Vykker's Oddysee?

[Mudokon_Master]

Dunno about that title but I'll stick with it for now.
So I've been archiving a bit lately and I dug up some old sprites threads.
Anyway, I've been screwing around with GML and I decided I want to put together a simple platformer game based around Vykkers.
My only problem is, it'd be incredibly rude of me to use all these user's sprites without consulting them. And most of them are no longer active on the OWF today.
Oh yeah, I'm shit at spriting! Any suggestions? I've already made a demo but I don't know if it'd be bad of me to upload it/show screenshots here or not.

[Wil]

Link us to the posts where the sprites you're interested in appear. Some of us might be in contact with the uploaders through other means and could ask on your behalf.

[Mudokon_Master]

Well I'm basically interested in everything from this thread. Particularly Arxryl's.

[Wil]

What thread?

[Mudokon_Master]

Oops, sorry I forgot the link, lmao!
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showth...t=14513&page=8
Sorry about that.

[Wil]

Looks like Arxryl hasn't been active on here since 2008, but he did post on his DeviantArt as recently as October.

Try there, first. There are further options if that doesn't pan out, but I don't like giving away contact details willy nilly.

[Mudokon_Master]

Alright, I'll try DevianArt. Thanks.

[Carnix]

I posted a bunch of Sprites in that thread, all of which I'm happy for anyone to use without asking so long as I'm given credit. That's relevant to this because I did the Vykker Sprites on page 11 which I'm assuming you'll need if you go with the rest of Arxryl's stuff.

Also, if anyone plans on reading that thread over, please excuse my poor grammar and spelling. The end pages of that thread were my introduction to OWF.

[Mudokon_Master]

Haha, yes, I noticed that Carnix
And thanks for the permission. I'm gonna have to PM Hulaabea too.

Oh, and this was easier than expected.

[E'l Scrabino]

I can't remember if I did anything useful in that thread, but if you find something I mangled put up that you want to use, then go ahead.

[Mudokon_Master]

Thanks, I think I might've actually found some nice sprites of yours. I'll include all of you in the credits btw.
I just got the thumbs up from Hulaabeo, so looks like I'm all set
I'll just add some finishing touches and add a demo maybe tonight.

[Carnix]

Thinking back I remembered a sprite-sheet I worked on that was generally well received. It was never finished or given its own thread so after half an hour of searching I've found it and I think I'll be continuing it.

I'll start with less forehead on the Sligs..

Anyhoo, it's very unlikely that you would have come across this during your Google search so if this style is preferable to Arxryl's, lemme know the characters and poses you need and I'll get to work.

[Mudokon_Master]

Awh, thanks Carnix. That's really generous of you!
But it's an offer I can't resist Now that you mention it, I'm going to need some scrab sprites. So could you manage that? I don't want to ask too much of you

[Mudokon_Master]

Okay so here we go with the simple demo. I'm gonna start with some level design, some enemies etc. Any ideas and feedback are free.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5cdcdnzcb2ulmbw

[Carnix]

Promising engine. I love the character customization at the beginning although some hats did not display properly. My one criticism is that you haven't adjusted the walking sprites' animation speed which really should be a lot lower than it is there.

As for the sprites; if you don't mind, I'll be slowly and steadily working on that old set of Zephyr style stuff. It will eventually include Scrabs which you are more than welcome to, but you'll have to be patient as I'm currently juggling two unpaid "volunteer" jobs totalling to about 46 hours a week and don't have too much time for this stuff.

[Mudokon_Master]

That's alright. There's no rush, after all I'll decrease the walking speed and take some time to draw some better hat sprites. They seem rather unfitting.

[Hulaabeo]

Ah, neat! If you need anything small, I can help out with that, my sprites have gotten better since then!

[Mudokon_Master]

Thanks guys! I'll be sure to. I just need some scrab and paramite sprites and I'll begin working on it more.

[Carnix]

I just need some scrab and paramite sprites and I'll begin working on it more.

I'll get to those once the vykker is done then.

[sheridanm962]

I can't wait to see the finished result of the game Mudokon_Master!

[Mudokon_Master]

Alright I decreased the walking speed and I also put in some more appropriate hats. I'm not sure if they're too hard to see but one's a dead shark and one's a bunch of flowers.
http://www.mediafire.com/?o9v7b0yc2kuat55

[NyOe!s]

Nice work MM, hope to see the final product one day! Good luck!

[Scraby]

Nice work MM.I tried it out and it seems that the hat selection screen can glitch up and i cant select the same hat afther trying variations,and i need to restart if i want that specific hat.

[Mudokon_Master]

Wait, what do you mean? If you mean, going back to the selection screen, then there's no way to do that yet. If you mean something else, please explain?

[Scraby]

I meant that if you select a hat to preview on your Vykker it will appear but if you click on another hat you cant select the same hat you previously selected.

[Mudokon_Master]

I can on mine...
I don't know to be honest, if it happens to other people as well, I'll look into it.