|
Socoder -> Off Topic -> Tiny Joe |
|
| Thu, 24 Nov 2016, 04:16 | |
spinal
|
hmmmmm..... just can't seem to draw Joe small enough  
-=-=- Check out my excellent homepage! 
|
| Thu, 24 Nov 2016, 04:16 | |
Jayenkai
|
Yeah, I think that's as small as you can get him. I just gave it a go myself, but the eyes need a gap, and you can't avoid it.. head, blank, blank, eye, blank, eye, blank, head. That's 8 pixels across.. and that's as small as he can possibly be. 8x8, plus 2 for the feet, plus another 5 for the hat. 8x16, and he doesn't quite look as good as he did. 
-=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
|
| Thu, 24 Nov 2016, 09:25 | |
rockford
|
 A bit smaller. Obviously you can still move the eyes down 1 pixel, but that's about it in monochrome, methinks. |
| Fri, 25 Nov 2016, 13:36 | |
cyangames
|
Ohh is this for the arduoboy? I've got one of them on my list for xmas 
-=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also! |
| Sat, 26 Nov 2016, 03:21 | |
|
spinal
|
It sure is, my homemade version is almost as good, if not better!   It has an SD card! -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
| Sat, 26 Nov 2016, 05:12 | |
cyangames
|
\o/
|
| Sat, 26 Nov 2016, 21:45 | |
|
Stealth |
The screen is so tiny 
|
| Sat, 31 Dec 2016, 04:09 | |
|
spinal
|
 Getting there, I have a new respect for old school pixel artist and the struggle to make characters look good ad such small scale, those 8bit days must have been hell. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
| Sat, 31 Dec 2016, 05:07 | |
|
rockford
|
It's not just the small scale, but also the lack of colours. With monochrome you can't add shading or anti-aliasing to make the image smoother. Most Speccy games didn't use characters that small on the whole, so that's why pixel pushers made great things with the old 8bits - a bit more room to work with. |
| Sat, 31 Dec 2016, 05:18 | |
|
spinal
|
I'm forced in this case with a 128x64 screen, it's either tiny sprites or scrolling. Also, you're right, it took me quite a while to start thinking in 1bit and realizing that something can look the same without actually looking the same, negative space etc. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
| Sat, 31 Dec 2016, 05:48 | |
|
Jayenkai
|
Maybe the boss character can be a ginormous (regular sized!) Joe!!
-=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
|
| Sat, 31 Dec 2016, 05:59 | |
|
spinal
|
... Boss character should be PlatDude! That's who it was originally.
-=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
|
|
| |||
|
| ||||