Cave Story Prequel

Feb 16, 2014 at 12:11 AM
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Nadojin said:
Perhaps because it's disproportionate from the original.
The coloring's pretty nice, but why not just edit the original sprite?
I wanted to make him look more apelike. I did use the original sprite, but distorted him purposefully.


PS. email thecavestoryprequel@gmail.com for questions, comments, concerns. Also I can officially say that if you request via email, I can let you be a beta tester of the game.

PPS. If you do request for beta, I will put you on the list of beta testers, but the early build will be ready by April.
 
Feb 16, 2014 at 2:40 AM
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Man, you have just revived one severe argument on what he really is (Translation: Miakid's human, move on with it).
 
Feb 16, 2014 at 12:43 PM
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TLincoln said:
Man, you have just revived one severe argument on what he really is (Translation: Miakid's human, move on with it).
My theory is that Miakid is human, but the crown distorted him over time. I called this "The Gollum Effect" on another thread.
 
Feb 16, 2014 at 3:23 PM
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No excuse for his eyes being at the top of his head and his mouth being on his chin
 
Feb 17, 2014 at 10:46 PM
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Coffee said:
No excuse for his eyes being at the top of his head and his mouth being on his chin
I recently fixed that.

BTW I actually need complaints about my game so i can fix things, but dont complain like an idiot.
 
Feb 17, 2014 at 10:48 PM
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this is dumb and you should stop
 
Feb 17, 2014 at 10:54 PM
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Captain Fabulous said:
this is dumb and you should stop
I didnt say insults. I mean HELPFUL complains.
 
Feb 17, 2014 at 11:59 PM
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funwillfunwill said:
BTW I actually need complaints about my game so i can fix things, but dont complain like an idiot.
Your game isn't out. What am I supposed to complain about exactly?
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 12:03 AM
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I will post a download link soon!
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:18 AM
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funwillfunwill said:
I recently fixed that.
Looks the same to me. And oh my gosh, are you using jpegs for the sprites?
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 11:39 AM
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TLincoln said:
Looks the same to me. And oh my gosh, are you using jpegs for the sprites?
I fixed the sprite, but decided to change it back because it looked better. The demon crown covers his forehead so his eyes are lower than they look. And I am using jpgs and pngs for the sprites.
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 12:07 PM
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You can't use both types at once, and i'm not even sure you can use jpegs or pngs
Jpegs would ruin your game though
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:02 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzhxP-pdos
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:50 PM
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Gifs (static gifs mind you, since some people are foolishly convinced that the gif format exists solely for animation), 8-bit bitmaps and 8-bit pngs are 100x better than jpegs for this sort of thing because they support indexed colours and preserve the quality of the image.

Essentially if you ever want this game to look even remotely decent then stop using the jpeg format altogether.
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM
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not that anything in that list other than 8-bit bitmaps will work for a cave story mod, mind you
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 2:02 PM
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Yeah, but this isn't a mod. So as long as the format is lossless and supported by MMF then it doesn't really matter.
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 9:14 PM
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Coffee said:
You can't use both types at once, and i'm not even sure you can use jpegs or pngs
Jpegs would ruin your game though
You can use both. And yeah... I should use better formats.

Noxid said:
not that anything in that list other than 8-bit bitmaps will work for a cave story mod, mind you
it isnt a mod.

andwhyisit said:
Gifs (static gifs mind you, since some people are foolishly convinced that the gif format exists solely for animation), 8-bit bitmaps and 8-bit pngs are 100x better than jpegs for this sort of thing because they support indexed colours and preserve the quality of the image.

Essentially if you ever want this game to look even remotely decent then stop using the jpeg format altogether.
Thanks for the advice!

Created an official website. http://quotestory.webs.com

Edit: I have Windows 8, which does not support 8 Bit BMP
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 9:27 PM
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funwillfunwill said:
Edit: I have Windows 8, which does not support 8 Bit BMP
i think you may be mistaken
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 10:49 PM
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Coffee said:
i think you may be mistaken
Here is a list of what Windows 8.1 supports:

Monochrome bitmap
16 Color bitmap
256 color bitmap
24 bit bitmap
JPEG
Gif
TIFF
Png

As you can see, so 8 bit bitmap ( I remember it on windows 7)
 
Feb 18, 2014 at 10:54 PM
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An 8 bit bitmap is a 256 color bitmap. Also Cave Story mostly uses 4 bit bitmaps (16 color).
 
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