Hi there! I'm Jess(Mr.colossal's lady friend)! I've been around AGS for a while and even helped eric host mittens 2 years ago. I like a lot of games, espescially adventure, and I'm an artist, so I think I'll be awesome at judging your awesome sprites!
Here's the theme for this week: Useless superheroes
Super heroes with super terrible powers.
Think the Tick, think Mystery Men, but come up with your own, be origional!
150x150 pixels 32 colors max
woo!
-Jess
Hrees some inspiration...
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5552/db3rc.png)
2X
49x58
9 colors incl back
approx 5 mins
Its Devil Boy, his only super power is to be extremly evil
this is not so bad but unfortunatly he has a plastic fork...
Note had to bump him up to BMP else his under a kb and well then cant host him cause file size too small...
Imagine that at image shack!
Isn't "Devil Boy" a villain?
I guess I'll post my villain, too, then.
(http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06081/penguin2.png)
Could you possibly resize that little thingy?
Quote from: Grapefruitologist on Mon 20/02/2006 20:58:49
Isn't "Devil Boy" a villain?
Only in the eyes of a hero, and guess what the hero is in his eyes!
(Me?)
(http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06081/penguin.PNG)
Errr... I forgot to post why he's a useless villain, too.
He's a venomous vampire penguin with gold fangs and claws. But unfortunately, for him, he can't reach people's necks.
That's a good point, Afflict.
well, i'm not much of an "artist", but i'll have a go.
it's this guy who has these extra long arms, however, he doesn't have the necessary muscles to support them, so they are pretty much useless.
129x133, 7 colours.
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3952/superhero7ru.gif)(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3952/superhero7ru.gif)
in the interests of bad taste i bring you... LEPER MAN!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/BOYD1981/leperman.gif)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/BOYD1981/leperman.gif)
34x40, 16 colours
He doesnt look very leprous... Where is the rotting skin tissue? Where is the agony? And where the hell is his arms and legs?
(now dont take this as c&c anyone. just asking some extremely nescessary questions...)
he's wearing a mask to conceal his true identity, and his arms and legs not being there is what makes him a leper...
Oh okay...
Wait a minute! You dont lose your arms and legs when you become leprous! You just start rotting.
And it does exist a cure against lepracy nowadays you know?
i'm gonna smack you in a minute
Maybe he has scurvy.
Wait a minute, you don't lose your arms and legs when you have scurvy, do you?
only if you're careless...
hmm, perhaps i should have called him Thalidomide Man...
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/imgirl.PNG)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/imgirl.PNG)
Impossi-girl is having one of those days.
Meet Emo!
1x:(http://www.garlic.com/~rideout/spacepiratecaine/emo.gif)2x:(http://www.garlic.com/~rideout/spacepiratecaine/emo.gif)
Pouring his soul out into his music regularly caused Harold Charleston's actual immortal soul to partially separate from his body, and it now floats a few inches off his left shoulder.
It doesn't really give him any particular superpowers, but the constant tormented wailing of his soul is really creepy and makes it hard for people in the vicinity to concentrate.
Quote from: BOYD1981 on Tue 21/02/2006 00:36:28
hmm, perhaps i should have called him Thalidomide Man...
That still doesnt explain why he lacks arms and legs. It would just give him small and nasty limbs. But they would not disappear completely, like with that little fella.
And how do you explain the "L" on his suit then?
Maybe that "L" is actually a tear in his costume revealing his yellow, leperous/scurvyous/thalidomide skin. :=
You could call him "little limb man" (his arms could be under his sleeves).
Heres a good name "leave him be"... ::) ::)
Less chatting more sprites please.
May I take your Hat and Coat?
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Hatcheck1.GIF)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Hatcheck1.GIF%3Cbr%20/%3E)
Super Coat check man exclaims - If all I can do is check hats and coats then why the hell am I a bee? Why? For the love of god . .
Mr_Frisby, you're name should now be changed to Mr. AwesomeSpantastic. That sprite is great.
13 colors, 42x58
THE TURK WITH THE GOLDEN BUM, or THE TURK for short!
