STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
Have we gone too far?
In our quest to represent every last dixel on every character so that you can identify everything someone is wearing at a glance, did we accidentally create an unreadable soup of overlays that do the opposite?
Can nobody stop us?
In our quest to represent every last dixel on every character so that you can identify everything someone is wearing at a glance, did we accidentally create an unreadable soup of overlays that do the opposite?
Can nobody stop us?
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
Most clothing sprites don't need to be readable. Stuff that matters like gas masks, armor, modsuits are still easily identifiable at a glance. Sure, I guess it does look worse but ss13 never looked good.
It keeps getting worse!?
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
I'll be honest I think that "fixing" the issue where headsets, ID cards, wallets, and PDAs weren't visible on the character was a mistake.
It's not important to be able to tell if someone is wearing any of those things at a glance and they look bad.
It's not important to be able to tell if someone is wearing any of those things at a glance and they look bad.
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
One of the first rules of low pixel spriting is that you have to omit details and focus on the ones that you really want to show.
Timberpoes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:21 pm The rules exist to create the biggest possible chance of a cool shift of SS13. They don't exist to allow admins to create the most boring interpretation of SS13.
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
Sprites without soul (pictured) will forever more be condemned to the purgatory of forgettability.
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
It's a Paramedic with a portable defibrillator on their waist. They're wearing blue nitrile gloves and appear to be carrying a bandage, though admittedly hand sprites can be kind of hard to read. If I understand what the spriter is going for, those stripes are supposed to represent high-vis stripes on an EMT's uniform.
Just because a sprite isn't readable to you doesn't mean it's not to other people. I actually really like the Paramedic's uniform in-game because it's a different color than anything else, so it's fairly easy to tell what job they are at a glance like with Sec. I recommend giving more distinct, targeted criticism of what you don't like about the sprites so spriters can take and use your feedback instead of just calling them "bad".
AliasTakuto wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:11 pm As for the ear replacing stuff, you can ask Anne but I don't think this is what I was banned for. If I was all I can say is "Sorry for being hilarious"...
Omega_DarkPotato wrote:This sucks, dude.
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
Thats a medical belt.
Thats my satchel.
This couldnt be more funny, you literally just proved that it was unreadable to you aswell in the same post. Top tier stuff Vekter
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
Hm, fair point. I'm not above admitting when I'm wrong. I still like the design of the outfit, but I'm sure something can be done to improve readability. There's only so much detail that can go into such a small sprite and I suppose it could be said we're getting to the limit of what it can reasonably do.
AliasTakuto wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:11 pm As for the ear replacing stuff, you can ask Anne but I don't think this is what I was banned for. If I was all I can say is "Sorry for being hilarious"...
Omega_DarkPotato wrote:This sucks, dude.
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
it's traditionSuper Aggro Crag wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:20 am i wish you guys would stop respriting security every week
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
I just want to be a space mall cop in red pajamas and you guys keep having a schismatic conflict between tacticool red stormtroopers and black mesa button down fashion policeoranges wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:28 amit's traditionSuper Aggro Crag wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:20 am i wish you guys would stop respriting security every week
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Re: STOP MAKING BAD SPRITES
As punishment for complaining, the Warden is getting a new and even more incomprehensible jacket as we speak.
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