Concept art for a new game..

[Xenos]

The (supposed) Legend of  Barry Coldpepper

Once upon, during the epic century of the wild west…
A young man escaped from the old sleepy Europe, where he left his creepy doomed mansion, his ruinous law studies, his tyrannical parents that imposed him an unwanted girlfriend , and joined a lousy circus on the other side of the ocean, far away from every known civilization….
His name was Barry Coldpepper, and he became (almost) a legend…

This would be a nonsense humorous comedy,  a spaghetti-western parody, enriched by the mysteries and magic of native Americans and, of course, lots of tricky puzzles…
Just another effort to revitalize the great Lucas-Art tradition…

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Actually I've wrote about 90% of the plot.. But suggest are always welcomed..

As you  can see, with my poor graphics skills, I've also done the main char animation,
This should be Barry:


And here is a gif with his walkcycle

Here I have 3 drafts of backgroud graphics...

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2)
3)....

(click on the images to see larger version!)

I did those stuff with terragen and touching real photos with photoshop…
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Anyway, I would like to make this as a “collective” project…
Because I like collective creativity, and also I think I'd need a lot of help to make something good out of this idea…

However I'm just a coder, so I REALLY need help especially for graphics, character drawing and animation, GUIs and backgrounds.

Any kind of help/critics also for music, or if you have a suggestion for the plot, and so on,  will be appreciated and gratefully welcomed…

If you are interested in this project just PM me, and  I could even rise up a web site and a community forum dedicated to this game…
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Thank you for your patience reading this post.

[yourhumblecartoonist]

Looks great so far.  Those backgounds are outstanding.  There are a few things you could do with Barry to make him a little more cowboy-ish, like give him boots and a bigger beltbuckle, stuff like that, but otherwise he looks good too. 
I'm a little busy with my own projects, but I'm a bit of an artist myself, so if you need any help with animations or backgrounds feel free to send me a pm or an e-mail. Good luck, and keep us informed about your progress!

[Xenos]

thank you friend...
I was thinking about the boots, well he comes frome europe after all, and I want to give him the look and the feel of a wannabe cowboy not a real one...

Anyway I will sure ask you for help 'couse i need lotsa of help with graphics...

[Corey]

looks very realistic but i cant really judge about it since the pictures arent big enough to see all details

[Ashen]

So click on the links to the bigger versions ... (Although it would be easier if the thumbnails linked directly.)

I think the Barry sprite looks really good, but could be a bit too 'cartoon-y' for the backgrounds (by which I mean, he's clearly drawn, while the BGs look like photos with a few filters applied). Although, if they're just draft BGs it probably doesn't matter  - maybe you could draw over those BGs to make them fit Barry's style better?

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Barry's legs seem to be a little bit "jerky" (don't know how else to describe it) while he's walking, you might want to add in a few more frames of animation.  And his hair looks a little bit wierd for a cowboy.  Otherwise it's good.

Edit: The only anim. that is like that seems to be the walking to the right, the other two are good.

[Xenos]

Hmm... I'll try to add some more frame or to make the side walking animation a bit smoother.... He doesn't have to look like a cowboy, but like someone who would try to look like a cowboy.....

Anyway I have another question for you....

Here are 2 version of barry:

1)
2)

There is only a little difference between the 2 sprites..
The #1 is full outlined and use few colours...
The #2 uses more colours but is not outlined....

According to you, which is better?

However, thank you all very much, for your suggest...

[yourhumblecartoonist]

I like number 2, the shading on his pants is better.  The non-outlined character might look better against your backgrounds, although I'm not sure.  It's a tough call, I think black outlines are really a matter of personal preference.

[Bradless01]

  ???id go with the first one, ok?

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Er...
I don't think you should fill your posts with 's...
And I like the shading on No. 2, but the outline makes no difference.

[Tuomas]

Here, I took a little liberty to do some paint over on him. Nothing bad with the actual one, I like it really, the 2nd is better... But the way I see a wannabe-cowboy, you need sone exaggeration... so I tried to do some. It's a bit messy, but you get my point


He has some of a beard like, white glistening outfit, and the ehm, rope, pistol, ammobelt and such. Hastily drawn ok

[Kweepa]

Heh, reminds me of Back to the Future 3.
That guy's trying just a little too hard to blend in.

[Xenos]

Well thanks people...
I think I will still use the #1 just becouse my backgrounds are a bit messy, so the outlines help focusing the character....

Hey Tuomas your drawing is a great caricature... If you allow me I will use it in some part of my game....

Thank you anyway....

*still working on a playable demo..*

[Tuomas]

Xenos, please don't use it! You might want to do something to it because as I said, it's a bit messy But then, be my guest...