Description

The resource creation event you've all been waiting for (again)!

Kids Design The Darndest Things 2
Make monster graphics from my 5 year old's designs



At the end of 2016 I held an impromptu event for you to create monster sprites and/or game art based on my then-7-year-old's crayon artwork. This time, I want you to make monster sprites and/or game art (battle sprites, concept art, facesets, charsets, ...whatever you want!) based on my 5-year-old's artwork.




In this short event we will:
  • Create pixel art version of these monster designs for use in RPG Maker
  • Come up with descriptions and movesets for these monsters
  • Submit them all to this event page
  • Vote on our favourite entries
  • Pick an overall fan-favourite entry


I will post the 11 designs below. The submission deadline is January 25th31st.

Submit your entries using the toolbar in the upper right, and then make a post showing them off in the comments below!



If you submit at least one monster, you will be deemed a participant and receive a Big Pig achievement worth 5ms. If you submit at least six monsters, you will receive an additional Spikey achievement worth 10ms. Participants who submit an entry for all eleven monsters will receive an additional Megalord achievement worth 15ms. That's 30ms in total!

The fan-favourite (as determined by voting after the event) will win the Chompy achievement worth 20ms.



Big Pig

"A very big blue pig with ice powers."


Brownguy

"He is small. He likes to break things."


Roar Dragon

"He has a super big roar! (the large R is his roar). He likes to eat ghosts and people."


Robit

"He got spikes on his head. He's very strong."


Spikey

"He is covered in super-spikey fur."


Monstery

"He flies and bites people."


Ymunwv

"He's got a really very long body."


Chompy

"He is superduper tall and he likes to chomp with his teeth."


Sunmagic

"He is a sun that uses magic spells. He has angry guys that help him."


Wiggleyarm

"He has long arms that grab you."


Megalord

"He is the boss monster. He is superduper strong! The strongest."


Submissions are due by end of day January 31st (UTC)
.




Introducing some bonus artwork to this event! If you submit at least one bonus monster, you will receive a Wormy achievement worth 5ms.

Snowman


Oo-oh


TT and TtT


Fireblock


Rounder


Wormy


Submissions are due by end of day January 31st (UTC)
.





At the end of this event, the event page voting will open from January 26th until January 31st. This will be used to vote for our overall favourite submission! The artist will receive the Chompy achievement.

Also, starting on the 26th, I will create voting topics in the forums so that we can vote on each monsters' fan-favourite entry. There are no rewards for these voting rounds beyond self-satisfaction. I will update this section with links to the voting topics.


Unleash your inner-5-year-old and make some monsters!

Details

  • 01/11/2018 11:00 AM
  • 01/31/2018 11:59 PM
  • 02/07/2018 11:59 PM

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Participants Entries
kentona
Dyluck
Healy
LockeZ
TheNecromancer
Bart_Sol
Rose_Guardian
Seiromem
Gourd_Clae
unity
pianotm
RedMask
riderx40
chenbaiwan
Cap_H
Fflo
zDS
suzy_cheesedreams
Frogge
Gredge109
aquatorrent
Muffle
mirin
PsiSteve
plum_child
ModeGone

Posts

author=plum_child
oops :( sorry! submitting~ your work good! better than mine :)


No need to say that, our art is just different. Art is subjective, I'm sure there are a number of people who enjoy your art more than mine.

Anyway your artwork is great :)
Dyluck
For thousands of years, I laid dormant. Who has disturbed my slumber?
5184
Wow there's so much high quality artwork from everyone! I didn't know there were so many talented artists here!
Spikey - I kinda imagined a bag type filled with shards of glass?



Chompy - Virtual boy inspired. His short arms reminded me of some kind of t-rex, but I made him more... nice looking I guess haha. (and hairy)



And the final normal monster I had left to do...

Monstery!



I had a blast making these. I'll probably throw in some more bonus monsters. I can't wait to see the rest of the entries!
@RedMask Thanks a lot!

@chenbaiwan, thanks! Can't say I take influence from Dr Seuss, at least not directly. More like the Simpsons

@PsiSteve, your Monstery looks really cool. I like the colours and the shadowing - like it just appeared inside a dark cave, illuminated by the player's torch XD


Ymunwv
I made 3 versions of Fire Block. I'm only going to submit one of them but I'm not sure which one I want to submit yet.
I messed around with fractals to make the background.
Here are the 3 versions

FireBlock Space Odyssey
style


FireBlock Cutey style


FireBlock Vision style


@Link_2112 - Feel free to use this one if it suits a game of yours :)

@PsiSteve - I agree with Suzy's comment about your Monstery and I also like that Spikey is a bag of glass :3

@Suzy_Cheesedreams - Your Ymunwv is really imaginative and I can't help but want to see that Ymunwv fight Finn on Adventure Time. :D
Dyluck
For thousands of years, I laid dormant. Who has disturbed my slumber?
5184
This could be 3 phases of a boss fight.
author=Dyluck
This could be 3 phases of a boss fight.

Thats a good point but I feel like I should just pick one for the submission. Having thought about it longer, seeing as the 1st one is meant as a cheeky reference to a movie, and the 2nd as just a way to put a smile on peoples faces, I'm thinking I'll go with the last one since it was a more straight forward attempt to interpret the drawing.
Either way if someone wants to use all 3 in their game like you suggested that's totally fine with me :D
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
32367
I think it's more like an animation. It starts out as a black monolith and then when it fights, it suddenly has eyes and a flaming mouth.
author=pianotm
I think it's more like an animation. It starts out as a black monolith and then when it fights, it suddenly has eyes and a flaming mouth.

That's also a good idea :D
I am trying my hand at this but its been a while since I made RPG Monster sprites from scratch.


On the bright side I am pleased with how I was able to pull off Robit's shading even if I am frustrated by how the legs turned out. You try to make a mechanical leg and it somehow turns into a strange set of heels.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
ModeGone's Robit looks ready to snap its fingers three times and say "Mmmmmmmmmm, girl, you better watch yourself." Hands on its hips and everything.
author=LockeZ
ModeGone's Robit looks ready to snap its fingers three times and say "Mmmmmmmmmm, girl, you better watch yourself." Hands on its hips and everything.

I swear I didn't mean to make it sassy. It just happened that way since I wasn't sure what to do with the arms.
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
32367
Robit skill list:

1. Uh-huh, Girl!
2. Step Back!
3. I Know You Din't!
author=pianotm
Robit skill list:

1. Uh-huh, Girl!
2. Step Back!
3. I Know You Din't!

You forgot Savage Slayin'.

Just posted very rough versions of Brown Guy and Blue Pig.
I don't know why but I saw what could be pants as a skirt and what could be a crown as a big egg or backpack.
@Mode Ahh Ice Pig's little backpack is so cute!
@RedMask, thanks. I don't watch Adventure Time but I like some of the art.


I gave up a while ago trying to keep the sprites to a practical size.

Snowman


Oo-oh


Chompy


Megalord
Submissions close this Wednesday! There is still time to finish your submissions (or start them, in my case) but the deadline is approaching.

All of the submissions look great so far, btw.
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
32367
I am still working on everything but I want to make sure I have the basic idea in. So here's Monstery, Oo-Oh, Ymunwv, and Chompy.
I'm going to be really busy in the next few days but I managed to make Wormy


Ain't it cute?

@ModeGone - Those are wonderful designs :D Like everyone else I love the sassy Robit but my favorite of yours is the Chompy both his eyes and his floating teeth are great.

@Suzy_Cheesdreams - I really like your Snowman and Megalord is terrifying :)

@Pianotm - the nervous expressin on your Robit gives him a lot of character. Good idea!