Can't wait for it to come out! Keep Working!
Jesper
Posts: 69/2390 |
Dude. DUDE. That's lovely.
I think most stuff like that fit in with SMW; but then again, I've played a lot of hacks, so my mind might just be accustomed to seeing un-Mario-like graphics. |
Darth Coby
Posts: 69/1371 |
Very nice, this keeps getting better every minute. :O |
zztman
Posts: 1/37 |
Wow. Really nice, man. Really nice.
Yeah, I managed to climb back up onto the face of the earth... :p |
Juggling Joker
Posts: 27/1033 |
Concave, eh? I just might do that. If it turns out right when I try, that is. 
And in a fit of boredom, I replaced the coin in the Palace with a spinning poker chip. I think it looks really cool, tell me what you think. It also comes in the same colors as the big poker chips from my earlier screenshots, black and blue.
And for a screenshot of what the chips look like in action (unanimated, sadly), gaze below.
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Geno
Posts: 129/206 |
Amazing. I like how in the background the checkerboard jumbles up into a tessellation instead of a boring old diamond formation.  Diamond looks too convex, try to make it either straight or concave, whichever looks better. |
Darth Coby
Posts: 56/1371 |
Woah, this hack has come a long way and it looks SPLENDID!  |
Juggling Joker
Posts: 26/1033 |
Here's an updated picture of the Casino Palace (name still in question, but I like it).
You can see the new dice, the new background, and the new diamond pole. I'm not too sure about the diamond, but everything else looks a lot better. I think the colors will change between each Palace, but we'll see how it looks with different palettes.
[insert usual drivel about questions and comments here] |
DahrkDaiz
Posts: 11/885 |
Originally posted by Juggling Joker
Blisseh:
If you can't pinpoint what exactly doesn't make it Mario like, how do you expect me to take you seriously? I've gone out of my way to try and make the graphics not look out of place.
Well, it I think he may see it as more Sonic-ish (atleast, I do) but I Think it fits, none the less. Nice gfx, lets just hope the level design is just as good. |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 165/7620 |
... which is why I only modify a few of my GFX. |
Atma X
Posts: 18/801 |
Originally posted by Weasel
Some people in here need to take a lesson. This is what an innovative hack looks like. OMG NO RIPPED GRAPHICS FROM SMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It looks very very good
Yea that's another good thing about this one. A lot of the other hacks seem to have way too many SMAS & SMW2 YI gfx used in them, a little is ok, but practically recreating Mario 1, 2, 3 or SMW2 YI with different level layouts is starting to get old. |
Juggling Joker
Posts: 25/1033 |
I experimented with both styles for the chips, actually. It looks a lot better with the crazy stacks than the straight. Changing the sizes of the suits would take way too much work, with little gain, except for the diamond of course. I may just skinny up the diamond to fit the ratios better, rather than increase my work load tremendously. |
Weasel
Posts: 61/454 |
Some people in here need to take a lesson. This is what an innovative hack looks like. OMG NO RIPPED GRAPHICS FROM SMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It looks very very good |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 164/7620 |
Those switch palaces look really good. Just a few comments; Could you increase the vertical distance of the suit pillars? I mean, the suit icons themselves, not their stands. 32x24 pixels would look good, I think. Right now it just doesn't look right, especially the diamond.
Secondly, while it looks less blah, you really shouldn't have the chip stacks not completely vertical. It looks... strange. And if you've seen poker chips, you know they have little bumps around the edges which make them fit into each other to keep them straight and balanced. |
Atma X
Posts: 17/801 |
I like the whole Candy & Card idea (and what ever else is to come that follows these kind of ideas).
It looks very good, you have a creative sense of level/gfx desing. |
Juggling Joker
Posts: 23/1033 |
New switch palace graphics.
Notice how it isn't candy themed this time. That's because I intend to use the same graphics for all of the switch palaces to save on space, and because I'm not sure how well the other world themes will fit into unique switch palaces. But anyhow, the switch palaces will have a casino theme, for no reason now but I'm sure I'll have a story reason before the demo release.
Anyhow, the first screenshot shows the suit poles, I might add a decorative fence between the poles for extra effect. Next, you can see some dice, I expect them to gain more detail, and even possibly be expanded to 2x2 blocks instead of the 1x1 blocks they are now. Finally, you can see stacks of poker chips, in red, black, and blue. I also made it so the stacks wouldn't just be a straight column, to reduce the blandness. I'm also working on a background (obviously), but I don't have a screenshot yet.
Any comments and suggestions are accepted, so long as they are helpful. |
KATW
Posts: 71/3959 |
Yes... Demo = good... SS = good...
JJ, this is very impressive work... keep it up! |
RapTop
Posts: 5/168 |
It's still looking great...
(and i still want to be good at pixel-art) |
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