Topic: (CONCEPT) 8-bit Castlevania

[X]

All the current 2D CV games used 99% 4bit imagery, with the exception of Adventure Rebirth.

Maybe this is why Adventure ReBirth plays so goddamn slow on the Dolphine Wii Emulator.

-X

[Flame]

The alt weapon is useful for slow, direct attacks like the whip. The combat cross has substantially less range, but allows Richter to attack in multiple directions

So i take it you are not going for the way LoS portrays the Combat cross then? because if I recall, Gabriel's Cross gets some pretty good range.

if you want something with short range, the regular leather whip in classicvanias has crappy range. (until you get the two chain upgrades)

[MRSKELETON]

nope, combat cross. because it has **dynamic attacks**




most likely will be animated kinda like that

[darkmanx_429]

nope, combat cross. because it has **dynamic attacks**




most likely will be animated kinda like that

Those animations look tight, but you do realize it's probably gonna take TONS of each animation for every movement of your character to get it looking right. And also if you remember, Gabriel's Combat Cross also retracts into itself. Most likely you will have to custom animated that yourself. I thought this was a 8-Bit game? If this is the case, you may want to look at simplier 8-bit titles such as Bionic Commando for advanced gameplay mechanics...

[uzo]

nope, combat cross. because it has **dynamic attacks**

http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/whipwhip2.gif
http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/whip-hardslash.gif

most likely will be animated kinda like that

Whip (above KOF character) uses a whip....... like normal Belmonts. The short length is just her having coiled it. Same can be done with the normal Vampire Killer.

[Flame]

nope, combat cross. because it has **dynamic attacks**




most likely will be animated kinda like that

That doesnt look too short.
And the second sprite is her with the whip coile partially in her hand...

So, Dynamic attacks, but to get dynamic attacks like Gabriel's Combat cross, it NEEDS length. you cant make such dynamic attacks with a short whip.

[MRSKELETON]

That doesnt look too short.
And the second sprite is her with the whip coile partially in her hand...

So, Dynamic attacks, but to get dynamic attacks like Gabriel's Combat cross, it NEEDS length. you cant make such dynamic attacks with a short whip.

yeah i can
don't worry about it;

Those animations look tight, but you do realize it's probably gonna take TONS of each animation for every movement of your character to get it looking right. And also if you remember, Gabriel's Combat Cross also retracts into itself. Most likely you will have to custom animated that yourself. I thought this was a 8-Bit game? If this is the case, you may want to look at simplier 8-bit titles such as Bionic Commando for advanced gameplay mechanics...

no

[darkmanx_429]

yeah i can
don't worry about it;



no

Kinda lost on the "no", is this not an 8-bit title. Also the advice was just on some possible situations that you may run into the future, if you are planning on doing such advanced animations and techniques for your game....

[MRSKELETON]

Kinda lost on the "no", is this not an 8-bit title. Also the advice was just on some possible situations that you may run into the future, if you are planning on doing such advanced animations and techniques for your game....

it's an '8-bit' title in that it uses fairly low res graphics, it's not an 8-bit game meaning i don't give a fuck about the NES' limitations on colors per line or anything else like that

[darkmanx_429]

it's an '8-bit' title in that it uses fairly low res graphics, it's not an 8-bit game meaning i don't give a fuck about the NES' limitations on colors per line or anything else like that

Ok, that was what I was wondering. Cool, so basically it just uses a low res color palette? Ok, there's difference then. So it's not a NES 8-bit game. Are you going to custom sprite the main character off those KOF sprites?

[MRSKELETON]

i'm going to use them as animation references

this is what the richter sprite looks like

[thernz]

Nice. I assume the pixel shifting with Richter won't happen in-game, but what will the differences between the red and the normal steel whip be?

[MRSKELETON]

you actually

will not get to use the vampire killer whip in the game.
it gets stolen. the red whip is called Belmonts Soul, and this is what the info is:


Belmonts Soul
Without the Vampire Killer, Richter is capable of manifesting a temporary copy of it's combat abilities through his supernatural talents that are gained from his bloodline.
A powerful strike formed of magic, while it's not match for the real Vampire Killer, it's a suitable backup when there are no other options.

[MRSKELETON]

SUBWEAPON CONCEPTS:

SUB WEAPONS
At the beginning of each stage, players choose two subweapons to take with them, each with a different function. Rather than use hearts as currency, subweapons
- Either have limited number of uses that can be replenished somehow
-Have a 'cooldown' on subweapons between uses.

ALL GRAPHICS ARE NOT FINAL[/U]


if you don't see something here, assume it's not in the game.
yes, the holy water does not function like it traditionally does

[TheouAegis]

........
The holy water pic looks like....... Like he's putting out a campfire.

I had a similar idea for holy water in my game I'll eventually make. As for the axe, you can download my NES-Style Engine (in these forums) and copy the obj_Item code.