[Beta] Contra Doom b06 - Wanted: Player skins

[VriskaSerket]

as an optional choice, i hope you can recolor it as a player sprite's one as well. with 16 bits if that's possible.

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i mean this one, the color is light brown.

Which game is that one from?

[Captain J]

Contra 3. also, Probotector on SNES. Obviously.

[Beed28]

So this might seem a bit of a stretch, but...

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If anyone can make actual skins of Bill/Probotector, this mod will be even more amazing than it already is.

[TehRealSalt]

I'm curious about why you made the gun black... Did the blue-ish color contrast too badly?

I intended to just made it darker, but paletting it make it black. I wonder if truecolor-versions of sprites can be defined for GZDoom...

Here's it with a more blueish color (from the D64 shotgun) and smaller, more C3-styled muzzle flash.

[VriskaSerket]

I'm curious about why you made the gun black... Did the blue-ish color contrast too badly?

I intended to just made it darker, but paletting it make it black. I wonder if truecolor-versions of sprites can be defined for GZDoom...

Here's it with D64-blue steel (to try and make it more like the original blueish gun) and smaller, more C3-styled muzzle flash.

What about making a .pk3 with .png files for the sprites to keep the colors?

[Captain J]

still bigger, but least it doesn't take a lot's of space than the old one, though.

So this might seem a bit of a stretch, but...

ContraProtagonists.png

If anyone can make actual skins of Bill/Probotector, this mod will be even more amazing than it already is.

WHOOPS, colors of those guns are actually different. my bad.

[Scuba Steve]

Sorry... I can't get behind this artwork. Contra Doom shouldn't have realistic weapon sprites... it needs to be slightly more cartoonish.

[YukesVonFaust]

yeah, just like Scuba Steve said.

maybe a centered Action Doom heavy assault rifle?

or the Contra III: The Alien Wars rifle?

[Beed28]

Wouldn't something more pixelated work? Kinda like the Mega Buster in MM8BDM?

[Captain J]

and it needs to be kinda bit bigger than that. you know, 16 bits.

maybe a centered Action Doom heavy assault rifle?

it was inspired by metal slug styles and graphics, so i beg to differ.

[YukesVonFaust]

Wouldn't something more pixelated work? Kinda like the Mega Buster in MM8BDM?

Since Contra III's represented here, maybe a 16-Bit Contra Rifle? (or inspired?)

[Captain J]

and coloring it with only 16 bits will be an extra score.

highly recommended.

[RikohZX]

Well I decided to take a shot, based off the Doom SNES sprites just to keep the palette low and have that old-school flavor, and it's not very good but hey, I tried something.


I even put them in Slade myself to see how they'd look in Contra Doom. Problem is, they're too big doubled up compared to the normal shotgun, yet the normal SNES size for the sprites just seems too small. With the doubled up sprites, the firing actually blocks your view even.


edit:
oh god that stock area looks horrible

[VriskaSerket]

Well I decided to take a shot, based off the Doom SNES sprites just to keep the palette low and have that old-school flavor, and it's not very good but hey, I tried something.


I even put them in Slade myself to see how they'd look in Contra Doom. Problem is, they're too big doubled up compared to the normal shotgun, yet the normal SNES size for the sprites just seems too small. With the doubled up sprites, the firing actually blocks your view even.


edit:
oh god that stock area looks horrible

Then why not just scaling it to the default shotgun's size? The doubled up version's hand is notably bigger than the default one...

[RikohZX]

I'm trying to figure how to scale it to the proper shotgun size but GIMP2 always ruins it each time. Damn my luck.