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[Hao]

C H O S E N · 挑戦
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"A Platformer/Metroidvania 2D Action Game"

The Game:
Chosen is a pixel-art platform game inspired by Metroidvania genre, with a Megaman feeling to it.

We are simultaneously creating our own in-house engine called Ninja Engine for it. Basic Hero mechanics, NPCs, terrain and sprite-based collisions are fully functional:

Who Are We?
We --Yuan Works-- are a (really) small studio developing an engine for 2D Platform games. Originally our game was more ambitious and Chosen was only to test-drive our engine, but we are liking the retro feeling on it

Our Dev Tools
The idea is to develop an our engine (codename Ninja Engine) with tight platformer mechanics to create a bigger, more ambitious project in terms of pixel art and depth, in the likes of our previous project Wind And Water: Puzzle Battles.

Most of our art is done in MS Paint, and from the programming side, we use C++ with SDL for support on a bunch of platforms, including the Dreamcast.

You can also follow our progress more in depth here:

Yuan Works Dev Blog | Twitter

Feel free to ask us any question and of course, any kind of feedback (good and bad) is appreciated.

Updates will be rolling on this thread frequently

Cheers!

[rj]

pretty

[SolS]

Looks great!

[chrilley]

Very charming style

I like the MMX wall slide too!

Will the entire game be in blue shades or could the hue perhaps shift between certain areas?

[Y.u.a.n]

The idea for now is to restrict the game to that four-color blue palette, and try to take it to its limits. Kinda like a glorified Game Boy game.

The colors make pixel art faster to draw, so we can focus on animation and visuals. I'll post more screenies and work every now and then  



*edit* fixed the image url

[TonyManfredonia]

Wow, this is incredibly charming! I agree with the above poster. I love how it has that "Gameboy-ish" color palette, even if it's not the green or monochrome style.

The blue tint is very nice!

[AnaGuillenFdez]

It is interesting how it started as a test and it became a project later. Keep the hard work, it looks really cool I am in love with that wall jump.
Using a blue palette inspired by GB graphics is a clever choice, it gives the pixel art a special ambient. And the main character is kinda cute.

[Pixel Noise]

I like the MC and the in game screen shots so far - following 

[Tyro]

The engine looks incredibly smooth and polished. This game looks like it'd be a blast to speedrun.

Keep up the good work!

[FK in the Coffee]

Really impressed with the aesthetics and engine work so far!

[voidSkipper]

Love the aesthetic and the title pun

[andyfromiowa]

Love the lighting on that torch.  Gameplay looks great.  Really dig the art style, too. 

[ashtonmorris]

I agree with everyone above. Great Style!

[koalefant]

Art looks really awesome! I wonder if you are joking about MS Paint, or actually using it? =)

[FK in the Coffee]

Art looks really awesome! I wonder if you are joking about MS Paint, or actually using it? =)

There are a pretty good number of proficient pixel artists who use Paint, actually

[lobstersteve]

The art is super cool, the choice for blue colors only is also interesting
Good luck, i hope this becomes a finished, fleshed-out game someday

[HoffmanIV]

I love seeing new games in development that faithfully follow GB-esque color limitations. Will be watching this for sure! Good luck to you.

[Y.u.a.n]

Wow, much support, such awesome!! Haha, someone got the pun already 

Thanks for the comments guys! Really nice to see that some ppl appreciate this kind of thing 
The idea we have is to use a "2-bit palette" and try to take it to the max. Like if a brick Game Boy had a CD-Drive, or something. So cutscenes and lots of animation are planned.

I like to experiment with other software, but I'm just very efficient using Paint. Since usually I don't need to preview animations (I just make them straight ahead), it makes the workflow much faster. The simplicity of it makes it fast (for me), but there is some really awesome software to make pixel art out there, and more undos and onion skin are very useful, specially if you're just starting.

[Bricabrac]

Following for the prettiness.

[TonyManfredonia]

I like to experiment with other software, but I'm just very efficient using Paint. Since usually I don't need to preview animations (I just make them straight ahead), it makes the workflow much faster. The simplicity of it makes it fast (for me), but there is some really awesome software to make pixel art out there, and more undos and onion skin are very useful, specially if you're just starting.

Hey, I am all about efficient workflow, even if it differs from "the norm." People have told me that my music workflow is, quote: "a waste of time," given that I take a significant step outside of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) to make each and every track or piece of music. Yet, it works ideally for me. So keep up your workflow, and never let anyone  tell you differently.

Your work is too awesome to try and change something. If it ain't broke, don't fix it