In the Knytt Stories mod I'm working on I intend to include 7 types of artifacts. These will be collectible items that can be spread throughout a level for players to find. Each type will have 7 instances making 49 artifacts in total. But, I've run into a problem. I don't know what they should look like. At first I was going to make spinning gemstones, but I couldn't make a convincing pixel art version that looked fitting in the Knytt Stories visual style. The two images below are my current train of thought. They are based on those floaty things that kill you if you don't have the hologram, 2:18 and 2:19.
Anyway, I'd like to see what the community thinks. If anyone has ideas for what the artifacts should be or look like, I'd like to hear them. Or, if you could tell me how to improve these images, then please do.
Edit: Animations have been slowed to a more accurate speed.
Edit: New versions of animations posted with old ones.
Edit: Green and blue animations added. Original 2 removed.
Edit: All attachments replaced with one big one
colours? no problem, you already have r, g and b, as well as y. only ones that are missing are obviously c, m and k. :P
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I've thought of doing the RGB color wheel, but the purple key puts KS in a RYB color wheel. I'd like there to be artifacts that match each key. An orange one would finish out the wheel leaving me one more color to pick. If I was adding 8 artifacts then I'd make black and white, but as it is I'll have to choose one or go with something completely different. Maybe I should increase to 8 artifacts.
...pixely snakes reaching all slithery upwards? Hard to explain, but I'm at work and not a real pixel animator either. Might try later when I'm back home again. :P2
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Really no idea what you mean there Miss Paula, but thanks for taking the time to reply during your busy work day. :)
Edit: 5Feb2012: I've made all 7 shapes now, but there's still one that I'm not happy with. On the colors, I've decided to drop orange, so I can include black and white. I may still change my mind after attempting to make a black one. Black with black borders probably wont work.
Edit: 5Feb2012 again: I wasn't happy with black or white. In the end I went with magenta and cyan. There's a bit of tweaking to do, but for the most part they are complete. I've posted a .gif containing all 7 animations in the opening post for public scrutiny. Thanks for everyone's thoughts.