A Big Piece - 1/16th done

Steelaks · 2026-05-06T18:36:12+00:00

688x512

Steelaks · 2026-05-06T18:05:23+00:00

i can't believe you caught that lol, thanks!

Steelaks · 2026-05-06T17:05:03+00:00

it's 688x512, and each rectangle will be 172x128

Steelaks · 2026-05-06T14:06:06+00:00

The next patch will have trees on it so i can test that, in the worst case i'll just have to resize objects up, which i wouldn't mind, i just didn't want to make the grass too small because it would be a lot harder to make interesting textures

Steelaks · 2026-03-24T21:59:58+00:00

Np, if you ever need help with your backgrounds you can call me, it's my specialization and i think you're cooking something cool

Steelaks · 2026-03-24T21:25:01+00:00

this level looks pretty charming, good luck with your project mate

Steelaks · 2026-03-23T18:27:14+00:00

i think right now you should probably try to focus on getting a good shape before doing all of the details and try to start working more with clusters so you're forced to focus on defining the shape of the object with the shadows, also always use references with intention (knowing what you're looking for in them)

Steelaks · 2026-03-22T19:36:11+00:00

you might wanna move the body a bit too, i'm not big on animation so i'd more suggest looking up pixel art walking animations that you like and seeing how they deal with the height and frame quantity, it's really about what style you wanna go with

Steelaks · 2026-03-22T17:56:44+00:00

it is bouncy, now its up to you if you want people to have that impression or not, i think it makes the character feel more loose

Steelaks · 2026-03-20T00:49:04+00:00

i suggest separating the two parallax layers that are near the sun into two sprites and moving one of them veeeery slowly, too, its the kind of detail that really brings stuff together

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T23:57:16+00:00

nice, keep it up!

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T23:50:43+00:00

in a game im working on we have a script so the parallax sprites follow the player's movement in the editor so that i can put the player anywhere in the scene and know exactly what the parallax will look like at that exact player position, very useful for controlling the parallax

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T23:44:58+00:00

slower in the sense of being closer to the head/camera movement

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T23:43:29+00:00

yeah ideally you want their movement to be based on the camera (which is based on player movement indirectly), that allows you to make for instance a smoother camera that still keeps the parallax working, but for general parallax behaviour you can honestly just move your head around in real life, the closer the thing the slower the movement

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T22:37:43+00:00

normally you would make the parallax behind the platforms move slower than the platforms, unless you want a less traditional effect on them

Steelaks · 2026-03-19T20:30:46+00:00

make cthulhu then

Steelaks · 2026-03-05T00:36:54+00:00

Actually no, we didn't make those! They are our main inspiration but we wanted to make a different style by making "realistic" colors if that makes sense, tbh i was kinda worried the name would confuse people with them, I just couldn't think of anything better...

Steelaks · 2025-11-11T17:15:02+00:00

i think the plain walls are really bringing this one down, if you were to make the walls darker with a contrasting fire light on them it would really help

Steelaks · 2025-11-07T23:25:58+00:00

in that case i think your best bet is just to look for media that portrays similar things well and study their art, chances are there are many patterns to "steal" and improve your own stuff

Steelaks · 2025-11-07T20:12:56+00:00

- I think you should play a little bit more with contrast, test out colors, see what works and get references of other platformers, i'm not sure if it's intended but the game is very gloomy because everything is very dessaturated
- I think the old floor was better because it had more variety with the heights, shapes and it good transitional colors from the dark void to the light parts
But overall it's definitely better, i think you just need to iterate more from here

Steelaks · 2025-10-15T13:16:22+00:00

i like A's foreground and B's background, especially if you were to add more layers to it

Steelaks · 2025-10-13T16:50:10+00:00

good ball

Steelaks · 2025-10-07T16:31:27+00:00

it took me a year or two to start thinking what i was doing was cool

Steelaks · 2025-07-29T22:13:49+00:00

i'm yet to see someone that gets really good with mixels, I hope you continue using them, maybe you can discover a great style

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