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Message: 3233
Author: dm_boozefreek
Date: 07/01/2003
Subject: Dans Sprite editor/Bizarre and the the one I was keepin' quiet about
I had a little fiddle with the test version of Dans forthcoming
sprite editor, it's lookin' nifty can't wait til' it's finished, then
I can finally make a fully custom PC remake. I'm not too bad at
drawin' tones with a pencil, but when it comes down to + and - pixels
my sprites lack a lot that I could give them with colour. I can still
draw OK sprites (I think anyway but then again it's always down to a
matter of opinion) but with 256 colours available I'll be able to
really shine through :) But for the sprite editor in it's test stages
well done Dan it's lookin' good so far :) I would've suggested some
features to add but I think SOA beat me to them LOL.
I've almost finished the first chunk of Bizarre it's roughly 25
screens, I say roughly because I still have 1 or 2 to add. I can
reveal now the first portion of the game sees Willy leaving a party
on his hands and knees, losing his hat, then losing himself in the
forest (which is set at the small hours so I coloured all the grass
blue instead of green for that night time effect).
Here's the pathetic story I came up with on the same night I came up
with the idea:
After the most ridiculous party Willy has ever been to he realises
he's feeling a little worse for wear, so he leaves the bedroom and
his 3rd potential shag of the evening and makes way for his mansion.
Deciding maybe to take a shortcut along the train tracks avoiding
wild dogs as he goes HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Unknown to Willy he has 4
ecstacy tablets, 3 acid, and a Q of coke (and I don't mean the brown
fizzy sugar either) going through his bloodstream, this may make
things difficult to say the least not to mention not what they seem.
Help Willy stagger home, stealin' road cones, council lights and
bottles of milk off peoples doorsteps HAHAHAHA!!!
Pretty crap eh?
I say chunks/portions because this game is pretty linear to start I
may branch it out slightly near the end just to make things more
interesting, but once Willy leaves the party save a few early forest
screens the rest are heavily based on the Evil Dead films. I plan to
have the last forest screen something on the lines of Willy being
chased into the mist by a very large and angry tree. Upon which he
will find himself at the aforementioned train tracks.
Finally the game I was keeping quiet about I can reveal is simply
JSW: The Thing! After the PS2 release of the game I watched the movie
again after a few years and thought I'll sling Willy into that
situation. I was goin' to do it as a 128k JSW, but I won't be
starting work on it until after Bizarre is finished, and if Dans
sprite editor is finished by then I may make the whole thing a PC
version so I can really go to town on the graphics.
DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!
Once again apologizing for a giant post.......sorry :)
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