First off, I saw there was an introduction topic in another board but I wanted to do a couple things at once so I just figured I'd quickly dump an introduction in here.
I've been reading Redwall since the end of middle-school (I was sort of late to discovering the series) and so far I have read them in publication order all the way up to Marlfox (I would be farther but college has kept me too busy to read).
Anyways, so what this is about, is I'm a novice programmer (took a semester of C# in college and have been teaching myself to use Game Maker Studio Pro). Well for the past week or so I got it in my head that the next project I worked on I thought it would be neat to try making a little NES Zelda-esque game themed in the Redwall world. I've had some ideas for characters and some loose story.
This isn't really going to be something monumental, but when I work on projects I like it to be something really fun and exciting, and since I love Redwall so much I thought a game themed around that would be a ton of fun to tinker with!
Also by "Buddies", if any of you guys are interested in helping out with art stuff, I'd love to chat you up on Skype and get to know you better! Makes working on projects like this a lot more fun and casual, and less business-y. So if anyone is interested you be doing a couple things. You'll be giving me a bit of motivation in my drive to improve my programming skills, and possibly improving on your own art skills, while making a new friend! :D
Just, like I said, keep in mind, this is more about skill building and seeing what neat thing we can come up with. I'm not trying to make the next big-hit steam game or anything. Maybe in the future I can work on making that 3D open world Redwall game I'm sure we'd all love to have :p
Welcome to the Forum, NightThornFox! If you put a greeting in the Front Lawns, the other members can greet you properly. :)
What kind of art would you be looking for from a buddy? Are you talking about computer art, or sketches and drawings?
Quote from: The Skarzs on September 17, 2014, 12:39:01 AM
Welcome to the Forum, NightThornFox! If you put a greeting in the Front Lawns, the other members can greet you properly. :)
What kind of art would you be looking for from a buddy? Are you talking about computer art, or sketches and drawings?
Hmm, well actually, if someone wanted to do concept sketches I suppose that would be cool. It would really only benefit other artists, though. Specifically I'm looking for someone who can do animated character sprites, static object sprites, and perhaps be willing to try working on 2D terrain. Keep in mind, I'm thinking of going for a sort of NES/SNES feeling game, so the game would be comprised of pixel-art.
Even though I love art, and do draw occasionally, I'm a more math-brained and logic-brained individual, and I can never dedicate enough time to art-talents to improve them any, so I'm hoping to find some friends who special a bit more specifically in the artsy side of things :)
I see.
Unfortunately, I can't upload any art for a while yet, and any art I would upload would be sketches and drawings. So. . . I could do some concept art, but other than that, I can only give my support.
Quote from: The Skarzs on September 17, 2014, 02:07:57 AM
I see.
Unfortunately, I can't upload any art for a while yet, and any art I would upload would be sketches and drawings. So. . . I could do some concept art, but other than that, I can only give my support.
That's alright, if you're ever able to upload art and interested in contributing then let me know! :) Actually do you have a deviantart or someplace with art you've done in the past? I'd be interested in taking a look.
That's just the thing; I can't upload anything to any site. Otherwise, I would have art here. :-\
Quote from: The Skarzs on September 17, 2014, 03:35:27 AM
That's just the thing; I can't upload anything to any site. Otherwise, I would have art here. :-\
Ahh, that's unfortunate, sorry to hear that. Well, I guess like I said then. If you are ever able to upload art in the future, just let me know if you're interested :)
I might be able to do pixel art. Mow many pixels are we talkin? Also, what program would this be on? Also, you probably couldn't put it on steam, since Redwall is copyrighted.
Welcome to the forums!
Welcome to the Forums NightThornFox! Have any questions then just ask! :)
As for the art, I am honestly not a very god artist and any art I am good at, I wouldn't think I would be able to upload.
Anyway, Welcome!
Quote from: Thomas Barkshield on September 17, 2014, 04:57:27 AM
I might be able to do pixel art. Mow many pixels are we talkin? Also, what program would this be on? Also, you probably couldn't put it on steam, since Redwall is copyrighted.
Welcome to the forums!
