v0.6 (2022-11-22) — fresh coat of paint


the main contribution this time around is fresh new pixel art for the sprites. pixel art is the skill I’d like to develop most and the feedback I got from minijam 119 really emphpasized that for me. so this week, I spent most of my time reworking the sprites, largely for practice. I do think they look better though as always I can see lots of opportunities for improvement, especially the background.

  • fresh coat of paint, new sprites, background, color scheme
  • added “fallen friends” memorial
  • added a reset button
  • slightly tweaked “Eager” effect to make it a bit more useful

edit! some before and afters below. main changes were limiting and reworking the palette (32 colors), and applying shading/highlights on the outline (“selout”).

(player character idle)

(stilter struck)

(knight idle)

Files

gulch_guardians-v0.6.zip 14 MB
Nov 23, 2022

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Very nice! I think it would be nice if the reset button required a prompt (after round 1). "Eager" balance change is nice too, I never took it till now.

I think it would be cool if you included a "before and after" for a few of the sprites, but I understand if that's too much of a drag

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thank you Bel, great idea for the reset button (sorry if I ruined a run for you…!!). added a couple of before/afters as well, critique certainly welcome