Hey, welcome back, Timmeh.
The absence is completely understandable. This is a busy time of year to be doing time-consuming volunteer work.
Anyway, something to sprite… How about the Energy Core devices? Those are the machines with vertical blue electric rods in the Chozo Ruins room with the timed bomb slot puzzle to raise the platforms. IIRC there’s some sort of animation to them while they’re activated. That was only the first non-miniature Artifact that my random generator gave me, so if you’re not interested in doing that, just say so.
You could always finish the Phendrana Chozo statue, while you’re at it.
Zurginator: Nice job so far. I think the mushrooms shouldn’t be perfectly axis-aligned, though. I remember them coming out of the walls in a variety of directions in MP, and even the straightest ones were a little tilted. I could be wrong, though.
I’ve already got the Elite Pirate fairly underway.
If you want something big to do… How about Thardus? I don’t think we have anyone on him–Slothien was doing it a while back, but he seems to have quit.
Don’t start without a second opinion, though, as I’ve been out of the loop off and on for quite a while due to travelling and it may very well be already underway. >_>
Mmm… Thardus… I’ll give him a try. The Chozo Energy Core Devices? Yes. And the Chozo statue… Well, Darkhunter 16 hasn’t supplied me with a model pic yet, so that’ll need to be paused for now.
->Zurginator: they’re quite good, but your mushroom could be made better. Generally there should be more contrast, and I suggest you request the palette for the Tallon Overworld tileset.
Ok, theres also enemies in Phendrana drifts like the ice shriekbat, flickerbat and ice parasite that I could do. Sorry for asking so many questions, just trying to find something to work on, and I’m just seeing whats available on the sprite list.
^^'… I’m having problems with anatomical details for Thardus… I’ve been looking for a good pic… but I haven’t found any. That’s the only problem.
Do you want me to do animations, or would you like me to do parts with separate animations which you will put together in-game?
Yeaaah, Thardus looks hard. I think part-based would be the way to go for him, so that you only have to sprite each individual rock, plus their Phazon forms, and let programming do the rest. That’s still quite a lot to do, though, seeing as he’s like 10-15 Samus’s size. I’m not sure if you’ll have enough time to do Thardus and the Energy Core devices all in the next 19 days…
Actually, I just took a look at Slothien’s Thardus, and it looks pretty far already. The shapes and shading of all the rocks are done, so he would just have to add details and phazon forms. Grah, another “Slothien’s not here” problem. Maybe it’d be best to go with the Energy Core devices this month. This gives me an idea, though…
dhcman: Sure, go for it. Ice shriekbats will probably just be a recolor of normal shriekbats, which are already mostly done, but you’re free to do the other two.
Okay, I’ll do the energy core device. Zurginator, I suggest that you ask that via PM, but doesn’t matter.
Aha! I’ll show you something I did in two days:
Looking you guys inspired me to try spriting something…
I never sprited before but I decided to make this one and see some comments of you guys…
I did the Chozo Artifact that didn’t seem so dificult…rated as small task…
I screwed it in the format but I finished it anyway with half flip…
I will remake it based on comments to see how much better it can be…
Yeah, it’s quite good (Far Far Far better than I could materialise from the ether, for sure), but it’s quite jumpy, the lines on the outside look truly awful as it spins, and it’s not smooth enough.
What I’d do, is neaten up the lines, or get rid of them entirely, then make it less jumpy by shifting each frame into a better position, then I’d add a frame in-between every current one. If you can find it, there’s probably a feature or program that can do a sort of blury thing, that’s all’s really needed.
I’ll be in Chicago for five days or so, but I’ll see what I can do about that seedling as soon as I get back. I haven’t forgotten, I just was busy preparing for the trip. X_X
dhcman5454: The power bomb upgrade, the power bomb refill, the power bomb expansions, or the power bomb/explosion itself? We’ve had a lot of people start working on these things and not finish, so I guess they’re up for grabs if you want to try one. I’m pretty sure the explosion will be programmed though.
Zurginator: Pallet from the original Tallon Ferns that Slothien made:
There are also a few darker versions, but I think they were older.
SangueDuMal: First sprite, eh? Very nicely done, even if the format got messed up. You’re correct in that it’s orange. Normal Artifacts are blue with one orange piece, but the spinning pirates’ hologram is all orange.
but I finished it anyway with half flip…