Spritework Thread

[Anonymous No.4798659]

Post some nice-looking sprites.

[Anonymous No.4798663]

>>4798659
Too bad those sprites meant the series had to be 30fps and with plenty of slowdown

[Anonymous No.4798809]

>>4798659
i did this when i was bored

[Anonymous No.4798957]

>>4798659

[Anonymous No.4798968]

>>4798957
holy fuck, game?

[Anonymous No.4798971]

>>4798663
Art direction > technical art

[Anonymous No.4798979]

>>4798968
Breath of Fire IV on the ps1 by Capcom.

I'm not a huge jrpg fan but I highly recommend it. It's pretty interesting as it uses Asian culture and religion for it's world instead of your typical Medieval Europe style fantasy. Battle system is a lot of fun as you can switch between party members every turn and different spells can combo with one another allowing experimentation. Also the story is pretty good with some interesting aspects, in some sections you play as the main antagonist and follow his story to see how he became the way he did and learn his own views. It's a bit rough in some sections as it has padding but it's a great game and I highly suggest it even if for the beautiful art and animation alone.

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>>4798663
Completely worth the trade-off, tbqh. The first Metal Slug is more than 20 years old now, and even the subsequent sequels that were released well into the 2000's were able to keep the exact same art style because the sprites have aged so well that they're practically timeless. The games all look phenomenal, and in its own unique way, the slowdown almost adds to the experience because it happens when there is a lot of action the screen; in a way, it gives it a cool "slow motion" effect

[Anonymous No.4799387]

>>4798663
There is a lot of slowdown in the first few MS games. Then most of it was fixed in X and more was fixed in 3. From that point on, you'd barely notice any slowdowns.

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[Anonymous No.4799704]

>>4798663
And it's one of the greater series of all time STILL admired for its sprite work while imitators and other generic shit from the period is forgotten

[Anonymous No.4799752]

Isn’t this spritework considered lost to time since the artists who did it were never named?

[Anonymous No.4799804]

>>4799704
Not my fault that people value style over substance
>>4799373
How they play is more important, anon

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[Anonymous No.4800392]

>>4799804
I honestly didn't even know MS was 30fps until you guys started going on tangents about it every time MS was mentioned. There are plenty more 2D games that run at 60fps that are far less responsive or fluid than MS so I don't know why you think it even matters for a 2D game.

[Anonymous No.4800401]

>>4800392
Well, the games feel a bit sluggish to me. They're still good, don't get me wrong, but they definitely sacrificed playability for visuals, which is always a big no-no for me.

[Anonymous No.4800405]

>>4800392
>>4800401
To add to this, I highly prefer this as a run and gun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHMsxRLLsg
Metal Slug, again, are pretty cool games, but too slow paced for that genre IMO. Those guys had been doing that stuff since their Irem days (look at In the Hunt, THAT slowdown!)

[Anonymous No.4800446]

>>4800405
Not to take anything from Wolf Fang since it's an awesome game, but it's fundamentally different since it's an auto-scroller rather than a manual one. For games like those I'd 100% agree that 60fps is necessary but that has mostly to do with the fast scrolling having to be perfectly fluid.

For a game like Metal Slug I don't think it being 60fps would have made the game any less "sluggish", the sprites would still move at a fixed rate as designed by the devs. Slowdown however is another issue entirely and does not have all that much to do with the game being 30fps, plenty of 60fps games have slowdown as well. I do think slowdown is an issue with Metal Slug 2 and parts of 1, although like with many shoot-em-ups slowdown does mitigate difficulty in some areas. For example, a world record holder for Ikaruga didn't like the XBLA port since it removed all the slowdown which made parts of the game like the final boss entirely different.

[Anonymous No.4800449]

>>4800446
>Slowdown however is another issue entirely
Technically maybe, but it all stems from the fact that they gave the visuals too much weight.
Yeah, Wolf Fang, auto-scrolls, but you get what I mean. It feels way smoother and fun as a result.

[Anonymous No.4800454]

>>4800449
Then maybe manual scrolling Contra-like run-and-guns aren't your thing? I think games like Wolf Fang kind of blur the line between run-and-guns and shoot-em-ups.(obviously not saying that's a bad thing)

[Anonymous No.4800457]

>>4800454
Yeah, I like them, such as Sunset Riders (but I prefer regular shoot 'em ups, I guess that shows). Doesn't excuse Metal Slug for being too taxing for the Neo Geo.
My main point is that while they're not bad, they're remembered more for the looks. I guess I shouldn't complain too much since they still manage to be good, it's just that they feel ovely praised due to this.

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[Anonymous No.4800487]

>>4800457
Well, I can respect that. Copious amounts of slowdown do negatively affect my game experience as well, I just don't think the fps cap matters in 2D quite as much as it does in 3D.

Anyway, let's get back to sprites.

[Anonymous No.4800494]

>>4800326
Hypnotizing.

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[Anonymous No.4800507]

>>4800496
triggered my PTSD

[Anonymous No.4800516]

>>4800507
Koko desu ka?

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[Anonymous No.4801287]

>>4800481
>Not posting Cormano
1 (one) job.

[Anonymous No.4801296]

>>4801287

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>>4801321
Hm? Sauce??

[Anonymous No.4801347]

>>4801321
NARC

[Anonymous No.4801363]

Damn I love me some sprites thread. Nice job OP.

