/tg/Station 13

this is UNREADABLE, i genuinely have no grasp of what its supposed to be or what its going for. WTF are the stripes? The blue line? are those socks? WHAT IS GOING ON?

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?

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.

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.

Jacquerel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:42 pm 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.

Yes

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.

Sprites without soul (pictured) will forever more be condemned to the purgatory of forgettability.

toemas wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:45 pm

this is UNREADABLE, i genuinely have no grasp of what its supposed to be or what its going for. WTF are the stripes? The blue line? are those socks? WHAT IS GOING ON?

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".

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm It's a Paramedic with a portable defibrillator on their waist

Thats a medical belt.

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm be carrying a bandage,

Thats my satchel.

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm Just because a sprite isn't readable to you doesn't mean it's not to other people.

This couldnt be more funny, you literally just proved that it was unreadable to you aswell in the same post. Top tier stuff Vekter

toemas wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:19 pm

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm It's a Paramedic with a portable defibrillator on their waist

Thats a medical belt.

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm be carrying a bandage,

Thats my satchel.

Vekter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:29 pm Just because a sprite isn't readable to you doesn't mean it's not to other people.

This couldnt be more funny, you literally just proved that it was unreadable to you aswell in the same post. Top tier stuff Vekter

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.

i wish you guys would stop respriting security every week

Super Aggro Crag wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:20 am i wish you guys would stop respriting security every week

it's tradition

oranges wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:28 am

Super Aggro Crag wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:20 am i wish you guys would stop respriting security every week

it's tradition

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 police

As punishment for complaining, the Warden is getting a new and even more incomprehensible jacket as we speak.