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Heres an idea I had for a beatemup along the lines of battle toads, comix zone, and aliens v predator. The main character is cardinal, a human/alien hybrid with superhuman powers who doesn't believe in wearing pants.

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/interface-1.jpg?t=1239929977)

The controls would be something like this

Standard Attack
Special Attack
Shield
Jump

That guy looks like a red version of Captain Manhattan from Watchmen. But anyways it's some pretty good sprite work.

Captain Moscow

or captain manhattan fell asleep on the beach.

hahaha good one :P

Here are some test animations.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7192/spritesheet.swf

those animations are sweet

I second that. Pure Epic. Very smooth!
Not much I can say XD

All I can say is   :o :screamy:

he's got ladyparts in his crotch...

I mean looks awesome :laughter:

actually he has a wiener, its just retractable with no external scrotum :D

Cardinal can shoot lightning from his hands
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinalelectric.jpg?t=1240539800)

Huh. Lightning. +4 Badass and +3 Awesome right there.

looks rad. i love the alien opponents. good design. unfortunately, the Cardinal does nothing for me. His design is just to generic. Nothing that would stick in my mind. Also, the design should explain the character's name. I really don't see how a naked red guy is a cardinal unless the entry requirements of the Catholic church have been changed somewhat.

love the animations. one one problem with the shooting one. I think the smoke bbubles should follow the bullet a bit earlier. Just my 2 cents.
all in all looks real good.

ps. how about some crystal spikes growing out of his shoulders and back as a design for a powered up version.
pps. how about giving him some cracks and veins like he is made up of magma and lava and stuff?

I kind of have to agree with the genericicity of the design. The redness and black around the eyes does have some ties to the bird, but aside from that he's just a naked red buff dude. Maybe a crest or something, or have the blackness on his face encompass his mouth as well (as it does in the bird). Some distinguishing features besides the crystal in his chest, you know? Like...More crystals...in his not-chest...or something.

I said it first!! me me me.
CRYSTALS In not-his-chest!!

and what about a laurel wreath on his head. like Caesar? he would look like Caesar if he had an olive crown. that would be rad.

@Rishav and Xion: those are some good points, im going to do some concepts rt now!

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinalelectric2.jpg?t=1242095081)
added some dark accents
improved the electricity effect

Looking at it, I think a bunch of feathers in a head-dress or something could really help him look more like a cardinal. (Assuming you're referring to the bird.) The darker accents do help a lot.

And nice job on the lightning. Looks positively electrifying.

I dont want to be too tied down by what an actual cardinal looks like, im more interested in the color and the religious connotations. Anyways i was thinking of creating an alien bird that is referred to as a cardinal for its red and black coloring...

Here's an Empirium Trooper, one of the human enemies you'll be facing!
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/05-11-2009080852PM.jpg?t=1242098073)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinalelectric2-1.jpg)

changed chest gem
added gem to wrist

BTW the gem on his chest is a pocket-dimension storage portal. Basically stuff will get sucked into his chest and can be accessed later.

slightly better now. Maybe the darker highlights needs to be made darker? also, how about darkening the area where the shoulders meets the neck?
at first look they just look like shadows. And I still can't shake off the feeling that I saw this guy in Cho Aniki. Not that i played Cho Aniki....

by the way, the electric effect is positively bitching.  :addicted:
will be looking forward to any further iterations from you.

Yeah the dark patterns definitely help, especially on the limbs.

Maybe some light accents could help too?

I still can't shake the idea that the enemies look like they've got more character - no, not character, more...notable design than the main character himself.

But...I guess there's only so much you can do with a...buff naked dude.

This made me lol :P

Definitely good points. I will continue mucking around with it until i get something im happy with.

Myabe his skin should look like he has his muscle tissue exposed, keeping the color scheme (so the white tissue I forgot what exactly is could be dark red)

a more simplified tattoo design

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinalelectric3.jpg)

@Abraham Jones: that sounds difficult to animate...

The animations are cool, but you have way too much foot slide on the jab.

Maybe so...

I think I'm happy with this design... also modified that jab animation a bit.

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7977/spritesheet2.swf

Modified the grenade launcher pose and added a shielding animation.

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/411/spritesheetshield.swf

This guy rocks.

Awesome explosion! :O

im wondering what to do with this...

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinalsketch-1.jpg?t=1242938096)

heres an idea

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/mockup.jpg)

Notice he is now purple. Also seems to look more like a platformer eh?

