Okay, that's cool! If you ever learn how to make actual games, it would be cool if you turned this idea into a game with the soundtrack you made it for as its actual soundtrack. XD And again, what program did you use to make this?
I used Paint Shop Pro 7 (from the year 2000 cos it got too much like Photoshop after that one) which is my main program for general graphic work and I use Pro Motion for spriting, tiling and animation.
And I didn't make any soundtrack. I'm not a musician. It was the musician who hired me to do his album cover a couple years ago.
And I didn't make any soundtrack. I'm not a musician. It was the musician who hired me to do his album cover a couple years ago.
I know that, but I am saying that someday you should ask his permission and if he says yes then you should make this game real and give it the same soundtrack. And I am wondering exactly how pixelart is done in those programs, since I have been hoping to find a program that allows me to actually place each pixel like I can with a graphing calculator instead of having to worry about measurements and stuff to place the little squares right.
measurements and stuff? I don't really understand what you mean. Have you got MS Paint on your computer or something similar? It's not a great program but it's a start for a lot of pixel artists these days before they move on to something with more features and more efficiency.
And I don't know if that album's soundtrack would suit this game if it was actually made. It's sort of electronic but not very much like the kind of soundtrack you may expect or want from a 16 bit platform shooter. I would personally go for something that sounds somewhat like the soundtrack from Turrican II on the Amiga cos that for me is one of the most perfect game soundtracks ever created and the definition of epic spacey action game music.
And I don't know if that album's soundtrack would suit this game if it was actually made. It's sort of electronic but not very much like the kind of soundtrack you may expect or want from a 16 bit platform shooter. I would personally go for something that sounds somewhat like the soundtrack from Turrican II on the Amiga cos that for me is one of the most perfect game soundtracks ever created and the definition of epic spacey action game music.
I have Photoshop, but I think that's it right now. By measurements, I mean trying to use a square "paintbrush" to place each square without overlapping or creating gaps. XD
Without overlapping or creating gaps? What exactly are you doing? I just zoom in a pixel. And just scale the final image up if it looks a bit small and you want to 'simulate' an old resolution on your current machine.
Well, let's just say I'm still a novice, and the only kind of pixel art I have ever done or even actually attempted was done with my graphing calculator when I got bored in school. XD
Ah. Well, if you'd like a quick start there is a page out there called 'So You Wanna Be a Pixel Artist?' by a guy called Tsugomo. Now I don't agree with everything in it (particularly the later walk cycle bits) but the basics are pretty much the same and worth a look.
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