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I think it's a nice piece of pixel art but if you want to go more realistic, i guess more realistic lighting would be the way to go.
Perhaps paint it first with no regard to any style, thinking about light and form and then try to wind back into the pixel art style you want to achieve.

i am not good using a paint brush, how can i make the lighting more realistic?

Yes, it looks smoother, although the hair still have a lot of contrast. It might be a good idea to compare the sprites against the background images in your game to see how the fit into the world.

thanks for the tips, i haven't finished any background yet so i will aim for this right now

Ok, I've been thinking about this for a while, but I think the one thing that prevents this from looking realistic is the face.
The shape of the face and how it goes into a point in the center, looks too cartoony. Things are generally more bulbous and rounded.
But more importantly, that mouth. The slit looks too much like a hole, and not enough like a narrow slit. Plus the way his mouth opens... it looks somewhat like how they do it in Anime. His mouth just kinda seems to appear, rather than having any real kind of anatomy working in the background there.

The thing about Oddworld, is that all of the anatomy was realized. The muscles and bone structure, and how they all interact with each other to perform movement, were all thought out, even if it wasn't always immediately obvious.
And for me, that just seems to be missing from the face of that character. If anything, it kinda looks like he's wearing a mask.
If he is wearing a mask though, and I've been misinterpreting the picture this whole time, then it's perfect.

The rest is really nice though.

Oh, and just to clarify. This is some really good top notch pixel art.
I'm just trying to help by critiquing on the area you asked. I hope I'm not being to critical.

to tell the truth i wanted his face to look like a voodoo mask


but i agree it doesn't look alive or anatomical, i will try making the mouth smaller without hiding the smile

Glad you liked the smile
I tried making a quick fix, is this that you suggest?

Hello everyone

I want to make something look realistic but still be cartoony like oddworlds style


I gave my best shot to succeed but i always feel like i am missing something


this is Xam the protagonist

I am not aware of what mistakes i have done or that i have missed to succeed reproducing the same artstyle as oddworlds or if i can follow another artstyle similar to it.

lol! Cool game

Hmm...I got three out of the four. I could not figure out how to kill the troll.

Also

Spoiler

I see from the observatory that there is a spot with a glowing dot near the troll's cave. I don't see any way to get there

[close]

SHADOW

To kill the giant troll you need to give the moonstone to the astronomer lady and keep her alive till you meet the giant troll, she will help you

Glad you like it

Is debug mode something bad?

Well worked the different endings. Congrats.

Many Thanks!

@Kumpel:
Hey, Thanks! I did not know of android AGS emulator app Cool!

About the game
it has 4 different endings (1: kill the king,2: kill the giant troll, 3: king sacrifice himself to protect you from the troll, 4: give the skull pill container to the king)
only one moonstone and one puzzle at the observatory.

yes i know about the bug , but feel a little lazy to fix it, i rather work on something new

Good game ! I've enjoyed it a lot. But... I've killed all the characters except the king and I'm stuck it seems. I found nothing to interact with in the dungeon. Killing the characters was a bad idea or I've missed something?

Glad you enjoyed it to kill the king you need to interact with him after killing the guards using the "int cursor"

Looks wonderful! congrats!

Many thanks!

And thanks again for the tips, i will add more informations and another download link

My first game is complete!

Trouble Kingdom is a short idiotic point and click adventure with gore and explicit language and multiple endings, also may contain bad grammar (sorry about this... ).

Time to beat: 15 minutes to finish one time and 15 more to see every ending
Graphics: low resolution Pixelart
Type: Point and click cartoon comedy adventure
Music: 7 short music tracks







youtube link



Gamejolt link -----> click here

Mediafire link -----> click here

AGS link ------> click here

Oh sorry again, i am new and still learning. I will make a completed games thread for it right away

Very cool atmosphere and nice artstyle!

The game is 100% ready, thanks for all the positive support!

I like the nose lady a lot! Looking forward to it!

This is Awesome!   you have my vote!

Very cool intro music, i love it!

Looks Awesome!