THE FIGHTERS RESOURCE - Official Thread

[TheShyGuy]

Rabid, go checkout lice-cap for gif recording. http://www.cockos.com/licecap/ I just tried out GifCam twice but it doesn't seem to record as smoothly as licecap. Although GifCam is nicer looking and probably better for more static-like recording.

-Thanks Chris, I'll work on it. I might just scrap the strafe and go for a normal run/walk cycle. What I have now isn't giving off the look I wanted anyways.

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Thoughts?


Edit: err ignore the run. Realized the game doesn't have running, just walking =/.

[Animator Rex]

Other than the bunch of pixels that are peeping out of your personal box inside the 64x64, all I can say is that it seems pretty small compared to the sprites in your earlier post. Although, I assume you've got some sort of process to deal with this, so all in all it looks pretty good.

[Lexou Duck]

so yeah i did the idle pose


and you'll notice there's an "unshaded version" which is closer to the game's original style, but i think the shaded one looks better
help me choose

[Garamonde]

Gotta be honest, while I agree that the shaded version does look better, when I look at the less-shaded version after seeing so many over-detailed and out-of-style characters, it's really refreshing to look at.

I personally think it should resemble Gors' sprites more, so I vote simpler version.

[Iocus]

God that portrait is terrifying

I would've expected this character to float...If he's standing on his tail, shouldn't it compress? It would be kind of cool if you made it compress/uncompress like a spring.

[recme]

simpler fits the style better imo. also lexou duck seems a bit elongated than you usually draw him. its seems to be present with his right arm and body

[Lexou Duck]

ok so taking in account what you guys said
(except for recme because my ref needs a certain size hitbox and i actually like the elongated look)
i redid the idle


and i did the walk forward
believe me it looks fine if the character is actually moving
(he's scratching the ground to build up electric friction get it)

edit: also did the walk backwards


here's the sheet

C+C pleeaeaaasse

[Baegal]

OH MY GOD THIS IS GREAT

RabidPeep you have no idea how exciting it is to see this being worked on again
everything looks fantastic and I have total faith in this project again

So far so good. I'll fix the fudgy ground collision later (mostly belting out the framework). After Ocks runs off, I show the way I'm loading the graphics in. Basically I'm programmatically mirroring the images to cut down on graphics loads so that when full characters are loaded in, it's not wasting space.

Only thing is that means that the shading wouldn't be right - but has anyone even been doing that where they made separate left/right sets of their animations? I didn't see any of those, just a design question is all.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL ♥
But it seems like people missed a post I made when I finished my character. I hope you haven't gotten too far along in the project, because I have much more than the sheet.

http://www.vg-resource.com/thread-20507-...#pid516210
[spoiler='or just see here']

I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED!
Ocks (his official name now) has every action complete! Even if this project is on standby or hold at the moment, I've finally completed the sheet.
If this is still being worked on, here's some info for my character:
Ocksford (Ocks)
He's meant to be the faster, weaker character.
Moveset is based around using random items and objects in battle.
Light and quick, but moves don't pack as much of a punch.

Out of 15 *s:
Health: ****
Attack: **
Defense: **
Speed: ****
Jump: ***
[spoiler="The final sheet"][/spoiler]


I also have all of the moves with explanations.
[spoiler="Basic Movements"]
Idle--Basic Idle pose. Hup hup hup hup
Forward Run--Ocks runs away frantically. It should be at this speed--it looks more normal when in motion. Ideally should be one of the faster fighters.
Backward Run--Spins away from danger! Can also be used as a parry if necessary.
Duck
Jump--Is used for both vertical jump and jumping forward.
Back Jump--Ocks floats back on a balloon! Lasts the same length as a normal back jump; the landing sprite is the same as falling for the forward jump, and the balloon simply floats offscreen. Four possible balloons are used--everytime the player jumps back, a random one is selected.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Punches]

