Kain's Animated Battlers

[Kain Nobel]

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my thread! During my vacation I had it planned that I would at least make an attempt to get back into building animated battlers, perhaps maybe finishing what I already had done. Well, I've just decided to scrap the old shit because I can't keep up on the same style, so now I'm starting a new series from scratch.

Current Progress

These are very rough draft 'skeleton' versions of sword wielding sprites. I will be doing various other weapon types and yadda yadda as time goes on, but here's what I've got for now.

Actor Animations

Idle 1 - ATB Waiting
These frames represent the idle animation while battler's ATB bar is filling.



Ready Action
These frames represent a battler readying themself for whatever action the player selected.



Idle 2 - Action Pending
These frames represent the idle animation while a character has a pending action.



Move Toward
These frames represent a battler approaching their enemy (leads to "Attack" frames).

(No samples available yet.)

Move Away
These frames represent a battler returning back to their party position (lead from "Attack" frames).

(No samples available yet.)

Attack
These frames represent a battler executing a physical attack.



Magic Casting
These frames represent a battler executing a magical spell.



Item Using
These frames represent a battler using an item from inventory.



Damage
These frames represent a battler receiving damage from an enemy.

(No samples available yet.)

Death
These frames represent a character going down. The last frame of this animation remains as the proper "dead" pose, and this animation is played in reverse to represent revival.

(No samples available yet.)

Project Goals

I plan on having a diverse set of animation bases which I can use as a template for my game's battlers. Each set is going to be custom tailored around either a certain weapon and/or a certain fighting style. While most animations are going to have a standardized set of frames, some battlers will have specialized frame set (an example is a Reload frame-set for projectile weapons). Also, if at all possible, I want to make these look consistent with the templates I've made for my map characters.

About : Weapon/Shield Combinations

These battlers are being designed with visual equipment in mind. While this is going to make things graphically more spectacular, it is also going to make my job way more complex. For each weapon type, I'll most likely make it formatted for these common combinations @_@

• 1 Weapon: Any singly-wielded weapons (except maybe small things like knives and daggers) will be handled with both hands.
• 2 Weapons: If both weapons are of the same type (ie two swords), they will be shown dual wield. If both weapons are of different type (ie a handgun and a sword), the character will sheath one weapon and bring out the other one.
• 1 Weapon, 1 Shield: Some weapon class types will allow the simultaneous display of a weapon in one hand and a shield in the other. Others will only bring out a shield for their defend animation.

My Terms & Conditions

These works are my creative properties and are posted strictly for demonstration and critique purposes and are not intended to be an immediate public resource. Only once the game I am working on is finished, I plan to properly package these materials and distribute them for public usage. Until then, please do not copy, compile or redistribute this material without my written consent.

[Kain Nobel]

Made a shotgun wielding maniac.

[MetalRenard]

Nice work Kain! Keep it up! :P

[Yin]

Well, sort of thanks, I thought it was a like button. Anyways, Great job, I like how smooth everything is! :D

[MetalRenard]

Like/ thanks, same thing. Weird system, 'tis all. :)

[Legacy]

Nice animations Kain, looking forward to seeing more! Keep it up.

[Kain Nobel]

Ugh, I was gonna upload the new ones but ohsk is down and I cba to upload anywhere else D: lol

Anyways, I started a new animated monster, its kind of like a cross between Diglette from Pokemon (I think that's his name o.o) and some furry cartoon guy from some random show I can't remember atm. I drew him at 3px just to get a feel for animating and because I can't be distracted by pixel placement lol. Once ohsk returns, I'll post him.

Also, since a majority of the really freaking talented pixel artists are over at wayofthepixel, that is where I'm going to post most of my C&C material. I'll still keep this thread updated with whatever is new though :D

[Samven]

I approve of this.

[Kain Nobel]

I took one of my first battlers...



...Then re-rendered it and gave it an attack animation....



I also worked on this...



...and this...



Oh yeah, and this one is from awhile back...



This is all still peewee stuff, I know, but I hope by the end of the year I'll be able to knock all types of animations out of the ball park!