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Challenges & Activities / Re: Hexquisite Corpse III
« on: February 03, 2016, 07:41:11 pm »
T46 plz
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Challenges & Activities / Re: [OPP] Cave set
« on: October 16, 2015, 09:28:32 am »
Wow - really really love that foliage. 
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Unpaid Work / Re: [Unpaid] Character Artist - LingWen - An RPG to Learn Foreign Languages
« on: July 06, 2015, 12:28:54 pm »
Hello -
You've posted this here a few times now, and I think it's a really great idea for a game. There's not really anything available that's fun and really game-like for learning languages, especially Chinese (besides very basic games aimed at very small children).
However... the game, as it is, is ... totally boring, and not a useful teaching aid. Ni Hao-ing at a heap of NPCs is just neither fun, nor educational.
I think you need to do a bit of research on language teaching, and apply those techniques to a game design. See if you can come up with a battle-system that uses similar techniques to duo-lingo for example. And incorporate audio if you're teaching spoken Mandarin vs written Chinese.
I think you need to address this sort of thing before worrying about graphics, but I hope you continue the project, as it certainly could be great.
You've posted this here a few times now, and I think it's a really great idea for a game. There's not really anything available that's fun and really game-like for learning languages, especially Chinese (besides very basic games aimed at very small children).
However... the game, as it is, is ... totally boring, and not a useful teaching aid. Ni Hao-ing at a heap of NPCs is just neither fun, nor educational.
I think you need to do a bit of research on language teaching, and apply those techniques to a game design. See if you can come up with a battle-system that uses similar techniques to duo-lingo for example. And incorporate audio if you're teaching spoken Mandarin vs written Chinese.
I think you need to address this sort of thing before worrying about graphics, but I hope you continue the project, as it certainly could be great.
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General Discussion / Re: Bombernauts Early Access Anouncement Trailer. Whee!
« on: July 03, 2015, 08:43:23 am »
Great work, Ptoing!
Looks great - Very PSX-to-DC era, but feels original, super strong identity all the way through. Hope it performs well, it looks like a lot of fun.
Looks great - Very PSX-to-DC era, but feels original, super strong identity all the way through. Hope it performs well, it looks like a lot of fun.
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Challenges & Activities / Re: The Daily Sketch
« on: June 12, 2015, 10:30:05 am »
Keep forgetting about this thread..
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Pixel Art / Re: A generic goblin
« on: June 11, 2015, 09:08:37 am »
I love that edit so much, pistachio.
Catzore, please give this sprite another go and post your results once you've had a look at those pdfs - very curious to how your work will improve.
Catzore, please give this sprite another go and post your results once you've had a look at those pdfs - very curious to how your work will improve.
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Pixel Art / Re: Ice planet platform mockup [WIP]
« on: June 02, 2015, 12:50:37 pm »
I actually prefer the bright blue as well, though there may be some room between the two, if you're set on dulling it. Yeah, it's a little less realistic but it has a striking look I like.
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Pixel Art / Re: [C+C] Beat'em up - Fighting game sprites
« on: June 01, 2015, 01:07:06 pm »
kullenberg, I wouldn't suggest dithering because it's not really in-line with the style he or she is clearly going for - I was just playing around doing something a bit different.
More generally, I think dithering is a bit weird... Unless you're specifically going for that look, it's kind of solving a problem that you've arbitrarily enforced on yourself, and it has a lot of drawbacks and takes extra effort and considerations. (But it can certainly be fun in a self-indulgent way).
I mean, it's kind of nice to me, in small localised clusters on this sort of sized art, but... Very easy to make a destructive mess, especially on smaller/animated pieces without extra care.
More generally, I think dithering is a bit weird... Unless you're specifically going for that look, it's kind of solving a problem that you've arbitrarily enforced on yourself, and it has a lot of drawbacks and takes extra effort and considerations. (But it can certainly be fun in a self-indulgent way).
I mean, it's kind of nice to me, in small localised clusters on this sort of sized art, but... Very easy to make a destructive mess, especially on smaller/animated pieces without extra care. 9
Pixel Art / Re: Ice planet platform mockup [WIP]
« on: June 01, 2015, 12:53:54 pm »
I could totally live with it as it is (I just love clouds). Daring to be 'simpler' (for want of a better word) is probably the most inspiring trait of many artists I admire.
Daring to be 'simpler' (for want of a better word) is probably the most inspiring trait of many artists I admire. 10
Pixel Art / Re: [C+C] Beat'em up - Fighting game sprites
« on: May 31, 2015, 05:50:34 pm »
I do love all this
This isn't C&C, was just messing around in photoshop for fun/procrastination:
Fun to push pixels around again - was thinking about Super SF2 era arcade style so allowed myself to do a little bit of dithering, which I certainly am not suggesting you do.
This isn't C&C, was just messing around in photoshop for fun/procrastination:
Fun to push pixels around again - was thinking about Super SF2 era arcade style so allowed myself to do a little bit of dithering, which I certainly am not suggesting you do.