Well, I know I wouldn't be able to put it on steam. I could, however put it up on the GameMaker workshop for free (fair use and all that).
As for the pixel art I'd love to see what you could come up with :) I'd like to make a game with a sort of SNES feel, so, I'm thinking maybe make the characters have a similar amount of detail to Megaman X (Here an image: http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/extras/image/name/san2/490/566490/original/3-2.jpg)
If you want to show me what you can do, you could try drawing up the frames of an Idle animation for a fox character. Just a generic fox, I still need to figure out character designs. Also, just the front view would be sufficient for the time-being. This will be a 4-direction game, so sprites will need to have animations for facing 4 directions.
Also, if you have one, I'd love to get your Skype so we could talk about it more :)
Quote from: Tam and Martin on September 17, 2014, 07:16:50 PM
Welcome to the Forums NightThornFox! Have any questions then just ask! :)
As for the art, I am honestly not a very god artist and any art I am good at, I wouldn't think I would be able to upload.
Anyway, Welcome!
Thanks for the welcome ^^ I appreciate it
This is the best I can do until I find a good computer program: A hand drawn Cornflower. (Sorry, I just felt like drawing cornflower and I had a good reference pic.)
(http://i.imgur.com/PL8wPsd.png?1)
As for skyping, my mum would rather you stick to knowing me as Thomas Barkshield. A google chat perhaps?
Quote from: Thomas Barkshield on September 18, 2014, 05:55:36 AM
This is the best I can do until I find a good computer program: A hand drawn Cornflower. (Sorry, I just felt like drawing cornflower and I had a good reference pic.)
(http://i.imgur.com/PL8wPsd.png?1)
As for skyping, my mum would rather you stick to knowing me as Thomas Barkshield. A google chat perhaps?
That looks pretty nice! ^^ I'm sure working on this project would definitely help you to improve as well. Uhm, if you need a program, just MSpaint works fine for pixel art.
Quote from: NightThornFox on September 17, 2014, 11:51:09 PM
Quote from: Tam and Martin on September 17, 2014, 07:16:50 PM
Welcome to the Forums NightThornFox! Have any questions then just ask! :)
As for the art, I am honestly not a very god artist and any art I am good at, I wouldn't think I would be able to upload.
Anyway, Welcome!
Thanks for the welcome ^^ I appreciate it
You are most welcome!
The only kind of spriting I can do is editing Pokémon and their trainers
Welcome to the forums, NightThornFox!
I'm Rus, I'm entirely sane, ignore what anyone else says about me.
I've done a little bit of sprite art, modifying Starbound assets mostly.
Quote from: rusvulthesaber on September 18, 2014, 04:58:22 PM
Welcome to the forums, NightThornFox!
I'm Rus, I'm entirely sane, ignore what anyone else says about me.
I've done a little bit of sprite art, modifying Starbound assets mostly.
Thank you ^^ and that's neat, I think i fiddled with that game's assets myself. Well, if you're interested in giving it a try, just start from scratch and see what you can come up with.
Yes, Starbound is quite an easy game to mod, isn't it? Nice comprehensible code. Like it.
This looks neat I have messed around with this sort of thing before but have never mastered the coding necessary. I could give the art a try however... *goes and sees what I can do*
Quote from: Faiyloe on September 18, 2014, 11:39:56 PM
This looks neat I have messed around with this sort of thing before but have never mastered the coding necessary. I could give the art a try however... *goes and sees what I can do*
Thank you! ^^ I appreciate you giving it a try. Did you see my response earlier in the thread of what I'd like to see as an example?
A front facing idle animation (a single sprite would be fine for the time being) with detail similar to Megaman X (if you've ever played or seen it you should know what i'm talking about but i posted a link to a picture)
You can do any animal as the character, but bonus props for doing a fox (there's a good reason for that too).
I am half way threw and yes I did see the picture. My fox however turned into a very good looking rat. Aside from that it is very good. So far, still have a chance to ruin it. :P
I'm not sure I can make a sprite along the lines of Megaman X... More detail than I think I can do, I'm not the greatest sprite artist. Mostly I've just modified them. Might be able to do a weapon or something, though... I dunno.
