Sprite Jam: Bartender (closed - Winner announced!)

[cat]

Ilyich Nice idea and beautiful colors!

[Sughly]

That's so, so good luminous! Can't believe I posted 2 minutes before you haha! But of course, for those voting, loominous is very much in it and deserves some votes thrown his way.

EDIT: Seriously, are you making any games atm loominous? Hate to sound ignorant - sorry if you are and everyone knows but me. But that screen is just... I want to play it dammit!

[Ilyich]

Vote for loominous

It's quirky, original, cute and it looks like a shot from some cool french animated feature. And it's a whole freakin' scene!
When will we finally see a game from you?

And well done for entering late again!

[theo]

loominous, that's plain gorgeous  :o - what's the project?

[Dualnames]

loominous, that's plain gorgeous  :o - what's the project?

I think that's just his way of drawing within 10-45 minutes theo. That's how all of his entries look like.
No, really.

[Bob Bannerman]

loominous, that's plain gorgeous  :o - what's the project?

Fantastic scene, love it as interested as everybody in where this is coming from/going because it looks so good =)

[Ryan Timothy B]

Lol The first few moments I thought the pipe in his mouth was a levitating and smoking cork.

[straydogstrut]

They're all great entries - really! - but I too must cast my vote for Loominous. It's simply dripping with atmosphere and the little details are fascinating: Look, you can see part of a village beyond the doorway, and there's a map up above the window..look at the old guy's teeth..oh and there's even a carefully positioned board for Mr Pickles to get up onto the bar! *swoons*

I would love to see this as a game or a short feature-length animation!

[Matt Frith]

I haven't voted on a sprite jam before but I think I will vote for anian.  For me, it seems like there is a lot of character in that sprite.  I also liked Progz' entry!

[bicilotti]

DuncanFx, for the excellent charisma/pixels ratio.

[Galen]

Ilyich, I choose you.

Loominous's scene is nice, but I'm voting on just the bartender, nothing else.

[Wyz]

I'd like to have a, erm I mean, I will vote for Ilyich. Since it made me feel like ordering. I do think that character would fit in a game perfectly. Runner-up: ProgZmax, who also gave a great background story. But all are great entries!

[loominous]

I think my vote will go to anian's entry. To echo Tier, the guy has tons of character, and gives this original, mildly creepy impression.

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Regarding my entry, it's nothing more than a fairly elaborate contribution to this activity, that started as a robot scribble and developed into a scene.

Apart from enjoying developing mockups, I sometimes add environments to counter the usual tiresome comments about lacking usability.

Anyway, thanks for the kind comments!

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Some WIP screens, for a larger version click here.

[Oddysseus]

DuncanFx. His sprite just has some charm to it.
Though all the entries have their own personality and style. Great turnout for this comp.

[ddq]

I honestly can't decide! They're just all too good. Why must this be so hard? Sorry, but you guys all rock.

[theo]

loominous, then make a game of it, you silly person you! I'd love to play it.

[Pinback]

Progzmax

Bloody hard to vote here, so many vastly different yet great entries!

[IndieBoy]

I vote for progzmax

[DuncanFx]

My vote goes to Anian. I like the character built into the guy from just his hunched pose and his expression.

[cianty]

Gosh, this is a reeeally tough choice! :o
Mad props to all contributors!

My vote goes to loominous for the enormous atmosphere.