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Hi guys. 

I'm taking part in the Ludum Dare jam ( by the way, is anyone else? Good luck! ). Me and my programmer are making this bullet hell shooter with a unique mechanic, and inspired by korean art and mythology. 

Since you all know I'm crap at antialiasing and choosing palettes, and extra crap right now that I haven't even slept, I'd appreciate any and all critique.

I know shades are too similar and I could eliminate a few, but I want an ultra soft look, especially on the background.

I'll take a break to compose the music. Argh :)

 Updated the ship a little bit.

By the way, if I choose 1 color (say the darkest blue) and always display it at 50% opacity in the .png sprites ( As a sort of context-aware antialiasing. ), is it still pixelart? 

I think it is, because it's still work at the pixel level, but I'd love to hear your thoughts

Edited by neofotistou - 21 April 2012 at 12:05pm

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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Topic: Ludum Dare project Posted: 21 April 2012 at 10:48am
	Hi guys. I'm taking part in the Ludum Dare jam ( by the way, is anyone else? Good luck! ). Me and my programmer are making this bullet hell shooter with a unique mechanic, and inspired by korean art and mythology. Since you all know I'm crap at antialiasing and choosing palettes, and extra crap right now that I haven't even slept, I'd appreciate any and all critique. I know shades are too similar and I could eliminate a few, but I want an ultra soft look, especially on the background. I'll take a break to compose the music. Argh :) Updated the ship a little bit. By the way, if I choose 1 color (say the darkest blue) and always display it at 50% opacity in the .png sprites ( As a sort of context-aware antialiasing. ), is it still pixelart? I think it is, because it's still work at the pixel level, but I'd love to hear your thoughts Edited by neofotistou - 21 April 2012 at 12:05pm
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 21 April 2012 at 1:27pm
	An update. I'm animating the ship (argh) :)
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 22 April 2012 at 7:51am
	The Kumiho. As polished as I can get it in such a short time. and a large spirit-fox explosion
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 22 April 2012 at 11:46am
	and a squid boss
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 22 April 2012 at 6:45pm
	some animated tentacles
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 4:49am
	an intro screen...
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 5:01am
	26 hours awake, but it's paying off! Music is ready, animations are in place.
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cure Rear Admiral Joined: 23 October 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2775	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 8:14am
	wish I had crits but it's all pretty good. obviously there is refinement missing (banding and jaggies and etc), but that's not top priority in a time-crunch. I like the asymmetrical ship design. fox logo is also a good design.
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 8:58am
	Thanks Cure!!! The fox logo is, alas, not mine. I re-worked a Korean drawing. Kumiho is a spirit fox with nine tails. An evil spirit, she has actually posessed a ship, to stop Mako, the Progenitress Goddess from destroying nature. I know there's tons of banding everywhere... I'm not sure how to spot it in a hurry, much less correct it... Thank you for the encouragement c! If you spot any eyepopping mistakes I'd be very grateful if you told me
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 9:00am
	http://www.coo2.net/files/sam061029-2.gif <- the korean drawing
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 9:03am
	oh, but I am proud of using only 20 something colors for everything, including effects, explosions and bullets.
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Elk Commander Joined: 04 March 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 469	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 1:00pm
	what does ludum dare mean
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 1:49pm
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludum_Dare it's a game making competition. You get 2 or 3 days and you make a complete game, either alone or with a team. And then you get voted. It's really fun, and exhausting
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 7:26pm
	ok now it's playable!!! http://botogames.com/ludum/site.html We made it in time!!!!! We're in the contest. This game was made in 3 (sleepless) days! Please vote for us if you like our game, even though there is no prize. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=13139 Shall I be posting some of these pixels to our galleries? Edited by neofotistou - 23 April 2012 at 7:29pm
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 7:35pm
	21 colors! The whole game
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King of Games Midshipman Joined: 23 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 10:28pm
	The link is broken.
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 4:28am
	it plays fine here... Is it still broken?
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Alex Pang Commander Joined: 22 January 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 5:12am
	Its not broken, the game is awesome! had alot of fun playing it!
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 6:32pm
	We're trying to make the link work on all systems. King of Games, what is your browser? Alex thank you! :)
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Cheetah Midshipman Joined: 20 March 2009 Online Status: Online Posts: 41	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 8:52pm
	This is amazing work and I was watching your progress closely. I can not open this link from home, but I could open it when I was at work. I was using the same laptop and browser. I'm assuming that the problem may be related to internet provider and not system/browser. Edited by Cheetah - 24 April 2012 at 8:54pm
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Delicious Rear Admiral Joined: 19 July 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 250	Posted: 25 April 2012 at 5:54pm
	Great game! Very difficult though, I made it to the first checkpoint and had to give up, ha. :P
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Friend Commander Joined: 02 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 25 April 2012 at 7:43pm
	^ WIMP ^ xD I agree, very fun game. I wish it'd be expanded on actually. The teleport idea has really great potential
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neofotistou Commander Joined: 27 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 25 April 2012 at 9:53pm
	Thanks you guys. I only managed to beat 3rd boss today ^-^'
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