Title: New Adventures of the Artifacts of the Month
Candy Man Criminal - June 10, 2011 09:04 AM (GMT)
Italics = in progress.
Bold = done.
Normal = available as far as we know.
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Creatures:
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Blastcap (Bok Choi)
Beetle (Dazuro Ghenari)
Seedling
Tangle Weed (Najls)
Sap Sac (Unknown)
Geemer (Unknown)
Zoomer (Unknown)
Bloodflower (Troid92)
War Wasp (Dazuro Ghenari)
War Wasp Hive (072)
Scarab (Unknown)
Eyon (Banjo-Fella)
Plazmite (Karlprof, Troid92)
Hive Mecha (Unknown)
Ram War Wasp (Dazuro Ghenari)
Plated Beetle (Nol-rathdus Agrotho, Dazuro Ghenari, 072)
Shriekbat (Hairy Pomegranate)
Reaper Vine (Lady Ridley)
Venom Weed (Najls)
Stone Toad (Unknown)
Mechanoid Incinerator Drone (Najls)
Barbed War Wasp (Dazuro Ghenari)
Plated Parasite
Flaahgra (Banjo-Fella)
Flaahgra Tenticle (Karlprof)
Pulse Bombu (CoreFusionX, Karlprof, 072)
Oculus
Grizby
Burrower (QuickSilfer)
Puffer (Slothien483, Zurginator)
Magmoor (Bok Choi, edited by 072)
Triclops (Illy, Luminous_Reaver)
Auto Defense Turret (072, MasonMcCoy)
Crystallites (Troid92)
Scatter Bombu (CoreFusionX, Banjo-Fella, 072)
[b]Baby Sheegoth (Bok Choi)
Ice Burrower (QuickSilfer)
Ice Shriekbat
Flickerbat (Phlake Jr.)
Ice Parasite
Sheegoth (Slothien483)
Shadow Pirate (Dazuro Ghenari)
Space Pirate (Dazuro Ghenari)
Flying Pirates (Dazuro Ghenari)
Metroid (Lady Ridley, MetroidHandler/Stover)
Ice Beetle (Unknown)
Sentry Drone (Sephi_hatu, Dazuro Ghenari)
Thardus (Slothien483)
Puddle Spore (QuickSilfer)
Chozo Ghost (Dazuro Ghenari)
Glider (Karlprof)
Hunter Metroid (Lady Ridley, MetroidHandler/Stover)
Jelzap (Zurginator)
Aqua Reaper (Lady Ridley)
Tallon Crab (Chozun)
Aqua Pirate (Dazuro Ghenari)
Aqua Drone (Sephi_hatu)
Aqua Sac (Karlprof)
Mega Turret (072)
Wave Trooper (Dazuro Ghenari)
Power Trooper (Dazuro Ghenari)
Elite Pirate (Dazuro Ghenari)
Ice Trooper (Dazuro Ghenari)
Invisible Sentry Drone
Plasma Trooper (Dazuro Ghenari)
Omega Pirate (Dazuro, 072, MasonMcCoy, Slothien483)
Phazon Elit e (Metroid_Zapper, Slothien483)
Plated Puffer (Slothien483)
Meta Ridley (Many unknown, PhazonGoomba, Metroid_Zapper, Candy Man Criminal)
Lumigek (Karlprof)
Fission Metroid (Lady Ridley, MetroidHandler/Stover, 072, Timaster)
Metroid Prime Exoskeleton (Joba)
Metroid Prime Essence (MetroidHandler/Stover)
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Samus:
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Power Suit (MetroidHandler/Stover)
Varia Suit (MetroidHandler/Stover)
Gravity Suit (MetroidHandler/Stover)
Phazon Suit (MetroidHandler/Stover)
Fusion Suits (MH/Stover)
Morph Ball Bombs (Timaster)
Power Bombs
Armcannons (Timaster)
Beams (Unknown)
Beam Combos
Missiles (Dazuro Ghenari)
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Tilesheets:
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These categories are probably the way they'd be.
Tallon Overworld (Slothien483)
Chozo Ruins (Slothien483)
Magmoor Caverns (Najls)
Phendrana Drifts (Slothien483)
Space Pirate Labs (Many)
Crashed Frigate -- Edited Frigate
Phazon Mines
Impact Crater
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Power-ups/Collectibles:
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Space Jump Boots (Poop, Candy Man Criminal)
Missile Expansion/Missile Launcher (Metroid_Zapper)
Energy Tank (MillerTime)
Morph Ball
Charge Beam
Morph Ball Bomb
Varia Suit (timmehboy)
Chozo Artifacts
Boost Ball (Timaster, PhazonGoomba)
Wave Beam (Zurginator, RetroX)
Super Missile (SangueDuMal)
Thermal/X-Ray Visor (MaverickJester)
Spider Ball
Wavebuster (SangueDuMal)
Ice Beam (Zurginator, RetroX)
Plasma Beam (Zurginator, RetroX)
Gravity Suit (timmehboy)
Flamethrower (SangueDuMal)
Grapple Beam (Candy Man Criminal, Phlake Jr.)
Power Bomb
Ice Spreader (SangueDuMal)
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Other objects:
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Doors (blue, wave, ice, plasma, gray, locked, missile, morph ball) (MetroidHandler/Stover, 072)
Gunship (front: MetroidHandler/Stover, back: edited by Metroid_Zapper)
