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K2J
Get Release 4



Get Release 3

Get Release 2

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Though there's already at least one other Pokemon skin I know of, I felt compelled to create one based off of the games that started it all; I've been a fan of the games moreso than the series in general. This is also an easy topic for a newbie, as the graphics are very simple.





Download: http://up.ppy.sh/files/pkmnrbrelease1.zip

Any tips or suggestions would be helpful. I'm new to GIMP (and layered image editing in general), but I'm excited when I learn it. I'm especially concerned about the thickness of the guide circles, so if anyone has a simple way of thinning those out without messing up the placement in relation to the circle, that would be nice.


YoshiKart
Why is Mew Meowth?

In general, besides the pixelation, I guess this is pretty well done. Make sure you make some awesome health bars and spinners.

I want to look at this in-depth on the weekend.
Ekaru
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tl;dr: The Missingno sprite looks out of place and ugly as hell. Should've just said that. oh well. I prefer the artwork in the game and that I loved as a elementary school procrastinator, thanks.

For Miss, I would put Magikarp there, and for 50, I'd put Metapod or somethin'. Other than that, it's fine and dandy, want to see more... AFTER you get the approach circles and hit circles fixed up. It's kinda hard to do stacks ATM, lol. Or just play in general. Can't wait to see more, after you fix the circle issue/have someone fix it for you and hopefully change that really ugly, out of place sprite. :)

So yeah, it's not THAT bad, just needs you to finish it up and REALLY fix the playability issue that you're well aware of. lol Nice idea on using the Pokemon for the hit sprites. ;)

EDIT: YoshiKart, Meowth isn't Mew. Play the skin and you'll get why. Mew is the 300 sprite for a combo with a 100 or more in it, and Meowth is the 100 sprite, and he used 'Mew' in place of the kanji, so... =P

Oh, and I found it isn't that hard to play once you get used to it. Kind of liking it now, except for the Missingno sprite. So out of place to me, dunno why!

Oh, and I like the approach circles now, just as they are. I just had to adjust my eyes and timing, and I'm doing just fine now.

Oh, let's see how many Oh's we can add.
Topic Starter
K2J
No, I agree with your first assessment that the guide circles need help. I rather like Missingno., but if there's a big outcry, I'll move Magikarp down and put a bug type.

I felt the Mew/Mewtwo worked best for similarities to Beat/Elite Beat, and Meowth is technically a cat...

The spinner's going to be based off of evolution of some kind, in a way that doesn't interfere with gameplay.
Topic Starter
K2J
Just a quick status update from what I've in 10 days off and on. Note that I'm not going to distribute the parts of the EBA skin I have in there as placeholders, obviously.

Sliders
- Slider Ball is now a monochrome Red (the player character) spinning and the turn arrow is a redirection panel from Team Rocket Hideout and Veridian Gym.



Menus
- Panels for songs are a cross between Pokédex entries and status screen elements. OT appears near mapper's name, Monster sprite represents difficulty.
- Burst stars are now Staryu.
- Submenu blocks are based off of dialogue boxes.
- Mods, Random, and Options are represented by Prof. Oak, Clefairy, and a PC, respectively.





Other Unseen Stuff
- Health bar now has no icon over it; it's just a bar that drains.
- Got a little bit of the Spinner done; it's going to be based off of Eevee with it and its three Gen I evolutions in the circle spinning.
- If anyone's got access to Gen I Ken Sugimori art of the human characters and such, please let me know!


Topic Starter
K2J
Release #2! Contains new hitcircles; perhaps they're a bit better?


Oh look, I've got a combo burst, too! I'll probably do the other Sugimori-stuff next (countdown, for instance)


Yeah, and I decided that Missingno. was a bit of a stark contrast, too, even if it was a bit of a joke. He's replaced with a self-description of a player that misses a lot of these: someone who takes 5 seconds to feel pain.

awp
Hahaha I lolled at MISSingno that is clever
Topic Starter
K2J
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YoshiKart
Doesn't look that wordy to me, although spinning will kill the effect (sort of).

