Where comes the Art from ?

As a submission for the OpenGameart Winter Jam 2022, Frost Crest has to be made with free assets, available to all on OpenGameArt.org.
My intentions are to make a game with the NES graphic feel rather than to stick closely to hardware's constraints. I chose so because this is a game jam, and time and energy are not on my side to redreate perfect 8bit assets. So I will use the Nintendo NES palette but I give myself enough liberty to not always stick to the 3 colors per tile rule.

The Background

So that gorgeous background art is a recolor from one of OGA star artists Surt. His Nes-Like village tileset is fantastic, and as I am working alot with the NES palette and aesthetic, it was the parfect match. I recolored the elements to make them look frozen, as the NES palette has a wide range of cold blue and violet tones.

The Monsters

The two monsters are also recolors from OGA artist Emerald. I experimented  with her sprites Earth Monster 019 and Air Monster 01 to adapt them to the Nes color palette.
I didn't followed the 3 colors per tile tho, as that would need a total rework of the sprites and,  in the context of that jam I decently don't have the time to do it.  The original size being 96x96 pixels, I had to downscale them to 48x48, which degradats them a little but, here agian, game jam context, no time. Gamejaming is also about making choices that makes you gain time so you can spend that time actually building the game. My recolor work for Air Monster 01 is accessible here, and it free for everyone!

The Weapons

OGA artist .bee created the original  "swords" artwork. I am working on recoloring and readapting this tilest to something more convenient to use in an engine. I'll use the Nes palette of course for this. I find those weapons very nice and inspiring, so I think this set will be the weapon's set for the whole game :)

The Character

This is one element I created myself for the occasion. Obviously I took a huge influnce from Castlevania 2 on the NES. This will also be one original contribution, and I will release the sprite on OGA qoon. (I think I'll work on a variations bundle that I will eventually sell here :p )
It has the basic animaitons: 1  direction walk, jump, fall, attack, take damage, climb up/down. it's lacking death and maybe an idle animation, but I'll add those later when the arises.

That's be all for now, stay tuned,

Cheers!