(http://members.cox.net/progzmax/Poultrus.gif)
(http://members.cox.net/progzmax/Poultrus.gif)
Vital statistics:
Name: Timothy 'Timmy' Johnson
Alter Ego: The Turk With the Golden Bum, The Turk, Oh My God He Looks Tasty, What the F... IS That Thing!?, Vittles (only to Hungryman)
Known Powers: Was occasionally thrown at enemies buttock-first to knock them unconsicous- a favorite weapon of Batman. It is believed if not for his gilded rear, The Turk might possibly be able to fly. Also, he seems to have a kind of 'Hunger-sense' that makes his bottom tingle whenever someone in the immediate vicinity is ravenous. This has aided him on a few occasions against the ever-starved Hungryman. Smells absolutely DE-LICIOUS.
Known Weaknesses: The gargantuan size and weight of his own posterior often inhibits The Turk from being otherwise useful, bogging him down in combat and preventing him from using his one possible power. Also, his lack of any kind of visual sensory apparatus places him in the same kind of boat as Daredevil- only without any kind of honed hearing skill.
Known Allies: The Justice League, The Human Stench, The Wonder Twins (nearly as pathetic as he is).
Known Enemies: Hungryman, Lexx Luthor, Solomon Grundy.
Known Affiliations: The Justice League, The Less-Than-Heroes (co-founder)
Story:
Superman's experiments with Kryptonese baking techniques went terribly awry one Thanksgiving, merging little Timmy at the orphanage with a turkey, granting him no fantastic powers or skills, but rather an unusually pure set of 10 karat gold buttocks, capable of...Well nothing, really. In fact, they come as a bit of a hind-rance (chortle!) as they prevent The Turk from actually flying around. Nevermind the fact that he's got no head and can't see a thing. Superman and the gang kept him around out of pity, and because he smells absolutely DELICIOUS! The Turk's career was relatively short-lived, however. After co-founding The Less-Than-Heroes with The Wonder Twins and The Human Stench, they received a call from the mayor that thousands of pounds of food donated to charity had been stolen. They tracked (with great effort) down the foe responsible, Hungryman and his midget sailors! Locked in a vicious struggle, The Turk's hungry-sense was overcome by The Human Stench's smell and Hungryman swallowed him whole, later complaining of severe cramps.
It is not known whether The Turk survived digestion.
It's... The DISEMBODIED LIMBS and their "BROKEN WHEELCHAIRMOBILE"!!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/mwahahaha10/DLs.jpg)
2x
He's soft, he's edible, he's RICE SHEET MANTM!1!
(http://www.imag.us/x/gilbert/rssprite.png)(http://www.imag.us/x/gilbert/rssprite.png)
Doing his Uber Mighty Super Attack Rice Sheet LazerTM within a rectangle of 150 by 129 pixels containing binary information currently representing 15 different colours including a colour that you can see thru into the background colour of the forum post.
oh man, I am laughing a lot these sprites are awesome.
awsome topic too ;) :)
Stop flirting with Erics lady friend corey! He'll get all worked up. And we all know about the rash he tends to develop when he gets worked up.
And where's the turks head progz?
jesterman or short j-man. His powers are telling jokes and ridiculing people. In some circles this might be considered special powers (adventure genreÃ, :) ) but it's not much use for saving the world. .. i think.
(http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7958/buloghtjesterman7fi.gif)3x(http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7958/buloghtjesterman7fi.gif)
10 colours, 80x130
For my first sprite jam, I would like you to witness the power of EVERYMAN!
(http://www.iamus.co.uk/EVERYMAN.gif)(http://www.iamus.co.uk/EVERYMAN.gif)
RUB YOUR EYES at the sight of his BLOODSHOT GAZE!
SHIELD YOURSELF from the sputum of his SMOKER'S COUGH!
LAUGH at the sight of his PENCIL MOUSTACHE!
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/el_tonic/seppuku.png)
In a alternate timeline, Americans weren't the only ones who had access to nuclear weapons during WWII.
They did, however drop the bomb on Hiroshima, unaware of the progress made elsewhere.