For spinner-osu.png, how about something where you "pressed B" and the evolution got cancelled? It's a bit hard to incorporate... it's more appropriate for X, but there's no spinner element for that. =/
awp
What about keeping the circle as part of the background, and the thing you're spinning is an arrow, so it's kind of like a Wheel of Fortune affair and where the arrow lands (spinner ends) is whether Eevee evolves or not.
YoshiKart
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Topic Starter
K2J
Actually, if there's an easy way to draw perfect 120 degree angles from the center, I might remove Eevee entirely. And make it the "arrow". That way, the osu! effect could always say something like "Evolution Successful".
Slain087
This works on paper, but I've never tried it on a computer:

1) Draw circle.
2) Embed an equilateral triangle in the circle (on paper, I know you can do this by using a compass, but I can't remember how).
3) Draw lines from intersecting vertices to the center.
4) ????
Topic Starter
K2J
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dumpsterdiver
an easier way would be like this


Topic Starter
K2J
Status update; comments appreciated.



Spinner, now with Eevee being the rotating object. I haven't decided if I'm going to put names on the Eeveelutions or not, but I'll definately add an "Evolution Complete" text somewhere during the bonus buildup.



osu! effect is 150% size as template, but the birds are semi-transparent. Does that impede on playability too much (notes after the spinner and such)?



Since the spinner's using the warning arrow, I decided to replace the warning arrow so it wouldn't look so odd.


Topic Starter
K2J
Release 3...



Are you ready image. I thought of doing something like "osu! wants to fight!" or something*, but I figured that would be a bit distracting. I'll definately work textboxes into the pass/fail icons.

*I've since changed the default background to be the title screen instead of a battle screen, so it wouldn't look duplicated if I did decide to use this. Obviously, Eggman is not part of my skin.



Countdown. I realize that the rival is called "Green" in Japan and thus his match of background color and starter mon aren't correct, but I'm doing a Pokemon skin, not a Pocket Monsters skin. His name is Blue as far as I'm concerned. Besides, even (anime) Gary/Shigeru chose Squirtle.



The Legendary text is now back to normal size and the birds are even less opaque. I ditched the Eevee-as-spinner motif, instead just using thirds for the three Eeveelutions (but without text). Eevee appears next to the "What? Eevee is evolving!" text now. I'll get to the Bonus text next.

Next up is a little cleanup and the numbers. I'm planning on using the in-game text with a drop shadow - any comments?


Olinad
Love it O.O I'm definitely gonna use this ;)
Remco32
Aaaaaah, memory's
Can't wait for the final version :D

Download: Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit (Slowmotion) [MoonShade's Normal].osu
Topic Starter
K2J
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to incorperate more monster types into the skin? I'm planning on making the Rank icons (SS, S, A...) into various human sprites and was thinking about doing the same with the mods, but... there's 12 mods (although not all are skinnable yet), and I've used Water, Normal, Electric, Psychic, and Fire so far. That's more than enough to give each mod a type (there's only 15 in this Generation, remember)... any suggestions? I have a devious idea for Auto when it finally becomes skinnable...

Here's my plan for what to do next, in order:
- Score Numbers (done, but I'll probbably redo them to have fixed-width)
- Redo Browser Buttons (Mods/Random/Options/Sort) now that I know how GIMP works
- Do something with the spinner's bars and background, possibly involving Bill (he is an Eevee fan, after all)
- Slider follow circle (Magneton?) and points
- Results Screen and Ranking
- Mod Icons
- Sounds (Normal = Battle Sounds, Soft = Field Sounds, Menu = Menu Sounds)
dumpsterdiver

K2J wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to incorperate more monster types into the skin? I'm planning on making the Rank icons (SS, S, A...) into various human sprites and was thinking about doing the same with the mods, but... there's 12 mods (although not all are skinnable yet), and I've used Water, Normal, Electric, Psychic, and Fire so far. That's more than enough to give each mod a type (there's only 15 in this Generation, remember)... any suggestions? I have a devious idea for Auto when it finally becomes skinnable...

