Hallo ptoing

Sure, here you are!

http://markus.art-fx.org/temp/hunted.zip

The readme was written in a hurry. I hope you understand how to play the game and to change the config file.

Since I'd like to release the game in public, the graphics have to be tweaked. Are there any advice for me?

Hi

This is a small mockup from a game I'm working at. It a "catch me if you can game". You're the player and every step you do, the robots move nearer. If the robots hits a mine, they vanishs. Every few steps some new robots appears. Your mission is to survive as long as possible. Here's the mockup:




(used graphics, 11 colors)

I tried to unify the palette, but I think I overdid it. Can't find the right colors to build a metal look and a tunic for the player. Palette (and sprite) edits are welcome.

For the final game, I'll make a playfield border, a small gui which tells how many steps you did and maybe two screens (start and you loose screen)

thanks for your crits and comments.

Hi

My first problem is: I'd like to make some color variations of one sprite. Let's say I have a character with blue pants, but now I'd like to make a second with red pants. Now I found a method to do this, but I's pretty complex imo. My way:

- First copy the sprite with the Brush-Function to another position
- Then dublicate all the colors from the sprite in the palette menu
- Fill the spare frame with black
- Fill the spare frame where the sprite is which you wish to alter
- Use spare frame as mask
- Use the colorpicker and [ALT] to replace every color in the sprite

I suppose there is a easier way to do this. Has anybody an idea?

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Awww! Got an idea!
- Copy the sprite with the Brush-Funtion
- Make new image with size of Brush
- Insert Brush
- "Get Palette from Brush"
- Change the palette as I like
- Copy the sprite with Brush-Funtion
- Insert the sprite in the old image
- "Import Colors from Brush"

Finished!!
But maybe there is a method which uses just one image?

[edit2]
Damn, when the color already exists in the palette, the "Import Colors from Brush" replaces the color in the palette and adds just the new ones and not every color in the brush!


My second problem: I'd like to change the position of a color in the palette. Is there a easy way to do this? Like a "replace color" in the palette menu?

Thanks for your help

For me, there are two kind of stories. The one which comes from the author (e.g. HL2) and the one which comes from the player (e.g. Metroid 1). In HL2 you have a path created from the author and HE is telling the story. The says now you are going there and now you are doing this and now you find this cool item. However in Metroid 1 (or Zelda 1) you have just a introduction or a small universe which you are told. The real game story is coming from yourself. Now I'm going there, OH I found the Wave Beam - cool. Or you don't find it and complete the game without it.
Both have it's right to exist. But once you have played HL2 and you want to replay it, it is the same game over and over again. But when you play Metroid 1, YOU are making the story. You can go there or there, you can skip the Wavebeam or the VariaSuit, can skip every Energy Tank. I really miss this "non-linearity" today. I want to play the games my way. In Windwaker, why can't the player go to every island from the beginning or let me swim as long as i want? This "baby-sitter" style is killing the replay-value imo. But fortunately most games have bugs which balances this fact.
A friend of mine completed Ocarina of Time the first time without the "fire armor / suit" (German "Feuerrüstung"). Which is quite cool. Thank to a small bug in OOT, whenever I play the game I start playing Lord Jabu-Jabu and afterwards Dodongo's Cavern.
Because of this I mainly play older games. Aren't there any new games which has this "non-linearity"?

Well, since this thread is on-top, I can share a link Arne posted once in ca.org which describes sub-pixeling perfect

http://www.grc.com/ctwhat.htm