Pretty settings and animation: let’s go!
Okay, this time I have drawn some more natural looking terrain to make the game easy on the eyes. This is how Little Ninja will (hopefully) look like in action!
The game will sport a very japonesque look, featuring a lot of rocks, rivers, waterfalls, exotic trees, and cerulean skies. (Which pretty much renders our “keep it simple” useless…)
As for Ryuuhi, I still haven’t fully decided on the final look he will have, but he now has several animations, all running at full 30 fps. I swore I would never animate anything at that rate again after Wind and Water. But oh, well.
I also made this new tileset so that the engine Hao is making will look prettier, but he hasn’t even used my old new tileset!! Anyway, here it is.
Well, that’s it for today. Tomorrow I’ll keep experimenting with the animation. This project is advancing much faster that I expected, and I had a lot of fun playing with Hao’s preliminary engine!!
November 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Im amazed how fast you guys are making this game, when do you hope to release it?
November 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Seems like the animated screen shot has scan lines. Was this photographed or is that part of the game design?
November 27th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
WOW! That looks amazing. I’m having so much fun with W&W that I haven’t checked here for a few days. Little Ninja looks amazing. Is it on Dreamcast? Can’t wait to play this and look forward to each and every update. Keep up the great work!
November 29th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Just want to pop in and wish you guys luck! I cant wait!
November 30th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
One question at a time!
We’re not sure when it’ll be released as this is just starting! The game will have this look through a CRT TV (as it is intended for 240p). Handheld (versions) will look pixel perfect.
Again, we’re not sure, but Dreamcast is very possible
Thanks for the nice comments and interest!
December 11th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I hope it will be release on Sega Dreamcast Too like Wind and Water
March 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
This is looking very good. I hope there will be a PC version, as the only consoles I have right now are NES and Neo Geo. Keep it up!
March 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
AND, I like how you compare this to Metal Slug in one of your posts- that is my all time favorite game series ever, mostly because of the amazing art.
May 3rd, 2009 at 5:44 am
Blogs like this are why I use the internet.