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Demake dump

on: July 26, 2010, 08:28:28 am
Here are a bunch of demake mockups that I've made for swedish gaming mag Level over the last years. Many of these were made quick and dirty (relatively speaking) in order to make deadlines, so they're not all that pretty to look at. But I figured I should post them somewhere so they don't just gather dust on my hard drive. Any feedback is of course appreciated.






















« Last Edit: July 26, 2010, 08:36:00 am by junkboy »

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 09:25:33 am
Those are just pretty darn impressive!
Honestly, most of them are great. That's quite an inspiration, makes me wonder if I could do some kind of mockup myself.  :y:

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 12:57:14 pm
I'm loving that S&P Star Successor homage right there, also that Batman one rules because its well, Batman. I'd give you feedback but it'd only end up being nitpicks, all of these fulfill their needs as far as being a piece goes, or it looks that way though, so yeah I'd end up just saying this little thing here or this little thing here looks wrong.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 01:40:34 pm
This is the stuff bookmarks are made of.  Really great stuff here!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #4 on: July 26, 2010, 02:59:25 pm
Rather awesome indeed.
Though I don't recognize what games are what... just, Brawl, MGS3, Katamari Damacy, SMBKart (I like the Super Sprint reference :) and Guitar Hero (or some such; either that one or the one with 'Sophitia' and 'Mitsurugi' would be my favorites, for the same reason:solid composition and color scheming resulting in a picture that looks like an integrated and lush whole.)
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #5 on: July 26, 2010, 04:32:08 pm
This thread is so hot it should be labelled as NSFW.
Most of them are plain awesome, esp. Bayonetta, FFXIII and Dead Space.

I think your Mirror's Edge buildings dont capture very well the essence of the original design which is more like "hospital white paint" than city grey.

Bookmarked :D

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #6 on: July 26, 2010, 06:27:28 pm
Thank you for your awesome arts in the Level Magazine Junkboy!
Suprised to see you in here as you pretty much made them overall 10/10 :)

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #7 on: July 26, 2010, 08:08:35 pm
Can I play these? Please? Particularly Soul Calibur, Contra (Killzone, sorry,) and Mirrors Edge look like wayyyy to much fun.
Actually.... if your down to sprite Soul Calibur or Smash Bro's, Ill code the demake... Totally not the sort of thing Id usually make, what with being utterly un-original, but damned do these look good.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #8 on: July 26, 2010, 08:18:34 pm
These look all very nice :)

I am afraid tho that the Starcraft and Guitar Hero ones do not comply with C64 restrictions. I had to call the restriction supervision police and report you. They will be at your house soon.
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #9 on: July 26, 2010, 11:55:45 pm
I just had pixelgasm. This is so pretty.

Although, when I saw FF13, i always imaged a demake would be more like Chrono Trigger than FF6. You know, cause of the battle system.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #10 on: July 27, 2010, 01:38:12 am
wow, these all look phenomenal

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #11 on: July 27, 2010, 09:49:03 am
you are an monster,awesome OQO__

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 12:27:50 pm
Oh my gawd.  That is amazing.
I would totally play that Resident Evil 5.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #13 on: July 27, 2010, 07:04:24 pm
Oh god I love these so much. Especially the Soul Calibur IV one

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #14 on: July 27, 2010, 09:10:15 pm
Love the Batman one, Chaos Enginesque.  :y:

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #15 on: July 28, 2010, 02:25:05 am
These are hot, makes me wish people could make games that look this good.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #16 on: July 28, 2010, 02:49:17 am
These are hot, makes me wish people could make games that look this good.
They are too busy making games with HD/3D that we don't really care much about. :P

Can't wait till next magainze of Level to see what Junkboy made this time! ^^

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #17 on: July 29, 2010, 07:55:46 pm
These look awesome!

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You wouldn't be interested in creating sprites for an actual open source 2D racing game?  ;D
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=10103.0

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #18 on: July 29, 2010, 07:59:36 pm
OMG little big planet!!!!!!
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #19 on: July 30, 2010, 02:32:51 am
You don't need to double post (in fact it's frowned upon), just edit your first post.
The second comment wasn't necessary anyway. The proper action would be to send junkboy a private message requesting his permission to use his art (rather than posting about it in the actual thread). But, honestly, this is a very noob thing to ask an artist. This site is for showing other artist's one's work, with a focus on critique. It's not a free sprite database.