Lichen (Troid92)
Small, Glowing Mushrooms (Zurginator, timmehboy)
Giant trees
Chozo Artifact Pirate Data Scan (SangueDuMal)
Item Pedestals (Metroid Menace)
Chozo Lore (Zurginator)
Grapple Point (Zurginator)
Grapple Point Icon (Zurginator)
Morph Ball Tunnel Entrance (Najls)
Smashed, Crumbling Ruins
Save Station (072)
Energy (Unknown), missile (Unknown), and power bomb pickups
Map Station (Najls)
Storage Boxes (Dazuro Ghenari)
Hive Totem Statues
Morph Ball Elevators/Smashers (Zurginator)
Small flying bugs
Ruined Fountain Fountain
Meditation Fountain Fountain
Runic Symbols
Runic Symbol Gates
Energy Core Devices (Troid92)
Morph Ball Bomb Slot (Zurginator)
Magnetic Rail Tracks (Unknown)
Furnace Furnace
Sunchamber Mirrors (PhazonGoomba)
Network of Vines
Elevator (and other devices) Scan Point (Unknown, sudtrap, Phlake Jr.)
Elevator Holograms (Banjo-Fella, 072)
Vault Metal Panels (Zurginator)
Plaza Access Crystal Wall
Flamethrowers on Walls (Zurginator)
Stalactites (Metroid_Zapper)
Magmoor Moving Platforms (Najls)
Monitor Station Central Building
[b]Lava-Sucking Machines (Unknown)
Computers (Metroid_Zapper, Sephi_hatu)
Orange Chip Things (Sephi_hatu)
Standard Spinner Device (Metroid_Zapper)
Ice Walls
Floating Phendrana Platforms (Candy Man Criminal)
Radion Grating
Shorelines Domes and Buildings
Power Bomb Expansion (War of the Worlds)
Giant Fan Tower (with Boost Ball)
Frozen and Living Fish (Daz, MZ)
Chozo Statues (all of them): Hall of the Elders one (MH)
Chapel of the Elders Cubicles
Water-Spewing Pipe Heads
Pirate Temporary Wall Blocks
Pirate-Only Doors (Troid92)
Force Fields (of all colors)
Stasis/Cordite Casing Tanks (Unknown, Zurginator)
Solar System Hologram and Machine (Transitional)
Space Pirate's Lunch (Dazuro Ghenari, Metroid_Zapper)
Control Tower Towers
Thermal Visor Force Fields and Machine
Power Conduit (Troid92)
Magmoor Workstation Machine (and Doors?) (Najls)
Bendezium Debris (Phlake Jr.)
Work Station Columns
Fiery Shores Lava-Spewing Machine
Shore Tunnel Noob Tube
Hall of Elders Spinning Paths
Hall of Elders Radiation Collectors (Troid92)
Missile Stations (072)
Elemental Morph Ball Slots (Zurginator)
Leaking Crate of Phazon (Troid92)
Artifact Temple Statues and Window
Crystal Formations with Phazon Residue that have High Value to the Monks of Grondheim (Najls)
Bendezium Floor Panel
Plasma Processing Pipes
Gravity Chamber Giant Mineral-Containing Icicles
Reactor Core Platforms and Central Machinery
Morph Ball Spinner Gate
Life Grove Dome Building
Life Grove Artifact of Chozo Thing
Phazon (Shadz, Candy Man Criminal)
Main Quarry Building with Crane
Save Station Gate
Flaming Smokestacks
Waste Disposal Building (from outside)
Bendezium Gate
Elite Pirate Tank
Omega Pirate Tank (MasonMcoy)
Phazon Elite Tank (Unknown)
Industrial Grade Pulse Beam
Ore Processing Bomb Slots and Spinning Column
Phazon Nutrient Vat/Synthetic Metroid Ration Mix Processor (Troid92)
Giant Bowls of Dirt
Ventelation Shaft Fans
"Safety System" Above Power Bomb
Giant Phazon Mushrooms (Troid92)
Spinning Gears behind Glass
Frigidite Shell and Security Gates
Dynamo's Machines (The room beyond the charge beam upgrade, not to be confused with Central Dynamo in the Phazon Mines)
Bird Head Morph Ball Slots and Tunnels (Zurginator)
Tower of Light Statues and Pillars
Artifact Temple Totems (SangueDuMal)
Unknown Material (Orange/Blue/Black/Yellow Phazon)
Giant Teeth (molars, canines...)
Phazon Core Central Column with Bridges
Floating Spike Platforms (Zurginator, Phlake Jr.)
Mutant Fish
Organic Magnetic Rail Tracks
Dead MP Exoskeleton
Phazon Flowers with Orange Balls on Top (final battle)
Pure Phazon Puddle (Syntax_Legend)
so lets gets this (re)started, huh?
of thee i command
Runic Symbols
Small flying bugs
Ice Shriekbat (Phlakes)
Seedling
Mutant Fish
also, if theres something on the list thats wrong, feel free to say so
(i would like to point out that nothing is lost anymore)
and last, but not least, should we or should we not use the Metroid Prime that Rundas and myself made?
