Xymati

[Keranu]

Fragmare of MindRec hasn't had internet access since July, but he came back last night and he has shown off some new Xymati work he has been working on during the gap. Prepare for some moutherwatering!






And here's one that actually isn't new, but some of you may have missed.

[Tom]

FraGMarE is the man 

[termis]

WOW. 

That's f*cking cool man.

Finish it, and they'll have a buyer in me.  (Just hopefully it can be on a pressed CD! )

[ccovell]

Looks FANtastic!  Hope the programming and pace are just as tight as the pixel art. 

[Black Tiger]

I like everything except the design of the logo (but the effect is cool).

This shot reminds me of the first stage in Sapphire-



Hopefully the score strip will get a fancier design. Otherwise the in-game graphics look like they will be up there with some of the best PCE shooters.

[Keranu]

I forgot to warn people, the GIFs are pretty big so you have to wait for them to finish loading to see them in full speed.

Looks FANtastic!  Hope the programming and pace are just as tight as the pixel art.

Yeah here's hoping too. BT hasn't been around in awhile and might not be able to code it, but Tom and Charles have offered to help.

I like everything except the design of the logo (but the effect is cool).

I actually really like the logo (and the font as well).

This shot reminds me of the first stage in Sapphire-

The city level in Final Soldier was the first thing that popped up in my mind.

Hopefully the score strip will get a fancier design. Otherwise the in-game graphics look like they will be up there with some of the best PCE shooters.

Yeah that's probably the only part of the graphics that I didn't find to be as good. On a positive note though, I love how the bar is ultra thin so it gives a nice, full picture without being transparent.

[Duo_R]

this one is incredible, the scrolling creates such depth to this shot:

[Black Tiger]

I actually really like the logo (and the font as well).

I don't think it's bad or anything, it'd just looks like a quick drawing, because of inconsistencies like the top vertical pieces of the X and Y and how everything doesn't slant at the same angle. The same sort of "font" style could be used a little more dynamic and less typed-out-font-looking. The more straight font looking a logo, the more it draws attention to imperfections, unlike something like the Street Fighter II or Air Zonk logos. The other thing is that at first glance it looks like it says "Xymat!", because of the dotting 'tail' and that Xymati isn't a common word.

As it is it's still better than hundreds of commercial PCE game title screen logos.

The only reason it stood out is because of the professional quality of everything.

[esteban]

As everyone has already noted, this really looks sweet.

...at first glance it looks like it says "Xymat!"...

Yeah, I thought it was Xymat!, too.

In fact, I prefer this to "Xymati", so I'm fine with the title screen.

[Keranu]

The other thing is that at first glance it looks like it says "Xymat!", because of the dotting 'tail' and that Xymati isn't a common word.

The very first time I saw this a year or so ago, I thought it said "Hymati". Now you got my eyes all focused on the i!

When it comes to Frozen Utopia games, I want to set it straight that our gameplay is properly designed. It's kind of necessary for homebrew games to be graphical showcases with all the knowledge and technology we have now, but unfortunately a lot of independent developers are too focused on that and overlook the small things that make a game fun. I'm seriously hoping that Frozen Utopia and Mindrec, I hope we will be able to combine both of these important elements to create really epic, professional games.

Esteban once made a great post on the Magic Engine forums regarding PC Gunjin: having an assortment of various awesome weapons is nice, but it's useless if the level design doesn't utilize these weapons and abilities. It's better to have limited weapons/abilities than to have a crapload that aren't being put to intelligent use.

[Arkhan]

O_O


pretttyyyy

Im jealous of the artwork. lol

Im not exactly an artist.  Insanity looks special olympics now.

[ceti alpha]

Looks fantastic. Definitely has a buyer outta me.

[Necromancer]

Man, this looks great.  I especially like the background on the title screen and the color cycling squiggly lines.  I known I've seen something similar to the latter before, but can't recall which title.

Looks fantastic. Definitely has a buyer outta me.

Word, word, and more word!  I see that the title screen is dated 2010, so I hope that's a real possibility and not just wishful thinking. 

Im not exactly an artist.  Insanity looks special olympics now.

Aww, don't say that; you have to start somewhere.  Besides, fun's more important than pretty (as Keranu pointed out).

[Arkhan]

yeah.. I need to work on some graphics.

pretty and boring sounds alot like most 360 titles :-D

[spenoza]

The graphics appear very nice, if inconsistent in places. I just hope the gameplay is there, otherwise nobody will want to interact with the game long enough to appreciate the pretty graphics.