Did you take the screen yourself in a c64 emulator? I'm pretty sure that the c64 pallete doesn't map to ega exactly. Possibly it's just an ega port of the same game?

No, I did not, although I am certain that the game in question has single pixels on PC. The shots were most probably taken using Scumm VM which is actualy an engine that interprets code and uses it in its own way, so maybe it maps to EGA.

Anyway, I have edited my previous post. Is that more authenthic?

Thanks again.

EDIT:

A quick edit to match the in-game sprite.



A quick edit of the above:



EDIT:

Okay, back to the sprite.

(it's not the soldier, but all characters will have the same "base", so it shouldn't matter much)

I was very displeased with the original C64 sprite (seen in the mockup) which I based on how Lucasfilm Games used to do them in that era. It was way too big and looked ugly (jagged) when animated. Part of that is of course my inability to animate, but I decided to make something that I could handle.

So, this is the first version I did:



I was quite pleased with it, but the animation still looked like crap. My problem was with how wide the edges were, so I made a thinner sprite:



"Still too wide", I thought.

Enter this guy:



At this point, it started to look less like C64 and more like Atari 2600 - not exactly what I had in mind.

I surrendered and went back to the original EGA sprite I did and reworked it for C64 palette and resolution.

> FLAT > SHADED

My question is-- Would a sprite of this size be possible on Commodore 64? I made some comparisions and the characters in Barbarian (the action adventure one) are just as big, but something tells it comes at a price. What price may it be? Less colors? A lesser number of sprites per screen? Please let me know so I can settle on a sprite and fix the walkcycle based on sharprm's suggestions.

Sorry it took so long. Real life called - apparently, I'm not paying enough attention to it. Riight.

he has a big chin now.

Is that bad? The idea is to make him more emotive, not to mention macho

Pretty. Although isn't his leg too short?

Hey, can you post the pallete please?

Here you go:



As you can see, four colors are still missing. In other words, don't pay much attention to the palette - I'm making it up as I go along. The only rule is 15 colors + transparency.

*THE FOLLOWING EDITED FOR PALETTE - THANKS, TOCKY

But you know, I'm toying with the idea of doing this as a faux C64 game. Here is a quick test:



(two whips, yay!)

And here's how it would look after adding a frame to match iPhone resolution:



I have used what I believe to be standard C64 palette:



Be wary though - only 3 colors per sprite allowed!

EDIT:

Hey, C64 splash screen!



Reference:
(obviously not C64)

The word "Raiders" is written in an edited Sylfaen. Everything else is my own font:

All the sprites from "Secret of monkey island" onwards are roughly the same size. Probably a good reason for it. Can have expressions, the items you pickup are recognisable. Maybe there were games with smaller spriites that worked too.

The first sprite I did was actually even bigger:



Then I noticed that the Lucasfilm Games sprite from The Last Crusade is half that size and still looking much, much better.

I made a new one and managed - not entirely on purpose - to match the size:



(note the shamelessly stolen pallete)

The proportions are different, yes, but height is about the same.

Still, unlike many fan projects, my goal is not to copy early Lucasarts games exactly. Yes, it's Indy, it's a point and click adventure game, even the layout is taken almost directly from the old adventures, but whenever I come up with what I believe is better - or just simpler - design element, I implement it. Same goes for graphics (outlines are an example), although in this department I am limited by my abilities and poor judgement when it comes to art.

Shouldn't one leg lift in the middle frame of the walk cycle?

Of course it should! I have never seen Indy slide in the movies

I can't make it look right, though, and whenever I approach something even remotely readable, the pace of the animation is broken. Any pointers? Please...?

I have recently decided to go back to a project that's an utter waste of time, infringes copyright, yet I can't get it out of my head since I first started thinking about it many years ago - a Raiders of the Lost Ark graphic adventure.

I am a writer and a game designer - a paid one at that (albeit, it should be said, modestly paid) - and graphics are not my forte. Still, I refuse to involve anyone else in this affront to creativity and hope to make all the images on my own.

The horrible results are below.

So, which is better...




...the one with outline or the clean one?

Also, what is the soldier doing here? Is the sprite readable?



Finally, any suggestions that could help even a man as terrible with paint as myself?

Thank you.

EDIT:

Some more graphics - Satipo & Indy in action as well as my first crack at looping background:



I will be very grateful for any comments.