Barbarian mockup

[junkboy]

Sup guys! Long-time lurker here, finally making my debut!!

*golf clap*

Eh, anyway, this is a mock-up of a Barbarian remake that I've wanted to create for a while. But since there's so much work involved, I'll probably never get around to it. Oh well, one can always dream.

C & C is very much appreciated, especially if you know how to make hands that doesn't look retarded.. 

[Old version]
The mockup http://i6.tinypic.com/11ueno9.png
The BG http://i5.tinypic.com/11ueo95.png
The character templet http://i5.tinypic.com/11ueog3.png
And for those of you that are C64 challenged, here's the original
http://i6.tinypic.com/11uer7p.png


Edit:

I tried to adjust some of the things mentioned below. A little polish on the BG, a little plastic surgery on the Barbarian himself, etc. Thanks for all the help!

New version:

[rabidbaboy]

i'm liking everything.
you have excellent pixel art skills, sir!
welcome then!

[DrDerekDoctors]

Ooh, very nice. There's another chap doing a Barbarian remake over at Retro Remakes, only his graphics are pap compared to yours.

[Turbo]

Check the guy on the left.

I agree that the hands were the weakest part of this otherwise piece (which effin rules, dude). Their positioning relating to the sword's handle was what seemed more off, i changed that and also tried to enhance the contrast between hand and fingers with the shading. Also did a few changes to the forearms, even though he's this steroid pumping maniac, i think the muscle definition on the forearms was a bit too much, softened it a bit and redid it so it adapted to the slight hand changes of the edit.

Also lengthened the sword (trying to make it closer to the original version, while making it a size that seems more, i dunno, right). We're talking about decapitating a guy with a clean blow here, we can't be bothered with Freudian associations goddamit.

(Not edited) I think the shadows are a bit off, they look like the lightsource is above & behind the fighters, while the shading on the body indicates a lightsource mainly from above & in front of them. And, i'd use that midtone you used on the dirt to do the shadows, not that dark on you picked for them.

P.S. - you avatar RULES!!

P.P.S - you rule for making a remake mockup of Barbarian!

[luxregina]

Good job !!!

It definitely has a retro feel to it, and I like your choice of colors
In what langage/format do you intend to devlopp it ?

Keep up the good work !

I've been working myself on a similar remake, I assumed that you would be interested to see a different "take" on the same game :




(the sprite arms now look a tad better, I just couldn't find my sources to reupload it, but you get the idea ... )

http://grafikdezign.free.fr/barb1.jpg
http://grafikdezign.free.fr/barb2.jpg

some quick "in game" temporary video here : http://www.luxgames.net/

[Helm]

haha, I tried to do a barbarian remake too, 2 or 3 years ago! Let me see if I have any of the art!

here



I tried to preserve the original c64 res, only not wide-pixelled. I love your art much more than my old, though! There's this person that has already coded all of barbarian with kinda shaky graphics who contacted me back in the day if I were interested in doing new art for him, he wanted basically what you've done, double-size, but I was pretty set on normal-size. I wish I still had him on MSN, if you had all the art he could do your remake in two days or something, as the code's already there.

My advice for the idle sprite: ditch that pose, it's bad. It was always bad. Nobody holds a sword like that, most of all a barbarian. Make a new one.

[Kennethfejer]

hehe i played the crap out of that game, eventhough i never got that far.. before i got my head chopped off :/

junkboy:
love the colors, but like helm mentioned, maybe you should change the pose of the characters.
also, the bg looks a bit unfinished, some more AA would be nice , especially on the trees and the stones.
other then that its really cool, good luck with the project

[DrDerekDoctors]

Forkinell! That's 4 different remakes/mockups of the game that I know of now. Pity it plays like shite.

Mostly I prefer junkboy's, though, because it's a nice big resolution and it's all pixelled. And he's left off the crappy snake/poles - I always hated them...

[Helm]

Dude the snake SCREAMS when you get hit. It's awesome. And Barbarian plays like crap or the remakes do? Because Barbarian plays awesomely as long as the two players agree to not roll too much.

[Zach]

where's the art helm?

and good lord this is the shit, i think i'm gonna make a barbarian just for fun xD