Gameboy Retro Pack Interest

[L'Antipatico 2.0]

The pack is a very good idea and could be interesting to a lot of people, but I ""personally"" don't like the theme.

 

[ShinGamix]

The top aka color one looked great.

the second two looked all right.

Dont like this one though.

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[amerk]

To gregbaby:

I'm not sure I'd ever use this to make money on a project with. There is a small market for retro made games that are willing to buy, but with so many free games available that utilize retro resources, I'd be hard-pressed trying to do something commercial with such a set, assuming I'd ever do anything commercial to begin with.

However, the only real retro set available, aside from using a shoddy NES palette swap in Photoshop, is to use ripped graphics (like DQ or FF in the NES style). One, that's not really an option for me, since it's taboo to discuss and use such material, and second, most of these "rips" are made for RM2K and 2K3 and not available for the recent makers.

So in the end, having somebody make legal "retro style" resources is the only viable option. I would gladly pay for these services just to make more retro styled games, which I'm very fond of, even if I only plan to release freeware games. While I can certainly understand the notion that people are taking a step back, think of it as a service that caters more to a hobbyists love for nostalgia than anything else, and that will probably attract a certain crowd. Higher res graphics aren't going anywhere, and people dedicated to making these resources will be around for quite some time.

That said, the artist behind these resources (OceansDream) seems to be fond of retro material and knows how to handle them very well. Check out her Paradise Blue if you ever get a chance, and if I'm not mistaken some of those resources were made by her, so she is rather talented in this field. Her style is reminiscent of a cross between GBA and SNES, and I think provides the perfect balance for something that is retro without it looking too nostalgic.

To OceansDream:

This is a sort of request, if at all possible. But I'm assuming all resources (including sprites) will be made from scratch. Is there a possibility of making these sprites look a bit taller than the normal chibi 1-tile look? Perhaps making them 1 and 1/2 tiles high? Personally, I think that would be the best balance, since the 2-tile high XP sprites were a bit too tall.

Anyways, I wasn't sure if that was part of the discussion or not, or if it's an easy request to consider.

Thanks!

Edit to Shin:

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing that one if it's packaged with the others, for somebody who wants to make a sort of Final Fantasy Legends type of game. But I agree, my preference is on the other styles.

 

[Reynard Frost]

To gregbaby:

I'm not sure I'd ever use this to make money on a project with. There is a small market for retro made games that are willing to buy, but with so many free games available that utilize retro resources, I'd be hard-pressed trying to do something commercial with such a set, assuming I'd ever do anything commercial to begin with.

I direct you to Zeboyd Games, FEZ, Gunpoint, etc.

 

[Ratty524]

That said, the artist behind these resources (OceansDream) seems to be fond of retro material and knows how to handle them very well. Check out her Paradise Blue if you ever get a chance, and if I'm not mistaken some of those resources were made by her, so she is rather talented in this field. Her style is reminiscent of a cross between GBA and SNES, and I think provides the perfect balance for something that is retro without it looking too nostalgic.

*his,*him, and *he. Ocean is a dude, Dude.

 

[d_a_renoir]

Depends on the price, I'd say. It looks way too simple for my taste. I know simple is sometimes trickier to make than complex stuff, but I did grow up with the pretty colours! XD

 

[Touchfuzzy]

*his,*him, and *he. Ocean is a dude, Dude.

Depends on the price, I'd say.

Somehow my brain connected these two posts together, and it has unfortunate implications.

 

[Mon Dez]

I would love to see something like this because it brings out a little spice of nostalgia of old style RPG's. (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest)

 

[amerk]

No offense to OceansDream. I tend to get gender confused over the internet.

The rest of my post should still be able to stand on its own though, and I'm still as excited to see the release of these resources.

And TF's line of thought made me burst out laughing.

 

[OceansDream]

This is a sort of request, if at all possible. But I'm assuming all resources (including sprites) will be made from scratch. Is there a possibility of making these sprites look a bit taller than the normal chibi 1-tile look? Perhaps making them 1 and 1/2 tiles high? Personally, I think that would be the best balance, since the 2-tile high XP sprites were a bit too tall.

I already have a template and a bunch of charsets made from it that are chibi 1-tile look. Maybe if I get a burst of motivation but I'd still like to finish the other things first.

I poked around at some screenshots of another game so it'll give me some ideas on what other tiles I can add too. I don't want to go too crazy adding things and then never finishing but I do want it to be good enough for a pack and not like "I paid $300 for 2 pixels??? what a ripoff! *proceeds to burn oshuns house*". Estimated release date 2097 AD

 

[West_Winds]

I already have a template and a bunch of charsets made from it that are chibi 1-tile look. Maybe if I get a burst of motivation but I'd still like to finish the other things first.

I poked around at some screenshots of another game so it'll give me some ideas on what other tiles I can add too. I don't want to go too crazy adding things and then never finishing but I do want it to be good enough for a pack and not like "I paid $300 for 2 pixels??? what a ripoff! *proceeds to burn oshuns house*". Estimated release date 2097 AD

Please tell me you meant $30 dollars and not $300 >.< If it's that much I can never justify buying it to my payee.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

I think he was going for hyperbole.

 

[West_Winds]

I think he was going for hyperbole.

Yeah I realize that now. XD I posted that after coming down off the midnight release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

 

[SLEEP]

The scripts sound interesting but the rest sounds kinda meh, maybe bump it up from gameboy to gameboy colour graphics. I'd still be uncertain, but more convinced if there's colour involved. Pokemon G/S/C still remain some of the best looking games in my opinion because of the way they used colour, and a lot of Super Gameboy compatible games look really neat too. Something like that would get my attention better.

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[Touchfuzzy]

The scripts sound interesting but the rest sounds kinda meh, maybe bump it up from gameboy to gameboy colour graphics. I'd still be uncertain, but more convinced if there's colour involved. Pokemon G/S/C still remain some of the best looking games in my opinion because of the way they used colour, and a lot of Super Gameboy compatible games look really neat too. Something like that would get my attention better.

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there is no irony in this post/avatar combo   

From an earlier post.

 

[ShinGamix]

So any news on the Gameboy pack?

 

[OceansDream]

Working on it. We said there wasn't a fixed deadline on it, but there has been progress done (a lot of the enemies are made) so I'll just update people when it gets closer to release!

 

[Eschaton]

I know it was done already, but SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!

Especially if there are animations and chiptune songs bundled, but I could go either way.

Edit:

Colored example since people said they didn't like the green (there would be grayscale version too if they want gameboy but not green).

Things included would be icons, sprites,  some songs , tilesets, some animations, monsters and battle backgrounds. I have seen some  of the responses here and since it's all my work, I can't include things like other peoples songs to loop or things like that. And no filters were used to make this, just pixel art!

So, off to work on it more!

Seriously, here's my wallet.

 

[Geekman]

I would most likely buy this. But what's Saga?

 

[Eschaton]

A series of Eastern-styled Roleplaying (and I use the term loosely) Games developed by the corporation formerly known as Squaresoft.  The first three were on the original Game Boy.  The next was on the SNES.  I think there were a couple on the Playstation.  And another on the PS2.  I dunno, I kinda stopped paying attention to JRPGs.

Anyway, @OceansDream, what kind of price range are you looking at for how many resources?  Again, assuming you do make this for commercial use.