[Anonymous No.4801416]

>>4801325
lol

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[Anonymous No.4803085]

Wanted to post this somewhere (it's from DonPachi)

[Anonymous No.4803482]

All I have left are all Metal Slug sprites. Probably going to look for more from different games.

[Anonymous No.4803506]

SNK Rules

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>>4803515
Sauce?

[Anonymous No.4804396]

>>4804332
The King of Fighters 99

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[Anonymous No.4805654]

>>4799804
They play perfectly fine. There is more to gameplay than framerate. I mean, pretty much all of 90's FPS games were played in 30 FPS and people still loved them, and love them to this day.

[Anonymous No.4805661]

>>4804619
This is even more impressive when you realize how hard transparency and refraction is to achieve in pixel art.

[Anonymous No.4805717]

>>4800481
Cool boy is better

[Anonymous No.4805723]

Sprite thread

[Anonymous No.4805760]

love the creepy aliens in Baraduke

get this fucker away from me!

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[Anonymous No.4805768]

here's a showstopper

[Anonymous No.4805770]

>>4805768
>showstopper
maybe too strong a word; I like it a lot though ;^)

[Anonymous No.4805776]

>>4805768
>showstopper

maybe too strong a word; but I like it a whole lot.

Also: the (sub)plot of Dinorex. I love it. It's almost profound.

[Anonymous No.4805790]

>>4805764
Please post more arcade games like this!!!

[Anonymous No.4805803]

>>4805790
let's see, here are a few gifs from JJ Squawkers

[Anonymous No.4805805]

>>4805803
and if you can't make out what's happening with all the BS background effects you're not alone!

[Anonymous No.4805812]

>>4798979
Just downloaded it on psn thanks for the recommendation!

[Anonymous No.4805936]

>>4805812
Enjoy anon. I only played it last year and it really resonated with me. The budget for the game was a bit short, and it shows in a few areas, but it really was a memorable game for me beyond the art and even the story had me pretty invested. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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[Anonymous No.4807106]

>>4806929
>>4803482
>>4801758
>>4801325
>>4799387
>>4799373
>>4799052
>>4798659
the detail in every single 'slug sprite animation is astounding

does anyone remember the "Computers" thread? I saved the entire fucking thing

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[Anonymous No.4808574]

>>4799752
Plenty were named. I can name several Capcom fighting game spriters off the top of my head:
Akira Yasuda (SF2 Chun-Li, Wolverine)
Akemi Kurihara (Demitri)
Takenori Kimoto (Anakaris, Donovan)
Eri Nakamura (SF2 & Alpha Honda, B.B. Hood)
Mizuho Kageyama (SF2 Vega, Victor)
Toshikazu Matsumoto (Huitzil)
Hiroshi Shibata (Pyron)
Mizue Morimoto (Sasquatch, Alpha Balrog)
Tohru Takaoka (Raptor)
Takashi Hayashi (SF2 & Alpha Dhalsim, Bishamon)

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[Anonymous No.4809931]

>>4804806
>gbash-tetsu
what game?

[Anonymous No.4809934]

>>4800326
What game?

[Anonymous No.4809936]

>>4805936
>budget
They cut a lot of content and put it in artbooks, novels, and the manga. The reason was that Capcom was going through "a tough financial situation" at the time so the budget and deadlines for this were cut short.

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>>4809934
chijoku no troll busters

[Anonymous No.4810042]

>>4798809
thank you for this meal dad

[Anonymous No.4810059]

>>4804915
I wouldn't call KOFXI stages pixel art. The characters, sure.

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>>4810135
The Saturn one is even better. Even more mindblowing is how that one still only uses 16 colors per sprite.

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[Anonymous No.4811459]

>>4807106
Seriously, Metal Slug's Sprites are possibly the best in the entire industry. Or at least from that time.

Is there anything even close to it?

[Anonymous No.4812348]

>>4801321
I'll never get over how insane and unhinged N.A.R.C was, Jesus Christ.

>>4798663
Tempo was a nothing special platformer on the 32X, but I can still love the animation frames making it look smooth as silk.

[Anonymous No.4812353]

>>4810214
You can do quite a lot with 16 colors per sprite, honestly.

[Anonymous No.4812389]

>>4811459
It seems like the limitations of the NG hardware really pushed devs to go for really high sprite counts/good art direction. Capcom did great sprites too but they were much more inclined to cut corners. (case in point: Morrigan in Capcom vs. SNK, she looks laughably out of place due to her unfitting re-used sprites)

When SNK franchises moved to Atomiswave hardware they all suffered for it. Metal Slug 6 still has good character sprites but the backgrounds and zooming effects look awful.

[Anonymous No.4813068]

>>4810135
Anyone have a .gif of his walking animation?

[Anonymous No.4813614]

>>4798809
That's just Machoke with garfield

[Anonymous No.4813660]

>>4813614
HOLY SMOKES I COULD NOT TELL BEFORE BUT NOW, ANON, THAT YOU POINTED IT OUT, ANON, WOW, THAT IS TOTALLY CRAZY, ANON, I AM REALLY REALLY TRULY GLAD THAT YOU MADE THAT COMMENT, ANON.

[Anonymous No.4814064]

>>4809931
>1 KB, 272x269)
gunbird

[Anonymous No.4814075]

>>4809931
Gunbird (the game)
Ash and Tetsu are characters

[Anonymous No.4814607]

People complained that the stages lack colors, but it was perfect since the setting was Purgatory.

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[Anonymous No.4815358]

>>4805661
I’m almost certain Art of Fighting 3 used some 3D rendering for its backgrounds.