with that, its 5am and im going to bed... maybe
Phlakes - June 10, 2011 05:56 PM (GMT)
I am so on that ice shriekbat.
Also, anyone think we should use a standardized palette? With so many artists with different styles working on everything, that could help tie it all together. Of course, it would have to be pretty generous, but it's possible.
Candy Man Criminal - June 10, 2011 06:09 PM (GMT)
we'd end up having to go over all the sprites that are already done
which could also mess up the look of some of them
not up to me tho, majority rules
also, howzabout the prime thing?
Troid92 - June 10, 2011 07:24 PM (GMT)
It's very difficult to standardize a palette. I think the best thing would be to base our style on the sprites that have already been made (for example, see notes on ice shriekbat below)
A few comments on the current assignments:
Runic Symbolshttp://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Runic_SymbolThe screenshot in the URL above has four of the five. The fifth is on the middle panel that flips around. A sketch of it can be seen lower on the page (looks like a hammer). I just checked to see if the symbols are the same in other rooms -- gave up trying to find shots of the Sun Tower symbols but they're definitely the same in the Great Tree Hall. If it turns out that Sun Tower's are actually unique, nobody will notice or care anyway. :P
Small flying bugsThese are found in a few of the small open-ceiling fountain hallways in the Ruins (where you can stand in the bugs and hear them make buzzing noises), plus the Metroid Prime Essence room, and maybe somewhere else. Honestly if you just make a couple pixels to look like a gnat then whoever programs the game can just make a swarm of particles and that's that.
Ice Shriekbat (Phlakes)Hairy Pomegranate finished a sheet for a regular shriekbat based on Timaster's. The ice shriekbats should probably just be an edit of said sheet. Original shriekbat starts here:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/MP2D/index.php?...dpost&p=6407537And keeps going until here:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/MP2D/index.php?...dpost&p=7055055Timmeh would know more details about ice shriekbats and how they differ from regular shriekbats. I would think that there's just a color difference but something inside me says otherwise, so ask Timmeh.
SeedlingSeedlings have been attempted a few times before (by Lady Ridley a long time ago and also by someone else in the AotM topic) but looking back at them it's probably best to make a fresh version. Just remember that they're bigger than they seem -- go play Prime and morph and unmorph repeatedly next to one and you'll see how big they are.
Mutant FishJust to clarify, these are NOT the giant frozen fish found throughout Phendrana (since I believe those existed naturally on Tallon IV before any phazon corruption happened, so they're not actually mutants). The mutant fish are the ones in the Impact Crater. There are a ton of them swimming behind the walls of the missile refill station and they look like this:
http://asweetlife.org/sitefiles/wp-content...nny-Recipes.jpg
Candy Man Criminal - June 10, 2011 07:31 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Troid92 @ Jun 10 2011, 07:24 PM) |
Mutant Fish Just to clarify, these are NOT the giant frozen fish found throughout Phendrana (since I believe those existed naturally on Tallon IV before any phazon corruption happened, so they're not actually mutants). The mutant fish are the ones in the Impact Crater. There are a ton of them swimming behind the walls of the missile refill station and they look like this: http://asweetlife.org/sitefiles/wp-content...nny-Recipes.jpg |
they look like zucchini pizza bites?
Troid92 - June 10, 2011 08:04 PM (GMT)
Candy Man Criminal - June 10, 2011 08:10 PM (GMT)
OH!
yanno i was wonder what the mutant fish was lol
that half why i put it up
and yes it does kinda look like that
Phlakes - June 10, 2011 09:59 PM (GMT)
So I looked at Pom's shriekbat so I could edit it for the ice one.
I accidentally the whole thing-
OLD:

NEW:

If it's okay with Pom, I'll start using this one. Especially because I eliminated ten colors.
EDIT: Also, we'll need the door that has the runic symbols before those can be done.
EDIT 2: And here are your small flying bugs, sir-
timmehboy - June 10, 2011 11:34 PM (GMT)
oh
oh hi troid92
long time no see
i might do the runic symbols :B
Phlakes - June 11, 2011 12:37 AM (GMT)

Oh hai dere.
Pomegranate - June 11, 2011 12:45 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Phlakes @ Jun 10 2011, 03:59 PM) |
So I looked at Pom's shriekbat so I could edit it for the ice one.
I accidentally the whole thing-
OLD:

NEW:

If it's okay with Pom, I'll start using this one. Especially because I eliminated ten colors.
EDIT: Also, we'll need the door that has the runic symbols before those can be done.
EDIT 2: And here are your small flying bugs, sir-
|
It was originally Timmy's shriekbat anyway so I don't really have any say.
Candy Man Criminal - June 11, 2011 12:59 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Phlakes @ Jun 11 2011, 12:37 AM) |

Oh hai dere. |
tit bit too long i do believe
also not a SINGLE person has said ANYTHING about Prime
Phlakes - June 11, 2011 02:32 AM (GMT)
You mean using your and Rundas' Prime? Sure.
EDIT: Also, shortened 7 pixels-
Candy Man Criminal - June 11, 2011 05:27 PM (GMT)
Phlakes - June 11, 2011 07:39 PM (GMT)
That's the concept art.
This is what it actually looks like in game-
Candy Man Criminal - June 11, 2011 07:44 PM (GMT)
looks the same to me, less detailed, but the same
but anyway, the icy bastard looks good =D
Phlakes - June 11, 2011 07:55 PM (GMT)
Just realized something-

