Samurai Sabre piccys

[ShmupSamurai]

Game: Samurai Sabre

Genre: vert shmup, non-bullet-hell

Theme: Space/Samurai and Ninja/Mecha

Style: PC-Engine










Thanks for letting me know about tinypic, makes life so much easier.

[Udderdude]

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[Ebbo]

First things first: I suggest that you'll use a different site to upload your pics (i.e. tinypic.com). Secondly, you should save those screenshots as png or gif, jpeg just butchers the quality. And it wouldn't really hurt if you told what this game is actually about.

But what I can tell from the pics? Well, the graphics have really hasty feel to them. Enemies and backgrounds look bland. Also, why HUD is so near the center of the screen?

[EinhanderZwei]

Yeah, the graphics really look rushed, but I hope that it'll be fixed before the release
The biggest question that I have - are those green guys from the 2nd screenshot the options?

BTW, I'd recommend ImageShack as the image uploader

[ShmupSamurai]

Yeah, the graphics really look rushed, but I hope that it'll be fixed before the release
The biggest question that I have - are those green guys from the 2nd screenshot the options?

BTW, I'd recommend ImageShack as the image uploader

Do they REALLY look that bad, because I put a HELL of alot of effort into those sprites....or maybe it's the jpg?

btw, it's supposed to be a PC-Engine graphics-style, sorry if u were expecting CAVE-ish HD stuff

on top of that, various things are animated, so it looks a lot better in action.

[EinhanderZwei]

Do they REALLY look that bad, because I put a HELL of alot of effort into those sprites....or maybe it's the jpg?

btw, it's supposed to be a PC-Engine graphics-style, sorry if u were expecting CAVE-ish HD stuff

on top of that, various things are animated, so it looks a lot better in action.

No no, I didn't say that they are bad. I just meant that they should be a bit more polished. For example, for them to look more PC Engine'ish, I'd advise increasing the pixel size for sprites and recoloring them in more contrast way (add more red, for example)

[Udderdude]

1st pic : What the hell am I looking at

2nd pic : Hampstersoft, that's almost as bad as mine

3rd pic : Why is the background gray? And why is the status bar off in the middle of nowhere?

4th pic : What the hell am I looking at

[THE]

1st pic : What the hell am I looking at

2nd pic : Hampstersoft, that's almost as bad as Toastsoft

3rd pic : Why is the background gray? And why is the status bar off in the middle of nowhere?

4th pic : What the hell am I looking at

At least his bosses don't look like vaginas

[Udderdude]

1st pic : What the hell am I looking at

2nd pic : Hampstersoft, that's almost as bad as Toastsoft

3rd pic : Why is the background gray? And why is the status bar off in the middle of nowhere?

4th pic : What the hell am I looking at

At least his bosses don't look like vaginas

Wow, nice job dissing R-Type there. I thought that was your favorite shmup? :X

[THE]

Hehe, I never said I don't like vaginas
Back in time (2000) we were really into R-Type, Last Resort and Pulstar.
Today I prefer Seibu, Raizzing, Psikyo, Cave and I absolutely hate restart points

[Rozyrg]

For example, for them to look more PC Engine'ish, I'd advise increasing the pixel size for sprites and recoloring them in more contrast way (add more red, for example)

Agreed. I'd say pick a nice, standard low(er) resolution and stick with it.

[ShmupSamurai]

1st pic : What the hell am I looking at

2nd pic : Hampstersoft, that's almost as bad as Toastsoft

3rd pic : Why is the background gray? And why is the status bar off in the middle of nowhere?

4th pic : What the hell am I looking at

1.) I did an animated intro.

2.)YOU try coming up with a better name, besides I used to own a hamster.

3.)Hmm...Might change this, normally when I'm doing outerspace BG's in TGF, I choose a lighter color than pure black so I can see the frame boarder.

4.)THe first mini-boss.

[Zeether]

skifree the shmup

[Twiddle]

I have high hopes for people who seriously use the word "piccys" in their development thread

[ShmupSamurai]

Twiddle said:

I have high hopes for people who seriously use the word "piccys" in their development thread

I really, REALLY hope that was sarcasm.....

btw, are u suggesting I'm retarded? >:(

[Twiddle]

Of course not why would I imply such a thing about an upcoming smash hit

[ShmupSamurai]

"Of course not why would I imply such a thing about an upcoming smash hit"

Wouldn't call it a smash-hit, still workin' on the first stage...

