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mate this is way more extensive than i expected. the folklore beasts lookreally cool i think they all have custom pixelart, right? also there is tutorial, thirst and hunger systems? that seems like a complete extra, but makes the gameplay more engaging. also full mobile support! 🦧 the overworld works a bit sluggish on my device but i do have an older phone, would probably run smooth on a new or flagship model

i am actually gonma continue playing this, looking forward to 100%ing the bestiary

i come here every time i see this on my timeline. the various breeds and species are so well represented, this has got to be one of the most impressive asset packs on itch

yup, its a cool theme. and yeah i dont often draw with vibrant colors, i prefer palettes that are low saturation in general (DawnBringer’s 22 and 32, or Poisson or the like). AND i usually use a lot of gray and brown even in those palettes, so really low saturation

when drawing it i kind of thought about something between an ifrit, but not the traditional representation, and an imp. but really its not meant to be either, but just a fire elemental

thanks!

the logo truly is a masterpiece ;D

i said i will do something for the jam, so i posted my “submission” here https://itch.io/post/9925831

i really do think the theme of the jam is great and i think it might get some really cool submissions

that being said i cant really make a submission to the jam, which is because of something you wrote

The additional challenges are exactly/especially for you

i know you didnt mean it that way, but that kind of sounds like the theme of the jam is made in such a way that the results would be skewed in my favor. i know thats not actually what would happen, i dont expect i would win or anything, but the way you put it sounds like that, and so i decided not to submit

you started these jams around the time that i started to learn pixel art, and ive taken part i think in most of them. they were big part of my motivation to continue learning pixel art. so i dont want to do something that could in some way (even if its just in my brain) damage the integrity of those jams.

i know the jams might seem “small” right now, but there is already some amazing art that was created as result of them, and i think they have a potential to grow, or maybe pixel art jams even as a trend will grow on itch, and more ppl will start doing them. so i think what youre doing is really cool and worth protecting in this way :)

sorry if this sounds weird, but thats the way i feel and thats my decision 🦧

joining in, this is a perfect theme obviously to draw some cute elementals. tried to use vibrant colors as much as possible which is outside of my comfort zone a bit

size: 32x32 palette: DawnBringer’s db32

fire🔥, air🌬, water💧, nature🌿

thats a cool workflow, i like how using PS influenced the way you rendered things, i dont think gradients like that would be doable with “normal” pixelart tools like aseprite

these look pretty cool - looking forward to seeing the devlog, im curious how you did the gradients and reflexes here

yeah i actually dig that, it’d be nice for games to have more varied styles, game assets tend to be pretty generic

i love these walk cycles they rock

🦧🧡

great finally a game that makes proper use of the doomsphere sets

i dont know how these were made, but they look like they are at least to some extent ai generated, so i dont think they’d have animations

looks pretty cool, i’ll check out the submissions once it ends

thanks!!! yea 100% good boy here, ready to eat grass and roll around in deer poop

games that look like this make me want to become a game dev in a small team in germany in the early 2000s working on a game that no one in europe will play, but for some reason will become a cult classic in like mongolia or sth

very cool, add some licensing info maybe so people are not scared to use it?

oh nice! since its cc0, someone can take it and upload it separately as a rock asset

k… kawaii

just finished one of the packs though, and i dont know where to go with the other two yet, so maybe ill wait for the jam before starting a new one

yeah you gotta choose wisely!

oh nooo emotional blackmail xDDD but “maybe ill submit” is the best i can say… if the theme is really a banger i probably will, right?

yeah i think i will try to submit something

i had a specific idea i wanted to do for the last one with an isometric character sprite, but i wouldnt be able to make it on time

but i should have more time during next one!

by the way i need to try doing some isometric art sooner or later. the tileset that tiopalada did for the jam was fking crazy! i follow him on mastodon but i was surprised when he joined the jam

nice, i will wait for a furry themed sequel, “pruit fursuit”

ah i didnt notice art needs to be put on discord… i think i will pass too then. its weird, why not just submit art as assets on itch? maybe they want to keep submissions on itch exclusive to games

hmm i wonder about what you wrote. it seems to me that you are quite interested in pixel art and game dev. if its a hobby you dont always have to work on a project. i take long break from making pixel art as well sometimes, its not work, i can take a break whenever i want.

i used to be really passionate about art and then i took a break from drawing for a few years. now i do pixel art and draw only sometimes to design something for an asset pack. i still enjoy art but i dont have to always to it. its a hobby

you are right, makes no sense to make a hard slime 🦧 it should be flattened at the bottom

some people even make them goopy at the bottom: https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/negimachoumahorachuu/sheet/53901/

i like the slimes that look like that too

hey will you be looking at the lospec jam thats coming up? i think theyre going to announce restrictions today, and submitting art is possible. i think i’ll see what the resrtictions are and decide whether i want to submit something.

though i still have 3 asset packs that im working on at the same time so maybe starting another is a bad idea? 🐵

see cute slime

honestly i feel like its so generous that an asset like this is released under cc0 that whoever wants to use this should do the leg work and combine the freaking sprites 🦧

“i cant use this cause its too much work” brother it is free stuff

thats true emojis are not cross platform, on my screen that is definitely a cute slime

i think at some point i will try doing platformer type assets. i have never made a platformer so feel like i need to get to know this type of game better to make assets for it

maybe i would be able to edit my game engine to create a platformer and then id have some place to test the assets?

because im so new to pixel art i still have a lot of different things to try out, every week i feel like starting a new project!!!

yup thats right. i sometimes do some coding on the phone when i really need to, but i mostly wait until i have access to pc. when i need to look at the code from my phone i use github codespaces, this way i dont need an editor, i just work in the browser. but its super annoying and i hate it :D looking at code on a small screen makes my brain hurt

i usually wait until i have a clear design for what i want to code, and then when i can access the pc i just go in and code it

right now i’m on and off coding this game that uses surt’s town tiles, but i still dont have a script for it just some loose ideas. once i have a script ill know what features i need to add to my engine and then ill start coding

as a side note do you think this is a good emoji for a pink slime? 🐽 it makes me want to make an asset pack with cute pink slime

oh i never heard about Jami, ill check it out

and yea i'm not super knowledgeable about art, i only learned it on my own so i only know what i know from books. but yeah the stuff that i know does for sure help, basic drawing skills, color theory, anatomy

pixel art mostly sticks to the same principles. you have added stuff like dithering or antialiasing, but really they are techniques to express the same things you would in painting or drawing. they hust help you do that on a tiny canvas and with very limited colors

this machine destroys everything makes animals happy :)))

hmm maybe i am mixing one thing up, i think maybe its more accurate to say "diffused light" than "atmospheric light"... i think what people refer to as atmospheric light is just a kind of diffused light that has a strong hue (so again like blue sky on a sunny day). i wish i had a link to some graphic that nicely breaks it down

thanks the zip file's updated, i cant add more tags :D

done! and also there will be more sprites coming soon

yea i still use my phone for all this and itch mobile design wont show me the "edit theme", but i might change the bg here when i have access to pc

thats interesting, ive been using almost only limited palettes since i started doing pixel art

damn after seeing this pack  i wanna make some gems too, i have too many packs open

the orc is so cute, i want to smooch them on their shiny bald head