Lazer sky

Pixel art for today. Based on the videogame Kyuukyoku Tiger. This is game about helicopter. That is something new.

And this is my pixel art based on the screenshot, let’s say it. Interesting, that it is a helicopter. As a main char. Interesting feature. I can remember tv series Air Wolf from 80s. Often, there are main characters as automobile or airplane or space ship. I also remembered some tv series like Soldiers of Fortune. Let’s say the story will be about some mecenary. In some like real and some little scifi elements world. That’s why heli can have lasers and rockets. And enemies can be rather realistic, but a little scifi also. Tank, that can shoot with lasers, for example. I think, for a start, it will be enough 8 levels. It can be a nice arcade, if to make it. 

Castle Horror 1980

Pixel art based on videogame for MS DOS Wizard`s Doom. But this is my drawing.

I think this way. This is some gothic castle. There are zombies walking inside. And you are collecting keys. And that’s all. So, I was searching long time, what to draw. And some things I try – I failed. So I take some simple game for MS DOS and draw based on it. So I remember interest to the American Horror Story season 9 VHS.

 For fun I can made some funny story screens with some text and a picture. Like skeleton try to tell you something. Or some master of castle, let it be. And game itself can be arcade about collecting keys. And search for exit, for killing zombies you gain score also. So simple. In retro style videogame. 80s and so on. So to add something for stylization in 80s.

Videocassettes maybe to collect. And some screen, which told you that you find some interesting video, some comment about vhs. Some characters tells you this. Vhs about action movie or horror. This is it, some ideas.

So, welcome to the arcade Castle Horror 1980!

Tipster - innovator of galaxy

This is pixel art for today. Based on videogame Deluxe Galaga for Amiga. But I draw my picture.

And this is my picture. About my videogame. Pixel art. Game need to be done. And it is just a fantasy for today. Mainly, it is casual simple space shooter. As it is ok for this kind of games, here we have funny tipster that are flying. And you are flying on your space ship forward somewhere.

Training in pixel art. And I can see this game with such fun aspect. Not hard and groovy for relax. Space, tipsters. What can be better? Space investments in tipster, you know?

Hunters in space

Pixel art based on front cover of videogame Blaster Master for Zx Spectrum. It is such a yellow space ship. Maybe it is loading screen or start game screen.

But this is my variation. Also I watched yesterday some action movie. But don’t finish it. But I today draw this pixel art as idea. This is can be a space shooter. Yellow color for every object, white dots – is a stars, and everything else –is just black.  In style of retro graphics. Just like Spectrum. I say just like, not certain. Story will be like space action. So this is a title`s name going out from.

Curve of infection

 Pixel art for today, based about videogame Operation Carnage. For operation system MS DOS. And some inspiration from Alien Breed. This is such a style top down 2d shooter games. About destruction lots of enemies and walking labyrinth. Search keys, weapons, ammo – also valuable part of title.

And this is my pixel art. So this way it can look in my version. So it is screenthot, let’s call it. Pixel art. Training.

Green line – lives, orange line – ammo. Minimal menu. I`d like to make many explosions. Game is kind of action game. Lots of shooting, lots of enemies. Everything is explode. Visual is about MS DOS games.

And game theme – infection of virus of mutation. That’s why there are lots of zombies and mutants on the base. That’s why title has a name – curve of infection. You are makes decrease mutants population here by the very straight way.  Curve of infection – it is theme for a good action. About location – techno. Industrial factory, base, computer center. By some way, it is 2d top down Doom from 90s. Let’s say this way. Shooting and explosion – this is main part!

Road for sapphire of edem

Pixel art. Characters training. I draw this based on some char from videogame Treasure of Savage Frontier for system MS DOS.

This is role playing game, such a style of dungeons and dragons, just fantasy with battles and magic. The thing you really need, saying shortly.  

I suggest you to make journey into world of kingdoms, wild forests and ocean, that nobody can overtake and far lands. Nobody have seen them. Lands are full of treasures, that’s waits the day when searchers for adventure will open magic lock and take power and gold. In terms of artifacts, magic sword, overpower spell or get lots of gem stones – sapphires and diamonds in your adventure through savage lands of kingdom and beyond.

