Earthbound Romhacking is at a surprisingly far point given its status as a slightly niche game, and with the latest tools you can very easily swap out any sprite with a properly indexed 16-color png that is up to 128x128 pixels Some of you may already know this and I'm sure most of you know where I'm going with this There are 230 enemies stored in the game, not all of them are used, not all of them have sprites, a few of them directly reuse another enemy's sprite for one reason or another, and plenty of them are merely recolors of one-another. So how about we collaborate on a simple sprite-hack of Earthbound. Submit any PNG that is 16 colors and at most 128x128. When making a sprite, keep in mind the following >These sprites can only have 16 colors total, that includes a color that will be counted as transparent >The only 128x128 battle sprite in the vanilla game is The Devil's Machine, otherwise known as Giygas phase 1. Most large enemies are only 64x64, and small things like ramblin' evil mushrooms are 32x32. >you can skip the process of making the file have the right color depth, I will handle that.
Think of this like a mosaic thread, only it's gonna be in an interactive Role Playing Game If this attracts enough attention, I (we) may even go through the trouble of changing attack text, enemy stats, and other flavor text associated with the new rogues gallery
If you begin making a sprite, be sure to claim the enemy slot before someone else beats you to the punch.
One shameful self-bump but also a bit of further elaboration when you submit >filename is the enemy number you're submitting for >post text is the new enemy name. >>there is a limit to namesize, but it's based on the width of the text and not a character limit. Just use logic and assume that "WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" probably won't fit.
Jose Morgan
What number is the crow guy? Because I have a terrible idea I want to try.
Wyatt Harris
159 it would seem Calling that a claim
Ethan Thompson
Can't think of a name. I was just thinking of socking it to NoA for censoring the crow's cigarette in the first game.
Cameron Gray
How about like, "Rebel Rodent" or something?
Thomas Long
Yeah that works.
James Gomez
Say, would you mind uploading 076 onto here for me, please? I wanna fuck around with it directly instead of making a whole new sprite, if that's okay.
Christian Nguyen
Alrighty
Dylan Howard
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Luis Davis
I tried. It's supposed to be based off Michael Jackson's Thriller costume, so make of that what you will. I can't think of a name that sounds good.
Angel Anderson
It's called "urban zombie" by default so it could still apply A few others I could suggest are "Bad Zombie" "Thrilling Zombie" and "Dancin' Zombie" also an image I probably should've already posted >"why are some enemies there more than once?" Unbeatable versions of Master Belch and the Clumsy Robot I believe >"why does it skip X?" Either unused slot or an enemy who normally lacks a sprite (like Giygas) >"What's with the yellow Porky" I have no clue and whatever sprite gets in for Porky I plan on just duplicating their sprite in the same palette as that yellow Porky >"what if I claim a sprite that gets directly reused, such as the clumsy robot?" Your sprite will be used for both slots, since they are the same enemy >"what if I claim an enemy that gets recolored?" palette swaps are counted as seperate enemies, so people can claim a specific version of an enemy
Jordan Smith
>Thrilling Zombie Pretty good, that could work.
Cameron Ortiz
I guess I'll bump for OP. Cred Forums seems pretty slow tonight.
Aaron Smith
Turns out this uses more than 16 colors. Is this edit acceptable? this was A-OK
Also for future contributions, make the background a distinct color (not transparent) from the rest of the sprite. Makes things easier.
Nolan Anderson
Yeah that edit is fine
Brody Flores
bump, dont want this to 404 while im doing something
Hunter Campbell
Gib 077
Colton Hall
Cred Forums is too slow for this shit
Make a new thread with a way more succint and energetic OP
Owen Russell
Kinda considering just saying "fuck it" and let someone else have this, because I don't really have any better ideas for a ghost-y enemy than this, but I might as well post it anyways I guess. Of course, the above is assuming OP gives a shit about what the enemy that's being replaced was before getting replace So I guess you can sorta put this on "Completed until something better pops up" or something.
Jeremiah Morris
>"Completed until something better pops up" that would be "denied" And generally the enemy being replaced is irrelevant, 'yall can feel free to put what you want on a slot. Enemy name will be "fuck it" for now I was thinking throwing this at /vr/ if this thread dies before it gets populated
Alexander Taylor
Updated list of taken sprites? I want to make one.
