Character/style study

For kicks, I was thinking I'd do a couple of character studies. That is, making observations about a particular manga style, creating rules for reproducing it, and then doing a sketch or two with what I learned. (And outlining what I did)

Any artist's styles or characters you'd like to see a character study of?

What would you want in a template?

Well, I'm in the midst of animating the player sprites, and as usual it takes a while. No matter the resolution.

In other news,

Either before I finish the current game, or at the very least afterwards, I plan on releasing a template for making H platformers (for Game Maker Studio). It will essentially contain everything you need to create a basic platformer without any real coding (aside from filling in blanks). Everything will be set up so that all you actually have to do is create the graphics, and make use of available templates for player types, moves, enemy types, etc. I'll also be including tutorials on how to use it, as well as instructions on basic game design, pixel art, and music.

As it is, I figure I'll start off with something simple. Something that allows you to make something like Megaman or Castlevania, basically. Not only because it will be easier to create in such a way that will be simple for anybody to use, but also because I feel like too many developers attempt to create massive complicated projects despite a lack of experience.

That being said, I'd like to know what kind of stuff you'd like to see in such a template. Keep it simple, for now, stuff like RPG elements can be added later, if people can actually finish some basic projects.


Anyhow, time for sleep.

Color

Before I start animating, do you think I should change the shirt color to orange, or do you prefer the white? (comment or vote in the poll on the right)

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As for the design being less revealing, keep in mind that like in the jump kick frame below, the clothing will move during animation, and will give the impression of being fairly loose.

Plan change

In case you were wondering, the game will no longer be sci fi themed. A lot of what I had planned would have overlapped with Kurovadis 2, so I figured I'd do something else for this game, and save the sci-fi related concepts for Kuro. 

As you may have guessed, the combat will be based around martial arts, and dbz/street fighter-ish super moves. It will mostly be fantasy themed, with some possible steam punk elements. It will still be a metroidvania with rpg elements.

And yes, you will be able to do a hadouken.

Pants, pants, pants.

Thought I'd give her some pants after all. Just looks less ridiculous. Though, I guess her kicks just got a lot less interesting.

Which folds do you think look better?

Edit: and some variations on the shirt

Also, any other complaints or comments about the design?

Subtlety is a douchbag

So, which of these looks better?

The answer is that one.

Sprites..

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Square one, we meet again.

Well then, finally got a hold of GM Studio, aaand..

Nothing in my template works. Or at least, a lot of it doesn't. So I'm basically starting from scratch again.

Which is fine, really. The important thing isn't carrying over the code, but the ideas behind it all. How I'll handle collisions, how top handle the player's actions, etc. Important stuff like gamepad compatibility, saving/loading, and a couple other things will be carried over, but for everything else, I'm probably better off starting from scratch with what I know from Eroico.

Time to get back to it.

Edit: Actually, it turns out they removed a lot of stuff I sort of relied on. Looks like I've got a bit of figuring stuff out to do -___-