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It certainly has that essence!

I give up. I'll have to get someone else to do the lighting.

Ok. A little more tweaking. Is this any better, or...?

What program are you using.

GIMP. Why, is there a more suitable program?

Well... alright. One more go.



Not much better, isit?

Aw, but I'm no good at shadows; I think we've established that. 

Very nice! I should have you on the team as consultant. Would it be alright if I used that fix?

Apart from the shadows, this looks very nice and clean. Or are you using templates/sprite sets for the rooms/furniture? (You said something about SWAT 2.)

Both, sort of! I made up some simplified walls and floor, and recycled the furniture. Most of it, anyway.

Er, yeah, I'm really not that good at light physics; that last round really was a few shots in the dark. If I can think with circles....

Well, since I'm not much good with aligning scaling in multiple walkable areas, I'm going to have to overhaul the prelude house. Now this one's a rehash of a scenario from SWAT 2.



Tell me - does the lighting look right in this overhead shot?

Well, it turns out the positioning is almost correct; I just had to tweak his head movement so he goes up on both legs in one cycle. And I made the back sprite. By now he can actually walk in an environment like this one....

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/001.png[/imgzoom]

Although perhaps I should've drawn him larger.... or maybe not.

Probably. It's quite hard to tell when the animation runs as fast as that. Don't worry, I'll have a look at it.

Thanks very much!

Right, moving on... I've got two new things - first, a take on the Golden Gun, which is made of silver or possibly even platinum:

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/gun.png[/imgzoom]

There's also Richie walking downwards. But I dunno... he looks like he's sort of... floating... wouldn't you say?

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/richie_walkcycle4.gif[/imgzoom]

Aha! Now I see where you're getting at! Finally the limp is eliminated.

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/richie_walkcycle3.gif[/imgzoom]

Now we're getting somewhere!!

Seems to run smoother. What'd you do?

Really? I mean it's so hard to tell...

Well anyway, I think I've eased up Richie's movement a little. Or at least lessened the limping.

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/richie_walkcycle2.gif[/imgzoom]

Although then again, it might be just the way I positioned some of the frames. Would you say this demonstration looks correct?

[imgzoom]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/EvilGuy/SfSaM/iceman.gif[/imgzoom]

Edit: Made animation zoomable - Snarky

No good - some might think I'm just using that as an excuse. 

It might be. I used the older SCI characters as a template. They seem to limp a bit too.

To me there should be a tiny amount of movement in the as he walks.

In the...?

Our character is now animated! (about time!)



Would you say that walk-cycle is consistent enough? It looks like the collar might be a bit flappy.