I like the overall rounded style. Looks different enough from many other ones.Some more cleaned up, first pass. Need to still add his glowy bits, LED face, etc
Make him knock his head against the wall if pushing for too long agains aJust been fixing up some minor issues. Now whenever the character pushes against a wall he'll use his pushing animation instead of switching between his standing/running animation.
Thanks. I'd actually thought about different styles lately that are easier to draw and animate but still like this one. He has 3 sprites per frame. The base, the main body glowy bits and his visor. This way I can control the color, saturation and bloom independently on his glowy stuff. His helmet is actually a screen (yes, Daft Punk) but various emotes will be primarily used in cutscenes with the exception of a few status effects.
I haven't setup all glowy objects to do their thing yet but so far I do like how turning some lights off looks. Obviously need idle->run and run->idle transition animations but i'm digging what i'm seeing so far.
I think the clean style of MF1 was pretty good already. Very questionable
I decided a static sprite for the drop shadow was kinda boring, so I made it more or less match the animation data of the character using the positions of the feet and head bones with different weights. It was kind of a chore to set up but it looks a lot better, so I'm happy with it.
Just been fixing up some minor issues. Now whenever the character pushes against a wall he'll use his pushing animation instead of switching between his standing/running animation.
Thank you!
Aye. I tried tinkering with it once early on and 4 was the minimum to get decently serviceable shadows. It looked OK but it took away from the flat look I have going. I've seen 2D games use it with great effect but that also depends on the art style. Like in that GIF I just turned the scene lights off and it gave a really nice silhouette when lit up from behind.
I've been working on polishing some animation stuff myself; after being addicted to Mario Odyssey for the past week, I did actually pick up some useful tips along the way! Chiefly that I was failing to telegraph that Clive's jump when sprinting was longer than his standard, so I whipped up another variation of the animation that should make it more obvious! Oh and I've also been polishing up both his pole climbing animations and animated water surfaces too!
I've been working on polishing some animation stuff myself; after being addicted to Mario Odyssey for the past week, I did actually pick up some useful tips along the way! Chiefly that I was failing to telegraph that Clive's jump when sprinting was longer than his standard, so I whipped up another variation of the animation that should make it more obvious! Oh and I've also been polishing up both his pole climbing animations and animated water surfaces too!
This is an old sprite that im prolly gunna scrap but i though it was a little funny so im sharing it anyways. It's a Sock Ghost that charges up little spirit Bombs.
Small pixel art things like this are really fun to make. Here's a bouncy one i did some time ago.
Try adding one frame where the rectangle is completely white before it explodes into tiny pieces, it should add some more "punch" to the effect. The gauge looks great, good work!So i continued playing with some of my assets, trying to get that block destroying anim like i want it. Quick enough, pretty yet more splashy
I see! Yeah this is the animation slowed down
I can make it more white when it's about to pop. The thing is it's too fast to see the details, but i want the initial explosion to be almost immediate when the ball hits the block cause that feedback is important for the genre. But maybe even more light when it inflates would help yeah.
This is what I meant:
I just drew a filled white rectangle at the second frame, I think it´s more "explosive" this way.
When making explosions you usually want them to expand real fast and then dissipate slowly. The first part of the animation, the expansion, could have straight and angular shapes and wild variations between consecutive frames. Try things like compressing a bit the paddle before it expands, or make it expand a bit beyond the maximum size and then come back in the next frame to the max size, that sort of bouncy effect usually feels really good. Then, for the second part try using more rounded shapes and less variation betwen consecutive frames. Say the expansion takes 5 frames, the dissipation could take 15. I think that your explosion lacks a bit of impact because there´s no acceleration: the expansion and dissipation are very smooth, there is not enough change of shape during the expansion, specially compared to the dissipation. Also consider adding a bit of anticipation, making the paddle compress a little before the explosion can help make the explosion look more violent or flashy.
Looking at it frame by frame I can see the water balloon, but when animating you should use reality as an inspiration and try to exagerate what you want to sell, specially with quick and snappy stuff like explosions.
Hope you find something of this useful!
I mean global illumination. I don't know what engine you are using, but both Unity and UE4 support for static lightmaps that allow having global illumination. They can add more color and depth to the scene. This Sonic Unleashed comparison shows what I mean.
I tried to fix the rythm and made the dilatation smaller after that cause it relates more to the block size i think.
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I tried to fix the rythm and made the dilatation smaller after that cause it relates more to the block size i think.
before
and after
Correct me if I'm wrong but in Street Fighter the landing of special moves is only one of the contributors to your meter, right? You also get meter charge for the execution of special moves and for taking damage. The disadvantage may be too much if the player loosing has no way to build their meter up at all or have no defensive techniques they can implement. If I recall correctly, Street Fighter 4 introduced the revenge gauge which was separate from the Super Meter and only filled up when you took damage.