Our protagonist awakens in Hiroshima a few hours after the bomb was dropped. He is in great pain, a large portion of his body is covered in radiation burns. There are no other signs of life to be found in a few miles radius. Shortly thereafter, Japan unleashes a counterattack, resulting in a global nuclear war and an atomic winter. Our protagonist frantically seeks help as the bombs fall, but before he can reach the nearest city, three quarters of the world's population are dead. Over a period of weeks, he sees everyone around him die from radiation-related causes. Finally he attempts suicide, and succeeds.
His exposure to radiation has begun a cancerous process, for now it works in his advantage. Days after impaling himself, he yet again awakens, thanks to the cancer that regenerated parts of his vital organs.
With no other choice, he swears to have revenge upon the people who dropped the bomb and begins a journey across the world. He is in a constant state of change, his body heals itself like a salamander that grows a tail, but also in great pain and the changes aren't always positive. He soon comes to understand that chance seems to keep him alive, the constant mutations find new ways to start organs shutting down, rendering him nearly invulnerable, but they also sometimes shut him down as they produce various blockages in his brain and visceral system. As time progresses he resembles less and less a man.
Then why are his powers useless?
Because he doesn't know yet that he is the last person alive. He cannot exact revenge, or take his own life, since radiation continues to mutate his cells and breathe life into his corpse.
Holy crap
That could make a really cool game (except for the fact that now everyone already knows the big plot twist).
That would be the awesomest film/game ever. If not EVERYONE was dead. This has inspired me to make a game. I shall call it "Fallout"
(http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/pumaman.gif)(http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/pumaman.gif)
I'm sorry, I couldn't look at them all. I got to Mr Frisby's and I laughed myself stupid. I have tears in my eyes. It's AWESOME!!! I am in awe.
EDIT: No, I looked at the rest. Biothlebop, very awesome sprite and idea! That would make an awesome game. Even if everyone was dead. You could make a cool 'self discovery' type game.
Eric, as usual, fantastic sprite! I know it's the seam on his pants but it looks like he has a little... yeah.
Well after looking at some of these hot entries and well at my lil devil insiration, I bring you
Captian crunch.. huh I mean Captian "Short" Bread
Hes no superhero at least not to us, feared among pirates because it takes him double the time to walk the plank due to his midget status and overbearing wieght of his upperbody!
55x131 spotting 11 colors
(http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/394/arrrr6cs.png)
2x
(http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/394/arrrr6cs.png)
(http://www.locustleaves.com/baggage.gif)
baggage man
biothlebop... that's really depressing. xD
But funny.
In a morbid sort of way. xD
I was ripping of the Flying Dutchman and the Million monkeys on a Million typewriters thing with that. As I thought it, even if he blew his head with a stick of dynamite, there could be a possibility that after a thousand years his remains would have randomly restructured themselves and become a thinking lifeform, (or several) that once was human.
Also, if you were the last person on earth, and you built a temple that stretched halfway into the moon, would it matter if no one was there to see it (what would you do if you were alone in the universe, had a eternity to yourself, but could not create life ?).
I could see it even work as a adventure game (go Haddas), you could be equipped with that sword of his, and every time you use it on your self or plainly die (short of falling in lava), the game cuts onward in time and yor main character and the enivroment has changed.
You could either have a limited amount of times doing so, before not waking up anymore, example: Everytime he dies and regenerates, damage is done as well. As time progresses, his thoughts become less clear, in the end he doesn't even know why, or who he wants to avenge, it is just a animal instinct to kill the first living being he comes across. You (the person behind the computer screen) might even know he is the last person alive or suspect it, but he doesn't, and that keeps him moving onward.
If you play well or poorly, the outcome is the same: His thoughts fade away in the end as the last part of humanity in him disappears, but you can influence in if he ever learns the truth and gains a peace of mind.
If there are other people still roaming the earth, if he ever meets one, and blames them for the murder of his closest, If he learns the truth while he still understands what it means, and if that makes him give up the ghost or shape the world so it could be inhabitable in a few hundred thousand years, it's up to you. The idea can and should be evolved if someone makes a game of it.
Helm: I read it as garbage man, thinking he was a living thing made of compressed cubes of garbage. That would have been great, still good though. You, Mr. Colossal and Progzmax got the palette/sprite skills.
Edit: This is a sprite jam after all, so here is something for the topic.
I recently used my industrial espionage skills to find out the ending of Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth. So here is the plot of the epilogue scene.
