HM-style pixel art Options

[Nurse Fin]

Well, I'm no expert spriter or anything, but it's kind of fun (yet tedious... go figure). I know a lot of people have attempted to make their own HM games with little luck. I'm only really able to program stuff like a cooking system, advanced social system, calendar, mining system... but the actual farming has me stuck. Oh well. :P At least I can make graphics, too. If I ever get around to making a full working test bed I might want to make a fan game with original characters (not ToT/AP chars, I just used them for testing purposes) and stuff like that. :D Maybe... someday.

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I've only made a few floor and wall tiles so far, no furniture or anything, and I've only finished a standard female walking template. But I made all this in about 6 hours, which isn't too bad :D

[Nurse Fin]

So... I actually did start developing a game... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif) ;
I've been working on it the past week non-stop, and it's hard to juggle between graphic design and gameplay design.

I'd say maybe half of the basic systems are set up-- I've done farming, calendar, weather, shipping bin, storage system, holding items, shortcut menus, HUD (the clock and stamina info that shows over the screen)... there are a lot of aspects of HM games that are normally taken for granted.

Since I don't have any characters yet, the social system hasn't been touched. But it's one of the easiest parts, IMO. All I know so far is that I want a spunky/tomboyish mayor's daughter, boy at the library, and a blacksmith's daughter (or granddaughter) that does gem appraisals.

These are a few of the neater things I have planned, though:
- 6 bachelors, 6 bachelorettes
- The protagonist you don't choose becomes an NPC (will marry the left-over rival)
- 6 rival kids
- Your kid will be unique in looks, gender and personality based on who you marry (so 12 possible kids, unless I add extra marriage candidates)
- HAIR SALON (nifty idea from one of the threads here), and a Tailor Shop.

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I've set tiles aside (as I'm debating how to go about drawing the maps), and instead have been making a lot of icons. These are the season/weather images, and a watering can, just 'cause I liked how it turned out. Making icons for all the different recipes (I was wise enough to make templates for different kinds of bowls, plates, and cups) and varieties of fish is going to be.. interesting...

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This is a crappy mock-up I did of a possible town layout (certain areas are empty because I don't know how many buildings I'm going to need yet...). It's mostly inspired by ToT's layout, because I liked it so much. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif) Ironically, this took me 2-3 hours to make, while the icons above took a little over half an hour...