Punch 1--Ocks hits the opponent with a frying pan (with Eggs and Bacon!)
Punch 2--Classic Glove slap
Punch 1+2--two moves in succession.
>Punch--SMAAAASH!! A reference of the Earthbound critical hit. Even with a baseball bat!
<Punch--Ocks pulls a carpet from under the opponent and knocks them off their feet. Also acts as ducking for the first part in that it can evade a move and then knock the opponent off of his/her feet.
Duck Punch--Ocks jabs the opponent with a rapier-looking sword. Can be used in succession quickly, but fairly weak.
Jump Punch--While in the air, Ocks throws a variety of items down. Items can be either a bowling ball, beach ball, or watermelon. Each one acts exactly the same--it's more for variety (and that I couldn't choose between the three :U). Randomly selected similar to the balloons in the back jump. If possible, the items are dropped in a simple arch, but upon hitting something (enemy, wall, ground) they bounce a little bit off of the target like shown in the example. Attack can also serve as a little boost in the air, like a quasi double jump.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Kicks]
Kick 1--Dramatic spin kick. I was thinking of the beginning of this video (kind of).
Kick 2--Ocks gives his opponent the boot.
Kick 1+2--both dramatic foot flails in succession.
>Kick--Ocks uses a marching band tuba to blow his opponent away.
<Kick--The opponent is suspended in the air momentarily by a bubble. A hurt frame is simply used while in the bubble.
Duck Kick--Ocks performs a YOUTH ROLL to escape his opponent. When reversed, the text needs to be overlayed on top so it isn't mirrored. A reference to Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck.
Jump Kick--Ocks performs a sicknasty skateboard stunt in the air and lands on his opponent. Works similar to a ground pound in SSB.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Defend]
Defend--Ocks cleverly hides behind a clone cardboard cutout. They'll never know the difference!
Duck Defend--It's a pun. Duck.
Jump Defend--shield the face!
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Special Attacks]
Special 1--Ocks jumps on a rocket pencil and flies quickly until he crashes into something. Hitting an opponent slams them into the wall (and carries them there if far away enough). The move doesn't cancel, though--so hitting the wall will also hurt Ocks slightly.
Special 2--Ocks burns with passion, roasting any opponent lucky enough to be captivated by his stare. Hold the attack too long, though, and he ends up burning himself. I don't know what the length capacity is; maybe 3 seconds? It deals small amounts of damage for as long as the enemy is within range (think fire flower).
Special 3--Ocks lifts a giant statue of him out of the ground, sending him and his opponent up into the air! Damage is only dealt upon landing. Can be advantageous to get Ocks out of a sticky situation, or to get extra height for moves like the jump punch and jump kick.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Grab/Attack/Throw]
Grab
Grab Attack--MY LADY, I AM A PSYCHIC. The move sucks hp from the opponent using ~psychic majjyks~.
Throw--Launches the opponent. One of Ock's stronger moves, though it only throws them behind him.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Hurt/Status]

Hit, Hard Hit/Flying, Duck/Jump Hit, Faceplant, and KO
Recover

Burnt, Frozen, and Depixelized
Strawberried
Midnight Moe
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Extra] Win
Alternate Color
Mugshot
[/spoiler]



And as a bonus, I have some scraps!
[spoiler=Scraps/Misc]

[/spoiler]

If this is still being programmed, all of the files are saved in this .zip for quick use.
(Mediafire)

And with that, Ocks is 100% complete! I doubt this post was completely necessary, but it was a way for me to check everything (I had an extra shade of brown scattered around randomly, and some animations had to be tweaked), and it's a good way to finally close off everything.

All right!


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[/spoiler]

For example, I have somewhat faster framerates for the run, and the jump animation doesn't loop.
I hope the link helps. It has sample animations for everything and a .zip file that has everything compiled.
Also, I redid my mugshot and had some extra things I recently posted here:

Here's my word bubbles, fight icon, and I updated my mugshot (new on left).


":U" is the taunt one (should vibrate quickly)
"G-GUH" is the lose

I think the large ones are encounters?

I'm going to do a lose animation and taunt one soon!
Should I have multiple mugshot expressions?

Again, so pumped you can help us! Let me know if you have anymore questions!

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I will respond to everything else as soon as I can but I have to go right now

But wow this has made my day so much better ♥

[RabidPeep]

Yeah, I grabbed that sheet. I just did it after I loaded those three sprites and before I started doing the massive undertaking of getting a basic character fully finished. It's still in a rough state with about 60% of the fighter actions taken care of with a target test room to show off the attack's hit boxes and the like.

But I'll have to wait until later tonight or tomorrow to do more work on it - I've got shit to ship out and database stuff to crunch for a friend. Don't worry though guys, this is very quickly turning into my main pet project - I just have other obligations to take care of. Got like six packages that need to go out and I need to expertly pack them to keep the figurines safe.

[Baegal]

oh, awesome. Just making sure.

Godspeed o/

[Kosheh]

You know, I just realize that there's one thing that would make this game look a little cleaner.

Turnaround tween animations, for when an opponent jumps over you and forces your sprite to turn around (it's just one additional sprite)

Sorry it's hard to explain as I'm not really at home to show it - but it's in many of the Street Fighter II sheets.

Though, come to think of it (sorry, honestly haven't looked through this thread's 80 pages) does every character have a walking-forward and walking-backward animation, too?

And once again, if every character does have a turnaround tweener animation, disregard this post lol.

[Lexou Duck]

also since we're talking about adding frames

my character is probably gonna use a lot of electric attacks and thinks others will too

so if i can ask everyone to make a skeleton hit frame that'd be great
plus those must be fun to do

[Phantom Killah]

"walking"

[recme]

so if i can ask everyone to make a skeleton hit frame that'd be great

its your attack, it wouldnt be so hard to make the skeleton hit frames yourself. most people finished their sheets and really wouldnt want to go back for 1 frame. some peeps dont even go on tsr anymore, (like chaoxys and meta) so contacting them for such things wouldnt be the best solution

[Phantom Killah]

so if i can ask everyone to make a skeleton hit frame that'd be great

something like this?