Indiana jones has just returned from his quest for the fountain of youth which was not exactly a fountain, but a heart formed of highly radioactive plutonium. It keeps him alive indefinately however.
He arrives at the Barnett college to resume his teaching, but faces difiiculties as the plutonium has caused his skin to melt off, and thus has trouble speaking. The students face difficulties concentrating as well, since it is hard to write down notes when you are coughing up blood all the time. Needless to say, Indy's career comes to an halt, and his office as well as classroom are quarantined off, since he leaves traces of radioactivity behind him. Brody sends him out on a quest of items, and indy does the job well, unfortunately they cannot be presented in public in the next couple thousand years.
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/el_tonic/new/fountain%20of%20youth.png)
It's one pixel too tall, and was not done in that res from scratch.
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5216/bunbabe3mu.png)
It's Bunbabe!
Ok, man, this was really really REALLY hard to decide, and therefore I have three winners, the first runner up will of course do the next sprite jam, the other 2 are just personal favorites o' mine.
::drum roll::
1. Mr.Frisby's Coat check man made me laugh with my whole belly, well played sir, well played, and a class A sprite at that.
2. Ivy's Impossigirl stole my heart from the begining!!
3. biothebop's sprite was definetly an awesome concept and entry
Eric's Puma Man sprite was indeed radical, though he totally broke the rules of being origional, and sleeping with the judge does not a winner make.
and everybody made totally awesome sprites wait a' make life hard for me guys!
I didn't know Grundislav was the judge of this!
/me has his lower jaw fallen off. :o
Hey, thanks Jess!
I admit I checked out your web site, and I think my sprite was kind of influenced by the colours and themes of some of your work.Ã, You're definitely the kind of artist I aspire to be. :)
(For the rest of you, this doesn't count as sucking up since she already named meÃ, :P).
Oh, and congrats to Mr. Frisby, CCM was very unexpected and funny. :-,
Yay! :D What an awesome sprite jam this was. I didn't join but I am really getting into these things now so I'll start doing more sprites.
This has to have been one of the best sprite jams I've participated in to date. Lots of really tight competition, and just a great theme with a lot of imagination from all ends. I know I had a blast - I'd also love to see a game that involves these not-so-superheroes.
Congratulations to Mr. Frisby - I was giggling at that one, too. You're a weird guy, and I like it. Definitely looking forward to entering your competition.
yeah this sprite jam was really fun to watch :D
congrats to all. buloght, excellent sprite again. technically the best! ;) ;D
Well done guys!
There's been some really great looking, very funny stuff here.
Agreed.
Until a few days ago, I didn't even know of the existence of a movie called Puma Man. Thanks to Finkelstein, I realised that everybod else here probably has a copy of it framed on their wall. This place is like the puma man fan club. Thus I have decided to see it before I die.
there is a movie called pumaman?
Yeah its really old! 1980 Pumamans avatar is one a pic from the movie
http://www.stomptokyo.com/otf/puma/puma.htm
Perhaps we should change the name of this board from "Competitions and Activities" to "Tons of Chat oh and some competitions and activities in there somewhere completely lost in off-topic ramblings"
I agree with Darth, oh, and btw, did you see that movie last night? Boy that green thing scared the shit out of me. Which is only good since I've bee in need of a lymphotheraphy for a while now.
And to show you agree with him, you go on with the chat...
This is just ridiculous, you have to scroll all the page down to see sprites. Please, leave the competitions threads for the art. Maybe you are new and you don't remember the old sprite jams, but scrolling down and see aprite after sprite was enjoyable. Try it next week and agree with me.
farlander, i think tuomas was joking.
Quote from: Mordalles on Wed 01/03/2006 20:24:03
farlander, i think tuomas was joking.
Pheeew... How do I go on with this without being hypocrite? Let's imagine I am doing this for the pleasure of seeing clean future sprite jams...
:-\
Ok... here it goes:
PLEASE EVERYBODY KEEP THE NEXT SPRITE JAM THREAD CLEAN!!!
whats the point though, the sprite jam is already over.
now I'm in for it.
just lock the thing if it's bothering you.
I will have Jess PM the winner to let them know.
It seems both the winners of this jam and the animation jam have disappeared...