Princess Alicia suggest for group of adventurers to go to the eastern lands of kingdom. And get through them, to go beyond kingdom`s land, through emerald bridge and ocean of lava. There will be lands of flowers. And you need to get some magic artifacts and gem of east – stone edem`s sapphire. In exchange Alicia is ready to equip your expedition.

And as you return with success you will get your own castle in eastern lands and you can be good living. And as a first step of good will – you will receive 5 thousands gold for your adventures. And a chance to get  equipment in stores of a capital about 10 000 gold in total of prices. By saying that you have a decree for expedition. And pay nothing. Looks very generously. And by the way princess is good looking. And at least it is interesting to see her personally.

And adventures – are the same kind of people. At last, you just can go to nowhere with such a gold. Just get in a shadow somewhere in a borders of kingdom and do really nothing about a quest. Or just make your own decisions. No one princess or kings cannot tell how to live, you are searcher for adventurer. True keepers of kingdom are adventurers. Persons of might and magic.

And no princess or a king. Which can do nothing, just do decisions. So take this quest is definitely is a good idea. And what to do next – wind and road will tell. So this sunny day you can have a real good time. And than go for a quest. In a path of savage lands of a kingdom.

Alicia gives you magical orb. Using it she will speak with you during your quest. And also in some cities by her decision you will receive something.

Sounds – like a good adventure!

Portal to Siber

Pixel art for today. Based on videogame Tower of Myraglen. For system Apple2GS. This is someway 8 bit computer, as I guess.

My pixel art suggests you a classic adventure – role playing game in old fashion. About fantasy and dragons. But today it is only in pixel art. Game consists of several blocks. This is block for walking the labyrinth. Which can be a cave, castle or open terrain – like island, sand, forest. Block with text, which tells you what’s going on. And block of char – which you can see characteristics. But this is only a picture now. Concept.

 Game is like a book. You walk some part, and get a story in way of text screens. Of course, you need to search for new weapons, amulets, armor. Defeat monsters. This is included.

Lazer Blizzard

Pixel art for today. It is based on videogame Battle Storm. For system MS DOS. I have watched screenshots for Aleste for MSX 2 computer with some special mood. I have interested in this MSX 2. And system MS DOS is well known.  But –what the way to say it is well known? It is about thousands of games! Looks like not so well known. So I run into arcade shooter Battle Storm.  And draw by myself. 

Signal of warning. This is a command forward. Get into your space ship. And forward like arrow. You are flying in a places, where maybe you don’t wanna to be, and maybe will never come back. This is start for war conflict. You have a command to perform actions before enemy will move. System of planets Alpha-gamma-12. Moon with number 14. City landscape in square 14-15. In a way of some solution for this uncertain case, you can say that you are last space hero. You are one in a million. Here will move lots of groups. Operation Lazer Blizzard is starting. Command move forward is given.

I always like to check screenshots for different, maybe, unknown for me videogames. Main – it is required something interesting on the screenshot. As a rule, mainly, it is about lots of shooters. And by the way also it is about MS DOS videogames. So you are watching such a screenshot and have some dreams. About what is going on. How cool is designed space ship. Often, it is very interesting to watch planet landscape or space decoration. And space ships by themselves. How magical they can look, how technostyle. There is some MS DOS magic in all of this! And of course about how to make something like this by myself. OF course this idea is also comes into the head. But it is required lots of training for this. 

Sand and sorcery

Pixel art for today is magical. Based on Might And magic 3 Isles of Terra. This is such a role playing videogame for system MS DOS.  I have never played in third part by myself, but I have seen screenshots and watched how another plays in YouTube.

I am a big fan of Might And Magic 6-8. But let’s return to here. It is a magical day today. So I have touched with Might and Magic. In version of part three. I have successfully draw characters in such style. So let’s say they are like clones. But I made them my way. And this means – about a step to draw something else from this magical videogame. This title has a very interesting with fantasy world. And next step – to make something simple in code by myself with such style. But program code – it is another tale.