Here's my plan for what to do next, in order:
- Score Numbers (done, but I'll probbably redo them to have fixed-width)
- Redo Browser Buttons (Mods/Random/Options/Sort) now that I know how GIMP works
- Do something with the spinner's bars and background, possibly involving Bill (he is an Eevee fan, after all)
- Slider follow circle (Magneton?) and points
- Results Screen and Ranking
- Mod Icons
- Sounds (Normal = Battle Sounds, Soft = Field Sounds, Menu = Menu Sounds)
By auto being skinnable, do you mean the little mod button for it? If so, it already is. The filename is selection-mod-autoplay.png.
Topic Starter
K2J
I seem to have an outdated EBOsu skin, then...

What's Spun Out's filename?
dumpsterdiver

K2J wrote:

I seem to have an outdated EBOsu skin, then...

What's Spun Out's filename?
selection-mod-spunout.png
Topic Starter
K2J
Release 4. The four buttons at the bottom of the song select are going to be fixed/standardized.



Got score numbers done, though they're not in fixed-width. Includes x. The HP bar also now has the "HP" drop-shadowed.




Mods. References should be pretty self-evident, ask if you're confused. Probably will change the color of the 2nd line's text in next release.


nomedeusuarionaodisp
Looks awesome. I'll download it when I'm not so lazy.
By the way, wouldn't Slowpoke fit Half Time better?
YoshiKart
Can I steal your score numbers? Bubble Bobble uses the same thing, and my old numbers are pretty crappy. But I have other focuses to worry about on that skin.
Topic Starter
K2J
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YoshiKart
Thanks.
Topic Starter
K2J

nomedeusuarionaodisp wrote:

By the way, wouldn't Slowpoke fit Half Time better?
Forgot to answer this, sorry. Slowpoke's the miss icon (i.e., if you missed the note, your reaction time must be that of a Slowpoke), and I wanted to represent as many types in this skin as I could; I had already overloaded on Psychic, Water, and Normal for the beats themselves, so Slowpoke would get a pass anyway.

Nobody's commented on the Auto icon yet... I thought it was clever, at least.
vytalibus
Why use Dewgong for Half-Time? Why not use Slowbro?

Maybe a Mew would suit better for Auto. Because s/he's such a bastard.
Topic Starter
K2J

vytalibus wrote:

Why use Dewgong for Half-Time? Why not use Slowbro?

Maybe a Mew would suit better for Auto. Because s/he's such a bastard.
Slowbro is (1) Not an ice type, and I wanted all types represented, and (2) its pre-evolution was already the miss icon.

You can just pretend Mew is under the truck, if you want. Again, Mew's already in the skin as a counterpart to Mewtwo.
ieatatsonic
The circle (if you cleared a part) could be "Wild osu was caught!"

The back sign could be changed, but I don't really care. Overall, great skin, 4.5/5 from my opinion.
Topic Starter
K2J
Oh, all of the menu icons are coming (the menus should end up looking like a Pokédex). The Pass/Fail during the breaks are going to be "It's super effective!" / "It's not very effective...", just because everyone recognizes them.
Arisnova
It looks great! Sigh.. if only there was a way to add text after you fail.. you could add something like "You fainted!" xP.
MaxwellDemon
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deemo_old
It's possible. The Gurren Dan skin has a picture that is displayed upon failure. It could be the famous "xxx's last pokemon fainted! xxx whited out!" Although, since xxx is the players name, not sure what you'd put.
Metroid
Make a joking reference

(Insert Subject's name here)'s Pokemon fainted!
Topic Starter
K2J
"OSU! fainted!" obviously. Surrounded with "bad" trainers, predominantly Gary, with his trademark music.
Srank300
Everyone complained about ME using sprites in my skin, yet they don't say anything about it in your skin? I like it, but I don't like that everyone seems to be hating my pokemon skin for the wrong reasons. Your skin might be accepted, but mine won't.
YoshiKart
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tiperi
Can you do the skin Shadow fight 2 skin?
Shadow fight 2 - a game with fighting and RPG
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