Sprite Jam (May 4th - May 19th): Gunslingers & The Wild West!

Saberteeth · Mon 03/05/2010 22:52:50

Pixel a character that looks like he's from the Old West: Cowboys, gunslingers, cattle ranchers, prostitutes, sheriffs, etc. No bigger than an old school screen size of 320x200.

There's a catch though:

- You are required to use only colors from the EGA palette!

- Extra cookies for animations(swinging a rope, gun tricks)
- A big marshmallow for an EGA background
- Oreos if you do both!

You have 'till 19th of May to submit your entries. Alright, ready? Set? DRAW!

Spoiler

Tee hee, see what I did there?

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Xellie · Tue 04/05/2010 09:29:21

Quote from: Saberteeth on Mon 03/05/2010 22:52:50
Pixel a character that looks like he's from the Old West: Cowboys, gunslingers, cattle ranchers, prostitutes, sheriffs, etc.

Hmmm... not in any way inspired by this topic are you?

I like it, also the 16 color twist.

Khris · Tue 04/05/2010 11:26:58

There's one color missing in that palette.
Here's a template:

Saberteeth · Tue 04/05/2010 12:06:04

Khris you're right, I used a blue color twice. Fixed.

Quote from: Xellie on Tue 04/05/2010 09:29:21
Hmmm... not in any way inspired by this topic are you?

Yep!

Khris · Tue 04/05/2010 15:39:57

Wow, this palette is a total nightmare...

x2

T'was fun though.

Jim Reed · Tue 04/05/2010 20:55:21

EDIT: Polished it some more.

Saberteeth · Tue 04/05/2010 22:05:26

Quote from: Khris on Tue 04/05/2010 15:39:57
Wow, this palette is a total nightmare...

Heh I have no idea why, but I really like this pallete for some reason. It reminds me of MI1 in 16 colors. Dithering, dithering and more dithering!

Great entries so far, I hope I didn't discourage people by restricting you to only 16 colors, it should be more than enough!

Hueij · Tue 04/05/2010 23:23:02

Man, this is hard. I never made something with so little colours before. Hopefully I have something ready before the deadline...

Captain Ricco · Wed 05/05/2010 06:07:49

I was goin' to make a background and a duel with hay balls and all, but, nah, maybe if i get inspired later ill do it!

Mad · Thu 06/05/2010 19:52:54

There you go:

Actually wanted to animate her, but couldn't be bothered... far too fiddly

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 07/05/2010 09:17:07

Quote from: Mad on Thu 06/05/2010 19:52:54
Actually wanted to animate her, but couldn't be bothered... far too fiddly

Animate the cowboys in the foreground :-)
...Or the stage's curtain!

Pixelton · Sat 08/05/2010 06:04:52

Thought I'd give it ago, never done anything in this pallet and it really interested me in giving this a good crack

On a side not...damn its tough!

I think Mad's entry kicks some serious ass though!

Evil · Sat 08/05/2010 19:53:36

Um...yeah.

Arboris · Sun 09/05/2010 15:27:57

Mark, isn't the air supposed to be dark on top and lighter on the lower part? in other words, just the other way around then you have now?

just and observation

Pixelton · Sun 09/05/2010 15:56:27

maybe....lol

I made drawn up my pic at the tail end of a night-shift...I put it down to fatigue. lol

Saberteeth · Thu 13/05/2010 13:46:38

Love the entries so far. Cmon guys, 6 days left!

Jim Reed · Fri 14/05/2010 11:51:52

Not an entry, but...I just like the guy. =D

Xellie · Fri 14/05/2010 12:20:10

Quote from: Jim Reed on Fri 14/05/2010 11:51:52
Not an entry, but...I just like the guy. =D

Hey man, is that like pixel art, or is just a photo with a posterize filter?

Jim Reed · Fri 14/05/2010 12:54:44

It's a pic, I just made it use the provided palette, with a few additional tinkerings.

Xellie · Fri 14/05/2010 13:32:31

Quote from: Jim Reed on Fri 14/05/2010 12:54:44
It's a pic, I just made it use the provided palette, with a few additional tinkerings.

Well dude, I bow to your awesomenes... Well done! Looks great.

You should join www.pixeljoint.com , if you haven't already. Great place if you're into pixelart.

NsMn · Fri 14/05/2010 17:58:06

Heh... what he said was that he pretty much only used one filter basically to bring it down to only these 16 colours

Jim Reed · Fri 14/05/2010 19:55:01

Aye, on second look, maybe I haven't made myself clear: I played with the brightness/contrast/saturation first, and then reduced the colour amount in a few steps, using the same filter.
I'm not a pixel artist, more like a pixel...something, which you could call art...if you were drunk...and squinting...in a dark room...standing about 20 meters away. =)

Scarab · Fri 14/05/2010 20:41:01

Quote from: Xellie on Fri 14/05/2010 13:32:31
Quote from: Jim Reed on Fri 14/05/2010 12:54:44
It's a pic, I just made it use the provided palette, with a few additional tinkerings.

Well dude, I bow to your awesomenes... Well done! Looks great.

You should join www.pixeljoint.com , if you haven't already. Great place if you're into pixelart.

Hah, he'd probably get shot if he took that to pixeljoint... they don't take too kindly to a bit of photo-filtering

Jim, it came out quite nicely though.

Jim Reed · Fri 14/05/2010 21:45:20

Thanks!

Xellie · Sun 16/05/2010 10:45:40

Well, I agree that pixeljoint won't accept that. Misunderstood the post, thought you said that it wasn't filters but drawn. Anyway, still makes the buzz around the sprite jam nicer. You should try pixelling, it's fun!

Jim Reed · Sun 16/05/2010 11:49:17

Quote from: Xellie on Sun 16/05/2010 10:45:40You should try pixelling

There...doesn't look like him much, though I tried.

Xellie · Mon 17/05/2010 07:21:25

Quote from: Jim Reed on Sun 16/05/2010 11:49:17
There...doesn't look like him much, though I tried.

I think it does! That's good, man. That could be an entry for this comp.

Jim Reed · Mon 17/05/2010 10:32:09

Hahahahaha...I asked Jake on IRC who this is and he had no clue. You're biased because you saw the pic I posted earlier. Which translates to "Sorry, I still don't know how to draw properly yet" =D
Hmmm....maybe if I coloured him in, he'd look more like Clint?

Xellie · Mon 17/05/2010 15:38:01

Quote from: Jim Reed on Mon 17/05/2010 10:32:09
Hahahahaha...I asked Jake on IRC who this is and he had no clue. You're biased because you saw the pic I posted earlier. Which translates to "Sorry, I still don't know how to draw properly yet" =D
Hmmm....maybe if I coloured him in, he'd look more like Clint?

Well it might... I always find it's a lot easier to add character to a design when you have colour to play with as well, as facial features depend much more on gradations of color than on lines only... give it a try! I still think it's not bad at all, though.

Saberteeth · Tue 18/05/2010 08:49:04

Alright guys 1 day left, any last minute entries perhaps?

Saberteeth · Tue 18/05/2010 23:54:39

Liked Mark Borg's entry the most, take it away Mark!