Meet these ones. You party members. Mage in red hood, warrior barbarian, and your best friend – green orc! Together you will travel by magic lands. Conquer dragons, chase kings and necromancers. Raid tombs of ancients, which are guarded hard by magic jeans. Explore networks of dungeons. Dungeons – is a main thing.

Orc likes dungeons, he told me this! He thinks that rats from dungeons are real delicious. And barbarian is in search for mystery sword of kings, using this sword he will conquer his own kingdom. He does not know how certain it looks. Most clever here – is mage. He is searching for any strong spells, most likely, that nobody has them. He is going into the power with them.

So orc is already loudly speaks to you – Lets go to the dungeon! I can share with you some catched rats! At the evening we will eat them with delicious at the fire!

 If you are decline he will be upset.

Barbarain speaks to you – Maybe in this lands this mystery sword is existed. Sword of kings. I have never seen it. But in my homelands there are legends about this sword. With this sword I become invincible. I am sure that there are many adventures ahead! We need to check every ruins and dungeon, every that we can find!

Barbarian is very curious. And he is already shakes you with all his strength. Decline – it can be dangerous.

Mage speaks – Well, searcher for adventures. I am just a traveler, just like you are. I have certain aim.  But I never tell you about this. You will be enough to know – that we have the same roads, where ever you go. I am going to find most powerful spells, as powerful as possible. I will be a legend.

And so they go for adventure!

More characters and players colors

Pixel art for today. Today also based on Heroes of might and magic. More close to first part. Or even to Kings Bounty.

Today, I have drawn plus 6 characters. It was already 5. Now more 6. In total already 11 characters. And also symbols for colors. Players has their own unique color. 4 colors at choice. And elements of desert. It is hill and oasis. This way maybe I can to draw some kind Heroes of Might And Magic as minimum version.  With more simple graphics and much lower objects. This is already motivates me. Might and Magic and Heroes of and Magic – my most fav game series.

In short, you have here some graphical concept of a videogame type Heroes of Might and Magic. But with minimum. You walk heroes the map. Explore the map. There are castles, you build something. Grow your armies. Explore some ruins. Overtake resources. And than goes another players. And all of this is going with fantasy story background. Something like this is drawn here. Kings Bounty also the same kind of game, but even more simple. You have fewer possibilities in KB. So you see concept of this kind of game. This is role playing and strategy game.

In main, I am lucky. Because, if make orientation for Heroes of Might and magic 1, than graphics will be more simple, than in second part. I am about explore map. So I am looking at something in between Heroes of Might And Magic 1 and Kings Bounty. It is everything looks for me very interesting!

In short, I dreamed about my own variation for Heroes of Might and magic. And, so, you see it in a drawing!

Magic lake

So, pixel art for today. Again I continue theme of clone Heroes of Might And Magic 1 and Kings Bounty. Again picture about this fantasy game.

This is strategy and role playing game. So about realization it can have map and strategy component and role playing component. So it is now only in picture. So if, in one moment, we can speak more than a picture. About programming, you need to wait more simple game. All your characters – real characters as in role playing. They have portrait, short description, some characteristics. Every character has its own class. For example warlock or sorcerer.

So, during your adventurers, you are came to lake that is in the middle of the desert. This is amazing! Lake with blue water amongst yellow desert. That’s for sure, this lake is magical. Do you really need to visit this place or not. It is up to you.

During your adventures you need to be carefully – which location you need to visit and which – not to visit. Lake can hide something interesting or be dangerous.

Autumn moon in forest

Pixel art based on screenshot from Wondrous Magic, some Japanese videogame for retro videogame system. So as I find out, it is for 16 bit system Super Nintendo and it is role playing game. As for me, it is reminds me Divine Divinity, but it is already for PC. But this is for Super Nintendo 16 bit.

And now let’s return to my drawing. This is a mage, who is making cast a spell in autumn forest at night. I describe this as fantasy. You are playing as a mage. He can do a casts. For example, fireball, lighting. Something else. There are some monsters in this forest. That’s all. Also, it will be chests with gold. And some support items like healing. And mix it with some fantasy tale.

