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]

Okay, so I've gotten to the point where I have enough basic tiles that I can form something that resembles scenery. Finalllyyyy. Still have a long long way to go, though. I'm going to do all the outdoors first, then the indoors.

(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/rinfin/2a61b358.jpg)
I still need to make my own windows (and slanted roofs). And the default character sprites (that were packed with the program) are so tiny compared to mine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)

I've made 10 different animated emotion balloons, and I'm almost done with the weather system. It might be hard to tell, but during a sunny day in spring, little Mora petals fall down the screen (they're most noticeable right above the tree in the center, and at the bottom of the screen in the water). Summer has green leaves, fall has red leaves, and in Winter everything is kind of sparkly. The shadowy blotches are clouds floating overhead.

I'm going to change the palette of the brick road; it should be more muted.