Decided to have a fully animated, 8-direction moving character

[KyriakosCH]

Lazy again, and this could have been hugely better, but i think it may work as the basis for the movement even as it is:



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[Danvzare]

Oh yes, that will definitely do for movement.
It's not perfect by any means, but it's definitely better than your first original version.
And I rather like how it looks.

[KyriakosCH]

Thank you, Dan!

[gameboy]

About the walkcycle:

* His knees should bend significantly more. Right now it seems as if the angle between his thigh and calf is pretty much the same all the time.

* The swing of his arms is very minimal, almost non existent. Is this intentional? Looks almost as if he were holding his hands in his pockets.

Also, what .M.M. said. Unless the character's personality means he's supposed to be dragging his feet.

[KyriakosCH]

Well, he is sort of insane, and moves in a rigid manner, so even if i wasn't lazy he would NEVER move his hands much when he walks

I know about the upper leg part; lazy got me there again :/

A possible alternative size/textures (the rest are virtually the same, though) :



I think the above is a little more atmospheric. Keep in mind most of the locations are dark anyway

[KyriakosCH]

Some work -early- on an external location, and a night scene:





Views?

[KyriakosCH]

And a bit more defined (the red thing is an object; actually a drawn game on the pavement) :





Do you like the screens?

[Danvzare]

Yay, hopskotch!
Will we get to play it ingame?

[KyriakosCH]

You will, although... it isn't exactly festive (cough -- horror )

The location was modelled after a part of the local promenade



Only the greenish background is a plane, the rest are full 3d models i made

[KyriakosCH]

Is there a visible and abrupt change from the regular sky to an utter blackness in your monitor setting for the two screens? Cause while there isn't in mine, someone told me they could see it in theirs... (in which case i will have to alter some stuff)

[Snarky]

Yup.

[KyriakosCH]

[KyriakosCH]

Now? (seems to be ok re that problem)

brightness/contrast of my monitor is at 50/80, and i am worried if the background plane with the buildings is unrealistically lit for a night scene. Views?

[Cassiebsg]

You should either remove the black from the sky by clipping it on the picture/plane, or extend the plane to cover all your image, tat way you'll avoid that happening, since you can't control every player's settings.

Looks okay on mine now, though.
Where did the water go?

[Danvzare]

You could also possibly edit the background in your chosen art software and turn the sky into a subtle gradient.
It's just a thought.

[KyriakosCH]

Hmmmmm?

[selmiak]

That flickering light is not very horror! What about turning off the other lightsource and then let it flicker. The shadow make it creepy. It's probably best to prerender this and place the character on a specific spot where his shadow looks the creepiest. Then you always have him in the same spot with fitting shadows and can play this every time the flicker is needed. Just my take on this.

[KyriakosCH]

You are right...

What about the somewhat eroded/blurred pics? Better than the pixel-striking previous versions?

[VampireWombat]

I find the current flicker to be more annoying than anything. It's too fast. Also there should be a greater contrast when it flickers. As it is, it just seems to alternate between a black and white halo. I'd also suggest lengthening the animation to include a short period it stops flickering and to also include 2 or 3 slightly different flickering patterns.

Edit: Here's a quickly made example. I achieved the darkness using GIMP and creating a new layer that was all black, used the ellipse tool to create an oval, and used feather.

[KyriakosCH]

^ Awesome

But how would one use this as a background?... Too many frames, no?