Sprite Advice ...

[gonzalezj]

I was just thinking about making a Star Wars adventure myself. Oh well. I'll leave it to the professional  .

With the Vader character, the eyes should be more like Eye-Sockets, like the Stormtrooper. Also, you can't really tell there is the Grill where his mouth should be. It's hard to do with such a small pixel size, so I don't expect it to happen, but just a suggestion. Should Chewbacca be more scruffier as far as the top of the head goes? (Like a shaggy dog?).

Hope to see Luke in his Tatooine gear, Han & Luke & Leia in Hoth gear, Lando, Red Guards, Emperor (complete with lightning animation), Han in carbonite, some Starships (if any), Death Star (woohoo!!!).

Actually if this is an adventure completely void of any of the trilogy stories, than you can ignore some of those suggestions of characters.

I also hope that you decide to never, NEVER use Episode I, Episode II, or the pending III. Personally, I think Lucas has lost it and has made me almost hate Star Wars because of those crappy films. I really love Episode V, & VI because Lucas didn't direct them and the stories did not come from Lucas and were written by different people.

Going to love your game no matter what!!!

Cheers, Jason.

[Darth Mandarb]

gonzalezj - Don't worry ... I definately won't be including anything from the prequels in this game!  I don't want to go too much into it 'cause this isn't the games in production forum, but most of the characters I've developed so far will be almost entirely 'cameo' appearances.

Here's a link to the entry I made a few months ago: Rebel Spy: A Prelude to Hope Please don't post a reply into it though ... I've basically started from scratch and don't want that post showing up right now!  At least not until I have more to show.  The style has completely changed but the story/plot etc is still the same!

I'm definately a much bigger fan of the OT (Original Trilogy).  Though Lucas didn't direct the last 2 films of the OT he did write the stories.  Though Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote Empire with him and Kasdan also co-wrote Jedi with him.

- Luke in Tatooine gear probably will show up in the game so that's not a bad idea.
- Fix Vader's eyes (this could be tricky but I'll see what I can do)
- Ben Kenoboi

got it!

Thanks for the advice/crits/encouragment people!  I'm super motivated now

dm

[MachineElf]

They're all great, but I think you should add a pair of frames to each animation to make it smoother. I works as it is, but as they are as good as they are you should try and perfect them even more if you think it's possible, worth it and have time. Very impressive work, however!

[Rincewind]

Darth, this is great! You are extremely good at making characters! I love 'em all, but I think that something is a bit wrong with Chewies legs.
And I would also like to see The Emperor and some of the imperial officers, as a little request...

Keep up the good work, man!
Må kräftan vara med dig.

[Darth Mandarb]

Rince - And also with you  
I'll see about getting the emperor up there and the imperial officers too!  I'm definately going to be working on Chewie a little more too!

Vargtass - I have been working on adding a frame of animation to smooth it out a little.  I've been experimenting on the Boba Fett sprite.  I'll post when I have something more to look at!

Thanks guys!

dm

[Darth Mandarb]

Here's the corrected version of Jabba.  How do the eyes look now?  I think they look better.


And I took a stab at an Imperial Officer ...

I didn't (yet) up the frame count.  I'm still working on that.

dm

[aurynnz]

Hi there -

The only thing I would suggest with Jabba is that the body is not so squared off on the right-hand side. His body is very cellular and blobby so would not have such a straight edge to it - and would spread out a fraction. See how it looks curved.

=A=

[Scummbuddy]

yeah, bulge him out a bit, unless he'd be up against something, and doesn't he have those accesories... you know the scantly clad women in chains and barely any clothes....  

[Darth Mandarb]

I'm going to (eventually) put him on his 'seat' thing (like in RotJ) so he'll be leaning up on it.  If I decide to not do that, I'll round him off down there.  (That's how I originally had him actually)


Only the front view so far of the Emporer's Royal Guard.

[shitar]

I dont mean to be rude, honestly, but the Royal Emperors Guard looks like hes dancing.

[aurynnz]

These remind me of a european flavoured "Wild Arms" set of characters

[Darth Mandarb]

mitar - I didn't notice it until you pointed it out.  But you're right ... he does rather look like he's dancing.  But hey!  Can't an Imperial Royal Guard dance??  

I'll fix that, if I can, as soon as I can!

dm

[Nacho]

The problem with the imperial guard is that it moves to the sides, that´s why it "dance"  . The best front animation in dark colours I´ve see was Guybrush Threepwood´s in MI2. Check it... notice that they use greys to pretend a movement to the front.

and... did the imperial guart use that kind of rifles? I think they ised some kind of pickes. Check it out.

Keep on the good work Darth!

P.S. You can be proud of you lovely girlfriend... We´ve seen the post on general discussion.  

[aussie]

Did anyone mention the Emperor?

[Darth Mandarb]

Farlander - I'll check out Guybrush, thanks!  That is supposed to be a pike he's holding, not a rifle.  I might need to work on it a bit I guess

Aussie - yes, somebody mentioned the Emp. and I am working on him!  I'll keep you posted

Thanks!

dm

EDIT - Here is the new and (hopefully) improved Royal Guard.

[Xadhoom]

Wow, these sprites are absolutely wonderful, Darth. Really, really like them. Only one I've really got problems with is Jabba. Sorry, I know you've edtied him already, but here's the deal: I think you need to make his a little more conical. In RotJ he looks much more menacing than in the other films because his eyes are proportionally larger and his forehead is much smaller. Also, his colors are a bit off...he's more brownish than greenish. Go here for a good ref-pic of him: http://members.tripod.com/devan1/Pics/Jabba.jpg
Otherwise, I think they look absolutely stunning. I especially like Boba Fett.
Keep it up, can't wait to play it!

EDIT: Made a quick edit to show what I mean:

[Nacho]

I can´t see the image Xad... You need to use some kind of anonimizer, so, it should be good someone to remind Xadhoom (And me ) The url that must put before the Ulr were the image is to anonimize it...

Because... I´d like to see Xadhoom art!

[Xadhoom]

Anonimim...anononi...animo...what? Uh, I'll just post the link instead then, huh? lol
Kinda weird, though...I see the image just fine. Oh well.

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/jabba_front5_edit.gif

[sum-41]

I reckon for the BG, should either make it wide-screenish or low doors, so the RPG people(great idea) won't look out of proportion. Love those lil guys!:p

[Bluke4x4]

I like them all, but I think that Yoda looks like he's doing a dance.