Guy in Bear Suit (C&C on concept & art)

[Duzz]

       

This guy is a disgruntled carnival worker.  After a kid kicks him in the nuts & steals his balloons, a dog pisses on his leg, and his boss docks him for swearing, he's gonna go nuts and start beating people up...

    That's as far as my new game concept goes, I don't know how I'm gonna make it work, so any suggestions, C&C, etc are welcome, on the character and the concept...

[evenwolf]

A game set in a theme park setting could have great potential.  Especially with the quality of your artwork.  What I suggest is as follows:

Setup/Intro etc-
A costumed mascot is first kicked in the nuts and then peed on, thus he cusses in front of a bunch of kids. His boss witnesses this and is about to fire him when suddenly another mascot starts trashing the place in the distance. The boss is distracted and runs off, forgetting the first mascot.  What's going on? Why are all these theme park mascots going psycho?  Our hero sets out on a journey to unravel the mystery or perhaps conspiracy involving disgruntled carnival workers... going even deeper than he ever imagined.  In a Beverly Hills Cop 3 sort of way we explore the theme park inside and out, and many puzzles involve manipulating rides and  traversing secret employee tunnels.  

Hell, I'll help you all you want if you're committed to this
Just don't let anyone try to convince you into making the "Real Monkey Island 3"

hehehe.

[evenwolf]

As far as the character, I really dig him. The animation could use a frame or two when he lifts his arm and the eyes and mouth could use some depth. But brilliant other than that.

It would be fun if the character switched between wearing his costume head and not wearing it.  Like- whenever he's in employee areas or when no one is aroung, he takes off his mask.. but puts the mask back on when he goes outside- otherwise kids start crying or his boss yells at him. This could be part of a puzzle or just a cute thing to add to the atmosphere- something to think about.  Will add more later.

[Duzz]

I like the idea's Even, But I think I'd like this character to be more of a downtrodden loser who looses his cool than a hero.  I was not sure whether to put the guy's face inside the bear head, but decided it would be better if you just see this fixed grin on the character, as he seeks his bloody vengance , to add to the "sick 'n twisted" factor.

I like the concept of makeing this into a 'grand adventure' with secrets and intrigue and stuff like you mentioned... maybe in a sequel. for this one i'm thinking of a short sadistic kinda thing...
I've been inspired in part by 'Earwig is angry' i think...

ps: I added a side view of the character that I just made, his head could do with some shortening I think...

EDIT: Added back view

[Neole]

Looking very very good - especially the back view. I think EvenWolf's mask take off idea is good. With the mask taken off maybe you could only show the top of the hair sticking out from the body, so the players still dont get to see the face. Sounds like a fun game.

[n3tgraph]

hahaha, love it

[SLaMgRInDeR]

looks pefect, like his suit is hanging off his shoulders and the head is resting on his shoulders, exactly as they do look, reminds me of that rat guy and that bear guy at the end of TCOMI!
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[BOYD1981]

the bear was actually dog, cos if you remember one of the ingredients of that hangover cure then what that guy did to guybrush...

[SLaMgRInDeR]

oh yeh, i remember, dhingy dog TM and it was you had to get the har off him to put it on the icecreem with the pepper and somthing else to make him grow back up again, not the hangover cure... i think
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[Pet Terry]

Good job Duzz! I say you should add more frames to make it look smoother, like in this Eric's tutorial: http://www.sylpher.com/kafka/tutorials/easing.htm

[Proskrito]

it´s great!! i love the shapes and the work you did in shading!!
but, ehem... the bear's arm in the side view just look like a... eeemm... nevermind.

[Duzz]

heh heh heh, I see what you mean proskrito =P
That animation was just a quick thing I did for fun, I'll keep in mind the easing stuff when I start animating properly though, Thanks.
& Thanks for all the comments!  I've only been working on it in breaks from studying for exams, but as they say 'if you want a job done, give it to a busy man.'  I've almost finished the intro already... (bar the background)...

[Bob The Hun]

Very Nice. I like it.
(and, by the way, in CMI the other ingredient was cream from a cream pie)

[Hobbes]

He seems to have a penis.

Well, seeing he's a "he", that is logical.  But well, to my eyes it just looks rather... prominent.

Of course, it could just be me.

On the character itself: Agree with Evenwolf, it looks cool. The arm could do with a bit more animation. And if he's not really happy with his job, maybe you could loosen his "happy wave" a bit... take the enthusiasm out of it?

[Proskrito]

He seems to have a penis.

Yep, a huge and well drawn one ...(edited a little bit)
spoiler image:(highlight it if you want to see it)

[evenwolf]

No, I think the fake enthusiasm is perfect. It is a costume afterall. I believe his posture, dialog, and actions will well represent his disposition.  And the humor in fact will be based on the contrast to his smile.  Haha, ok make the game short but please do leave it open for a nice epic.  Looking good so far.

[Duzz]

Ok, I added the back walking and Idle animation.  I'll change that penis-arm to make it look less phallic before I do anything more with the side view...

I'm pretty happy with how these two anim's turned out, the walking one is only 4 frames, but it looks quite good in the game, only I should make his head bounce a bit...

C&C plz =)

[Flippy_D]

I think the sticker would move up and down with his suit on the back walkcycle. Other than that, cool.

[BOYD1981]

i just noticed that he seems to be a bit taller when standing sideways...

[12431]

you should make two eyes inside that mouth