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)
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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)
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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

Fflo
Be careful ! I'm French
3650

The pixel-art quality seems better than my Piggy (last post page 3), but I think I might be off the mark: the reference shows a kind of specter, while my drawing looks like to a cleric bird...
@riderx40 Ooh, it's grotesque. I like that!
@suxy A dynamic duo. TtT's hairy legs are something to behold!
@Fflo I think it's a good interpretation! No need to stick so closely to the source if you don;t wanna~
@Chen rabbit robit is an awesome idea! :D The faces they have going on are somewhere between intimidating and too exaggerated to be intimidating. XD I really like how strong your style shows through!

Here's wiggleyarm! He got all tied up in his own arms. I'm not sure if he's drooling or crying either.


wormy kinda turned into a fish for me. Make no mistake though, he lives on land and hobbles around on his fins. I don't know how it happened, but I like it! He blows bubbles with dangerous items in them like a switchblade or a lego.
I just got clarification that Wormy is in fact a GHOST WORM
author=Gourd_Clae
He blows bubbles with dangerous items in them like a switchblade or a lego.
haha That's an awesome means of attack. I want to see this in a side view battle.

author=kentona
I just got clarification that Wormy is in fact a GHOST WORM

Is it weird that I made a battle background that is based on my MegaLord's body? Because that's what I just did :)

Here's Megalord again for easy comparison view.


Can I submit the background too?

@PsiSteve - I love the Gameboy look of your Ymunwv.

@Suzy - Your Sunmagic is wonderful and whimsical reminds me a bit of Adventure Time. Your TT & TtT are very strange and I love that :D

@Piantom - Your Roar Dragon has the best nose ever :-8)

@Healy - I also thought of Kirby when I saw Rounder but I didn't think up that glorious mustache you gave him :3

@Chenbaiwan - Very cool Sunmagic his clothes look inspired by MesoAmerican cultures if I'm not mistaken

@Gourd_Clae - Derpy oWormy is awesome
@Redmask I love the whole mysterious and si fi your megalord is it gives it more creepier aesthetic...nice.
Redmask, yeah wow that's so cool! Would you mind if I used that in one of my games? It's perfect!
I gotta get that Wormy Award :3

Here is my Bonus Art for Rounder.


Yep, I made Rounder into a red mask. Shocking turn of events isn't it? :P

@Riderx40 - Thanks my friend, I love your art as well. Your sprites are so professional looking and the dark tone to them is great!

@Link_2112 - Certainly you can use it Link_2112. That's the point of the event after all is to make resources that anyone can use. Glad you like it so much!

PS. That video I was working on for the Darndest Things 2 event is finished. I posted it in the Creative Corner Forum.
Can we get achievements for using one of these in a game? :D

@Link_2112 - That's really cool! It reminds me of the Twilight Zone. I love the music too.
Well, here's my Megalord. I tried for menacing with him and came up with something that looked more like a teddy bear. File this one under "I did my best and that's what counts".
author=RedMask
It reminds me of the Twilight Zone.

haha Perfect! Because it's going to be a game based on the original series. If you are interested I could probably use a few other images in a similar style. It's a back-burner idea though since I'm focusing on Trek.
Big Pig


I'm amazed and how many different approaches to the sprite work I'm seeing, both conceptually and executively.
author=Link_2112
haha Perfect! Because it's going to be a game based on the original series. If you are interested I could probably use a few other images in a similar style. It's a back-burner idea though since I'm focusing on Trek.
Nice! I've actually been thinking for a while now that a Twillight Zone game would be really good. I tend to get very busy but if I have time I may be able to help you on that. Feel free to send me a private message about what you might need for the project.


@Chenbaiwan - Lots of great expressions on your characters faces :)

@zDS - I like the addition of the sword that was thrusted into Fireblock give the character some history.
@zds

Made the crazy snowman at the same time.

@Gourd_Clae Right, the hairy legs really draw the eye
@RedMask Thanks!!

sort of ghostly, not so wormy


Rounder


Fireblock