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[rivon]

They're not really mine. The character is from Charas generator and the tiles are ones I downloaded ages ago for a totally different game (they were the first thing I found here).

So, can you start to draw something? A 16x16 ninja cat/rabbit/panda/alligator/whatever just with 'run', 'jump/fly' (for the char in mid-air) and 'standing still' animations would be very nice
And don't forget that they will hold some items later on, so there should be some space for them.

I'll work on the weapon/pickup mechanics now. And I'll get some better 16x16 tiles for it.

[Landshark RAWR]

ninja alligators...


i love you

[rivon]

Btw, JR, please make the sprites alone (not all frames of animation in one image) and make the transparent parts this color: #ff00ff

[J. R. Hill]

Ok, I get off work in like 6 hours, I should have some rough anims by tonight

[rivon]

Thank you so much

Btw here's a screen of new tiles I downloaded somewhere:

The character is just the previous resized to match the size of tiles. The box is one possible source for the weapons.

[mikewest]

Just curious- are you planning to go with the crate pickup to get points rather than the kills to get points?  I'd love to see what the crate pickup would be like as multiplayer. 

Either way, I'm looking forward to trying some prototypes with my friends.

[rivon]

The points will be given for kills, by picking up the crates (or it may be scrolls or something) players will get weapons. And cause the weapons will have very limited "ammo", the players will have to fight for the crates.

But yeah, I can make a gametype/mode in which the points will be given for picking up the crates (so multiplayer SCB with weapons and no monsters).


Progress: two players with functioning controls and environment collisions, fps steadily decreasing as I'm adding new things...

Now I have to program player vs player collisions and then I will make the first weapon - throwing knife.

[J. R. Hill]

I made a quick and dirty ninja elk cause i figured that would give you an opportunity to make any suggestions before I commit to a style.




.zip of images

Also, when I make the background should it be tiled, or just a big large image with elements on it? (like drifting clouds, birds, etc)

[rivon]

It looks awesome, but I don't have time right now to test how it looks in the game. It's 3:11, I really have to sleep now. But overally I think it's ok style.

If by the background you mean tiles and stuff, then make the tiles 16px tall with solid structure, like here, not faded bottoms like in my last screenshot. About the background, do it however you like, though if you want animated backgrounds, don't overdo it... Moving clouds are ok, I think, but moving clouds + flying birds + rain + lightnings + tornadoes all at once are not. Just make it decent

[J. R. Hill]

Ok, on Monday I'll work on more animals in similar style, and little shuriken/knives/swords/etc.

[rivon]

Yaaay, a new screenshot:


The sprites are awesome. I have just one remark - name them in this way:

elk (folder)
    idle_00.png
    idle_01.png
    idle_02.png
    run_00.png
    run_01.png
    ...

So only the directory is named after the animal. The images are "action_xx.png".

[rivon]

I didn't have much time to program today, but I at least made the weapon system.

[J. R. Hill]

Awesome, I'll use that naming from now on.  God-willing I'll do a few more animals on Tuesday because I only work morning on Tuesday.

[Daniel Eddeland]

Cute little elks, throwing ninja stars! Very nice sprites, they... they... is that...?

...

They almost look like they're dancing! This game must have dancing elk animations! 

[J. R. Hill]

I could make victory dances/poses for them lol.

[rivon]

Yeah, no problem.

Progress: just cleaned up the code a bit. The bad thing is I just found out the wonderful world of console emulation on Android phones

[Melly]

This is looking niiice.

[rivon]

How's it going with the sprites?

[J. R. Hill]

I didn't get anything done yesterday lol, I'll do some today but I only have a few hours free.

[J. R. Hill]

Just figuring out character design, I will probably have to fix all the palette at once when I'm done.  I'll do some animation for these guys later this week, next week I'm pretty much gone until Friday, but I might be able to find a computer before then, I'm not sure...  I'll likely redo the elk too, but I figure if I name it correctly all you have to do is copy the folder over it.

(Using this site and google image search for reference)

Should I make generic enemies too?