Post by: Holymonkey on January 16, 2009, 08:40:17 pm
I present to you the 100 dollar demo-skinning challenge!
(http://www.holymonkeystudio.com/skinables/a_demo.jpg)
I originally created this little demo for a friend of mine who’s looking to break into the pixel art field but has no portfolio. I figured the next best thing to an actual published game would be a small demo that mimics a game. Simply replace the art in the folder with your own png’s of the same name and size and when you run the demo it will use your pixel creations!
I’d love for my website to someday host a gallery of countless artist’s re-skins of this and several other demos I plan to make. To help this become a reality I’m offering a 100 dollar prize to the Pixilation member who is voted (by the rest of us pixilation members) as having created the favorite (creativity and execution) “skin” for the demo. I’d like to set the deadline for submitting the finished “re-skins” to Sunday, March 29, 2009. I can pay the winner via paypal or by mailing a U.S. check (if the winner lives in the US.)
You can learn more and download the actual demo from http://holymonkeystudio.com/?page_id=12 (http://holymonkeystudio.com/?page_id=12)
I hope this proves fun and useful for us all.
Post your progress and discussion in this thread
Edit: Fixed the image -Panda
Post by: Indigo on January 16, 2009, 08:44:58 pm
Post by: buloght on January 17, 2009, 12:54:43 pm
Post by: Live-Dimension on January 17, 2009, 12:55:16 pm
Post by: JonathanOfDrain on January 17, 2009, 02:06:54 pm
Must've just been linked wrong on the site.
It works, I tested it.
Post by: Metaru on January 18, 2009, 06:49:53 am
Post by: ilkke on January 18, 2009, 12:19:40 pm
I always dreamed of every game/app being skinnable so I can toy with it and see the results in realtime.
Post by: Holymonkey on January 18, 2009, 05:19:04 pm
Post by: Zenobia on January 18, 2009, 08:39:14 pm
I'm really excited that you like it. I had the same wish many times. I will definately be making more of these as time allows. I think my next one will be a super simple but actually playible side-scroling platformer.
Ohh yay! I like that even better!
Post by: Holymonkey on January 22, 2009, 09:40:28 pm
Post by: Atnas on January 22, 2009, 10:45:39 pm
Post by: Zenobia on January 23, 2009, 12:31:07 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on March 06, 2009, 10:16:45 pm
Post by: Atnas on March 06, 2009, 10:54:01 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on March 07, 2009, 07:35:35 pm
Post by: Feron on March 07, 2009, 07:43:03 pm
If you could post a load of screenshots that would be handy so i can see where everything goes..
Or any chance of a mac port?
Post by: Holymonkey on March 08, 2009, 01:42:46 pm
Here's a video recording in a couple of formats. I hope this will be enough.
http://www.holymonkeystudio.com/skinables/skinme1.avi
http://www.holymonkeystudio.com/skinables/skinme1.mp4
Post by: Holymonkey on March 28, 2009, 01:52:27 pm
Post by: Atnas on March 28, 2009, 02:13:06 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on March 28, 2009, 10:17:23 pm
Post by: Zenobia on March 28, 2009, 11:15:16 pm
I hope you get some nice entries though!
Post by: Holymonkey on March 29, 2009, 03:18:16 pm
Post by: Dr D on March 29, 2009, 03:36:11 pm
Post by: Atnas on March 29, 2009, 03:48:39 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on March 29, 2009, 05:50:42 pm
Please try again and let me know if it still doesnt work for you. If need be I'd be happy to email the zip file to you personally.
Sorry about the inconvenience. :(
Post by: Dr D on March 29, 2009, 05:58:00 pm
I'll see what I can do.
Post by: Holymonkey on March 29, 2009, 07:04:41 pm
Post by: Dr D on March 29, 2009, 07:35:51 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on March 29, 2009, 08:13:40 pm
Post by: Dr D on March 30, 2009, 01:03:27 am
Some of you should post your WIP's. ;)
Post by: Holymonkey on April 12, 2009, 07:59:01 am
Post by: Zenobia on April 12, 2009, 03:43:09 pm
Hi everyone. Just checking in again to see if there's any activity. I hope people are still working on finishing these up. I'm a little worried, because this one's a breaze compared to the skinn-able side scrolling platformer I'm about to finish making. It's fully functional (playible), has tons of moves, several enemies, 3 levels with layered scrolling, a sophisticated hud, titles screens, and a Boss. I hope I didnt make it for nothing. :(Oh that's awesome! And more my kind of art.
Post by: Holymonkey on April 18, 2009, 07:46:03 pm
Post by: Zenobia on April 19, 2009, 08:10:24 am
for those who wish to visit http://holymonkeystudio.com/?page_id=12 (http://holymonkeystudio.com/?page_id=12) you will see that i've finished a playable 3 level side scrolling platformer that can be skinned as well. I'd love to see this become a community activity or challenge. Be warned, skinning this would be a huge indertaking. ;)
Ooh I'd love to do that one. I probably can't until June though, but when I have time, I will!