Hi, and welcome to the forums NightThorn. I can do pixel art alright, don't know if that's what you really need. Animation, on the other hand, is beyond me. If you need a non-animated sprite, I'd be happy to give it a shot though.
Quote from: HanNorwood on September 20, 2014, 05:20:42 PM
Hi, and welcome to the forums NightThorn. I can do pixel art alright, don't know if that's what you really need. Animation, on the other hand, is beyond me. If you need a non-animated sprite, I'd be happy to give it a shot though.
If you can just do still sprites, even those can be useful, heck, if I need something animated, if you're good enough, you can just make a still image, and then I could see about finding someone else to animate it :D
Go ahead and see what you can do! I'd love to see.
Quote from: Faiyloe on September 19, 2014, 02:59:43 PM
I am half way threw and yes I did see the picture. My fox however turned into a very good looking rat. Aside from that it is very good. So far, still have a chance to ruin it. :P
Awesome! ^^ I'm looking forward to seeing what you have!
Her it is
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wOYXRTmxNHQ/VB7cCiqzSLI/AAAAAAAAAZM/tjdRgwdlxR0/s40-no/Pixle%2Brat%2Bcorsare.png)
and here is an expanded version.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-N-yHLzfmab0/VB72JXtcwsI/AAAAAAAAAZk/YWx7CcXBOHc/w182-h200-no/Pixle%2Brat%2Bcorsare%2B-%2BCopy.png)
I can draw the frames for animation but I can't do the actual programming for that.
WOW This looks great!
Sadly I cant do anything but give moral support :P But I could create a Website for the game if you want (Im still a beginner at websites but Ill try!)
Also keep this safe from Lord TBT he will probably ruin your plans :P
Quote from: Faiyloe on September 21, 2014, 05:02:54 PM
Her it is
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wOYXRTmxNHQ/VB7cCiqzSLI/AAAAAAAAAZM/tjdRgwdlxR0/s40-no/Pixle%2Brat%2Bcorsare.png)
and here is an expanded version.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-N-yHLzfmab0/VB72JXtcwsI/AAAAAAAAAZk/YWx7CcXBOHc/w182-h200-no/Pixle%2Brat%2Bcorsare%2B-%2BCopy.png)
I can draw the frames for animation but I can't do the actual programming for that.
WOAH! :D That looks real good! And don't worry, literally ALL you need to do is make the frames for the animation, I will be the one worrying about all the programming.
Do you have a Skype account? I'd love to talk about this more with you.
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on September 21, 2014, 05:46:03 PM
WOW This looks great!
Sadly I cant do anything but give moral support :P But I could create a Website for the game if you want (Im still a beginner at websites but Ill try!)
Also keep this safe from Lord TBT he will probably ruin your plans :P
Haha, i appreciate the offer, but I haven't even started making the game yet. I don't want to be too ambitious, because then I'll just end up disappointing myself. However, If i make a thread in the future looking for someone to help me make a website, feel free to offer your assistance :)
I would warn you now that double posting is frowned upon if you want to add to your past there is a shiny edit button at the bottom right corner of your post. ;D
As for the skype I have been having problems with it. I would not be aloud to video chat with you anyway. Only text chat. For now you can just PM me instead till I get that fixed though if you would still prefer Skype.
Oh and here is a fox for you.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u5oVOEZtAik/VCCQVNTKuvI/AAAAAAAAAaE/IOKZx10ICZ0/s40-no/Pixle%2Bfox%2Bthief.png)
and the close up version
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1FXLXeW_LJQ/VCCQU5zdXpI/AAAAAAAAAaA/EcWslOuPbsc/w187-h200-no/Pixle%2Bfox%2Bthief%2B-%2BCopy.png)
Quote from: Faiyloe on September 22, 2014, 09:19:51 PM
I would warn you now that double posting is frowned upon if you want to add to your past there is a shiny edit button at the bottom right corner of your post. ;D
As for the skype I have been having problems with it. I would not be aloud to video chat with you anyway. Only text chat. For now you can just PM me instead till I get that fixed though if you would still prefer Skype.
