Yosikuma Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 So I have decided to start taking the plunge in game creation on the Intellivision in IntyBasic, and my question is: are there any editors that aid in graphic creation? In particular I'm looking at doing cards for stacked MOBs, and I'm not sure an editor exists. Maybe I'm wrong? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 40 minutes ago, Yosikuma said: So I have decided to start taking the plunge in game creation on the Intellivision in IntyBasic, and my question is: are there any editors that aid in graphic creation? In particular I'm looking at doing cards for stacked MOBs, and I'm not sure an editor exists. Maybe I'm wrong? What do you mean "stacked MOBs"? For graphics, you can use "IntyColor," a command-line tool that comes with the compiler. It takes a BMP image file, which you can make MS Paint, or Paint.Net, or any other graphics package, and convert into card data. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosikuma Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, DZ-Jay said: What do you mean "stacked MOBs"? Putting a MOB on top of another so I can have a multi-coloured "character." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian's Man Cave Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Yosikuma said: Putting a MOB on top of another so I can have a multi-coloured "character." I use photoshop, but any paint program that has layers. You either draw an 8x8 grid on a single layer or zoom in enough to see the pixel grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarrero Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I use MS Paint, and the utility I posted a while ago (MarcoFont) that converts a contiguous grid of 8x8 cards to IntyBasic code. Here's a portion from Princess Lydie, the top grid are the cards used, below is research area. The enemies were tricky, overlapping/offset to make them look different using the same eye. Lydie only has 2 dresses. Fireball animation is flip x and y. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Yosikuma said: Putting a MOB on top of another so I can have a multi-coloured "character." Ah. Just use a graphics package with layers, like Paint.Net or Pixelmator. However, you will have to separate the layers into individual bitmaps, or flatten then laterally in order to convert it into data. 10 hours ago, Brian's Man Cave said: I use photoshop, but any paint program that has layers. You either draw an 8x8 grid on a single layer or zoom in enough to see the pixel grid. 9 hours ago, mmarrero said: I use MS Paint, and the utility I posted a while ago (MarcoFont) that converts a contiguous grid of 8x8 cards to IntyBasic code. Here's a portion from Princess Lydie, the top grid are the cards used, below is research area. The enemies were tricky, overlapping/offset to make them look different using the same eye. Lydie only has 2 dresses. Fireball animation is flip x and y. I guess it's only me who draws his sprites in ASCII files. Hehehe. 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+cmadruga Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 @Yosikuma What you need is a sprite editor. Here is a decent one. https://www.piskelapp.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangery Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 7/11/2022 at 3:01 AM, mmarrero said: I use MS Paint, and the utility I posted a while ago (MarcoFont) that converts a contiguous grid of 8x8 cards to IntyBasic code. Could you direct me to the MarcoFont post please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarrero Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I think one limitation is that it can't reload the same file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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