Topic: (CONCEPT) 8-bit Castlevania

[MRSKELETON]

no

[darkmanx_429]

Any word on the plot?

[MRSKELETON]

It has mumble mubmle something to do with the Vampire Killer being stolen, don't expect a visit from Alucard or Maria /anywhere/ in the game. They're not important to the plot.

Trying to keep the game kind of 'seperated' so it's not really a fan-made chapter in the timeline, it's something that could have very easily happened to richter

[uzo]

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

XD

Oh man, it totally does. Hahahaha.

[MRSKELETON]

that's not really the graphic for the holy water

but it gets the idea down, it's a wide spread attack that's probably going to be pretty tall

[uzo]

That just went right over your head didn't it?

[MRSKELETON]

 i don't care; get out of my thread if you're not posting legitimately about the content

[darkmanx_429]

Are you planning on doing custom animation for the Combat Cross or what? Do you have any concept done for it yet? That's the most interesting thing I want to see how you plan to incorporate in the mod. I am still suggesting you look at how the grappling is done in bionic commando and then use that as a base to fix it for your needs. Then you could incorporate some vertical climbing in it similar to Lords of Shadow.

[thernz]

Make it look like the Diskarmor for no apparent reason.

[Flame]

i don't care; get out of my thread if you're not posting legitimately about the content

Geez... Cant take a joke, can you?

[MRSKELETON]

Are you planning on doing custom animation for the Combat Cross or what? Do you have any concept done for it yet? That's the most interesting thing I want to see how you plan to incorporate in the mod. I am still suggesting you look at how the grappling is done in bionic commando and then use that as a base to fix it for your needs. Then you could incorporate some vertical climbing in it similar to Lords of Shadow.

lords of shadow's level design is pretty garbage, and wouldn't translate well to a 2D game. and yes, the combat cross will have a custom animation. the belmonts soul is a single, powerful foreward attack. the combat cross is for players that would rather be 'faster and loose' i guess. it's got wide attacks, and attacks in a six directions, it does a lot less damage though but also comes with it's own set of abilities

i like the 'concept' of a swing in combat, but it's not something that would really suit this game. if i do another castlevania game (maybe using thaddeus' richter sprites that i made a full sheet of) i'll consider it

a good example of the kind of things Combat Cross!Richter can do, is he has access to a back handspring/dodge like leon/alucard/soma/juste do, while Belmont Soul!Richter, has access to subweapons

[darkmanx_429]

lords of shadow's level design is pretty garbage, and wouldn't translate well to a 2D game. and yes, the combat cross will have a custom animation. the belmonts soul is a single, powerful foreward attack. the combat cross is for players that would rather be 'faster and loose' i guess. it's got wide attacks, and attacks in a six directions, it does a lot less damage though but also comes with it's own set of abilities

i like the 'concept' of a swing in combat, but it's not something that would really suit this game. if i do another castlevania game (maybe using thaddeus' richter sprites that i made a full sheet of) i'll consider it

a good example of the kind of things Combat Cross!Richter can do, is he has access to a back handspring/dodge like leon/alucard/soma/juste do, while Belmont Soul!Richter, has access to subweapons

Sounds good. By the way, what are you making your game with? Can you post some of those Richter sprites you are talking about. I am just interested in way they look like.

[MRSKELETON]

There's the sheet 'Gorsal' (A TSR member/friend) made, I've got permission to use and edit them as I please.
The southpaw whipping frames are cut out, rising upercut isn't there, it's missing one frame for weapons,
and none of 'my' animations are there.

[Inccubus]

I honestly have to say there is something 'off' about that sprite. Can't put my finger on it though.

[MRSKELETON]

it's not colored the same way the actual castlevania NES sprites are, that's probably it. it uses their poses as a reference, but not as a base