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Regarding Character Design

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Its difficult for a new player and sometimes for an experienced player to recognize genderin Mana world. I did thought several girls to boys. Because there aren't many noticeable differences between male and female sex. Especially when they sit. I suggest to add some distinguishing features of male and female sexes. Males should have broader shoulder compared to female. Females should have narrow hip. What say ?
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ugh... while I agree that there should be more differences like the ones you suggested, this would cause a sick amount of work because it's not just the base sprite that would require a rework, it would also be *every* piece of equipment while every piece of equipment has several numbers of frames.

Nice suggestion, but I'm definitely out :D
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I don't know much about character design. If it takes long do it slowly, it would be a good improvement.
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Yeah, don't worry, I thought I give you short insight into this because I know that it's hard to guess how much effort it would take if you aren't into development.

Well if someone wants to do it it'd be great, but I guess it's too much effort for the small number of developers and contributors we currently have.
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Yeah, I know how difficult of a task to maintain the game for the developers. As this is under GPL there will be little to none money contribution. I'm a programmer myself and I'll join after I complete the game. I've invited some of my friends to join the project.
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Oh, nice, well hurry then (no, take your time and enjoy)! :D

In this case:
Besides the player model sprites all .png files in this list would require adjustment:
https://github.com/themanaworld/tmwa-cl ... ment/chest
Looking at the assassin-female.png we have over 130 frames in just one sprite.
Of course it depends on how much the player model sprites would be changed.
Maybe also other equipment sprites.

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What pixel art tool is best for gnu linux ? What do you use cassy ?
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deepthought wrote:What pixel art tool is best for linux ? What do you use cassy ?
I use GIMP for both Windows and Linux.
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GIMP ? :alt-3: I've been using gimp for ages. Thanks.
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Just use the Adult mod and/or disable clothing.

IME most boobs are visible, if any aren't you only need to fix a couple of things.

Also manaplus shows the gender symbol by the character name.

But tbh we're missing like 90% of the possible genders, so ...

/me should fix.
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I don't remember exactly if it was from discovery or ngc but when a guy looks at a girl hips are the first place he looks.
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Make the nipples on female sprites blink bright green. Problem solved.
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o11c wrote:Just use the Adult mod and/or disable clothing.

IME most boobs are visible, if any aren't you only need to fix a couple of things.

Also manaplus shows the gender symbol by the character name.

But tbh we're missing like 90% of the possible genders, so ...

/me should fix.
Most boobs are visible. I agree. Certain equip, warlord plate for instance girls are almost flat chested. Yes there's a symbol beside the character name but it would be good if there's more noticeable differences between boys and girls.
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o11c wrote:But tbh we're missing like 90% of the possible genders, so ...
And this is why I'm totally against changes like that. Gender is a comprehensive stuff, as we can have womans with larger shoulders (my mom is anatomically and gendered woman and has a large swimmer's shoulder), and men can have a tight hip and roundy butt, why not? To not even talk about transgender, intersex, and such. This is why I believe gender neutrality is sure a nice feature on TMW.

If such changes would be made I think it should stand for subtle additions like in manners and ettiquetes, like sitting or standing still in a different way. This would be more likely to gender identity than anatomic stereotype.
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