Perhaps we should team up? Anyone? I'm far better at making tiles than sprites.
Post by: eckered on June 14, 2009, 03:58:14 pm
2: id also be interested in collaborating with someone on the platformer, anyone interested?
Post by: eckered on June 15, 2009, 01:14:32 am
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JB76L4CZ
4-5 hours work so far, all i have left to do is
1- replace the glowing thing with palm leaves blowing in the wind
2- replace the damage indication on the bananas
3- see if i can restore the layer i had underneath the palms in the front, that had bushes scrolling by, but got ruined when i tried to add transparency to it.
Post by: Holymonkey on June 17, 2009, 09:20:34 pm
Once at least one other person makes the skin, the community can pick a winner and I'll honor the original prize promise and grant the 100 dollars to the winner.
Post by: eckered on June 17, 2009, 10:45:51 pm
Post by: Atnas on June 18, 2009, 02:26:19 am
Post by: Holymonkey on June 22, 2009, 06:31:46 am
Post by: eckered on July 01, 2009, 01:43:23 pm
also, im starting on the platformer
Post by: Atnas on July 08, 2009, 10:15:20 pm
(http://www.lolipopsicle.com/linky/DEMOSKIN_atnas.zip)edit: oh right, what did demo.001 do? It was taking up 2.88 MB so I DESTROYED it and there were no adverse side effects.
Post by: eckered on July 09, 2009, 03:11:00 pm
i love those tiki-looking stakes that scroll by too, and the subtle animation of the little guy in pumpkin-mans tenticles is priceless :y:
Post by: Atnas on July 09, 2009, 03:22:22 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on July 13, 2009, 04:26:19 pm
Post by: eckered on July 14, 2009, 12:00:57 pm
Post by: easyname on July 14, 2009, 12:17:46 pm
edit: oh right, what did demo.001 do? It was taking up 2.88 MB so I DESTROYED it and there were no adverse side effects.That's a backup for the original MMF2 project file, so yeah, deleting it shouldn't matter.
Post by: Holymonkey on July 14, 2009, 08:37:39 pm
Post by: Atnas on August 02, 2009, 01:50:36 pm
Post by: 8bitty on August 03, 2009, 04:15:38 pm
Post by: 8bitty on August 03, 2009, 06:45:38 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on August 06, 2009, 01:09:35 pm
Post by: 8bitty on August 11, 2009, 11:49:55 am
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HFTG0P2J
::)
Post by: JosephSeraph on August 12, 2009, 02:09:04 pm
This was so awesome.waaah besides, if i acctually won this..... (i don't htink i would... yet still-) my mother would recognize that pixel art actually is money-rewarding. A good job. and she would stop bugging me about that. It would be a golden chance. Aaaargh.
Post by: Gil on August 12, 2009, 03:36:10 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on August 19, 2009, 07:37:25 am
If you wont take more than a week or two, I'm guessing the other contenders wouldn't mind. I don't think they're all finished anyway.
ALSO, you can tell your mom that pixel art literally took me from absolute poverty (literally ghetto and high school drop out) to making over 40k a year for my first gig and drastically more now that I've been in the industry for a few years. I was also comepletely self-taught so I don't have a massive college loan debt looming over my head. (not that I'm recommended you to avoid college if you have the chance to go.)
However, keep in mind that technology is improving dramatically fast, and while its always important to have strong hard-core pixel skills, you WONT make it in the industry (even for mobile phones) in a few years unless you can also do low poly 3d stuff and character animation. So at the very least, start learning DAZ studio and poser sort of programs and ideally also start to learn 3d max. This will insure far greater job security and a vastly improved skill-set and just make you a more powerful artist all around. Its a necessary investment.
Post by: Atnas on October 03, 2009, 04:44:04 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on October 04, 2009, 03:41:04 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on October 26, 2009, 09:03:03 am
Post by: Holymonkey on November 08, 2009, 10:49:18 am
Post by: Atnas on March 25, 2010, 10:16:45 pm
a vote, or new entries, haaa? peskybothersome, but hey! : D
Post by: 7321551 on March 28, 2010, 01:25:55 pm
I might make a skin for one of those games even without the prize incentive.
Is it possible this was underexposed?
Seeing one's art in a game is beyond a lot of people's means, so I'm surprised it didn't bring more participants.
Post by: Holymonkey on April 01, 2010, 05:43:56 pm
Post by: 7321551 on April 03, 2010, 07:17:28 am
Post by: Holymonkey on April 27, 2010, 02:24:25 pm
Post by: Holymonkey on July 22, 2010, 06:54:21 pm
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=10671.0 (http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=10671.0)
PLEASE NOTE, THE NEW AND CONCRETE DEADLINE BFORE JUDGING IS TUSDAY, JULY 27th 2010