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[spicy gyro games]

The 2nd of my two 2012 ios releases, is now in the process of getting the PC polish treatment that Clash Force got. These games were both much better fits for PC (or console) to begin with, so I'm finally getting them out there. Clash Force is already on Steam.

Here you can see some of the tweaks I'm making to the graphics.

Updated character sprite



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New - Although there's still a few tiles out of date that I see now!


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[Fridgecrisis]

Looking good! Nice crisp sprites. Although I'm having a bit of a tough time immediately distinguishing what's in the foreground and background. I wonder how it would look if the background elements were darkened or desaturated a bit.

[spicy gyro games]

Ha! I bet you're mostly referring to the Dice Palace level. After taking that screen I actually did exactly that! Making those red and yellows pillars (and the diamond pattern) a bit more pastel and uncontrasty.

That was one of the reasons for the change between the ios screen and the PC screen you see. I made the pink blocks more into the purplish and away from the red to separate more from the red background elements. And the grey pattern in the back was simplified and de-contrasted a bit. Also found that by creating a roadway of sorts from those smaller dice greatly helps with the separation between bg and fg.

[spicy gyro games]

Updated version, contrast doesn't look like a major change but makes a big difference in motion.

[CandyFace]

I like the colorful palette you've chosen, although I agree with Fridgecrisis that the background is hard to distinguish from the foreground.
The new character sprite is definitely better but it could still use a bit more volume. Here's an example of what you could do to make it a bit more interesting:
I've darkened your red/purple shading color a bit more, then cleaned up color placement and added some basic lighting. I wasn't sure where you wanted to go with the hair shading, so I left some of it out. You're welcome to do whatever with the sprite 


Looking forward to read more about this

[spicy gyro games]

Yeah, I actually played with additional shading on the face and have gone back and forth. That's actually his shell hence the dividing lines.

[spicy gyro games]

We've put up a "Shareware" Demo of the game available through our 90s chic site!

http://shinydolphin.com/sage/