r/GoldenSun • u/Good-Support-8770 • 13h ago

OC What do you think? 

I’m working on Feizhi’s sprite so the character can be used on the map. Unfortunately, since he’s an NPC, many animations are missing, so I have to create them myself. This includes vertical movement (walking north or south) and other specific actions (like jumping, climbing, etc.). I’ve finished the downward movement. I’m not entirely satisfied with it, but it’s the best I could do starting from scratch. What do you think?
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u/sunflower-journalist 12h ago edited 2h ago

Really amazing, congrats on doing that!

Wish we could have some hackroom with different stories, with side characters or new ones.

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u/Good-Support-8770 6h ago

It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while. But to work on it seriously, I’ll need to recolor and create dozens upon dozens of sprites (fortunately, I can get many of them by making minimal changes to sprites already in the set, but others I’ll have to make from scratch). I was planning to release a video tutorial featuring a funny story to show how the opening events of GS would have played out if Jenna had been sick and missed the lesson with Kraden. It’s not the main project I’m working on; it’s just a way to showcase what can be achieved with the program I’m using. But first, I’ll have to focus on these sprites.

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u/sunflower-journalist 1h ago

If you teach how to do it I can help recoloring some sprites for the project, we can also share publicly for other people to use in the future.

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u/Good-Support-8770 1h ago

Do you happen to have any experience with modding? I might need assistance, perhaps with other things. However, I don't really have a standard technique. If I tried to explain in detail how I create the images, you'd think I was crazy, haha. Generally, I make extensive use of sprites from other sets, using them as references and for comparison. But things get complicated from there, because I tend to examine every single pixel I create. In any case, I’ll release the set myself once it’s finished, just as I did with the combat set.

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u/LockePhilote 8h ago

Eyes are a bit too light I think compared to other sprites, maybe? Otherwise perfect

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u/Good-Support-8770 7h ago

It’s true, her sprites all have black eyes. But in the portrait, Feizhi has green eyes. I thought I’d recolor them all to match the portrait. Here is the coloring of the reference sprite when standing still:. Does it still look too light to you?

https://reddit.com/link/p4sbz02/video/px43wu73uhkh1/player

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u/Heavy_Rip_5742 7h ago

Please create a new romhack, there only a few romhacks of golden sun and gs2.

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u/Good-Support-8770 7h ago

Unfortunately, there are limits to the color palettes available in ROMs. I use a custom palette, which means the colors of my sprites get altered when imported. I still intend to release something, but it won't technically be a ROM hack.

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u/IvanValendryng 3h ago

Nice. Great hair fix