Couple of things

[Souly]

Boredom


I was thinking of Lost Vikings, I made this after doing the RPG chars above.
Don't ask about the tree, I know it's fucked I hate it, so I will change it soon.
I was trying to be all funky but it didn't work at all.


I don't know what's going on with the floors in either of these mockups.
I'm also unsure if white alone will do this justice I may try some color.



These were made for a 3 Hour Game competition.
The two bottom ships are P1-P2 the smaller ships beside them are their options.
Purple ship - Standard ship stays and shoots enemy bullet (top left orb thing)
Red ship - Kamikaze
Orange ship - Swoop in shoot a couple times, swoop out.
Teal ship - Drone ship comes in a swarm.
Pink ship - Medium ship, shoots missiles and lasers
Yellow ship - Medium Boss, shoots missiles lasers and hyper laser
Grey ship - Large Boss, shoots alot.

The programmer said the game should hopefully be completed by today. :]
Here's the movement demo he gave me, A or Z to shoot (don't remember)

[LoTekK]

Love the top row of sprites. Great job getting such recognisable archetypes with minimal colors and in that sprite size. The white eyes make them look a tad creepy, though.

The first black and white piece has a great style to it, and again, the sprites are really nicely executed. Second one's a bit noisy, though, especially with the floor. Maybe fade the floor off as it recedes towards the bottom of the screen?

For the ships, I'm wondering if there's too much detail for single-color sprites, especially for a high-movement shmup. Maybe go with broader patches with localised detail instead?

[Souly]

Big thanks to Adam, he helped me with this.
I haven't actually made anything into tiles.
I will if I choose to make this into an actual game.

As for the space ships, I haven't seen them in action yet so I can't tell if they would be too distracting or not.

[Oltar]

I like a lot the mockups. Very good idea to make an old school grafics (maybe I will do some in the future  ).
The avatars rocks, that cartoony style is beautifull.

[happymonster]

I love the style.

I think the original black and white (rather than the light grey) worked better, and I prefer the original tree as it looked more stylised like the clouds..

[Dokozai]

I love the people in the top row, the mock-ups are awesome too!

I agree with Happymonster, I think the white looks better.