Got this to work:



This is with Flash CS3.

Just now finding out that Shadow of the Collosus's main character is named Wander.
see project entropy thread to find out why this sucks x[

Don't worry about it, especially since its coincidence.
If the name fits your character stick with it.

Of course there's many synonyms to choose from if you feel the name is tarnished (but it isn't):
Ramble, Meander, Roam, Rove, Range, Go, Lost

Or perhaps some sort of portmanteau/word jumble:
Walkalot, Traveligo, Gofar, Nevahoem

Its fun to be completely original.
But ideas are just ideas.
It's all about execution.
Usually it's not worth getting bent out of shape over similar ideas.
"Crap some one already drew a robot! Now it sucks to draw one!"

Personally I wouldn't have made the connection.
But I'm the type of person that thinks mostly about gameplay.
Usually when a game prompts me to name characters, I go with: Chumpy, Lumpy, etc.
Yes, a hero named Chumpy saved Hyrule, at least in my game.

However I can understand wanting to make a completely tight creation with everything being important down to the name of each character.
I just don't think that players will boot up your game and say "Wtf? Has the same name as SOTC? Lame!".
Your project seems fun and interesting enough that it won't matter.

Carnivac:
Good luck with the lady!
Once you get a comfortable number of dates, seal the deal with home cooking.
I have an amazing salmon recipe that swoons the heart if you are interested.

I might do a few.
I see you have a 1 side and 2 sided texture template.
Can you post a standardized texture template you'd like to use for 6 sides?

The original question remains, if you had to make a strategy RPG on a shoestring art budget, how would you try to do it?

From my personal experience:
It is natural for people to over scope.
No matter how much funding you have the size of a project must be controlled.
Reduce the scope of your project as much as possible.
This will allow you to polish minimal content to the maximum.
Start with something simple, complete components of the game as you go.
Allow it to grow if you have the time.
It's much less stressful and usually ends up with a better game in the end.
This is opposed to starting with a massive project, and cutting it down as you run out of time.
Fun art will get people interested in checking it out.
Good gameplay will generate a fanbase of players that share it with others and are hungry for a sequel/expansion/another game from your studio.

Minimalism can be made very appealing with polish, and can save a lot of time <-- depending on how you do it.
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Cubivore

I would do something episodic

Also a good and common way of doing things, especially these days.
Come up with a game design.
Now chop it into 3-5 pieces.
For the first part focus on the core mechanic and a few additional features.
Create enough thoroughly polished content to last about 3-10 hours.
Release the game and start the next piece immediately.
Use the kickback to fund the course of the next part.
etc.

Good luck!

Still needs a lot of work.
The photo I used for this palette was WAY too risque for Pixelation.
So lets just pretend I used a nice picture of a forest.

Very cool Grim!

had mention on how dull the colours are shall I tweak them?

I enjoy the colors as they are, but why not?
Play around with em and see what happens.
I cheated on my fish girl quite a bit.
The upside down guy and the head poking in from the bottom!