Sprite Jam | 15th July - 23rd July | Point and click super-heros
Everyone knows Stan Lee is a massive fan of Monkey Island and with the release of the fifth installment in the series it was only a matter of time before Marvel made the all important call to Lucas Arts regarding a low res point and click super-hero game. "But where will we get the artists!" cried Stan, well with all the fan game copy-write infringement coming from the AGS forums Lucas Arts knew just the people for the job.
Yes that means you! For this weeks sprite jam you need to take the role of character artists for Lucas Arts big new adventure game due for exclusive release on the Nintendo DS. You have been asked to create a Player character sprite of a classic Lucas Arts adventure game character dressed as their super-hero alter ego. The sprite needs to be suitable for the Nintendo DS's native resolution of 256 x 192 pixels.
To re-cap:
Sprite must be suitable for backgrounds sized at 256x192 pixels.
Sprite must be a unique image (no paintovers) of a classic Lucas Arts character dressed in a super-hero outfit.
Sprite can have no more than 30 colours.
Remember! With great power comes great responsibility.
Happy pixeling.
Sweet theme... time for Spider-Max!
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5633/unbenannt1jeh.png)
(7colours- Max wouldn't don the red/blue outfit. He *likes* the dark side...)
Awesome! :=
The perfect character for a game called "Super Throttle".
Obviously, it's the guy from Full Throttle, "Ben" I think. 15 colors.
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/SuperThrottle.png)
x2:
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/SuperThrottle.png)
Quote from: Ghost on Wed 15/07/2009 20:04:13
Sweet theme... time for Spider-Max!
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5633/unbenannt1jeh.png)
(7colours- Max wouldn't don the red/blue outfit. He *likes* the dark side...)
Perfect!!! :o
When Billy Batson is critically injured while saving an ice cream truck, the great wizard SHAZAM! desperately searches the cosmos for a temporary replacement, a man with the inner strength and focus to use his gift of AMAZING POWERS for the benefit of good...
What he got was:
Cap'n Marvel!
(I was going to call him Cap'n Marley but it was such a lame idea to make him Elaine's father that I just ignore it.)
12 colors.
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/ProgZmax/herzam.gif)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/ProgZmax/herzam.gif)
Using his newfound powers, Herman Toothrot is finally able to to stop being lost on islands and devote his time to saving wildlife everywhere while spreading the message of good will through yoga!
Super awesome Progz, you totally did my favorite character.
Keep 'em coming guys, great effort so far!
"And who might you be?"
"I'm Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Thor!"
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/650/guyrbrushthor.png)
17 colors and background.
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2492/guyrbrushthorbig.png)
Pick Up Giant Hammer.
"It's too heavy to lift."
EDIT: Better version.
EDIT2: Better version still.
EDIT3: I can count.
"Oh, right, you're not actually dead yet.
Well, give me a minute."
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a23/FAMILIAR_QUEST/deathbot.png)
Most stylish ARMORED COMBAT SUIT this side of eternity. :P
Let me introduce.... Iron Bernard ;D
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6981/ironbernard.png)
In 8 colors
Kromagnon you rule this contest!!! LOL X3
Verging on a paint-over there but i'll allow it :=
Nice entries so far!
18 colors :)
(http://dig.webpark.pl/low.png)
It's the commandor Low-Goku!
A super sayan warrior traveling through space and liberating aliens from the facist goverments!
I hope non-marvel outfits are ok :)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/bobbinthegreenrobin.gif)
Bobbin Threadbare is the Green Arrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Arrow).
9 colours
Sorry, I know he is DC.
Also SpacePaw I'm loving your entry.
Quote from: IndieBoy on Tue 21/07/2009 21:43:51
Also SpacePaw I'm loving your entry.
Hahah! And I'm loving yours :) I suppose it's much better shaded. Wish I could shade that good :)
QuoteI hope non-marvel outfits are ok
Since he mentions Marvel is moving over into adventure games with Lucasarts characters I'd say no, but he's accepting what is pretty clearly a paintover so I guess anything goes! :)
Thanks SpacePaw :) For now, I'm a fan of all entries!
Quote from: HTMI on Tue 21/07/2009 17:24:09
Verging on a paint-over there but i'll allow it :=
Sorry about that... When I make "Iron Bernard", I thought the only thing who could recognize him was its posture...
Yeah i figured as much Kromagnon, it's hard to keep someone's identity when they're wearing a helmet. SpacePaw's sprite is okay with me as it is quite clearly a superhero, i was quite specific with the rules and expected one or two deviations.
Some brilliant entries so far, i'm loving Progz, Indie boy and cap'n Lex's entries. But people, please do try to follow the rules if you want to win! :=
(Not an entry)
Well, I misread the rules, due to the fact that the original description mentions Marvel but the set rules do not enforce the super hero to be a Marvel one (thus the entries of DC heroes). So I decided to twist it more, that I didn't take a LucasArt character, and I didn't even take a DC or Marvel hero, but I didn't notice beforehand that it's indeed written in the rules that the character needs to be a LucasArt one, so mine couldn't formally be considered an entry.
Since I made it just for (sick) fun, it wouldn't matter for me whether this counted as a valid entry anyway and so I've decided to just post it. Of course, if the host decides to accept this it would be welcome.
(http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/gilbot/sl.png)(http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/gilbot/sl.png)
"My name is Laffer, Sailor Laffer."
32x64 (minus some invisible borders), altogether 15 colours (counting transparency)
That will haunt me in many nightmares to come, Gilbet :-X
@Ghost:
It still won't make it an entry as he's not a LocasArt character.
:= <-- Unless you are talking about this Larry, which should bypass any rules set by the hosts.
The economic times being what they are, and chartering in new territory, they decided to cast the already acclaimed batmanesque adventure character Fatman as the Dark Knight. Contractually obligated to star a Lucasarts character, they went with the only one able to match his bodily proportions, and after scoring a lucrative deal with Dell, made him a computer expert.
(http://marcus.krupa.se/AGS/sj_090723.png)
amazing!! :o
pity it's high res, because otherwise it's a winner!!
Right, i just got off the phone with Stan and he said that there's a clear winner here.
Progzmax! You created a brilliant sprite AND you read the rules! right on!
Thank you for all the other lovely entries, heh maybe DC will get in contact with Sierra...
Yay! I'll come up with something for tomorrow.