snow toilet Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Haha, Overbound, is that the Scrambled Egg boss I see? Also, I really like what the Rhino became. Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strife Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thanks guys! Wow, all these new screenshots are making me froth at the mouth. @w@ Spike, that title screen is awesome, and the space theme makes it even more awesome. It kinda reminds me of a mix between Sonic and Gunstar Heroes at the moment. Overbound, is that bottom screenshot from the future? If so, I like how the colors give off something of a Bad Future vibe without going into nightmare terrority. That bird badnik on the sheet is also really cool. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 [qimg] [/qimg] The head of Sonic makes me think of this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squallff8 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 The head of Sonic makes me think of this picture. [qimg]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090423194914/sonic/images/1/1c/Sonic%2C_Tails%2C_Knuckles_and_Robotnik.jpg[/qimg] That art from screensaver But, anyway, it looks cool in pixels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 That art from screensaver[qimg]http://sonicresearch.org/art/albums/Sonic/Other/screensaver_sonic.png[/qimg] But, anyway, it looks cool in pixels! Ah, I was way off. That is a good idea anyway. I think it was just the way the quills looked that made me think of that other picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 That art from screensaver[qimg]http://sonicresearch.org/art/albums/Sonic/Other/screensaver_sonic.png[/qimg] But, anyway, it looks cool in pixels! Good eye! I never thought anyone would realize what that was from. But yeah, it's just the same pose. I had to totally redraw it in paint, then color and shade it myself... took forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverbounD Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thanks guys! Overbound, is that bottom screenshot from the future? If so, I like how the colors give off something of a Bad Future vibe without going into nightmare terrority. That bird badnik on the sheet is also really cool. :3 Everything I've shown recently is from Drifting Dynamo Future yeah. I haven't even started working on the past yet. However the future tile set is almost done and the past is always easier as I have something to work from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betaman Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 All I can say about that screenshot is wow. I especially love the starpost design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 [qimg]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5170721/STT%20Mockups/DDZFProperMockInside.png[/qimg] Hey, I thought to ask this yesterday but never got around to it. In this shot, is Sonic climbing/hanging on to the piece of metal or is this just his sprite when he hits a spring? It was just bugging me to know is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailsSena Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hey, it's been a while since I was on this thread. Here's my NEW screenshots! Hope you guys like them better!! http://imgur.com/a/pTVVz#ASFbI Again, I'm open to suggestions, but I'd like to keep the mumble-jumble air about it, just mashing Zones together is sort of the point of my game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazefireLP Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 @ Tailssena: You know you can get the screenshot URL and post it here right? Now that I can see them, what the bloody hell is with all the random tiles? It has like 0% consistency in terms of a level. I'd love to hear what type of description you'd give this as a level. My description would be "EVERYTHING!". Mashing zones together like this just looks completely fucked up though in my opinion. I say just like, PICK ONE! Only thing that is good is that you have maintained a sprite style. "Advance" in this case. At-least that's one thing solved. @ snow toilet: That is a spring animation. Which is an edit from a SonicBattle jumping pose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Okay, TailsSena, that is just a shitstorm of random tiles... Why is it part grassland, part musical, part space, part techno, part... sheesh. Levels should actually have a theme, not just a grab bag of random pieces. I mean, there's a reason Sega never does that. It looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betaman Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I think that's supposed to be a world hub or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailsSena Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 @Betaman: Thank you kindly for your optomism, but that's actually my (incomplete) first level... But I love the idea! I think I'll turn it into that! This could be FUN!! YEAAHH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Everyone's gotta start somewhere right? Mixing tiles inconsistently can be a good thing, as long as inconsistent is what you are going for. But you have to do it... consistently. Be uniform in your lack of uniformity. You know, like Pop Tarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailsSena Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Everyone's gotta start somewhere right? Mixing tiles inconsistently can be a good thing, as long as inconsistent is what you are going for. But you have to do it... consistently. Be uniform in your lack of uniformity. You know, like Pop Tarts. YES! Thank you! SOMEBODY get's the point! My plan was to make it crazy, and like Blaze said "EVERYTHING" Throwing things together can actually be more fun that legitimate level design... And sometimes it turns-out really nice! Here's some zoomed-out screens of the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 In a manner of speaking, it's pretty empty looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailsSena Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yeaaaaahhh.... I'm changing that as I type this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazefireLP Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 And in another matter of speaking, it looks like a a rainbow and SonicAdvance2 had a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 OK, so between work and what have you, I've managed to continue practicing with contrast. Note that this won't be what Knuckles will look like however I'd rather it not be used. I've decided to tackle a tougher character and go with him as my practice. How did I do? Excuse the ridiculous look. It was just something I edited just to practice with. I feel I'm very close with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverbounD Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I like it a lot. I think that the hands looks slightly too high and the spikes on the gloves look really long. Btw that animation is just a place holder for springing animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I like it a lot. I think that the hands looks slightly too high and the spikes on the gloves look really long.Btw that animation is just a place holder for springing animation. Ah, gotcha. That really made me curious. I guess it was just the position he was in. Thanks for getting to me on that. But yeah, the gloves were placed there because I guess I didn't want to throw in arms due to laziness which is something I should work on if I want to obtain good looks for sprites. And yeah, I just noticed the spikes. Good looking out. Honestly, something I'm going to attempt is to make the characters do idle movements. Similar to that of Vectorman or even the PSX Mega Man X sprites. So after fixing the gloves problem on my practice, I'll try that. Lastly, I know this is getting ridiculous, I don't know if I want to keep his Chaotix colors or work with a brand new set. So I'll figure that out soon too. Also, I'm very excited to show the first level design I'm making. So expect something excellent, as far as a few tiles, go in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazefireLP Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 OK, so between work and what have you, I've managed to continue practicing with contrast. Note that this won't be what Knuckles will look like however I'd rather it not be used. I've decided to tackle a tougher character and go with him as my practice. How did I do? [qimg] [/qimg] Excuse the ridiculous look. It was just something I edited just to practice with. I feel I'm very close with this one. Looks pretty good to me dude. Just some touch-ups to some specific areas need doing, but overall. I'd like it if I saw it in Chaotix XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow toilet Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Looks pretty good to me dude. Just some touch-ups to some specific areas need doing, but overall. I'd like it if I saw it in Chaotix XD. Thank you. I'll get to that right after I get out of work tonite. I'm on the air again tonight from 11pm to 5am playing the best of classical hip hop from Sade all the way to Dhar Braxton. Prepare for the vibe. (That's my line that's been pre-recorded and played before every one of my shows. Just add the Snow Toilet/Soul Elvis in and there you go.) My gf figured out where the influence for the look came from. It's very much an influential mixture of Sonic R through Sonic 06' and a tinge of the Advance series. So I'll take a look at some areas to fix and put in arms, fix the face and we should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 But isn't "Sonic R through Sonic 06' and a tinge of the Advance series" pretty much just... Sonic R and almost everything after? My gf figured out where the influence for the look came from.It's very much an influential mixture of Sonic R through Sonic 06' and a tinge of the Advance series. Off topic: I wish my girlfriend was into Sonic like that. She thought Tails was a girl until I told her otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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