In autumn forest it is a moon. Full moon. And night is stopped. And there are creatures of the night in the forest. It is a walking mage into the forest. Without any words. Just he goes there. Great amount of night monsters are existed into the bright autumn forest. Leaves are shining with magic, but it is night. There is something in the centre of the forest.  But it is the aim to go.  Some ancient scroll can tell something…

Autumn forest, bright colors. Green trees in big amount. And roads full of leaves. And stones. And just night forest. Trees are here big and high. So it is like action rpg about dungeon. But instead of dungeon here we have a forest. Also a fantasy tale. So just now it is a pixel art for training.

UltraFlight – code Turbo

Pixel art for today. Based on videogame Override – mission code override. Japanese shooter, arcade. For system Turbo Grafx. Yes, it was a superb system. Just like 8 bit, it has a super graphics.  Lots of shmups.

So, I have just remembered, that every time, when I am playing interesting game this kind of space shooter, than I every time wanna to know what is going next. So, you are fly forward all the time. Straight forward. And under you – there are surface. Forest, grass, city or anything else. And every time when you see screen GAME OVER – you watch it all the timer and think about what is next to see. So, this way, every time for me in Zanak.

So about my drawing. This is pixel art. For training. Same arcade genre, space shooter. About space, different planets. So I all the time is dreaming about to making this kind 8-16 bit or MS DOS type space shooters. So you are flying with space ship and shooting everything around you. So arcade fun!

Space is big and it is everytime you can have a some action. Place for action. All the time there are lots of planets, and on theirs surface you can find a things to shoot from lazers, blasters or start a rocket.  So it is interesting question – do this kind of games need a story so deadly? Well, maybe, you can compose some tale, something easy to tell. But, during game series is developing it can became a nig story.

At the terra formed planet Ultran third starts some troubles with aliens ships. Aliens makes a teleport of theirs ships and move fast to borders of planet. And start to smash everything like hurricane. Team Turbo is airing as emergency situation call. Criitical situation. Mission Turbo is beginning!

So for this moment it will be good some synth pop track, about music. And, maybe, I am dreaming about eight levels. In some arcade games I have see 8 levels. Nut every levels is different about graphics. So they are not looks equal. Or more levels – than already some same kind of levels you can meet several times. If something for home gaming system.

Join mission Turbo! Code Turbo!

Red angel

Pixel art for today. Based on videogame Baryon for system MS DOS. This is shooter top down.

So I suggest you to look at my picture. That I make based on some screenshot. It is also arcade, shooter. In grey colors. So, like space base, moon, at earth some bases. Everything is in grey colors. And your character – red plane – red angel. It is burning everything like hurricane. I get understanding, that in shooter there is required dynamic. So as for me I am with a slow mind. And when I do programming, than I also like slow. In order to see everything ok, that is going on a screen.

But for good real action there is required speed and dynamic. That’s why you control red angel, and it can shoot with rockets with both side, and each side with two rockets. So pretty deadly mechanism. So, let it be a secret who is red angel. Some mystery and atmosphere. So it is, of course, about science and technology, there is no place for mystics here. Red Angel – it is you, by the way. Secret mission let it be.

All of these, with music like good synthpop. Dynamic and atmosphere. Synthesizers. But, also, that pulse mode is like rock music. For example, like Toxxify – Cyborg Chase. So, synthpop is also point of motivation for all of these shooters. So, also take a point, that you have megabombs in the left down corner. So it will be super strike. In order to have half of screen in burning flames. So, yes, lots of flames and burns. It is very required part. Grey background and light colors of red angel and lots of bright burnings.

I think, that with such fire power as Red Angel, you have nothing to fear. This is like tv-series from 80s – air wolf. But another way. Or like Knight Rider with its super advanced car. By the way, megabombs, I get from videogame Raptor Call of Shadows! Raptor is a cool game for MS DOS! I and my bro likes to play Raptor in MS DOS system. It is pity, that there is no next games in Raptor. For example 10-20 videogames the same style of actions. Theme is flying out!

Grey pseudo realism everything is under. Like base or surface like moon. Let it be everything in a near future. So it is first. And Soviet Union will exist. This is second. So, I also remember a videogame for NES – Mig 29 Soviet Fighter. I was also very excited, because of mainly it were games about different – F16,F18,F22,F117. But I am far from this theme. But about videogames, I was impressed about how many they are!

