-NowvaB's Animation Thread-

[NowvaB]

Hi forum,

After seeing this generation of indie games' massively improved standard and demand
for animation, beauty, and gameplay I can't help but to be inspired.

I have been working on animating a lot of my art, b/c most of my art is game art, and I thought
why not show you guys and gals here. And of course I want your crits and comments to help improve and motivate me.

                             

[Gil]

Overall this is pretty solid, but all of them lack a bit of OOMPH. I'll try to do some edits later

EDIT: Didn't have much time, but here's some squash and stretch, anticipation and follow-through:

Yours on top:



The effects are a bit weak too, but I ran out of time. I love the multiframe in this one btw, pretty cool.

[NowvaB]

Took a stab at it.


I think it turned out well.

I was only thinking squash on these, gotta remember all 4. I also have to think how they would play out in a game.
so I'm trying to balance good animation with responsiveness. Might have to dust off Ol' GameMaker for this one.

Thanks for the feedback Gil!

[NowvaB]

Challenged myself by animating with a limit of only 4 frames. Hardest was the run cycle of course.
I tried to make every frame different to make it look fluid but when some parts are moved away too far it got rid of some of the effect.

I wish there was some engine I could just pop them into to see how they would look in game... anyone?

    last three together -->   

Game: v
Spoiler

play as a character with bionic arm.
The game would be a platformer focusing on fighting and maneuvering through stages. 'stage-stage-boss' format

The main mechanic is a charge punch. with it you will be able to fight enemy and launch yourself across the stage.
the charge punch will play a large roll as it is your life line, and the bane of your character. (think little Mac SSB Wii-U & 3DS)

[Rosier]

The running one looks like his legs are twirling around rather than returning back to their original position.


The others look really fluid for only being 4 frames, though.

[Gil]

The running one looks like his legs are twirling around rather than returning back to their original position.

When you try to cheat a run like that, there's always optical illusions. Should look fine in motion.

I see people on Pixelation focus way too hard on getting a good treadmill animation, only to notice the flaws when putting it in-game. Or they obsess over details you wouldn't see in-game. Treadmill animation is weird.

I think they look pretty cool NowvaB. Putting them in an engine is indeed essential right now, to get the sense of motion down. You obviously want something really easy. I'm working on an animation previewer, but it's not there yet. Maybe Game Maker?

[NowvaB]

ehh... I need a little help with this one. game maker has changed a lot since I last used it. I'm very rusty too.

I got some really simple code setup using hspeed and vspeed. The problem though I am having is that it looks really blurry is there something better to use, or
am i just being paranoid.

also, to change sprites I use sprite_index = (sprite name); when his v and h speed change. Is there a better way or should I continue with this.

[grue]

I don't see much blur, does this gif show the problem? As for Game Maker, that's the way I did it back when I used it (which, admittedly, was a long time ago). It seemed to work fine.

His legs look like they're doing something odd at the apex of the jump, though - is this intentional or a bug? If intentional, it doesn't work too well.

[Probo]

you have to turn off interpolation if you dont want it to blur when its scaled. the gif was recorded at native res so it isnt blurred.

assuming youre using Windows and GM:Studio,
at the top go to Resources>
Change Global Game Settings>
the Windows tab>
the Graphics tab on the left>
untick "interpolate colours between pixels"

[Gil]

Can we see a gif where he runs for a longer distance, so we can judge the run cycle a bit better? Want to make sure that the treadmill illusion doesn't carry over.