some ideas for the new levels I thought of. Originally posted by iSTVAN but that boss sprite doesn't really do it for me. I'd make it less flat and angular in design. But you've made a new thread for it, so I'll save from commenting on it here. I'll probably just end up revamping and making a much better boss sprite. -------------
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 3:44pm
I was bored. -------------
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 4:02pm
Yeey! Now finish.  ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 4:03pm
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I will once I get a chance to use another computer.
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 2:47am
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ALPHA DEMO UNLEASED! USES BOUNCEATTACK! 53 DAGAGE!!!! http://www.savefile.com/files/5678281 - DOWNLOAD Controls: Arrow keys, Hold down to charge jump, Shift is select, Ctrl is attack. F2 for fullscreen(screwed up) F3 for Save, F4 or menu option for load.
NOW GO OUT THERE AND JACK SOME BOXES! w00t! ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 5:35am
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wEYHEY! the movement animation looks really good when actually playing it. I also like the whole jumping charge up thing. There was a dustbunny by the coke though, which was having a spazz out. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 6:03am
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Downloaded - so clearly done on GameMaker Very nice work though, the movement is well thought out.
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 11:54am
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<-- mad cause it won't work on his pc
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Posted By: tuaarita
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 12:35pm
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hard game. btw i didnt die when i fell off the table in the space between them. :D you know what i mean. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:36pm
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I died at the end when you fall into the huge place of nothingness. Although i didnt really die cus there was no game over screen or anything ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 1:39pm
 I wanna play, going to another PC
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 4:04pm
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Woohoo lotsa posts! @Larwick(#1): Oops. I accidentally put him on top of where he reverses direction so he goes crazy. @Skull: Lol, yes. And thanks too. @Ensellitis(#1): Yes, you told me in the pool. I'll keep looking for the cause. @Leroy: Is it really? I personally wasn't sure it was hard enough. @Lar(#2): Death system/gameover is a No-Go for now. @(o.<)@ @Ensell(#2): Yay! good luck! Could I possibly have hardware specs, esp. sound card + drivers and video card. @ALL: Thanks for the comments, I'm currently at a point where I could use Souly to make some more graphics; all but two are currently in-game. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 1:07pm
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Oh wow, LOVE TO MoD <33333 -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 1:13pm
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Ooh! Bug! I'll see what I can do. Also, TY^infinity for noticing. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 3:30pm
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I'm going to try and draw up some tile ideas on my desktop tonight. Hopfully I can get my internet to start working. :] -------------
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 9:29am
You've just been TRUCKED. -------------
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 9:55am
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That's awesome! Make a little snappy animation
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 10:54am
Wewt, it's Jack's arch-enemy... I need to think of a snazy name... He's a jester. -------------
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 11:21am
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Lol, sweet. He looks a bit too timid at the moment though, i'd perhaps give him a blunt stare, sorta freaky looking. For some reason i also thought of a zip for a mouth.. but thats just my weird imagination. Howabout just 'Jester'... if you can't think of anything else... lol. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 11:45am
I tried making a better atatck animation. If anyone wants to try animating it that'd be swell. :] My internet is going too slow for me to download an animation program at the moment. -------------
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:03pm
 But if I where you, I'd remove some frames when punching. This way, it moves more pixels per frame, thus appearing to be moving faster, thus having more force in the movement. I woulda made the edit even powerfuller by removing frames if it wasn't so easy to Reverse an animation.  ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:10pm
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xD I just realized that I did the force thing when it came back into the box but not when it came out. So by reversing the animation it now springs out rather then spring back into the box. Thanks Brian. <333 -------------
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:13pm
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I say make the boxing glove stupidly large, or it's hard to tell it's a boxing glove. You also need some recoil. But yeah, it's cool. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:36pm
Ok new update on Jester. Changed the symbol on his box from a boring moon to a broken heart. I did what Larwick suggested and added a zipper like mouth. Alright newer attack animation.. I took Larwick's suggestion of a rediculously large glove and used it. I also added some movement from Jack's head when the glove ejects out.  Could anyone animat this one please? <3 -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 1:14pm
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That would be an awesome boss, <3. EDIT: anim=anim'd
Sorry for no loopage. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 1:22pm
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I like it - though I think the glove should extend a bit futher - to come out seriously fast and then go back in a normal speed - it'll be a nice touch I think. The Jester is looking ace. ------------- |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 9:23pm
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Ok so we changed the dimensions to 320x240 I also got the idea to base the first level off of an exact version of my room. So first we're starting off on my desk.  It's most definitly a work in progress... Ok so I fixed up the monitor, and moved everything around.  Darkened the monitor's shading a bit, and I also added my window/window ledge.  New idea for the Jester.  He turns against JOoTB, and goes psycho evil on his ass. And I thought up a cheesy name! CHESTER the JESTER -------------
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Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 11:32pm
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Emo heartbreaking <3 I like, I like. ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 21 June 2006 at 5:19am
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I would love to kill that green Jack, awesomeness. The BGs are nice too ('SHOES' XD), but what's the tan thing with the red and yellow bits? ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 21 June 2006 at 9:22am
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That's the working of an electrical bar. You know those things that make 4 power outlits by plugging it into a wall socket? I definitly need to animate the electricity. -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 1:13pm
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Is this WIP... DEAD? ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 1:16pm
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Of course not, I just need too get the momentum back up. Once I get the inspiration to work more on JOoTB. -------------
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 1:52pm
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That's good to hear. I may have not worked on this as much as I should have either; I still haven't quite finished adding the tiles for the desk and tweaking my collision-detection for them. By the way, when you get time, can you finish an edge of the computer desk? It's the only other thing I need to make a level (or part of one at least) out of that tileset/mockup. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: kaltsu
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 9:49pm
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OMG what a cool character(s) and the concept and the simple, yet so functional over-all look!!!1! <3 <3 <3 -------------  Not now honey, I have a deadline.
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 15 August 2006 at 3:35pm
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I might start working on this again once I get my living situation problems solved.
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Posted By: Scruffs
Date Posted: 15 August 2006 at 5:28pm
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my dad works for ibm :F ------------- www.jakeww.deviantart.com - www.jakeww.deviantart.com |
Posted By: Carl Flixen
Date Posted: 15 August 2006 at 7:04pm
| I recommend you to animation adobe dreanweavr |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 15 August 2006 at 7:08pm
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Actually, the way that seems(ed? lozl) to work best is for Souly to put them in a side-by-side still image and I import them into the game from that. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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