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Sephyroth · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:16 am Post subject: FF7-2 graphics and artwork

Now, as some of you might know, Seffy is making a pathetic excuse of a fan sequel to FF7. Although he has already acknowledged how pathetic it is for someone who's never finished a full serious game before in his life, he would like to at least believe his graphics are fairly decent. So, let us humor a dying man's last wish.

All graphics ripped courtesy of YSoft's ~~miracle machine~~ OHR graphics extractor. (click on the image to make it bigger)

The one on the top is Riphe, the main hero. I've changed his costume a bit, and got rid of the Buster Sword. Of course, this means that the title screen is going to have to be changed around a bit. The hurt and weak pictures are the same as the stepping one, and I haven't finished the dead sprite yet (GOD I hate those)
The one on the bottom is Arlia, Riphe's sister. She's supposed to have blue hair, but I forgot to change the palette when I was ripping the graphics. Oops.
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I don't think I've ever made a game that needed more than one hero character, so dead hero always means game over in my games. For this reason I've never had to bother with dead sprites... Oh wait, Transylvania had Frankenstein, I used tombstones instead of dead bodies because it fit the Transylvania mood better and took less time to draw!
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

Looks pretty good, Sephy. I'm never too happy with characters who're all dressed in one color, I always love colorful, but, they probably fit the theme, and they're drawn terrificly.

RedMaverickZero · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:24 am Post subject:

I like it. And it seems like you are putting a lot of hard work into this game. Keep it up.
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rpgspotkale · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject:

Hey is the guy with the grey hair and the sword supposed to be Cloud? An the chick Tifa...or are they new charcters?

For ideas for this game I sugest you watch 'Final Fantacy 7 Advent children'. (Its looks legendary!!)
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Sephyroth · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:00 am Post subject:

..shut up.
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I agree with fen. The shading/poses are nice, but that's a hell-ov-a-lot of brown you got going on there. Raspberry!

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Moogle1 · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:54 am Post subject:

He did also say that he screwed up the palette on the second character. Still, more color variation is in order.

Sephyroth · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:53 am Post subject:

I want to say that there's an aesthetic explanation for the lack of color variation (due to Riphe being a dark character and other bull like that), but that truth is that it's a problem with all of my sprites.
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Uncommon · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:58 am Post subject:

I think he'd look pretty messed up with a headband or shin guards. Riphe might be able to get away with it, but Arlia, despite being in the wrong palette, looks like she'd still be all the same color, so she might need some help.

Sephyroth · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject:

Okay, seems like this is a pretty serious problem. I'll try to add some more color variety to the sprites.

In addition: *Updated title logo taking into account the fact that character costumes have been changed*

..a-and, the gradient-ized version.

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Calehay · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

I really like these.

Riphe- I think to help the color contrast, you should add the white that appears in the concept art. I think that will help a lot.
I'm assuming that the hand and sword are drawn as weapons in AtkB.
I would draw at least a seperate hurt animation. His StepB doesn't really look to much like he's being hurt. (It might in the midst of battle, but I don't know. It's something to be wary of. I'd try it out and see how people respond.)

Arlia- I like her, but is she going to have on brown too? Or was that a palette error as well?
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