Topic: November Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest Theme Poll

[Shiroi Koumori]

Since we can't decide on what theme the next contest should be, it would be best to have a poll to decide.

Voting closes in 3 days.

[Lelygax]

Original character and monster are misleading, since you can create a enemy that isnt a monster and some monsters can be a character.

[theANdROId]

I like the monster idea best, though the boss idea is interesting as well.  Considering I've never done any spriting before, I doubt I could make a big-ol'-boss.

Dang...I hate being a "noob" in this!  I'd really like to be a part -- in the contest, or judging, either one -- but I don't know that I've got enough skills or knowledge to do much good at either! :-(

[Shiroi Koumori]

Original character and monster are misleading, since you can create a enemy that isnt a monster and some monsters can be a character.

I added hero to the original character.
And well, monsters stay as monsters. hehehe.

[Chernabogue]

Voted!

BTW, what lind of program do you use to work on sprites? Does the simple MS Paint works?

[Shiroi Koumori]

As far as I know MS paint works, but for gif animations, I have no idea.

[Jop]

Voted!

BTW, what lind of program do you use to work on sprites? Does the simple MS Paint works?

I use Paint most of the time, like 98%, the others i use programs to help me in rotation of sprites if i have problems.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro.

[uzo]

I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro.

Ditto. This thing is king for sprites in my opinion.

[theplottwist]

Voted!

BTW, what lind of program do you use to work on sprites? Does the simple MS Paint works?

For me, it's all I need.

I use Photoshop (anti-aliasing disabled) or Graphics Gale to cheat a bit with rotations, but then is back to MS Paint to manually fix the mess.

For animations, I use Graphics Gale to set up the frames' timings. But even animation itself is done in MS Paint. Also, the best version of MS Paint to work with pixel art is the WinXP one, in my opinion.

[darkmanx_429]

You can also make different poses in Photoshop with layers and then use Photoshop's timelime to animated and save a gif.

[uzo]

The next contest should be all about what later Castlevanias are famous for: have a whole host of food items. So many unique ones. We should have a contest for spriting your favorite food into an item icon.



I can't tell if I'm for serious or not.

[theplottwist]

The next contest should be all about what later Castlevanias are famous for: have a whole host of food items. So many unique ones. We should have a contest for spriting your favorite food into an item icon.

I can't tell if I'm for serious or not.

I wish you were, because the idea is neat!

The sprites would be small enough that you could do many of them, while staying true to the style.

[darkmanx_429]

The next contest should be all about what later Castlevanias are famous for: have a whole host of food items. So many unique ones. We should have a contest for spriting your favorite food into an item icon.



I can't tell if I'm for serious or not.

Would actually go with a Thanksgiving vibe...

[Inccubus]

I like the food idea.