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Title:	Buuthulhu Meets Boyd
Pixel Artist:	ProgZmax (Level 1 Rookie :: 141 points)
Posted:	2/23/2008 11:15:29 PM
Palette:	16 colors
Statistics:	4 comments :: 3 favorites :: 0 avatars
Buuthulhu! The mere mention of his name strikes fear and terror into the heart of mankind. Goal: Buuthulhu was my first stab at 'otherworldly horror-meets cutesy game' and I'm not really sure how close I came. I've been considering abandoning this design altogether for a more ferocious one, but first I'd like to hear your thoughts. Do you think he looks acceptable as a somewhat-cutesy, adventure-action game hybrid enemy, or should I go back to the drawing board? The character to the right is the star of the game, a 12 year-old moderately overweight kid named Boyd who loves short walks and tons of Belcha Cola. A short note: 1. The game design is retro-modern; that is, while I adhere to many of the c-64 design rules I do not limit the sprite color count (the 3-color limit per sprite) to c-64 hardware limitations. This is just a design choice. Thanks in advance!

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ProgZmax (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/25/2008 4:11:47 PM

Right you are, surt. I use the default c-64 palette, just more colors per sprite than are normally allowed (unless you build a character from a combination of sprites, then you can theoretically have more colors). Ultimately I guess it won't matter in the game, but I just wanted to make that distinction clear from the start in case people wondered why I was using more than 3 colors per sprite :). Thanks for the feedback!

surt (Level 10 Maniac) at 2/24/2008 9:08:48 PM

Really dig the style. Looks pretty much standard C64 colours to my untrained eye.

ProgZmax (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/24/2008 3:03:41 PM

Aha, but he's meant to be smaller, savvy? He's a little kid and aside from some of his friends, most of the people/monsters you run into the game are adults or just giant creatures :). Maybe I should've made that clear from the start. Thanks for the feedback, though!

Christoballs (Level 1 Depressed) at 2/24/2008 5:44:10 AM

Nice! But your main character should respect the same proprtions as Buuthulhu.

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