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Action Scenes in rm2k3
author=calunioauthor=Sauce
It's a 2D pixel game. Who cares about the graphics?
You, apparently.
And... everyone else.
I actually don't care that much. I'm just kinda surprised how much it matters to other people. Don't people make their own rpgs, because they want to write their own stories and what not?
Action Scenes in rm2k3
the dark screen tone is because of youtube or fraps, I dunno why, it's much brighter when I testplay
Action Scenes in rm2k3
author=Despain
visual inconsistency everywhere. you have like every different style of faceset, man.
This is basically what I'm talking about. I'm not used to the rm community, maybe 2 months, but from what I've seen, I hear this all the time. It's a 2D pixel game. Who cares about the graphics? If I wanted to see some sick graphics, I'd go play some PS3 game, not an indie game. Oh well, time to give up on this stuff and go make custom and consistent graphics, I guess.
Action Scenes in rm2k3
I was wondering about what people thought of cutscenes/action sequences using low quality sprites, with the limitations of rm2k3(especially my own spriting limitations).
I'm pretty new to the community, and my first experience was hopping on the rmn irc where I showed a youtube video of one of my cutscenes. I was told categorically that it looked too weird using battle animations and choreographed fights with low quality sprites was too cheesy. From what I could tell, those comments were from long time indie gamemakers, which I'm not. It bothered me that they were really only focused on how plain the maps were or that a character had a few ellipses in his dialogue(when ellipses were fully appropriate), and didn't have much to say about the scene itself.
Anyway, I wanted to hear what more people have to say about this kind of scene. Is it really too cheesy? A waste of time? There's not a whole lot of traffic on my game page, so I figured to post it here where more people can comment on it.
What do you guys think? I enjoy making this kind of scene. But I do care if other people like it. I just know that the last time I showed something like this, it was panned critically.
This is my first post on these forums, by the way, so this'll double as a "hi, I'm new" post.
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EDIT:
Sorry, I wasn't very clear on what this was about, exposed myself to criticism, and I started some trouble over it.
I want to know if people think action scenes with low quality sprites is entertaining. Basically if people like watching it. I know my example has some cringe worthy graphics, but say hypothetically, there wasn't anything terrible about it. Are 2D sprites duking it out cheesy or badass??
Also, I've found that these kinds of scenes are pretty rare. ASSUMING people like them, why are they rare? They're not lacking in technical ability or commitment to excellence in gamemaking, so why not?
I'm pretty new to the community, and my first experience was hopping on the rmn irc where I showed a youtube video of one of my cutscenes. I was told categorically that it looked too weird using battle animations and choreographed fights with low quality sprites was too cheesy. From what I could tell, those comments were from long time indie gamemakers, which I'm not. It bothered me that they were really only focused on how plain the maps were or that a character had a few ellipses in his dialogue(when ellipses were fully appropriate), and didn't have much to say about the scene itself.
Anyway, I wanted to hear what more people have to say about this kind of scene. Is it really too cheesy? A waste of time? There's not a whole lot of traffic on my game page, so I figured to post it here where more people can comment on it.
What do you guys think? I enjoy making this kind of scene. But I do care if other people like it. I just know that the last time I showed something like this, it was panned critically.
This is my first post on these forums, by the way, so this'll double as a "hi, I'm new" post.
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EDIT:
Sorry, I wasn't very clear on what this was about, exposed myself to criticism, and I started some trouble over it.
I want to know if people think action scenes with low quality sprites is entertaining. Basically if people like watching it. I know my example has some cringe worthy graphics, but say hypothetically, there wasn't anything terrible about it. Are 2D sprites duking it out cheesy or badass??
Also, I've found that these kinds of scenes are pretty rare. ASSUMING people like them, why are they rare? They're not lacking in technical ability or commitment to excellence in gamemaking, so why not?
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