[WIP] Chaos Chimera

[Konrad]

I really like the oldschool look. IMO the opacities (as seen in the last screenshot) don't fit, though. Without the opacity you could think it's a game running on an old console/homecomputer, whereas WITH opacity it gives it away as a game for a modern system.
I recommend leaving them out. When you really need them I'd use the "Flicker-Style" of old Amiga and Arcade games, i.e. switching visible and invisible each frame to achieve the effect of opacity.
But I know that's just nitpicking, I like it nonetheless .

EDIT: Possible readability-Problems of the crosshair in the last screenshot. I suggest making it smaller, then solid red with lighter (white?) outline. This would fit the icons in the lower right.

[Lazy Brain Games]

Thanks for the replies guys I haven't been too active with the artwork on this, as I'm still trying to nail down the gameplay. The screenshots above are a bit dated, here's a more recent one. I am pretty happy with the rock & ice. Most of my time spend on art has been consumed by the new HUD and gameplay system. An alpha build will be coming soon!



@Grinner
You're the first to note that indeed it is a mario glove lol. The readability on that glove is awesome, but it does look a bit out of place. I'm still working on that aspect This game has become sort of a mashup of Gradius, Contra, Street Fighter 2010, Megaman, Final Fantasy, and Burai Warrior. Quite a few different influences! The basic gameplay is very similar to an earlier game, Factorium:

http://lazybraingames.wordpress.com/factorium/

@Konrad
The flicker/opacity issue is something of much internal debate. For this game, I'm "cheating" like hell. The most retro-faithful game I've ever done was Cyborg Virus:

http://lazybraingames.wordpress.com/cyborg-virus/

I may work in some of the scanline/flicker stuff you brought up, as I do love the look of it too

Thanks for looking!

-Johnny B.

[EDIT]

I just uploaded a video of the game on youtube. This will help you see how all of it fits together

http://bit.ly/dQltOX

[Lazy Brain Games]

Whoops! I meant to do an edit! Not double post! Sorry mods!

Thanks for the replies guys I haven't been too active with the artwork on this, as I'm still trying to nail down the gameplay. The screenshots above are a bit dated, here's a more recent one. I am pretty happy with the rock & ice. Most of my time spend on art has been consumed by the new HUD and gameplay system. An alpha build will be coming soon!



@Grinner
You're the first to note that indeed it is a mario glove lol. The readability on that glove is awesome, but it does look a bit out of place. I'm still working on that aspect This game has become sort of a mashup of Gradius, Contra, Street Fighter 2010, Megaman, Final Fantasy, and Burai Warrior. Quite a few different influences! The basic gameplay is very similar to an earlier game, Factorium:

http://lazybraingames.wordpress.com/factorium/

@Konrad
The flicker/opacity issue is something of much internal debate. For this game, I'm "cheating" like hell. The most retro-faithful game I've ever done was Cyborg Virus:

http://lazybraingames.wordpress.com/cyborg-virus/

I may work in some of the scanline/flicker stuff you brought up, as I do love the look of it too

Thanks for looking!

-Johnny B.

[EDIT]

I just uploaded a video of the game on youtube. This will help you see how all of it fits together

http://bit.ly/dQltOX

[EDIT]

Here's a playable demo of the game, let me know how it looks!

http://bit.ly/fI6kH7

[Grinner]

Oh, so is that glove just a sort of placeholder? Because In previous screenies the red crosshair is used instead of the glove, is this just you experimenting with more readable pointers? Because I think I might lose track of the red crosshair if I played with it :3

The new hud looks much nicer, and I see where you're going with it.

I also see a lot of Contra in the game like you mentioned, and a bit of Bangai-O. Would the game happen to be a bullet hell?

I'm currently downloading Factorium and the demo you just posted, they both look like great games
This's probably been mentioned somewhere - but - what program are you using to build the game? Game Maker?

Keep up the good work :3