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Offline Alanay

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My game's characters, feedback needed!

on: July 16, 2014, 01:29:15 pm
A little while ago I made something similar to this, but I've changed it quite a lot now and this is the result. I'm hoping to make a very simple MMOG out of these characters. A reason why I like them so much is because anyone can choose a character and make their own face on the template, that's a feature I hope to be included in the game. For now I need some opinions on the art and if you'd like to edit them or create more facial expressions then please do!

There are four different types of characters. The small one, the tall one, the one with legs, and the giant one. The rest are the small one with different types of mouths and eyes.



Here's a simple blink animation I put together.



Please give me some feedback!  ;D

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #1 on: July 16, 2014, 03:19:20 pm
It's a bit hard to give critique for this type of minimalistic art. Square from lower left corner is meatboy look-alike and he have most character. Lower right corner square is also appealing. I thing that your main problem here is diversity. By changing lenght or adding legs you don't achieve much. If you succeed to create variety of characters this may look interesting, currently is very blend. Maybe you can use different shapes for males and females (square-male  triangle-females or something like that).

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #2 on: July 16, 2014, 04:11:39 pm
Thank you for the feedback. I kinda like what I've done, I wish I could have made a triangle character look good but I couldn't so I decided to do this instead.



Here's a GIF of a health and mana bar.

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #3 on: July 16, 2014, 04:57:58 pm
Well, don't get me wrong... but they are boring.
Try adding more colors.
It can be grayscale, but right now they just look like... letters.

Maybe if you use some symbolism, your creations can go a little higher.
Like this cup. And then make a game about breakfast. I don't know.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2014, 05:19:50 pm by Farage »

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #4 on: July 16, 2014, 05:26:33 pm
That's a great idea! I'm gonna get working on a coffee character right now.

As for the coloring, I'm not the best at it but here.  :)

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #5 on: July 16, 2014, 05:32:24 pm
That's a great idea! I'm gonna get working on a coffee character right now.

As for the coloring, I'm not the best at it but here.  :)



Holy shit. Thats much, much better.
I like how the color fits his "angry" personality.
It's amesome use of highlights, maybe it misses a little shading?

Good thing i got the cup thing right, i wasn't sure of your style  :crazy:

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #6 on: July 16, 2014, 05:48:16 pm
I did this one without color but I still think it looks awesome!





More mockups.

« Last Edit: July 16, 2014, 07:12:20 pm by Alanay »

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #7 on: July 16, 2014, 07:10:20 pm
I've merged your latest post to your previous one. Please, no double posting.

What little you have here looks nice, but I think if you want any truly helpful commentary, you should show us mock ups of a complete game screen and how these sprites would interact with backgrounds and UI elements.

Right now there's simply not enough information in these to give in depth commentary.

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #8 on: July 16, 2014, 07:50:51 pm
I've merged your latest post to your previous one. Please, no double posting.

What little you have here looks nice, but I think if you want any truly helpful commentary, you should show us mock ups of a complete game screen and how these sprites would interact with backgrounds and UI elements.

Right now there's simply not enough information in these to give in depth commentary.

I don't know what else to add for now, and I can't find a good enough font for the username. :/

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Re: My game's characters, feedback needed!

Reply #9 on: July 19, 2014, 06:21:55 pm
I've merged your latest post to your previous one. Please, no double posting.

What little you have here looks nice, but I think if you want any truly helpful commentary, you should show us mock ups of a complete game screen and how these sprites would interact with backgrounds and UI elements.

Right now there's simply not enough information in these to give in depth commentary.

I don't know what else to add for now, and I can't find a good enough font for the username. :/



I tried making the font blocky and incorporated eyes into the design so the font looked natural with your characters.
Just a tought, you are free to modify and expand it.

Also, what do you plan on the gameplay? could you tell us a little bit about it/ show a more detailed mockup with more game enviourment?
« Last Edit: July 19, 2014, 06:50:34 pm by cirpons »