The Sprite Jam! 9/11/2004 - 9/18/2004

SpacePirateCaine · Sat 11/09/2004 21:12:54

Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Sprite Jam. I'm SpacePirateCaine, and I'll be your host for this week. The theme for the jam this time around will be:

Hobbies of Mythological Characters

What that means, put simply, is a sprite depicting a mythological character: be it Hercules, The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, Odin or Hastur, the King in Yellow spending a little time off, maybe playing a sport or just relaxing with a good book. We know what they do when they're out being famous, but how about when they have a little time to themselves? Cthulu in a smoking jacket with a monocle reading the Sunday newspaper? You never know.

Size: Anything under 300x300.
Color Depth: 256 colors.

Good luck, all, and I look forward to seeing the entries this time around.

Edwin Xie · Sun 12/09/2004 02:48:51

I have a quick entry (but in 256 color bitmap, still it looks like the 24 bit one so I will post it in link, not as images to this forum). http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/ogrefirsthalfbmp256.bmp

But, uh, I don't remember which story this ogre came from, cane someone remind me what story this is from?.

Ozwalled · Sun 12/09/2004 08:20:56

Hm. Not sure how that last one reflects a hobby exactly, but here's my entry.

(or the color version, which I'm not nearly as fond of)

EDIT: It's so sad that the game Nessie is playing looks better than anything I've ever made...

EDIT: Just realized that I posted the non-256 colour version of the colour picture. Disregard it and consider the black and white version my entry.

Mephistophilis · Sun 12/09/2004 12:33:33

Your Ogre looks like a Cyclops, but what's his hobby?
The Cyclops were a race of guys who lived on Sicily in the Oddesey, How do you spell that?
Oddsey, and the confusing Bastards named the main guy Oddeseus? Oddyeseus?

Cluey · Tue 14/09/2004 21:42:42

I've fallen so far

Mr_Frisby · Wed 15/09/2004 03:39:38

Ganesh bowling.

Gilbert · Fri 17/09/2004 04:58:50

Well, technically it's a sprite painting a sprite of a sprite in her leisure time.

Kweepa · Fri 17/09/2004 07:05:00

Elianto · Fri 17/09/2004 08:46:10

my envy says that the sprite legs have different lenght

PS: someone has to delete Gilbot account....

Edwin Xie · Sat 18/09/2004 06:47:11

Quote from: Mephistophilis on Sun 12/09/2004 12:33:33
Your Ogre looks like a Cyclops, but what's his hobby?
The Cyclops were a race of guys who lived on Sicily in the Oddesey, How do you spell that?
Oddsey, and the confusing Bastards named the main guy Oddeseus? Oddyeseus?

Yeah, you got it right. Thanks for reminding me. And I think his hobby is uh, working out? Staying there reflexing his arm muscles; apparently, he does not work his abs much.

Pesty · Sat 18/09/2004 10:26:53

Death takes ballet classes at the local art center and he's not ashamed of it. Seriously, are you going to make fun of him for it?

Haddas · Sat 18/09/2004 10:36:17

HAHAHAHAHA! Death takes ballet classes! That's funny! You made my day Pesty!

Paper Carnival · Sat 18/09/2004 19:46:37

I bet Pesty won't be alive to post tomorrow

Escargot · Sat 18/09/2004 20:00:04

Minotaur pruning topiary.

Pesty · Sat 18/09/2004 22:36:13

Quote from: Guybrush Peepwood on Sat 18/09/2004 19:46:37
I bet Pesty won't be alive to post tomorrow

Don't get me wrong. I'm not making fun of Death, far from it. If he wants to do ballet, more power to him.

Haddas · Sat 18/09/2004 23:01:36

Ballet = Sex appeal

Mr_Frisby · Sun 19/09/2004 01:20:15

Sex != Ballet appeal

Edwin Xie · Sun 19/09/2004 02:29:07

I think Death is going to get Haddas for making fun of him for doing ballet. Anyway, I agree with Pesty, nobody should make fun of him for doing ballet because of.....you know what I am talking about.

EDIT: Oh yeah, today's (or tomorrow's) the day he pick's who won the contest.

SpacePirateCaine · Sun 19/09/2004 10:20:52

Apologies for the late response, I was on a plane to Japan, and now that I've finally arrived, and sorted out the internet connectivity problems since arriving, I find that there have been two more entries while I was away. I see why everyone always mentions how tough a choice it is to choose a winner for the Sprite Jam. However, the one that struck me the most as being perfect for 'hobbies of a mythological character/creature" was the topiary-gardening Minotaur. So congratulations:

Escargot, you are the winner.

All of the sprites were amazing, though. I want an animated bowling ganesh on my desktop.

Escargot · Sun 19/09/2004 20:03:39

Wow. You caught me off guard. I thought for sure Gilbot would win this one. And Frisby's Ganesh has something very charming about it. How about that animation?

This was not only my first sprite jam, but also my very first post...
Thanks you all!

I shall presently come up with an idea for the next round.

Cluey · Sun 19/09/2004 20:21:53

Congrats, and WELCOME TO THE BOAARD!!!