Mega Man -1 (MM Fangame)

[Mr. Cavan]

Do it be time for a shameless tileset showcase?


It's Kunai Man's tileset...
Does it look all right?

[Mirby]

I don't think it matters. If you try to claim ownership of a fan RM, then it could easily be led to a legal battle between you and Capcom for claiming ownership of something you created under one of their franchises. Not a good idea.

There are many RMs that have been made that share names with either other fan games or official Mega Man games. For instance, Hard Hat 3 has both a Tornado Man and a Baseball Man. Whereas the former now shares a name with an official RM, the latter shares a basic concept. So don't do that, please.

[Zan]

All boss robots names and concepts have been thought of before, no exceptions.

It's Kunai Man's tileset...
Does it look all right?

It would help if you showed it in 16x16 tiles, and grouped them by sets of the same color palette.

[Mr. Cavan]

It would help if you showed it in 16x16 tiles, and grouped them by sets of the same color palette.

Okey dokey.


(Yeah, it may seem like I don't work much on this project of mine, probably because I'm tinkering around with other things as well, and balancing time between them is no easy task.)

[Zan]

Hmm.. Since you're already using four palettes nearly to their limits, it might be hard to improve upon the background, but I think it feels a bit too bland as is...

Without changing anything to the tiles themselves, I think what you can first and foremost do is to change the set up of the background; move elements around to spice up the background. A good way to go at it is not to have everything in the same column. You might also want add some sort of conventional ceiling. That way the player's focus is drawn to where it needs to be.

When it comes to changing something to the tiles, I think the third palette group is an area of attention. That palette is used to create the wooden pillars going across the background, but those stand in very sharp contrast with the primary background color. I think it would help if you could give those pillars a more defined three dimensional shape, as well as finding a way to blend them with the primary background color more; some sort of shadow effect cast onto the wall might do the trick.

Aside from all that, though, I think you definitely got the theme of the area right.  Just spice it up and it should be good to go.

[GoldenAndSilver]

Sorry about that,  I can't believe that everything is not going good in my life.   
Dang it Dang it.  What else gonna happen,  I make a fan game and somebody else make the same thing and they get it play by everybody and I can't be able to have people play my game.  What the point of me making a fan game if somebody gonna make the same thing or similar boss.  I get angry at times but I don't know everything.  I'm alone and I have nobody to help me make a game. 

[Night]

Now what's wrong?  I don't see any reason to be upset over someone else making a fan game.

[GoldenAndSilver]

I wrote a messages before about something and I remove it.  So you miss what I wrote before.  I draw a one of the boss Volcano man long ago when I was in intermediate school but somebody using Volcano woman, so I can't use or anything about my boss because of that.

[Acid]

Really? That's it?

You should use it anyway.

[Night]

That's right! You can make whatever robot master you want! Names are scarce as it is. You shouldn't let that alone stop you! What matters most is the design! Besides, there are lots of robot masters with the same name!

[Mirby]

He got mad when he found out this game had a boss that shared a name with one of his... and I called him on it.

Yeah, I pointed that out, Day.

[Night]

So, I shouldn't tell him? 

[Mirby]

No, more people saying it reinforces the fact that it's true.

[Mr. Cavan]

Getting back on track before this thread loses its purpose...


The revised Kunai Man tileset.

Also, check this out.



I'm kind, so I'm doing the tilesets for him.
Now you know I'm not making these requests up.

[Mirby]

Much better.

Also, lol at that request.

[CadmiumRED]

You think the kid, which I hope it is, could use some grammar help.. that was just horrid.

[Mirby]

Yeah, give him that before the tilesets. Or tell him to lrn2english

[Zan]

The revised Kunai Man tileset.

The broken red line going horizontally through the stage is a very nice addition. It really adds a certain feel that was missing before. The new pillars and color scheme add to that as well.

The addition of the ceiling works nicely too. I just feel you might want to lower it a tad more, and have a shadow being cast on the wall nearest the ceiling to smoothen the wall - ceiling transition.

[MexicanSunflower]

I agree with Zan, that broken red line adds alot to the whole feel of the stage. I think the only thing that needs work is the spikes.

[Mr. Cavan]

I've started my attempts at making the game's fortress shot.



Yes, you can't tell who it belongs to as of yet, but how does it look so far?

[Mirby]

Needs a pipe with a right angle, with the top facing up. Also needs to be on the right side of the fortress.

Other than that, looks great.

[Mr. Cavan]

Oh, hey, I gotta couple more tilesets to show off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p73dJ58vCw

Oh, and if you didn't already know about the Robot Masters in this game:

Yeah, I retconned Launch Man to be named Missile Man.
And they're numbered -008 to -001, not 008 to 001.

[Mirby]

DCN

Dr. Cavan Number! All my robot masters are DMN (Dr. Mirby Number) and Wily II's are DW2N (Dr. Wily 2 Number), so do DCN-XXX. That one's not taken, right?

Also, those are pretty nice! I like Kite Woman.

[Mr. Cavan]

The ??'s aren't really because I have no ideas on who these robots are made by, they're to keep secret the identity of one of the main antagonists in this game. (which I had already decided on).

[Mirby]

That's what I had realized after posting, but was too lazy to change. Still, they do look nice.