Forte. Sprites? lol.

[Forte]

Oh, in battle. As I was hoping the overworld sprites holding weapons would imply, there is no "in battle", and everything is controlled from the overworld. Think how Boktai works, except mix that in with the quirkiness of Mother's battle system (Scrolling HP/PP meters, music combos, etc).

[Forte]

I updated the animation. His scythe no longer randomly disappears.

[Forte]

Not that I'm not working on Allegro's animations still, but some ideas came into my head involving Rallentando getting different poses. Not quite finished yet, obviously, but I think the diagonal one is another success.

[Forte]

Yeeeah these suck.

[Death Dark]

You still don't sprite well.

<img src="http://fortescomics.net/deathdark/img/troll face.jpg" />

[Forte]

Your criticism is appreciated, I'll make sure to work on everything you told me to work with.

[Death Dark]

Interesting that it didn't reference the image properly.

My problem with the sprites is that they're too plain.  Very blocky and lacking detail.  I don't feel like I know the characters through the sprites, and I can barely tell them apart.

[Hobro]

Perhaps if you read Mother 4.

[Forte]

Not sure if being trolled or if you just can't tell people's hair apart.



Never seen these kids before. Those poses are kind of artistic, though. I bet they would make good paintings.

[Death Dark]

Perhaps if you read Mother 4.

You're quite daft if you truly think that I should read something to get a better idea of what someone looks like because I can't tell from the picture.

Not sure if being trolled or if you just can't tell people's hair apart.

Haircolor shouldn't be the only thing you have going for you.

[Fenril]

Haircolor shouldn't be the only thing you have going for you.

I think that's why a lot of them also have different hairstyles, body types, and accessories too! . o .

[c0mp1337]

i fail to see where are the hats.

[Fenril]

An accessory could also be something like a necklace, or bowtie.
Or a pair of glasses~

[Forte]

Haircolor shouldn't be the only thing you have going for you.

Let me explain.

Lento: Kind of plain. His best feature is his personality, which can't really be put into a sprite (this is why character development != character design)
Hauptstimme: Blonde hair. Sort of like Lento, but a tiny bit taller. He also wears shades and has pullstrings on his clothes to keep them from blowing off.
Rallentando: Brown hair. She also has this interesting quirk called being female, so she should be easily told apart from the others by her slightly larger chest.
Allegro: Pink hair. Kind of looks like a girl, but you'll be surprised to see that he isn't.
Zahlzeit: Big motherfucker with a robot arm. He's bald.
Brio: Orange-ish hair. He's a tiny little fellow.
Adagio: White hair. His sprite needs a bit of work, but he's extremely thin and pale.

Now you know, half the battle, go joe.

[Death Dark]

Lento: Kind of plain. His best feature is his personality, which can't really be put into a sprite (this is why character development != character design)

What can I say?  He's plain.  Boring.  Reminds me of Ash a bit.  You know, there's no harm in having an interesting main character -- draw your player in.

Hauptstimme: Blonde hair. Sort of like Lento, but a tiny bit taller. He also wears shades and has pullstrings on his clothes to keep them from blowing off.

Does he intentionally have a mullet?  You say he has drawstrings on his clothes, but why can we only see them on his coat?

Rallentando: Brown hair. She also has this interesting quirk called being female, so she should be easily told apart from the others by her slightly larger chest.

Breasts apparently representative by a line.  A black line.  On a dark grey shirt.  Very noticeable.

Allegro: Pink hair. Kind of looks like a girl, but you'll be surprised to see that he isn't.

Yes, the only way we can tell is by process of elimination:  he doesn't have the aforementioned line.

Zahlzeit: Big motherfucker with a robot arm. He's bald.

An arm apparently being a series of bricks.

Brio: Orange-ish hair. He's a tiny little fellow.

He's all right.

Adagio: White hair. His sprite needs a bit of work, but he's extremely thin and pale.

He looks like Lento.  With white hair.


I would like to recall your attention to the original complaint of mine:

My problem with the sprites is that they're too plain.  Very blocky and lacking detail.  I don't feel like I know the characters through the sprites...