NES Mock Up

[buddy90]

The motion blur would have to be the color, transparency, and 2 other colors. And then you only have 2 sprite palettes left for everything else. Ofcourse, you could re-use the old man palette and the motion blur palette on other things too.

It's a real pain, cause you can't just pick 16 colors and use em however you want like with old PC games.

So each sprite has to be 3 colors?  You couldn't choose to do the blur as a single- or dual-colored sprite?

No, you don't have to use all 3 colors. You have set what the palette would be in the programming, but you can use up to 4 colors, again, including transparency. So you can just use 1 color for the blur if you want.

[Keand64]

The motion blur would have to be the color, transparency, and 2 other colors. And then you only have 2 sprite palettes left for everything else. Ofcourse, you could re-use the old man palette and the motion blur palette on other things too.

It's a real pain, cause you can't just pick 16 colors and use em however you want like with old PC games.

So each sprite has to be 3 colors?  You couldn't choose to do the blur as a single- or dual-colored sprite?

No, you don't have to use all 3 colors. You have set what the palette would be in the programming, but you can use up to 4 colors, again, including transparency. So you can just use 1 color for the blur if you want.

But I'm guessing that would still take up one whole sprite palette?

[PypeBros]

how about red or skintone motion blur ?

[Keand64]

Skintone would probably make the best motion blur, imo.

[Panz]

I agree.  I think Mush might even be able to make the skin-tone on the old man lighter (if the palette allows for it) to give the color a better dual-use.

[Lizzrd]

That's not really needed is it?

[Panz]

Needed?  What are you referring to specifically?  Nothing is needed.  I'm just sharing my opinion in case it could be helpful.

[Lizzrd]

-_-

I meant, it's not really needed to change the skin tone, because the current one suits a blur.

[buddy90]

But I'm guessing that would still take up one whole sprite palette?

Yes, it would.

[Mush]

I said I'm restricting myself to 4 colors per "entity" only as a way to preserve the NES style. If using 5 colors looks better, then I'll use 5 colors.

Here's a boss:


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In this case, I think I like the 4 color wasp better.