Right now I'm working on the stage-end boss, a starfighter akin to your craft, only armed with 3 boss-weapon parts(which are destructable).

Any suggestions on what kind of weapons a first stage boss should come equiped with?

[eebrozgi]

Trolling and sarcastic comments aside, I can clearly see you have a lot of enthusiasm for making your own shmup. It's true that the sprites don't look too high-quality, but you just need some practice. For example, you could make such things as the ship and shurikens to look more symmetric, and the idea about a lower resolution and more contrast in the colors was also good.

Keep it up, man. Me and Ebbo looking forward to your game(s).

[EinhanderZwei]

Yeah, this guy is making the first shmup ever to feature ninjas in outer space. We should cheer him up!

You already have 1 beta-tester, ShmupSamurai - me

[ShmupSamurai]

"Trolling and sarcastic comments aside, I can clearly see you have a lot of enthusiasm for making your own shmup. It's true that the sprites don't look too high-quality, but you just need some practice. For example, you could make such things as the ship and shurikens to look more symmetric, and the idea about a lower resolution and more contrast in the colors was also good.

Keep it up, man. Me and Ebbo looking forward to your game(s)".

"Yeah, this guy is making the first shmup ever to feature ninjas in outer space. We should cheer him up!

You already have 1 beta-tester, ShmupSamurai - me"


Aw, thank guys...

Anyway, I'm still trying to figure what type of weapons the first boss should use...I'm open to suggestion.

[EinhanderZwei]

Most PC Engine bosses rely on physical attacks more than projectiles (ex. Spriggan). Then subsequent bosses can be made less punching and more shooting

[ShmupSamurai]

Interesting, I never noticed that when I played Soldier Blade and Blazing Lazers....

then again, I was mostly focused on blowing shit up. xD

[EinhanderZwei]

Interesting, I never noticed that when I played Soldier Blade and Blazing Lazers....

then again, I was mostly focused on blowing shit up. xD

Well, remember the 'I'll be back' guy from Soldier Blade. On one of the stages he grows hands that are harder to avoid than bullets

[ShmupSamurai]

The first stage boss, Gaistet, in all it's samurai slaying glory:



Yeah, incase u were wondering, I lost all three lives while trying to get a good picture. Shmuping and photographing at the sametime...not smart

[Udderdude]

You really ought to make the game more like this ..

[ShmupSamurai]

You really ought to make the game more like this ..

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

What the hell!?

If that was joke, it's not funny.

Besides, that...thing..*shudder*...played like a really, REALLY bad euroshump, and I normally enjoy a few euroshmups to some exent, but THAT...just NO!

[Udderdude]

You really ought to make the game more like this ..

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

What the hell!?

If that was joke, it's not funny.

Besides, that...thing..*shudder*...played like a really, REALLY bad euroshump, and I normally enjoy a few euroshmups to some exent, but THAT...just NO!

I can assure you, all 116 levels of shitShmup(tm) are serious business. Of course, you can't see them all in the unregistered version.

[EinhanderZwei]

You really ought to make the game more like this ..

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

What the hell!?

If that was joke, it's not funny.

Besides, that...thing..*shudder*...played like a really, REALLY bad euroshump, and I normally enjoy a few euroshmups to some exent, but THAT...just NO!

I can assure you, all 116 levels of shitShmup(tm) are serious business. Of course, you can't see them all in the unregistered version.

Uh huh, and also there's a sequel to it, made by Cave. It's the only game that was included in MAME support list right after the release, and with it Cave once again revolutionized the genre by creating a new following - 'SHIT HELL'. I hope that the next Touhou will be following it...

[ShmupSamurai]

I can assure you, all 116 levels of shitShmup(tm) are serious business. Of course, you can't see them all in the unregistered version.

Okay, that does it...

The next person who using this topic to troll and make BAD jokes, I'm going to strangle u, use up up all your continues, steal all your power ups, drop u in the HARDEST part of Metal Black, and make ur lasers go limp, like in Planet Joker!

[system11]

How about we stop trolling the guys topic - if you have comments to make, good or bad, make them and leave it at that.