The Beast 2010

[Xaser]

wow, people care more about the beast on realm than here.

[Gez]

Could it be... could it be because the realm forum is perceived to be the official forum for that event?

[Tormentor667]

Mancubus, make sure to collect all submissions so they can later be posted as complete package to each jugde.

[mancubus]

I already did that.

[CaptainToenail]

Another submission, the Xenodemon

[Virtue]

Name: 'Maephisto' Multiple Demon Weapons Platform
Difficulty: Very Hard
Connections: None
Summon: Maephisto
Melee: No
Distance: hitscan, projectile
Type: Demon, cybernetic
Added States: None

Submitted: Virtue
Decorate: Virtue
Sounds: Quake Scourge of Armagon, Sonic 3, Descent, Unreal Tornament
Sprites: Original, Strife, Duke3d, In Persuit of Greed, CyClones, Heretic, Hexen, Doom, Doom2, Dbz mod
Sprite Edit: Virtue
Idea Base: A monster from when I was a kid

Description:

A cybernetic nightmare. The Maephisto Multiple Demon Weapons Platform is a culmination of Demon-tech and stolen Human-tech. It is a walking, living weapon. Used to assault dug-in humans, forts bastions, the Maephisto carries 3 different types of weaponry, Intelligence is scarce on the nature of its main weapon but reports can confirm it caries 2 fusion plasma cannons and a chaingun. A deadly foe, be sure to be armed with heavy weapons yourself.



Download:

http://files.drdteam.org/index.php/file ... phisto.zip

[Ethril]

'Maephisto' Multiple Demon Weapons Platform

Oh God it's HORRIBLE! D:
And yet I love it anyway!

edit: Oh, also, I have a question on the rules. Not just for the contest, but for the Beastiary in general; I haven't seen anything on this exact subject, so...
If a monster's graphics are only recolors, and not using anything from outside of the original game's palette, does it still have to use its own graphic files?
For example, let's say I made a Baron variant with a DECORATE translation of, say, "112:127=96:111", which would give it green fluids/hand-flames. Would you REALLY need to manually change it in each image frame and save them as seperate PNG files, or would the DECORATE translation be acceptable?
Because I have a few neat monsters lying around that I could touch up a bit, but I'm not going to bother if I'm gonna have to recolor each and every frame by hand.

[CaptainToenail]

Yeah, sometimes it's easier to create decent recolours using translations rather than actually editing the sprites. I think recolours are simply considered too boring to be worth adding.

You know I was planning on making a Catharsi variant by utilising Skulltag's green Slyor sprites and applying a khaki translation (because this will provide a khaki recolour that will look decent in software mode) I got away with this with the segway zombie (he's khaki in-game, yet shown as green on the Beastiery)

[.+:icytux:+.]

heh, ive told torm to change the pic of the infernal spider way too many times

first it was the right sprites, but not with the orange translation, and now its the wrong sprites with the right translation xD

[Ghastly]

Would you REALLY need to manually change it in each image frame and save them as seperate PNG files, or would the DECORATE translation be acceptable?

Translations are acceptable (I did one for the SSG Zombie, so it was actually bloody), but make a recolored sprite for the preview, if nothing else.

Because I have a few neat monsters lying around that I could touch up a bit, but I'm not going to bother if I'm gonna have to recolor each and every frame by hand.

Generic recolors are usually pretty bland, unfortunately, though. I hope they're interesting.

[CaptainToenail]

Skeleton Warrior! Finally, undead minions for Heretic/Hexen.

[Ghastly]

Info:
Name: Machinegun ZSpecOps
Difficulty: Medium
Connections: None
Summon: ZSpecOpsMachinegun
Melee: No
Distance: Hitscan
Type: Human, Undead
Added States: No

Credits:
Decorate: Ghastly_dragon
GLDefs: Ghastly_dragon
Sprites: Id Software
Sprite Edit: Xim, Vegeta, Ghastly_dragon
Sounds: Id Software

Description:
Stands for Zombified Special-Operations (elite versions of ZSec (Zombified Security) ). I definitely plan on making more variants. Shotgun and Railgun coming soon, hopefully before the contest ends. After that, I'll do Plasma Rifle and Flamethrower variants.

Also, this is quite possibly the most complex monster yet coded, with 5 seperate AI modes that it cycles through depending on its situation. I've always hated relying on A_Chase for the monster's AI. Definitely look through the decorate before you judge.

Sprites:


Download Link:
http://www.speedyshare.com/files/23890530/ZSpecOps.zip

[scalliano]

(looks at DECORATE lump)

HOLY FECKIN SHIT!!!

[JustGabriel]

(looks at DECORATE lump)

HOLY FECKIN SHIT!!!

ditto

[Ethril]

Holy shit.

...Actually, I've had the idea to make a more "dynamic" monster along those lines, but I never got around to it. Probably wouldn't be as good as this guy, though.