Secondary projects at the stage of sprites, ideas from screenshots
So, I often, like to learn about game screenshots from different old games. So, I watching all the time game screenshots from systems like MS DOS, Nes 8 bit, Sega 16 bit, Sega Master System, computers of 80s –Spectrum, Commodore, and I often get the idea something like this by myself. With such kind of graphics and idea. So, I regularly make drawing in style of pixel art in style of screenshots, I watched. But, I make a decision to move forward in idea of making lots of games in simple way from lots of screenshots, I like from retro games. To make it step by step and simple way. This is very valuable. So, I show what I have in secondary process. So like fun process I am making step forward. So today all these things are in a way of drawing and I am starting to make sprites to games itself.
Shooter type Baltron, sidescroll view
So, I have already finished sprites for some ideas. So, first idea, that I was interesting in, it was game Baltron for Nes 8 bit. It is simple shooter. With rather simple graphics and not with very big diversity. You are flying and shooting the identical by visual enemies. At the bottom there is surface of a planet. It is in main idea with the identical enemies and surface, with not big diversity. So, this way I get this game. So, I have finished drawing sprites for this kind of game. Plot is not done yet. Only sprites are completed for this game. By fun I can add more sprites.
Shooter type Volguard PC 6001, sidescroll view
One more interesting title, that I found for myself – it is Volguard for system PC 6001. It is hard to say for myself, what is it PC 6001 as a system, no idea. But game is about spaceship. Again everything is simple. And it has interesting color palette. At the bottom everything is yellow and up is blue. Like CGA graphics. Several colors. And rather bright. So it is interesting. And I have started to draw by myself the same kind of sprites. It is only a beginning of process for this game. So I try to learn the way it is made in original title. And I give myself a try to make my own drawing the same style, like a clone.
Sport theme, runner with obstacles
One more interesting moment. This is game about sport. Or the way I get it. CGA graphics. Only few colors. White, purple, something like blue or green. In my case, I am doing a sprite of skier. This can be a game about skier, which jumps through holes and jumping from hills of snow. Today, modern way, this is called like game about running process, runner. This game is planned about sport theme. So, I start with a skier. Now in a simple way. Game is like retro, as everything I am doing. Right now, it is a process of making animation for skier.
Shooter top down, with music plot
One more theme, that I start to develop is a top down shooter. Like Ikari Warriors. Or well known to everybody Contra, but with top down point of view. Interesting, that I get this game from a music theme. With a photo of NOFX music band. And some prototype of Duke Nukem. So it was a start point. Sp, I try to keep music aspect, but in idea it will be a shooter. Plot, maybe, will be about music theme. So it will be so square style graphics. Like games for Atari 2600-7800 consoles or like this. So this will be more simple.
And in terms of this idea, this will be a first game with top down shooter. Simple and a probe. In terms of graphics, and gameplay. In plan there is idea to pay attention to them of Afghanistan, in terms of future games like shooter with top down view. So new graphics, new gameplay. Ikari Warriors- Vietnam. And here next is Afghanistan. But this certain game about white human is a shooter in city about music in terms of story.
Result
So here you can ask a question. What the way to make all these small games? For interesting, personal interest. So, for example, doing sprites I can train drawing. When it comes about programming, it will be more complicated, of course. So, that’s why, it is announced as a small games, in order to have a chance to make them complete and to release.