Goplanes

powerofrecall · Post by **powerofrecall** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:18 am

I like the humanized sprites and the penguin, as is. Furry characters are very nearly as cliche as anime/manga style is at this point. Your sprite art has its own style going on, maybe a bit crude but pleasing to the eye. (Not that I can do any better, mind!)

TmEE co.(TM) · Post by **TmEE co.(TM)** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:42 pm

I liked animals more

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:48 pm

Chilly Willy wrote:Perhaps you could make it selectable - humans (and penguin) or furries?

I'll just release it as downloadable content. Five bucks!

Face tests for the little girl:

I won't be using the animal sprites anymore, but I appreciate that they got me this far. When I started making character sprites I had no idea how to make them decent looking with my limited art skills. Making them animals was a useful short cut. Having them gave me a baseline to work from and how I feel I have much better sprites.

Chilly Willy · Post by **Chilly Willy** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:13 pm

Some of those faces are funny as hell!

oofwill · Post by **oofwill** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:02 am

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:13 pm

Working the cloaked man this week. Figured it might be a good idea to work on what's underneath. So far I'm going with the non-bearded bald head design, because I'm having a hard time giving him a decent haircut. And a hard time giving him facial hair that doesn't look ridiculous. Whatever I do gives him a giant head that's totally out of proportion with the rest of his body.

I'm struggling with him because he's supposed to be a bit more high class and royal. But so far my sprite designs don't exude a lot of attitude in general. They look like pretty ordinary nice people.

The pilot lady is there for comparison but I've also tried tweaking a few things about her design. Smaller boots, thinner legs, a bit more detail in the uniform.

I'll probably revert the color used for the outline of the pants. It doesn't make it pop.

http://imgur.com/4N26U

And this I totally did for a laugh.

http://imgur.com/rfDSq

The little blonde girl and her blue penguin friend is based off my own little girl and her stuffed blue penguin. And she also has a pink penguin

Look at the size of those boobs!

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:42 am

More work. From left to right. He's leaner, standing straight, looking cooler and less overly aggressive. The original sprite looks like he's going to flash someone.

I like these "panoramas" of the various designs. Keeps me aware of what I've tried before.

http://imgur.com/kCIKQ

Current state of the cast:

Next to get worked on will probably be the scientist guy. He's certainly looking pretty small compared to everybody, and he's supposed to be a middle aged man.

Chilly Willy · Post by **Chilly Willy** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:21 am

Me likey! The cast is shaping up nicely.

elusive · Post by **elusive** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:21 pm

Great job on the cast so far!

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:00 pm

Spent the weekend with a stomach bug and in my feverish dreams I realized that what I had in mind for a story was too ambitious. (who saw THAT one coming?) I have to constantly remind myself to keep it to the bare essentials if I want to have a realistic development time.

But on the positive side, I've been sketching out airships!

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:43 am

Done working on the characters for a while. Now on to airships. This one is the player's home airship. It's super blocky as it's a "draft" version. I started with a small version to get a sense of the shape and then enlarged it to get an idea of the scale. Goplanes at the bottom right, there. The shapes work out to 8x8 tiles so parts should repeat nicely.

With the increased detail, I might be able to fit in a third engine.

The cabin could use a bit of streamlining.

It might be hard to tell but the short white lines are dual anti-aircraft cannons. They'll rotate around.

That long crane thing attached to the bottom is a plane catcher/launcher. Not really realistic, but definitely cool.

Evolution:

TmEE co.(TM) · Post by **TmEE co.(TM)** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:10 am

That is pretty cool design !

Oerg866 · Post by **Oerg866** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:07 pm

Reminds me of wing fortress

Really nice stuff there!

tinctu · Post by **tinctu** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:52 am

Very nice STEAMPUNK like sprites DjCouchyCouch.
If you need music VGM MM. Let me know!!!

PS: make that coins as sendbox on parachute... it will be amazing!

Coins as:

djcouchycouch · Post by **djcouchycouch** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:55 am