Oh and here is a fox for you.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u5oVOEZtAik/VCCQVNTKuvI/AAAAAAAAAaE/IOKZx10ICZ0/s40-no/Pixle%2Bfox%2Bthief.png)
and the close up version
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1FXLXeW_LJQ/VCCQU5zdXpI/AAAAAAAAAaA/EcWslOuPbsc/w187-h200-no/Pixle%2Bfox%2Bthief%2B-%2BCopy.png)
Wow, that looks awesome!! :D Also, yea, sorry about the double posting, I know most forums don't like that but I don't use forum-based websites a lot so i forget sometimes >.< I'll try not to do it anymore.
Anyways, with that, you're officially on the project! XD
Also, you don't have to voice-chat with me. I just use Skype as my primary Instant Messenger.
So yea, I can PM you for now, but if we end up working together regularly on this, using an instant messenger would be far more convenient for both of us :)
Thanks I agree. I just need to see if I can get it fixed. :P
Quote from: NightThornFox on September 22, 2014, 05:02:22 PM
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on September 21, 2014, 05:46:03 PM
WOW This looks great!
Sadly I cant do anything but give moral support :P But I could create a Website for the game if you want (Im still a beginner at websites but Ill try!)
Also keep this safe from Lord TBT he will probably ruin your plans :P
Haha, i appreciate the offer, but I haven't even started making the game yet. I don't want to be too ambitious, because then I'll just end up disappointing myself. However, If i make a thread in the future looking for someone to help me make a website, feel free to offer your assistance :)
Ok cool! And this looks really great! But Will the game be 2-D?
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on September 24, 2014, 03:30:32 AM
Ok cool! And this looks really great! But Will the game be 2-D?
Haha, yes, it will be 2D, that would be why I'm looking for "sprite" artists. Finding 3D modelers would be a lot more challenging XD that and making 3D games is phenomenally more difficult and time consuming.
Not sure if this would qualify as sprite art, but here.
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a594/The_Skarz/NewBitmapImage_zps61d1b6af.png)
Maybe Martin's sword?
Quote from: The Skarzs on September 29, 2014, 04:20:53 PM
Not sure if this would qualify as sprite art, but here.
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a594/The_Skarz/NewBitmapImage_zps61d1b6af.png)
Maybe Martin's sword?
Well, you can see the pixels, so i guess so XD But I'm looking more for people who can do stuff like characters, environment objects, like, boulders, grass, trees, backgrounds, miscellaneous objects.
Hmmm I could try my hand at it.... Sounds like fun XD.... Is there a good program to do it?
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on September 29, 2014, 11:56:49 PM
Hmmm I could try my hand at it.... Sounds like fun XD.... Is there a good program to do it?
Not really, it's just pixel art, so you could pretty much just use MSpaint if you wanted.
^^^
That is what I used to do it.
As MS do you mean Microsoft?
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on September 30, 2014, 09:06:47 PM
As MS do you mean Microsoft?
Yea, it's just the default paint program that comes with windows.
Ok... So I have a windows 8 I searched for it but could not find it?
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on October 01, 2014, 01:32:08 AM
Ok... So I have a windows 8 I searched for it but could not find it?
Oof, sorry, you'll have to ask someone else, I hate windows 8 :X
:D ha ha ok. there is a Paint program but it's not the best. Can you download it from windows directly on the web? Also is there a way to set it to make it sprite art? Thanks for your help!
Quote from: CaptainRocktree on October 01, 2014, 03:39:59 AM
:D ha ha ok. there is a Paint program but it's not the best. Can you download it from windows directly on the web? Also is there a way to set it to make it sprite art? Thanks for your help!
It's not really difficult, all you have to do is zoom way in and use the pencil tool.
I recommend Paint.NET instead of Paint. It's slightly better and it's a better thing to download if you're downloading something.
Quote from: rusvulthesaber on October 01, 2014, 05:39:36 PM
I recommend Paint.NET instead of Paint. It's slightly better and it's a better thing to download if you're downloading something.
Oh yea! I use Paint.NET as well. It's a good program.
Normal Paint stinks. Definitely use Paint.net.