Junkboy- I love all of these, great work as always. Pikmin and the cowboy scene are my favorites. The cowboy mock-up being my most favorite.
Oh, and the starcraft demake is fantastic.
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #20 on: July 30, 2010, 11:20:07 pm
Well thank you guys for all the lovely comments, glad you like them! I'll be making many more of these hopefully. During the fall/winter I hope to make some stuff that is more out of my comfort zone as far as the "pixeling style" goes. Like PC RTS' from the early 90s, pillowshaded and blobby Amiga designs and so on.

ptoing: Well you correctly identified them as attempts at C64 graphics, so I'm happy with that alone.  :lol:
RomanH: Only if there's jaggy sprite-scaling, palm trees and a red ferrari under a deep blue sky!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #21 on: July 30, 2010, 11:21:09 pm
So, not to be to much of a dick, but did you just post to announce that you removed your double post? ??? Really?

...okay, back on topic. When does the next issue come out? I want MOREEEEEE! MORE! MOAR!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #22 on: July 30, 2010, 11:37:02 pm
Next issue should be out by the end of next week, I think, if you're one of the lucky ones with functional mail delivery.  :y:

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #23 on: July 31, 2010, 05:53:40 am
RomanH: Only if there's jaggy sprite-scaling, palm trees and a red ferrari under a deep blue sky!

I assume this idea would also include a car stereo to select the soundtrack and a blonde co-driver?  :)

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #24 on: August 01, 2010, 05:26:47 am
Nice dude. linked by reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/cvy1w/amazing_demakes_batman_bioshock_guitar_hero/

great mockups, I have no complaints. I wish these were games  :(

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #25 on: August 01, 2010, 05:49:36 am
I joined just so I could tell you how freaking amazing these are.
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These are freaking amazing.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #26 on: August 01, 2010, 05:53:03 am
I'm loving the Metal Gear and Red Dead Redemption mocks.

(It seems that the reddit link is creating a lot traffic to this thread.)

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #27 on: August 01, 2010, 06:00:12 am
Aw a lot of these warmed my heart, these are such sweet demakes. Very nice job man!

hahahahah there are what I recognize: (Batman AA, Bayonetta, SSB Brawl, Brutal Legend, FF13 (This one gave me a smile xD), Guitar Hero, CoD, MGS4, Mirror's Edge, Picman, RdR, Resident Evil and Super Mario Kart) PHEW. I may be wrong about some, though.
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #28 on: August 01, 2010, 11:42:02 pm
um yeah - junkboy im a fan of your work for sure - and so do a lot of other folks (or soon to be anyway!) check out your thread getting a jump over at kotaku!

http://kotaku.com/5601850/22-high+caliber-demakes-of-modern-favorites/gallery/
« Last Edit: August 01, 2010, 11:45:36 pm by st0ven »

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #29 on: August 01, 2010, 11:48:54 pm
These are fantastic! I was going to point out the Kotaku post as well.  Also, this is my first post here.  I've watched in awe for a while but didn't join until now.  I'm savethedinosaurs over at tigsource, too.  Hello everyone  :)

FACT: you guys are awesome!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #30 on: August 02, 2010, 04:01:19 am
haha this is getting posted and tweeted all over the place :D  WELCOME TO INTERNET FAMOUS, JUNKBOY!

but seriously, gorgeous work as usual, the mountains and clouds behind the FF one are just giving me SO many boners.  I like to think that in the Bioshock game, the lighting would change to always focus on which layer you were currently aligned with...really liking the foreground tiles for Mirror's Edge too, clean but engaging.  great work!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #31 on: August 02, 2010, 06:26:29 am
Is this going to bring an influx of new members?  ???
(awesome work by the way)

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #32 on: August 03, 2010, 08:23:09 pm
hey junkboy! Cool stuff! Are you interested in animating any of these? If so I might be convinced to supply the game side just for fun. If not or youre busy its cool. I have plenty to do already.
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #33 on: August 03, 2010, 09:31:40 pm
Whoa, crazy response to this thing. Thank you internet!

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #34 on: August 03, 2010, 11:20:05 pm
Very impressive. It drove me to this forum straight from kotaku.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #35 on: August 04, 2010, 10:42:24 am
My god at Sin and Punishment. I'm a treasure fan, but I never would of imagined how much I would love to see a 2d version created in the manner that you have.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #36 on: August 05, 2010, 02:12:50 pm
I have to ask but what game are those green and purple creatures from because those are freaking sex!

