Took a break to do some pixel art today

redxlaser15 · 2019-03-04T23:24:06.477Z

I don’t know if my stuff looks 16 bit or not, How exactly would I be able to tell that?
I hope my stuff is adequate and fits enough. I tried to make a brown pig rather than a pink one, but I just couldn’t get the color right for that.

Erk · 2019-03-04T23:40:18.584Z

It’s just the name of the style so if it looks like it fits, it’s probably 16 bit.

John_Candlebury · 2019-03-05T03:26:20.959Z

Strictly speaking there is no easy way to tell. You would need to use a color pallete with less than 256 colors for sure, but otherwise theres little limitation.

8-bit art (say for a NES game) has some clearer limitations, which are as follow:

Graphical
Screen size: 256x240
Active Limit: 64
Backdrop Limit: 960
Color Limit: 56
Colors per sprite: 4 (including transparent color)
Backdrop size:8x8 or 16x16
Sprite Size: 16x16 or 24x24
No more than 16 colors can be on-screen at once
Nes Palette: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs31/f/2008/221/3/c/the_NES_palette_by_erik_red.png

Gotten from here: https://www.create-games.com/article.asp?id=2215

Erk · 2019-03-05T05:49:23.964Z

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Just gonna leave this here for tonight.

SomeDeadGuy · 2019-03-05T08:20:08.548Z

Great!
Doors, windows and walls on the sides look like fat triangles tho.

Tazeell · 2019-03-05T08:21:08.402Z

That staircase is bloody terrifying. The whole thing looks damn good though.

QuietCoyote · 2019-03-05T14:36:55.785Z

Who says that a bad thing, I’d prefer THICC triangles though.

QuietCoyote · 2019-03-05T14:38:05.933Z

Wow, I thought this was just a simple break, not a whole entire new Tileset, love the absolute hell out of it though.

BushElito · 2019-03-05T15:42:48.432Z

I guess I’ll join in with some sprites here and there when I’m not working.

Already added some in my fork (mutations)

github.com/BushElito/CDDA-Tilesets

Bird feathers mutation

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Mutations are particularly easy because of the simple body sprites. No faces, weird angles, body size isn’t too large. Pretty much can change the body color to accomodate certain mutations.

Don’t know how to make wings though, I’ll leave that to someone who can make them for now.

redxlaser15 · 2019-03-05T17:49:27.857Z

As soon as I have access to my actual computer, I shall try and figure out how to Github enough to give you my pig, paper, and gallon jug.
It might be a good idea to at least change the piece of paper pixel art at some point, as I couldn’t manage to get the design I wanted.
I hope they are adequate. Looking at your stuff from the pictures, they don’t seem to 100% fit, but it’s better than nothing. At least it might be used as a basis for an upgrade later on.

Erk · 2019-03-05T18:09:22.187Z

https://discord.gg/kAXNZuy I’ve also started up a discord for people who want to contribute or follow development

redxlaser15 · 2019-03-05T18:17:18.211Z

It shall be done. I may soon see you on the other side.
May the fork be with you, in these endevours of artistic creation.

Mantar · 2019-03-05T21:10:35.076Z

John_Candlebury:

You would need to use a color pallete with less than 256 colors for sure

Usually, although an Amiga could use some trickery to display 4096 colors at once. It was not often used for games, though.

redxlaser15 · 2019-03-05T21:16:30.694Z

Care to elaborate as to what you mean by all that?

Mantar · 2019-03-06T18:50:28.485Z

The Amiga was a 16-bit machine, and the 16-bit era was characterized by palettes of 256 colors or less. The Amiga was an exception to that rule, because it had a special “Hold and Modify” (or HAM) mode that could show 4096 colors on screen at once, by having the blitter switch the palettes around as the screen was being drawn.
It wasn’t often used for games because it was a bit tricky to program and could lead to some visual artifacts. Most games settled for a 16 or 32 color palette and used the Amiga’s blitter for other effects, instead of devoting it to the HAM display.
This is an animation that used it:
Amiga_Waterfall_HAM_anime_demo_MicroIllusions

riproarinboogerpens · 2019-03-06T21:29:26.724Z

This looks fantastic! I’ve noticed a problem in other tile sets for when an item is equipped or worn that there is not a tile for (items from mods mostly) in that nothing is displayed. Would it be possible to have a default item displayed for an item missing a proper tile? Like say if a mod added a rifle and a proper tile couldn’t be found to be displayed, it would display a default rifle item tile?

anothersimulacrum · 2019-03-06T23:17:32.042Z

There’s kind-of support for that in JSON, (“looks_like” will replace the tile for something that doesn’t have a tile defined with the thing that it “looks_like”) but that’s the mod author’s responsibility, not the tileset makers.

Erk · 2019-03-06T23:34:10.141Z

The only real mod support I personally plan on is to make sure there are lots of resources for people to imitate the art style of the tileset. It’ll be up to other artists to support mods.

Stone · 2019-07-03T20:53:46.521Z

Sorry to necro, but i just wanted to say how awesome this looks and hold out hope that somebody necros the project

Erk · 2019-07-06T02:56:16.206Z

Still a good chance I will some day, I’ve just been on a roll with content lately