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Sometimes, Maleficient likes to crash a party:



I know it's a strech of the theme. Maybe I'll try to come up with a superhero later.

It looks like an ambitious and polished first game.

Good luck with the last 2%.

Your YouTube video refuses to play on my computer.

> Call "SHOSHANA"

>Try to pick the lock of the door.

It's a little extreme but the whole thing smells like a trap.

Congrats Hannah!
I'd love to play a game in a world of yours someday.

Creamy is continuing strong with the same technique from the last time. Speaking as an artist myself, that sprite is what I call a one-shot, i.e. you gotta get it right on the first try as the technique doesn't give any leeway for mistakes, like drawing in ink or ballpoint pen. It's a perfectionist tool and I salute the effort.

Thanks Jim. While I spoil paper with this technique, I must confess that I'm not good enough to get the result right with felt-tip pens only. The legs, left arm and body were drawn separately. The right arm and lots of other things were edited digitally.

Time's out.

The mood in the Blue Cup Café is more like Hooper than Véronèse these days. Still we have 2 worthy contenders:

newwaveburritos


Hannah_Banana


Please choose one entry for each category:
- Concept.
- Playability.
- Artistic Execution.

End of the votes:  October 13th.

Well, Background Blitzes are always good for a little experimentation.  Usually I don't do isometric because I think it looks a little weird and instead I prefer to just sort of wing something and fudge it since perspective is always a little dicey for adventure game backgrounds.  But I thought I would give it a shot.  It was fun and I'm glad I did it but I don't think I'm going to do it again lol.

Nice. You crammed a lot of objects in you fast-food restaurant thanks to this perspective. Plus, you can move the characters vertically without area scaling – which causes a pixel marmalade at this resolution.
I never got why isometric perspective rarely coexists with other types of perspectives in the same game.

Felt like a trip to the canals in Venice would be a fun location for a game. Imagine people at the cafe, a gondola driver on the canoe to travel around Venice quickly, and plenty of items on tables or on the ground for your inventory.

Lovely in a different style. It reminds me of my childhood readings.

>Find your location on the map and see if it says anything about the area or nearby buildings

+1

> Look for footprints or other clues in the muddy grass on either side of the road

+1

> Search red car's trunk and interior (if accessible)

+1

That's Goetia.
You play as a spirit - the white orb - investigating events of the past in an abandoned mansion.

Well done Frodo.

Maybe a Castlevania game?

No, it's an adventure game.

My turn then?

It's the famous Lankhor classic, the Eruption Without!

2 weeks left.

>Get the pen from the glovebox

+1

Other suggestions:
>Visual inspection of the surrounding area.
>Approach the car.

Nice!
More evidence of the soothing effect of pink on prisoners:

Spoiler

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Shady business, eh.

> wonder if you can trust your sister.

Can't wait to go hang out at your place.

This background is good to use in a platform game.

It's from Ghost Tricks, a clever adventure game on Nintendo DS.
I started a collage of bars and restaurants from different adventure games - a piece of cake considering there are so many.
Then I stumbled upon that beautiful background that showcases both a bar and a restaurant and got lazy.

Is it pink enough or should I add another Instagram filter?

[bar]

B A R    R E S T A U R A N T



Public places to eat, drink and socialize, bars and restaurants can be a mine of information for the visiting adventurer.

Your background this month must include a bar and/or a restaurant in the broad sense of the words. Think inn, sushi bar, pizzeria, high-altitude restaurant or any joint where people gather to chill out.

Usual voting criteria:
Concept: What is the background about? What sort of mood does it spark? What is, as it were, the big idea?
Playability: What is its opportunity for gameplay like? Walkable areas, hot-spots, and so forth?
Artistic Execution: How well does the picture convey an atmosphere? How well is it executed?

Feel free to include the patrons and bartender or not.

Deadline for the submissions: 6th October 2022.

Yeah! Victory on the finishing line 

But since I'll be running the next Background Blitz, I propose that Jim Reed runs the next Sprite Jam.

Ok, time to rack my brains...