Blake Foster
see 77 was made by , who seems to be okay letting it get replaced
Logan Ortiz
Nice, thank you. I'd take #24, can you post it?
Ian Jackson
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Parker Peterson
Thanks. Let's see what can I do.
Parker Perry
Over Porky
Juan Evans
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Charles Morris
Ok, I tried. >You encounter the Todd Howard >Todd begs Ness to preorder Fallout 4 >Todd tries Rage Scream
Matthew Mitchell
Put it on the most common enemy of the game.
It's the Barney, your favorite dino!
Charles Morales
Could I have the pic for 013 or alternatively 014, I don't care, please? Also, I think it'd probably be a good idea if you put all these images into a rar or something and put it up on mediafire so we didn't have to ask you for them.
Evan Butler
Needed just a bit of editing, using this edit I actually couldn't tell you what enemy that would be. iirc spiteful crows appear stupidly late in the game despite being some of the first enemies, so possibly them. However, the spiteful crow's slot has already been taken, so you'll have to manually pick one.
My policy on removal is simply "if a buncha people tell it to fuck off and something comes along to replace it, it's gone", so if you don't like something someone has put up then come up with something better. Putting on a trip just in case, I guess
RAR has everything that Coilsnake extracts from the rom.
Brayden Thomas
I'll choose 207
Ian Roberts
I'm claiming 88
The duck
Jaxon Edwards
wtf why are these sprites so fuckin creepy
Nathan Cox
Picking 146.
Jeremiah Collins
Choosing 214 for this MMs guy
Easton Howard
I realize you probably intended to have that sprite over all the low-leveled starmen, but that particular sprite is actually the Starman JUNIOR from the intro.
Should "Starman Junior" and "Starman" still share a sprite?
Brayden Gonzalez
Bumping for when I get home
Angel Morales
i guess
Connor Carter
Number 88 is done. I call it the Mad Cuck
I was also considering making it a fuck instead.
Ryder Powell
Done, it's Olimar.
Noah Scott
Oh yeah, I forgot the name. Fuck. I guess "Son of Dob" would work, or if you wanna be clever it could be "Son of Bot", since it's based on the atomic powered robot sprite, I guess.
Jacob Watson
What about Andrew Botson?
Nathan Turner
Yeah, either one could work, really.
Asher Taylor
They're in I was expecting a different tiny gamecube character when you claimed clumsy robot. Olimar's in Doing this name
Nicholas Richardson
Chibi robo, isn't it?
Nathan Ortiz
Alright, I'm going to sleep. Hopefully this picks up some more speed by tomorrow. Good night.
Side note: I hope that whoever does 135 makes him douk noukem. Seems like it's too good of an opportunity to pass up.
Juan Turner
Unfortunately, Cred Forums isn't very creative in general. The best thing OP can do is insisting making threads for weeks at different times. He must not give up at the first attempt. Also, this idea is very cool and I need to see it completed.
Charles Walker
Of course
By the way I will also begin accepting submissions for "don't care" names. Each character has seven and you also name your dog, your favorite thing, and your favorite food. This is a really easy switch so no harm in opening it up this early. Glad to hear the support
Dylan Hernandez
Hell, this isn't easy. I'll make one proposal for each thing. >Ness Sans >Paula Anita >Jeff Nerd >Poo Poop >Dog Dogmeat >Favourite thing NTR >Favourite food Pineapple pizza (If it's too long, then put "frogs")
Jackson Gonzalez
Should've specified character limit Main characters: 5 letters Dog, foot, and thing: 6 letters
Everything there is in except Dogmeat
Kayden Torres
Hell. Let's see, a good animal name. What about: >Idefix
Adam Parker
It's in
Xavier Bennett
Bumperino
Kayden Gomez
>Idefix Patrician taste.
OP, how about LQ-84i for a Dog name? Also, I may get in on the spriting if this is still going when I get off of work. Are original sprites allowed or is it just edits?
Camden Harris
Of course original sprites are allowed, just keep it to the right dimensions and the right amount of colors
Colton Hughes
Will you be making these threads again later throughout the day/night? Want to participate, but I got work first
Nolan Nguyen
If the thread dies I'll start it up again in ~8 hours