SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

author=Frogge
Insert my obligatory pixel clash and autoshadow complaint here.

Can I ask what you mean by pixel clash here? It's not a term I've heard before. Sorry if it's a stupid question. I'm kind of new to pixel art, and just picked it up by looking at and trying to emulate the art in some of the games I played growing up rather than by reading tutorials and the like, so I'm not really familiar with a lot of the terminology and common pitfalls just yet.

author=Mary 4D
nah it's just an ITEM GET pose because the potion happened to be inside the clock or something.

i suck at making gifs lel

I really like the style of your graphics. :) Did you draw the tiles yourself?

author=Frogge
My pixel clash comment was directed at Mary 4D

It basically means that all the pixels aren’t the same size. In Mary’s case, the font and the potion icon are 1x1 pixels while everything else is 2x2.

The same issue is in Link’s image what with the sword either being 3x3 or 4x4 while everything else is 2x2.

Ah, yeah, I knew you were talking about Mary 4D's image. I was just curious about what you meant, as it wasn't a phrase I was familiar with. Thanks for the explanation! :) I hadn't really looked all that closely at the font and the icon, but I get what you mean now.

Except that’s not an excuse not to fix it because it looks fucking horrendous

they made it a pixel font so I don’t see any reason why not to go the extra mile to make it not clash

setting the font size to 16 (given that the font is 8) and removing the outline should solve the issue.

It’s good to keep things consistent, part of the game world or not. I feel like your point kinda makes it sound like it’s okay to put fully pink, vibrant ui in a silent hill game because the ui is seperate.

Edit: you should always remove the default rm text outline anyway tbh

Ive been experimenting with giving Shooty and the Catfish more of a Gameboy Color aesthetic and making its aspect ratio the same as the GBA instead of the original Gameboy. Getting mixed feedback from folks.

author=Momeka
@Visitors: I' say keep the original. While the new art looks good there is nothing wrong with the old look. And remaking all the art feels a bit like a feature creep that will just take up a bunch of your time.

I'm so glad you said feature creep, that's why I scaled the game down in the first place. Ill save these changes for my next project or a potential DX version down the road. I just need to focus on getting this thing done and released.

@visitorfromdreams: I really like the palette and custom art. I think perhaps the character should be in the same perspective as the rest of the scene?

(I had fun with your little character, really like the design of it).



Great stuff, I like the humor. Perhaps adding texture to the grass/pavement would be something to consider? Just a suggestion.

I'd like some feedback on my own screen please. It's a gamebook (like fighting fantasy) with both text and visual representation.



Here are my questions:
1. Font readable enough?
2. Would it be better to align all four tabs? It looks better but it makes less sense page positioning wise.
3. Is the separation between book and the game area distinct enough?
4. Is there enough text being displayed at once?
5. Is the text spaced out enough, it is easy to read enough?

I've lightened the color and changed the font, I think it does look better:

Oh yes, you're right! I'll fix it, I have yet to proofread anything.

Just so we remain on topic:


This is still WIP which is why it looks incomplete though. Any criticism, any nitpicking would be great.

Thanks.

I was messing around with the Show/Move Picture commands and Photoshop the other day, and I ended up making these cool cut-in animations for my game. Inspired by Danganronpa.