Castle Paradox

Machu · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:35 pm Post subject: Back in action!

Yessiree bob, some relevant stuff! And by that, I mean I ~~might~~ will actually use this for OHR.

Right here
Or here for an up to date page

I'll fax a brownie to whomever can identify this walkabout. (looking at the filenames is cheating)
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Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

ITS THAT GUY FROM METAL SLUG WHOS NAME I FORGOT.

ER NOT MARCO THE OTHER ONE I THINK. MAYBE NOT.
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Machu · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:24 am Post subject:

Tarma wasn't hard to add in. Then again, I hope people don't blame me for laziness; they should blame the makers of Metal Slug 1 for making them have the exact same body.

EDIT: Eri and Fio added. You might have to ctrl+F5 because of replaced images.
EDITER: Trevor and Nadia added. What, you've never played Metal Slug 4?
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Machu · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

Now I'm experimenting with maptiles and outlines. Seriously now, kids, look at the bottom-most picture there and tell me which ones look better. I'm thinking of using the outlined ones because of the bright background (Trevor's hair blends with the sky, and the girls' legs blend with the sand/dirt)

EDIT: *puts a sock puppet over hand* "Hi Machu!" Oh, hello, I thought nobody was ever going to respond to this. "You should totally use the outlined sprites." Oh, okay I will.
EDIT, BECAUSE I STILL CARE ABOUT THIS PROJECT: Grunt added. Now I should get to work with animation frames and such.
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Machu · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

Now that I'm in 250free, you guys can stop ignoring me now!

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djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

Wow... very nice sprites! Cant find anything that's wrong with them. They remind me of something... but I cant quite put my finger on what it is... oh well!

Personally, I'd choose not to put the black outline because they blend with the background. I know it sounds strange, but i think it looks better bbecause the characters can blend into the environment. If there was a black outline, it would give the sprites unnecessary contrast, making it look like it was pasted on or something. For example... Take a look at the picture on the bottom in the page. The ones with black outlines look like... well... sprites. It's boring. If you look at the ones without outlines, the sprites look like it's a part of the picture. To me, that looks better.

Whether or not you use the outlines are up to you. I'm just giving my two-cents Big grin

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

Very good spriting! Looks like you put a lot of thought into it. Keep it up, Machu.
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Machu · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:51 pm Post subject:

Alright, here's a new comparison: The left (and middle, I think) sprite has no outline, but if you look closely, I darkened the color of his gear/pants. The right sprite has an outline and brighter colors. The darker colors include black, so an outline makes it ugly. However, I prefer the darker colors and no outline now. Any objections?
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Flamer · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:27 am Post subject:

looks good, my only objection is that... his head seems to have faded into the background a bit...

for that reason, i'm kinda going for the black outline one.
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djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

I still prefer the non-outlined one.

Machu · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:

I'm sure the blending effect will be reduced once they animate, so I'll work without outlines for a while. I'll just need to change a few colors.
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Flamer · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

ah, yeah... animating would eliminate most of the blanding.
go with no outline, mainly coz you're walkabouts don't need them
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If we were a pack of dogs, IM would be a grand Hound, CN would be a very ficious little pitball, and Giz...well, it doesn't matter breed he is, he'd still be a bitch Raspberry!

(no offense to anyone that was mentioned)

Machu · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject:

If you check the previous post, I have updated the colors of some characters and also added 2 of my own completely original characters: Conner and Sochi!
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Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

Now all you need is Neo and you'll be set O_O
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Machu · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

It's funny you should mention that: if this game became popular, I had another spin-off planed incorporating lots of famous characters like Spike, Wolfwood, Gordon Freeman and Serious Sam. It was going to implement unique weapon sets for each character, they would each have a unique ability (Spike can throw enemies with his Jeet Kun Do, Wolfwood can block with the Cross Punisher, etc.), and I would implement melee-characters (like Himura Kenshin and Obi-Wan Kenobi). But I'm getting ahead of myself; I've barely implemented the movement script so far. I still need to work the bugs out of that, implement guns, then enemies, then make an actual game out it.

I'm glad you people dig the sprites.
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