The July 19th update will be big. It will probably be the biggest update I’ve ever done. Lots of new content and lots of changes.
Sorry to lame-out on you this time but I haven’t gotten much done due to some nasty sinus problems that didn’t stop until Monday. I still got some work done on things that will hopefully be ready for the big July 19th update. Today’s update is…
Company Index – Index and company pages redesigned. Temco has finally been added. Sunset Riders’ heroes were added to the character list on the Konami page.
Game Index – Index and game pages redesigned.
MugenBoss – I’ve been promising to improve MugenBoss’ look for years but never came up with anything I liked until now. There will be a few more things added in July but I really wanted to get the basics out there now to see how they look. Honestly, MugenBoss had been ugly long enough.
Vs. Maker Seeing as how I almost burnt myself out working on this last week, this update is really small. Thor got another sprite and another color set while Strider Hiryu’s palette was modified to include his helpers (options) which let me add another win pose.
Time for another two-color preview sprite:
You’ll see that whole sprite along with other scratch-made sprites, sprite edits and much more when the Anniversary updates kick in starting on July 19th.
edit: oddly enough, the hit counter was at 99500 when I originally posted this update and it went by twenty by 8 PM EST. I’m curious if the 100000th hit will be before or after July 19th. “Hmmm. I wonder. Oh well.”
Vs. Maker– characters updated: Lou (3 Wonders/MvsC), Magneto, M.Bison (SFA-Vs), M. Hart (Legendary Wings, MvsC), Shuma-Gorath, Ton Pooh, Ryu (CvS), Strider Hiryu, Thanos, Wolverine, Zangief.
This will be the last character update for a week or two because I need a break from it. I really need to work on things that aren’t this especially with the anniversary being one month away.
Tips – the Peace Keepers page was updated.
The updates are light now because I’m saving a lot of things for July. Here’s a preview of a few things I finished this week:
I apologize for all of these low-content updates but certain things are being saved for next month’s 10th Anniversary shindig.
Vs. Maker – Dmitri, Gambit, Gilius Thunderhead, Kim Kaphwan & King (SNK) get alt-palette power.
Articles – I made a very minor change to the Resize Matters article since the sprites on the index page have been non-blurrified long ago. I got Pac-Man World 2 for the PS2 as a gift as a gift so that was added to the Game List.
If any of you remember what the Minus World humor section was like here from 2001-2002, you may remember the sprite edit this teaser pic was based on:
That article will be back next month and others will follow later this year until all of the old articles are back in some way, shape or form.
What? You guessed “The same damned thing you’ve been working on for the last few updates?” If so, then you are correct sir/madam/noun.
Vs. Maker – I’m not sure what caused the site to start getting PHP depreciation warnings between the time I updated last Wednesday and 4:32 as I type this but the main thing that got broken was the Vs. Maker. Well, that’s fixed now. I’m very, very sorry about it being broken for however long it was fubared but it’s back up and running.
Pal-enabled, new sprites, new palettes: Dan, Ken (CvS & SFA), Maki, Felicia
Pal-enabled, new palettes: Geese Howard, Solo (Strider)
New sprites, new palettes: Athena
New sprites: Cyclops
New palettes: Chun-Li (CvS)
Besides improving the Vs. Mode engine, I’m also breaking it down into smaller modules so I can also re-use the programming in future graphic generators. So while the updates may look weak in content amount, I’m working on new effects (sprite-based shadows) and getting ready to make whole new generators.
Site news – Two dates of significance are coming up in the next few months.
Next week: my birthday. There may or may not be an update next week.
July 19th: ScrollBoss’ 10th Anniversary. Expect new things to appear. Expect old things to disappear. Expect fun things. Expect surprises. That’s all I’m saying for now.
Custom Sprites – Comic and MvsC style War Machine sprite edits were added to the Marvel page.
Vs. Maker – This is probably the biggest, chunkiest update since the alt. palettes first hit. I apologize for taking so long with the palette conversion work but many of them are truly pains-in-the-butt that take longer than you’d think. It takes even longer if I add a ‘smart palette’ to them for extra color combinations. A few characters, especially Captain Commando and Sodom, now have a ton of sprites to choose from.
Pal-enabled, new sprites, new palettes: Captain Commando, Colossus, Cody, Dr. Doom, E. Honda, Hulk, Mai, Sodom
Pal-enabled, new palettes: Damnd, Death Adder, Edi.E, Billy and Jimmy Lee (now one character), Rastan
New sprites: War Machine
Pal-swap enabled without new sprites or new color sets: Athena (CvS)
One more piece of unfinished business:
Added to the DC Comics custom sprite page and the separate character and tornado sprites of this can be downloaded from the Custom Sprite Download page.
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Also, the artist from the link I posted Wednesday now has a deviantART account!
http://born-toulouse.deviantart.com/
It must take some serious time, patience and steady hands to finish those bead sprites!
Hey, it’s a rare Wednesday update just like the old days! Here’s what’s new:
Custom Sprite Packs – Dug (Final Fight) is now available in Alpha/Vs. sprite style and Bred was updated because I accidentally had the misaligned punch animation in there. If you downloaded it before, please download it again to get your proper punch action. I made another horrible video to show both drone sprite sets in action:
Vs. Maker – Cyclops and Rolento got alternate palettes and new sprites while Karnov, Ms. Marvel and Ryu Hayabusa just got alternate palettes.
This week’s special link is to 8-Bit Monkeys (MySpace account) where you can see some sprites brought into the real world using microbeads. You’ll see a lot of 8-bit examples there but you’ll also see some work with more colors in it. Keep an eye on the page because there’s more great work on the way!
Just a small Vs. Maker update to keep things active until the next real site update. The following characters have been palette-swap enabled along with getting at least one sprite added: Balrog (with new sprite edit taunt), Blackheart (and Mephisto), Blanka, Cammy, Juggernaut, Psylocke, Rogue, Spider-Man (with Armored Spider-Man palette), Storm.
Also:
The Dug sprite set should be ready later this month.