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Okay I’ll try some stuff out and I’ll get back to you. But I was just thinking of editing the existing tilset so the new tiles that you made fit a bit better with the style. So I wouldn’t change the size. I’ll try if I can animate a character. What’s the preferred size for the character you want? I can just try with what you already got so it’s easier :)

Here’s what I made fore one of the blocks: I wasn’t sure what the red was. Is it blood? So should just put what I make onto your sprite sheet like this?

lostwords7 days ago (1 edit)

Yes, and if you see my latest message you can actually use the changed tile set. I updated code already to allow you to upload a sprite sheet to use. Keep the background transparent.

If you can find a blank place on the sprite sheet, you can put a character or two right on the sprite sheet and I can use them.. either for the player or even the bomb enemies, depending on what you make and how you change the sprite sheet. The code that determines if the block is a wall or something you can travel on is based on where the image is on the tile sheet and there are a variety spread all over. Trial and error I guess. Generally anything that looks like a wall is a wall ( water is a wall ) and things like flat (grass) you can walk on.

lostwords7 days ago

By the way, that block (key locked) tile looks great. The red is used on another tile was just a color I used to indicate that tile would be a bomb. Tile (4) which is just brown, indicates that tile is where an enemy bomb would be, etc.

Also, based on how much time you want to put into possible tile enhancements, if you even wanted, you can make several tile sets such that the whole set itself can be an animated set of frames.

spritesheet1.png spritesheet2.png spritesheet3.png

Then for actual tiles, based on how many sprite sheets there are, the actual tile blocks could animate as well. Where is is no change, there would be no animation. For example. The goal doesn't have to be purple flowers, it could be animated purple flowers, or anything else.

In that scenario, the purple flower on spritesheet1.png would be one frame. The same tile, slightly adjusted on spritesheet2.png would be frame 2 of the purple flower (or something else - spinning portal or something), etc.

Right now I don't have multiple tile sheets so the only animations are the winning assets (Bomb) and other assets like fire, orb, feather, and the cat head as part of the character. (( multiple animated frame tile sheets is probably too much to work for - continuing like you are just modifying individual ones in place is still great and much appreciated. Again, need to preserve the transparency - I'm guessing sometimes posting those images here might lose the transparency -- we'll see. take care and thanks for anything you create, I'll be sure to link you in credits of course!

Cheesy Animation7 days ago

Okay I tried uploading it and it works great! Do get the files if I upload them too? Or should I just send them to you when I’m finished? Okay so the tile that’s red would be a brown one after you finish everything? So it’s just for visibility? That’s a good idea with animating the tile set. I might try it if I have time. I was also wondering if I should try to do some ui (like a game over screen for example) but it’s okay if that’s too annoying to change. Just let me know if you need something specific. Maybe I’ll try to do a winning animation with the bomb asset but it explodes. With the tile set animation does it have to be three frames or does the amount not matter? Also I was wondering why the sprites look a little bit blurry. I know that with some game engines you can easily change the settings so the pixels scale right but no idea how you would do that with your method. Also thanks for linking me in the credits. I don’t really know how game jams work, if you credit me will it show up as me being part of the game jam?

lostwords7 days ago

All sounds good. by the way, I'm uploading a fresh version right now. This one includes the ability to upload 0-4 tile set frames so each tile can be animated as well ( though only 1 tile set is actually needed ). It's a little cumbersome to use with all those frames etc, but it works too.

Yes, when you are happy with whatever tile sets you do, you'll have to send them to me as files so I can include them in the build/published version.

The latest version is now available at https://itch.io/jam/alchemy-jam-7/rate/4154591 and it includes the multiple tile sheet animation things -- if someone locally provides these sheets, their game will feature the animated tile sets. If you do animated tiles this way and after you send those to me, I'll build those into the default game most likely. Wow this should be looking really nice I'm guessing with your art. The images might be blurred because I have a zoom scale on the draw ( they are very tiny at 32x32 otherwise ). You can use mouse wheel in game to adjust the zoom.

lostwords7 days ago

This link will join you to the itch game as a contributor to the jam.

https://itch.io/game/accept-admin/4154591/11443227

Cheesy Animation6 days ago

Thanks! I’ll update you when I’ve done a bit more.

lostwords6 days ago

All good, I've got too much time on my hands! ;-) I have a quiet night at work, so I'll probably be coding on this still some more, or perhaps I'll be making additional levels. I'll try not to bother or rush you, do whatever you like/can with pixel art.

Like I said, there is now the ability to have 5 sprite sheets for use in implementing animated tiles. They can just be duplicates or have small changes for tiles that might want to animate. (( flickering purple flower for example )) - The currently published game has an animated purple flower, and an animated bomb platform (the platform tile that shows when YOU place a bomb down for the bomb enemies to crash into).

lostwords6 days ago

Your question: [ With the tile set animation does it have to be three frames or does the amount not matter? ]

[answer:] There are 5 frames for tile set animations. These are the full tile sets, and between the 5 of them, all tiles can be the same or have those small variations that mimic animation. If not all five are set/submitted in the custom form, it defaults to the standard sprite sheet without the frame versions. If all 5 are submitted (frames 0-4), they are stored in local storage when the game is played and they are used to animate each/any tile.