So-

Candy Man Criminal - June 11, 2011 09:00 PM (GMT)
Phlakes - June 11, 2011 11:14 PM (GMT)
I win so much I made them the exact same length without knowing it.
Candy Man Criminal - June 12, 2011 12:31 AM (GMT)
Umbre - June 12, 2011 04:18 AM (GMT)
Honestly, most of the enemies you fight in Metroid Prime are much larger than they look. So that creature being nearly as large as Samus isn't too far off.
Dazuro - June 12, 2011 05:18 AM (GMT)
Don't know if it's been said yet, but that's not an Ice Shriekbat. That's (mostly) unused concept art; the Ice Shriekbat is just a recolor. That design is used in a stasis tube onboard the Orpheon, but never used as an enemy. Also, Shriekbats are, as Umbre alluded to, pretty damn big ingame.
Phlakes - June 12, 2011 06:54 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dazuro @ Jun 11 2011, 11:18 PM) |
| Don't know if it's been said yet, but that's not an Ice Shriekbat. That's (mostly) unused concept art; the Ice Shriekbat is just a recolor. That design is used in a stasis tube onboard the Orpheon, but never used as an enemy. |
Oh well, it looks badass. It's not like it'll ever be used anyway.
Troid92 - June 12, 2011 05:59 PM (GMT)
Who says we can't have that awesome ice shriekbat sprite floating around in a Frigate stasis tank? :cool:
Good thing you didn't sheet it yet.
Oh hey, I just found this screenshot that Mason took a while back:

Also I have four shots of the 3-D model of a regular shriekbat -- PM me if you want a copy (I don't think MetroidMenace likes her work being posted around publicly)
Phlakes - June 13, 2011 05:39 AM (GMT)
Got started on the seedling-
Metroid_Zapper - June 13, 2011 11:45 PM (GMT)
Candy Man Criminal - June 14, 2011 12:01 AM (GMT)
Metroid_Zapper - June 14, 2011 12:18 AM (GMT)
He is a little dated, but that's the most up to date progress on the guy.
Pomegranate - June 14, 2011 12:47 AM (GMT)
I like the seedling, Phlakes. Although, remember that it should be facing to the left or right and not towards/away from the camera.
Candy Man Criminal - June 15, 2011 12:11 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Metroid_Zapper @ Jun 14 2011, 12:18 AM) |
| He is a little dated, but that's the most up to date progress on the guy. |
i've been making one, tho idk if it's suitable for MP2D
timmehboy - June 15, 2011 05:36 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Phlakes @ Jun 13 2011, 05:39 AM) |
Got started on the seedling-
|
Phlakes, it's not worth dithering at that size. I think you should reconsider your current palette, because it could do with more contrast in some places and less in others. If you look at your two bottom references, the blue fades into the red, so I think you could work on the hues and the colour ramps.
Tip: don't work on a white background. I would recommend you work on a similar kind of background colour as your references.
Under The Ashes - June 20, 2011 01:40 AM (GMT)
If I was any good at spriting, I'd love to help yall out. All I can really do, is tell you that you're doing an amazing job. Phlakes, those sprites are BAMF. Great job. :D
Metroid_Zapper - June 29, 2011 06:29 AM (GMT)
Candy Man Criminal - June 29, 2011 05:41 PM (GMT)
Metroid_Zapper - June 29, 2011 10:15 PM (GMT)
There is a sheet, the only thing on it that's not here is all the tail segments.
Candy Man Criminal - June 29, 2011 10:48 PM (GMT)
Metroid_Zapper - June 29, 2011 11:27 PM (GMT)
On my USB drive? xD I'll post it later when there's actually good reason to do so.
Candy Man Criminal - June 30, 2011 12:31 AM (GMT)
works for me lol
anyone else?
sheets?
i'll be putting up a new list in like 2 days
Candy Man Criminal - July 3, 2011 06:18 PM (GMT)
ok, so i missed out on a lot of sleep
next list coming up when i get the chance
Phlakes - July 3, 2011 07:43 PM (GMT)
Dammit, I've been in England, and the day after I get back I'm starting shooting another film project. I'll try to finish that what's-it-called soon and I'll do anything else I can on that first list.