And story will be like action future format. So I liked a lot to fly in F22 – Lighting 2. Firm MicroProse from 90s by the way makes lots of them – simulations F16-F18. And later it become a NovaLogic to makes same style of games. So I am having installed for old PC – F22 Lighting 3. But I have never played it yet. So I support idea of this kind of games. In format of shooter or simulation.

So I get in memories. About action and shooters, simulations. And I wanted to tell about my picture, and what the way I try to see my game!

Eighties Wide Screen Racing

Pixel art for today. Based on screenshot from videogame Knight Rider Special. For system Turbo Grafx. This is like some racing videogame with elements of action.

I have made this style of drawing by myself. And I want to tell about it. About idea, that is connected with drawing.  Just now it is only a drawing. This is racing about eighties. Style of eighties. Of course, it is also about a music of eighties – it is Lian Ross, Fancy, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi. And retrowave music, Johnny Ola, Nothern Lights, Night Habit, and many many others. Retrowave, there are lots of  them. Music – is going very good to describe a style. So music- is very important. Game is in genre of racing.  City racing, just like street racing. Night and day. This is 8 bit need for speed in my version. So, you are in a city, and it is a city traffic. Casual drivers. Casual drivers, they ride by theirs own way, while you are in a racing. So, be careful!

One more theme – wide screen picture format. I mean, this black lines top and down. For style. Just like widescreens movies of old times. So, I have seen these in a movies. This is element for style. So in terms of wide screen I mean only these black lines.

I think, that racing will be around the world. This is like globalization, internationalism. Racing will be in Japan, America, Europe, Soviet Union. So this is my 80s. Personally, I am very upset about collapse of Soviet Union. Eighties- it is also unique car style. And some cities, village landscape, nature, big cities.

So we have here a stylization for eighties here. So pink or dark blue texts. Of course, at now, I am not a master of programming, in order to give everything that I draw on format of videogames. But I wish that I will make this jump in intelligence, at one time, someday. Someday this will happen. So just now, I stay more as a drawing. 

Motorcycle Sport

Pixel  art for today based on videogame Gp Rider for Sega Game Gear. It is such portable console from Sega, with power like 8 bit console like Sega Master System , NES. Game itself – it is sport arcade racing. About motorcycle sportsman. Short – racing game about motorcycle.

And this is my drawing. Also, about motorcycle, racing. This is first time, for me to show drawing of such complex thing like motorcycle and a racer. So, it is achievement! So, little wrong curve about circling the road. But, for fast drawing – it is ok, as a demonstration. It is cool to circle the road better for next time. So, just, more time to put into it.

And, so it is racing, time attack. Speed gives score. So, while you are racing fast – you receive more scores, racing with lower speed  - gives less score. This is that, like score speed is transmitting into scores. Racing about checkpoints, as you reach it – you give amount of time. So, also such a simple visual. Track and background. 

Mountain and forest racing competition 90

Pixel art for today, based on Zero 4 Champ for system Super Nintendo. This is youth generation racing, or competition, where you are going on a straight road, as fast as you can.  At the speed of changing transmission. As I understand. I have never played it. But I look at this title for a long time, with a point of view, about it has a cool screenshots. Beautiful screenshots. It was a desire to make something like this.

Let’s return to my drawing. This is one more racing arcade game. By the way, yesterday, I was playing Sega MegaDrive, at the videogame Lotus 2. So, it is something like this, I will make as a game, if I start to make this game. So, right now, it is only a drawing.  Bright day, mountain road. We are riding to the mountains. So track to mountain. Weather is fine. And you are in your car.

So, I need to add some interesting features. Because of, there a lots of racing games. And, even, I have made lots of pixel art about racing. So, let it be about theme about mountains road. And mountains racing. So special competition.

Also, it will be a forest roads. Mountain and forest as main landscapes in this title. Just like a long road to the village. Nature! Cool! And let, it be in 90s! At the car just like some that period of time.

So, just breathe clearest air with mountains air and go fast to finish line!