Hi guys,

I'm matrefeytontias from RMV Pixel Engineers. Some of you may know us ; we are the French programming team behind the Ikaruga demake to TI-83+/84+ calculators, IkarugaX. I made a Youtube video some time ago if you don't know it and want to see what it's like.

So I thought that we didn't have enough Ikaruga, so I started some time ago a 2D demake on TI-Nspire calculators. The difference is that those latter have a 320*240 color screen and a much more powerful CPU, permitting much more fun

So as I said I started some time ago, I think one or two months, and this is what I have at the moment. I want to create levels that are as close as possible to the original :

Beginning of level 1 intro :


Some fun I had while testing the possibilities of the patterns engine I built :


Sprites are courtesy of Metaru.

So why am I posting that here, well, I need a lot of sprites for a game like this, and since I suck unbelievably when I have to do images larger than monochrome 8*8, I need a lot of help. Metaru is already helping me with some sprites, but the most sprites you get, the better

So, keeping in mind that the screen is 320*240 and that I need to be able to put as many enemies as possible in it, what I would need as sprites is, in both polarities (use this video to see what I'm talking about) :

• the tiny ships that you see around 0:22
• the bigger ships you see around 0:36
• the even bigger ships you see around 1:14
• if you feel like it, the ones you see around 1:42 (the little balls at each side of the ship are separate entities)
• and why not the boss itself ? :P

So that'll do for now, although it's already much, much work

Any help is greatly appreciated, as I literally can do nothing with gfx and I'm alone on this project for now ! Metaru is already helping me but I don't want to ask too many things to a single person. Also, feel free to ask anything about screen resolution, colors, well, anything.

Thanks by advance !


Edited by matrefeytontias - 14 June 2014 at 3:18am

Thanks

The principal reason I make an Ikaruga clone instead of my own game is that I do love SHMUPs, and I also love Ikaruga. Since we're talking about a calculator here, my main motivation was "I wanna play Ikaruga on my TI-Nspire" 

Besides, I'm not really good at inventing concepts. If you see the link to our site, you'll see there are for the most part clones of other games.

Well, the thing is that I only own a monochrome TI-Nspire, so I can only take horrible screenshot since it's a really horrible screen >_>

I'll ask some friends who have a TI-Nspire CX (color) to run it and take that screenshot when there will be something to play :)


Edited by matrefeytontias - 14 June 2014 at 5:21am