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[caffeine]

I want to pixel some graphic packages, which will be free to use in your games.
That's why I was wondering what kind of graphics you guys would like.

Every suggestion is more than welcome.

[ANtY]

For a roguelike or Super Crate Box-alike

[JMickle]

advance wars style things (ie tile based strategy)

[Daid]

Well, what not to make is RPG tile sets, those are 13 in a dozen. If you want to be of a help to programmers that cannot make art, make complete animated sprite sets. A platform character sprite without a jump animation is useless for example.
Same goes for tile sets, if more then half of the possible tile combinations are missing then the programmer cannot do anything with it.

But best of all, make something unique. I can find town tiles. I can find grass tiles, I can find a generic man walking around. Fantasy sprites/tiles seem more common then futuristic art. But where is my small kid in a tutu carrying hugely oversized guns blasting everything to bits?

Instead of making generic (boring!) art, make something unique, make something that says "this needs to be turned into a game!"

-Programmer out.

[rivon]

Also don't do soldier sprites. There are lots of them too.

[davidarcila]

I need a 16x16 knight for my game, i'll give you credit

[Hangedman]

advance wars style things (ie tile based strategy)

Seconded.

Some background tile packages (forest/city/mountainscape builder) would be excellent, as being able to build backgrounds would probably encourage people to not just have simple repeating objects.

I'd also love to see some isometric (Tactics style) characters, or even just a body template and parts/clothing from the four isometric angles, as I can't get that angle right to save my life but I'd love to tinker with it.

[caffeine]

Thanks for al the suggestions. I'm still thinking what would be the best thing to do first though.

[JMickle]

I'd suggest doign a full mockup of something first, then expanding on the individual elements, creating the assets that would be used in the game that the mockup is of (if that makes sense)

[Terrorbuns]

A Zelda-like basics would be cool. (Like, player, some enemies, basic tiles, a chest or something, whatever).

I am looking forward to seeing what this topic brings forward! 

[ANtY]

Make 3 mockups, a poll and we will choose then you'll make a tileset 

[droqen]

green I love you <3

If you make a character walk cycle to one side, then expand that to:
- walking down (as if top-down)
- walking up (as if top-down)
- jumping [rising/falling] (as if in a platformer)

I imagine a tiny starting package as simple as that would be pretty helpful for a lot of people.
(And it'd probably be best to, as much as possible, create perspective-agnostic assets.)



[ also: do you actually have a website? >: ]

[baconman]

Oh, and rolling/aiming/attacking. That adds a surprising amount of versatility for being so few additions.

[bftd]

there's always a shortage of various swooshes, sparks, power flashes and hadoukens, i think.

ps. and EXPLOSIONS.

[Nat]

Space portals, ships, rocks etc.
32x32 please

[Tumetsu]

Magic effects. Like ice spell, thunder etc. etc. Energy bursts etc. General flashes etc. Animated of course.