NPC sprites
NPC sprites
the large style differences between the npcs are usually one of the first critique points most people find when playing TMW for the first time. They look as if they were ripped from 10 different games.
Most of the npcs were style experiments to find a general style for the spritesets. but now where we found our primary spriteset we should maybe start to replace the npcs one after another with sprite edits of the character spriteset.
Most of the npcs were style experiments to find a general style for the spritesets. but now where we found our primary spriteset we should maybe start to replace the npcs one after another with sprite edits of the character spriteset.
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I don't think they should be direct edits. This would vastly increase repetitivity.
Some NPC's are more muscular, some a bit fatter. Some are tall, some can't reach the doorknob. And ofcourse they don't all face the same direction, not even the same of four. Some might hammer an anvil, others drink a pint.
What I'm saying they can differ quite a lot from the playerset. So yes, they can be based on the playerset. But they shouldn't be one frame picked from the playerset with heavy eyebrows and some clothes drawn over it.
Or well... they could be, but not all of them.
Some NPC's are more muscular, some a bit fatter. Some are tall, some can't reach the doorknob. And ofcourse they don't all face the same direction, not even the same of four. Some might hammer an anvil, others drink a pint.
What I'm saying they can differ quite a lot from the playerset. So yes, they can be based on the playerset. But they shouldn't be one frame picked from the playerset with heavy eyebrows and some clothes drawn over it.
Or well... they could be, but not all of them.
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here is my first attempt at creating an npc sprite. a lumberjack for the woodland village.
i started with one frame from the player spriteset. i made him more musculous by stretching the chest area with some additional pixels and changed the head form and facial expression a bit. then i changed the pose of the arms. the clothes are half transparent one colored layers so that the original shading shines through. the hair is from one of the original hairsets (hue, brightness and saturation changed), but i cut some pixels away to give the impression that the character is already losing some hair.
i am not yet statisfied with the head of the axe and the shoes are still missing.
constructive criticism is welcome.
i started with one frame from the player spriteset. i made him more musculous by stretching the chest area with some additional pixels and changed the head form and facial expression a bit. then i changed the pose of the arms. the clothes are half transparent one colored layers so that the original shading shines through. the hair is from one of the original hairsets (hue, brightness and saturation changed), but i cut some pixels away to give the impression that the character is already losing some hair.
i am not yet statisfied with the head of the axe and the shoes are still missing.
constructive criticism is welcome.
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Yes... indeed. I did it in a few minutes, and then was too lazzy to create a scenery; So I used some standard sprites from the game.EJlol wrote:she sits a little bit odd on that rock
Im also not happy with the tail at all, I just thought it was an funny idea anyway... A Mermaid in a dessert, that suits the SoM Humor I'dd say and makes a good quest
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Inspired by this thread I also did an NPC. He's a guy from the savannah area and once its tileset is finished and we have made a map with it he will lead you there.
EDIT: Added the animated version
EDIT: Added the animated version
Last edited by Modanung on 11 Jul 2006, 23:01, edited 1 time in total.
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