A swift kick to the rocks! Obviously the enemy is just placeholder art, just use your imagination kids!
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/mockup2.jpg)

heres a concept design for an Empirium Trooper

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/empirium.jpg)

So my idea for the story is the hero wanders into a conflict between the Imperium (human) and the Caecorum (alien). They are both fighting for control over a small planet called Sala. The Imperium aims to colonize and exploit its resources, the Caecorum wish to take control of mysterious ancient artifacts scattered throughout the planet. Caught in the middle is the indeginous Sala people. Who is the real enemy? What dangers lurk ahead? Why doesn't our hero wear pants? Stay tuned and find out!

some new animations

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/050909/42405_cardinal20_Scene_2.php

Replace his stomach with a ying-yang-ball and make the generic enemies Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Zangief, etc...

I hope you don't mind me butting in.  I spent a little time noodling the cardinal because i like it but i feel he needs some spice. i went for the birdman approach.

i really like what yer doin though.

The animations look cool and the emperium trooper is great.

(http://earthvsmoongame.com/images/thv_post/cardinal.png)

Hmmm interesting...

BECOME A PART OF ME!

i swear to god if this is actually relevant to the story, you need to pull a frisky dingo

where it's revealed he's walking around naked for literally no reason whatsoever

whadya think?

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z84/truendymion/cardinal20birdlike.jpg)

Half man, half alien, half bird.

hahaha - i like what you did with the chest area esp. - but the phrase half man, half animal, half X - that's always a good way to describe something.

Much better design.  Before he was basically just a ripped naked guy with purple skin.  Now hes much more interesting!

updated animations with new design

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/090909/45615_cardinal20birdlike2_Scene_2.php

Yeah I'm definitely more happy with this design, its got much more personality. Thanks to Wander for the getting me out of my design rut!

That looks much more original! I'll love to see where this goes.

I made up some stats for the character, KOF style:

STATS

Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight: 230 lb (104.3 kg)

Fighting Style: Kick Boxing, Wrestling
Nationality: Unknown
Birthplace: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Hobby: Dog, Hover Bike
Favorite Food: Fruit Smoothies
Favorite Music: Rock n Roll; Blues
Dislikes: Pirates, people who overuse the word "awesome"
Bio: A taciturn loner and wanderer, his only companion is a 6 legged dog.
Quotes:
"I've got hard skin over what's left of my soul."
"Resist the tyranny of pants!"
"You're killing me smalls!"
 

Special Attacks:

Energy Shot
Knee Blast
Thunder Storm
Searing Lunge

This is looking very nice! The animations are very good, as well. Keep it up, I'd like to see where this goes.

Hmm thinking about the controls... The gem in his chest is a portal to a pocket dimension used for storing items. I want Cardinal to summon items at any time.

movement

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Walk left or right. Press down to crouch.

standard attack (punch)

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Press repeatedly to perform a 4 hit combo. Combine with direction buttons to perform strong attacks.
I.E. up+atk= uppercut, forward+atk= switch kick, down+atk= sweep

special attack (shoot)

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Combine direction buttons to perform other special attacks. I.E. nuetral+sp= energy shot, forward+sp= searing lunge, up+sp= knee blast, down+sp= thunderstorm (shield breaker)

jump

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Jumping is important. Wall jumps are possible.

shield

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Nullify most attacks. Watch out for shield breaking attacks.

summon item

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Use your chest gem to summon items/weapons from a pocket dimension. You can store an infinite number of items.

grab/throw

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Grab and throw anything; items, weapons, or enemies.



I'm thinking a gamepad or XB controller would be ideal...

i think he needs a little less muscle and a little more of this:

(http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/about/images/cardinal.jpg)

;)

[looking great, can't wait to play]

hahahaha NOISH! Someone should photoshop that guys head onto Cardinals body...

WELL this game isn't in development, I'm just kinda playing around with the idea while I'm working on other things. Maybe after I finish my current projects I can start working on this.

(http://www.thunderboltgames.com/s/reviews/wii/aliensoldier_1.png)

: D

if inspired then good inspiration!

OH HELL YEAH definitely a fan of Treasure. Also taking inspiration from Battletoads, ComixZone, Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros and Vectorman to name a few.

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_nUrR2iUDtpo/Ssq8C0sVSvI/AAAAAAAAA6E/I32ALmpys34/cardinal_cast.jpg)