Jubilee by Chimoru

[Chimoru]

Hey guys!  Update!  Is it a huge one?  No, but still significant.

Lets see, what did I do since?

- Finished spriting a few more basics. Crouching stuff is done, and I only have 2 more aerial kicks to do.

- I tweaked the FX on her hypers, and while I DO have animations on them, they are very basic and need updating.

- I added a "roman candle" attack.  I guess that's kinda what it is.  You can't really tell, but I learned how to do "trails on projectiles" and "randomizing"  So I took the firework projectile I made, turned it into a helper spark, made it burst from the ground and fire a projectile.  The projectile does a random firework explosion spark on impact and also a random whitle noise when it launches from the ground.  I wanted each attack to not look and sound exactly the same every time.  When it misses, it stays as a light ball.  I tried to time them to do different things.  Light attack knocks them straight up with one blast.  Medium repels them away with 2, and Heavy pulls them closer with 3.  Xfields helped me with the wonderful sprites in the animation.  I feel bad that I kinda had to make his look less pretty in order to match mine. The difference was too jarring before that.


Before ----------> After

Anyway, here's the video:

[Macaulyn97]

SIMPLY AMAZING!!! ITS LOOKING SO PERFECT!!!

oh, by the way:
- The hyper in 1:37 is taking too much damage
- The hyper in 1:43 looks like it takes fine damage, but it should connect a little more
- The hyper in 2:08 's damage could be reduced a little too

[Chimoru]

SIMPLY AMAZING!!! ITS LOOKING SO PERFECT!!!

oh, by the way:
- The hyper in 1:37 is taking too much damage
- The hyper in 1:43 looks like it takes fine damage, but it should connect a little more
- The hyper in 2:08 's damage could be reduced a little too

I know!  I'm having a little trouble with that.  I'm not the best at damage balancing (AKA I have no idea what I'm doing)

It all has to do with proximity to the target.  They all vary vastly and I can't figure out how to average it out more.

[Arkady]

i loved it , barr one issue her sound rip of her saying "fire-works" really suits a hyper
something like "bang" would be better for her quick special projectiles

[metamutant]

Those effects are awesome, just the way I remember Jubilee from the 90s Xmen.

[Chimoru]

i loved it , barr one issue her sound rip of her saying "fire-works" really suits a hyper
something like "bang" would be better for her quick special projectiles

Agreed.  It can get annoying. I haven't really been working on that move as much as the others.  The simple fact that her sunglasses still come down for it is a sign.  I want her glasses to only be for hypers, So I still have to resprite the normal firework animation.  When I do that, I'll fix the sound too.

[.Batzarro.]

Awesome job so far. Loving the effects and everything seems real suiting so far. Interested to see in what other ways you'll be using her powers.

[Rage]

Im just in awe. Its good to see my favorite x-man finally being done right after all these years.

 

Okay after seeing the fx here and going  I want to know where people are getting these high rez fx and projectiles! They after freaking awesome and I feel like the kid that wasn't picked at recess. Lol

[Chimoru]

Im just in awe. Its good to see my favorite x-man finally being done right after all these years.

 

Okay after seeing the fx here and going  I want to know where people are getting these high rez fx and projectiles! They after freaking awesome and I feel like the kid that wasn't picked at recess. Lol

Thanks!  Those fireworks are from a "KOF Stadium at night" stage.  I realize the hitsparks are kinda big.  There isn't a way to resize that, is there?

[NX-MEN]

Nice video!!! 

[DreamBrother]

Thanks!  Those fireworks are from a "KOF Stadium at night" stage.  I realize the hitsparks are kinda big.  There isn't a way to resize that, is there?

Absolutely ingenius! I was going to ask what your source was 

[Chimoru]

Awesome job so far. Loving the effects and everything seems real suiting so far. Interested to see in what other ways you'll be using her powers.

Thank you!  For my first character that I've had to do spriting for, I think I picked a hard one and I'm glad that people appreciate and like what I've done so far!  At first I thought her having a coat would hake spriting harder, and then finding ways to use her powers is tough.  Seems like all she ever did in the cartoon was the same move.  That's why I'm trying to look up different types of fireworks/plasma and seeing how it could be used in different ways.  Corny as it sounds, I also try to think:  "If I had the powers, how would I use them?"  . Maybe I think a bit TOO much.

One thing about Intensity's Jubilee that I didn't like was that she seemed to just have different projectiles that kinda behaved the same.  I'm trying to make ones that act differently, but I'm also a newbie, so I have problems.  I learned new tricks for the "roman candle" attack and the "spinner" hyper and I think so far it's worked nicely. Thank you guys for the support!  I will try not to disappoint!

[warecus]

I like the roman candle very original.


please keep going

[Rage]

I like the roman candle very original.


please keep going

mortal kombat shang sung...... just saying

[Chimoru]

Well if *I* didn't know that, do I get half a point? 

[HyperVoiceActing]

Very well done my comrade. Really liking some of those animations

[isela]

haber que te sirve de estos sprites ,

[Rage]

haber que te sirve de estos sprites ,

[Chimoru]

No, I haven't used all of them.  Who do they belong to? Do I need permission?
No, no lo he usado todos ellos. ¿A quién pertenecen? ¿Necesito permiso?

I have some that XFields gave me, but I need to make them like the others.
XFields me dio un poco, pero tengo que volver a hacer ellos.

[Chimoru]

I have what Intensity, and Mazemerald, and Xfields gave me.  I tried to contact Anvil, but got no reply.  I don't want to use sprites without permission, though I'm not sure whose is whose.

[DizzyTheConquer]

Incredible!

[Chimoru]

Incredible!

I think that's XFields's.  Right?  It looks like the others he gave me, but he didn't give me that one.

[Twinimage]

That stance is by THX, can't remember the whole username at the moment. That's a better stance to use than the one you have now, IMO. But that's just me. The walk looks a little funny. The way her legs are positioned look separate from her the direction her torso is facing. But that's the only animation I think could really use some tweaking.

I like the special moves. They've got some variety there. I especially like how you linked that special with the waves of fireworks that knock the opponent in the air and jubilee can jump in the air and strike them again. Keep thinking of gameplay elements like that. If her gameplay is really done well, she will last longer.

She's making good progress. Keep working hard, it'll pay off in the end.

[dev.]

Before ----------> After

Wait, why you removed the shading on her legs? That's not right.

[Chimoru]

Wait, why you removed the shading on her legs? That's not right.

I've explained this.  XFields gave me those 6-7 sprites for that attack.  They were beautiful.  TOO beautiful.  They had colors and shadings that didn't match the original sprite and the original palette, and all the ones I made modeled after them.  So I had a choice.  Downgrade 6-7 sprites to match the 300+ existing ones, or edit 300+ sprites to TRY to match the quality of these 6-7.  I have to standardize the sprites somehow, and it seems the shading was a victim in making everything fit. Some sprites will go up in quality, others will fall down.  It's unfortunate, but I'm not going to do all that work for such subtleties.  Not even sure if I can.  Still, I might do SOMETHING to upgrade them a bit.  So you can disagree, but that was my decision.  I'm not even sure with all these mixed sprites from different sources that I can even do other palettes.  Maybe if I had made everything from scratch and not done an edit? I don't know anything about these things.  I'm still new. I hope you can understand.