Actually these are all amazing, I'm especially fond of the FFXIII. Serious the background is gorgeous.

Beautiful work man! :y:

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #37 on: August 05, 2010, 04:12:20 pm
:O
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #38 on: August 05, 2010, 11:51:33 pm
You should be called Awesomeboy instead. This is just amazing. Every single one. Normally I'd try to say something productive but this is all I can come up with.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #39 on: August 12, 2010, 04:57:55 am
I think devs should really look into these...
A 2D game can still be a GREAT game in 2010. I think the new Mega Man games on the Wii are great examples.
Street Fighter IV, on the other hand, is not.
That's not saying "it's not a good game", but why did they need to make this whole new art style?

Guilty Gear and King of Fighters are just fine with their original 2D graphics, I didn't see anyone complaining about their art, or about the fact that they're 2D.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #40 on: August 12, 2010, 11:17:17 pm
3D is easier than pixel art is, thats why Street Fighter IV is 3D, among other reasons... Also theres many 2d video games out on the market today, i.e. Scott Pilrgrim VS The World: The Game. I also disagree with Megaman 9 and 10 (also these games are also on XBL and PSN just an FYI for you Yosh) being good examples, since a lot of sprites are recycled from previous installments, their art style isn't as much for the artistic direction as it is for marketing and raking in money, in my opinion. Anyway, I'll leave it at that I'm getting too off topic, once again Junkboy good job.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #41 on: August 12, 2010, 11:52:45 pm
These are inspiring in so many ways ,
makes me wanna' write a short game for one of the older systems  :)


I have to ask but what game are those green and purple creatures from because those are freaking sex!
I'm suspecting that might be a demake of one of the Metroid Prime games  ::)
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #42 on: November 01, 2010, 12:46:10 pm
This site just got linked from Notch's blog, congratulations on the job and awesome work you've done here! Expect some additional internet fame  :D

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #43 on: November 01, 2010, 02:58:24 pm
Congrats on getting hired by Notch! Good to see someone from Pixelation get hired on a huge project like Minecraft!
With any luck, we'll see some more people around here, attracted by the link on Notch's blog.

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Reply #44 on: November 01, 2010, 04:17:45 pm
I truly believe rdr is just Gun Smoke in 3d. All those guns with horse power up. Awesome memories.

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Reply #45 on: November 02, 2010, 01:53:19 am
Just heard about you being hired by Notch, can't wait to see the work you do there.

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Reply #46 on: November 02, 2010, 02:23:57 am
<---- Just made account to say gratz on job with Notch!  :lol:

Cant wait to see what you can do!  :y:

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #47 on: November 02, 2010, 02:58:21 am
Umm, can we get a list of what all the games actually are? I only recognize a few.
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #48 on: November 02, 2010, 06:34:56 am
Umm, can we get a list of what all the games actually are? I only recognize a few.
1. Batman
2. Bayonetta
3. Bioshock
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
5. Brutal Legends
6. Dead Space
7. Final Fantasy XIII
8. Guitar Hero
9. Killzone
10. Little Big Planet
11. Metal Gear Solid 4
12. Mirror's Edge
13. Noby Noby Boy
14. I'm not entirely sure about this one. Midnight Club? Need for Speed?
15. Metroid: Other M
16. Pikmin
17. Red Dead Redemption
18. Resident Evil 5
19. Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
20. Soul Calibur
21. Star Craft
22. Super Mario Kart

[Edit] Also, yeah, I got here through Notch's blog too. ;)
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Re: Demake dump

Reply #49 on: November 02, 2010, 08:52:09 am
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Umm, can we get a list of what all the games actually are? I only recognize a few.
You just need to right click the Img then select properties then look at the file name, like #18 has the file name Re5.png = Resident Evil 5
and so on

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #50 on: November 02, 2010, 04:01:59 pm
The 14th one is Burnout, i believe. Amazing work junkboy, glad to see you're working with Notch.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #51 on: November 02, 2010, 05:12:51 pm
aah you work for notch now, good,very good.

I asume you will move to sweden then?

Just besure to be Top-notch all day long.

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Re: Demake dump

Reply #52 on: November 02, 2010, 05:42:39 pm
Man, that background in the FFXIII is insane o:
Good job dude, best demakes I've ever seen :)

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Reply #53 on: November 03, 2010, 11:03:19 am
I asume you will move to sweden then?
Junkboy is swedish.