ParANTrooper commANTdo. Now with BG

[Nacho]

Hello...





Any flaw? I know it' s not perfect, I miss two frames, the north 3/4 side view, left and right... But I think it' s not bad.

I am thinking in putting eyes in two holes in the helmet, over the strap, just 3 black pixels with a fouth one to fake a glow in the eyes... too lame?

Oh! And I don' t want to make a walkcycle... So, someone has an idea on how to animate the wings???

[Dave Gilbert]

F-ant-astic!

[Tuomas]

Looks great. But don't ants have 6 legs?

EDIT: Ah yes, couldn't spot them when he was spinning so fast

[Nacho]

If you download the sprite, and look closely to the sprite you' ll see two tiny arms below the "main" ones.

[2ma2]

You do realise it looks like this trooper has tits do you? 

A solid colorscheme and good dynamics. I would avoid putting eyes in that. It looks perfect like a grunt as it is.

[eddie hitler]

that is frikin incredible.

[Mikko]

For me the highlights in the chest look a little bit too bright, but otherwise it seems perfect.

Well done.

[Nacho]

I fixed some things, like the highlight in the coat (It seemed it had a too bright texture for a textile, no, Mikko?), the tommy, which I hope will look less like boobs, and the glow in the wings...

Still... Any idea on how to animate the flying wings?Ã, 

[Cino]

I'm no ant expert, but as far as i know, soldier ants don't fly. This comes from my personal unprofessional observation when i was a child, so don't quote me on this

[Nacho]

Yes, don' t expect zoological accuracy here. It' s related with the storyline. This guys belong to a new corp, the paratroopers, therefore the wings. I know that only Queens wanabee and their male couples (which die after sex) can have wings... But I' ll try to explain it as they are a new "Special commando", or something...

If I finish the game...

EDIT: Typo.

[Cino]

Oh, ok. Nice sprite btw.

[eddie hitler]

nacho, PLEASE finish the game, the storyline sounds funny unusual and inventive, the sprite rocks, and if the rest of the graphics are anything like this one, then you have got yourself a winning combonation

[Theeph]

Really great sprite! I'd love to play any game with this little guy in it.

Annoyingly, my zone alarm was/is blocking it from animating so I can see it but I assume it spins around.

Anyway, wings from front buzzing in irritation while standing:



lawl

[Nacho]

Thanks for the kind replies... They have encouraged me, so, be alert to GIP... I expect to make a ten rooms game... As soon as I make the two first ones, I' ll post.

[Mad]

Wow, really great sprite with a lot of character!

The only thing I'm not quite sure about is the tail, lower abdomen thingy, whatever you call it. To me it looks as if he had a little accident in his breaches.

Maybe it'd work better, if his tail etc. poked out of his breeches and had a more antish form.

I had a go at it. The pixel work isn't up to your standard, but maybe it gives you an idea of what I'm on about:

[Nacho]

Mad, you are making me doubt... Both versions are cool, I think... Can we make a poll or something? Who preffers it in "Mad/realistic" version? Who does in "Nacho/Cartonish"?

[buloght]

Looks exceptionally unique game! I really hope you make it nacho. The sprites look amazing. I prefer nacho's version, I feel overly cartoonish army ants would fit such a game better, but Mad yours looks pretty darn fine too.

[Nacho]

And you might recognise the pallete, eh? Skavenbattle *cough*cough*

[sergiocornaga]

That is some truly excellent pixelling. I don't know why I'm even bothering trying to make a flycycle.



I was going to motion blur the wings... but I got lazy. As a result of this they look terrible. But the bobbing up and down seems to work juussst fine. You'd probably also want to animate th body parts a little so it doesn't look so rigid. You know, make him jiggle a bit or something.

[SinSin]

Makes me proud to be called         Ant-hony