Project Deathmatch

So about a year ago I started compiling a design document for a Microsoft XNA Project titled "Project Deathmatch".

The main design was to take many of the elements that make up 3D Deathmatch games and port these into a top-down 2D shooter.

Not really all that much to show yet as I am in the early stages of programming the game engine and creating the resources, but I do have a sample of what the main avatar who will have an array of customisable clothes, skin colours and facial features.

SS Tea Cup at Night

I can't sleep right now so thought I would post my updates to the SS Tea Cup tileset.

Not everything is finished yet. I am especially having problems with the rope ladder palette. I need something better than what I am currently using as the white looks a bit washed out to me.

Syrup Castle Design Complete

Spent a couple of hours tonight redesigning the tileset for the Syrup Castle Interior.

THE NEW STUFF:
- Decorative designs (pirate drapes and hanging shackles)
- Added the Stove Canyon lava to the tileset
- Imperfections (the holes in the criss-cross and cracks in the pillars)
- Fire shooting bird ornament
- The platforms on the top and bottom of each pillar (changed to suit the rest of my tilesets)

AllGFX Tests on Sherbert Island

Spent a lot of today going through allgfx and perfecting the shared graphics:

THE NEW STUFF:
- My Neonswift Presents Logo
- Cloud Block
- On/Off Switch Block
- Springboard (edited slightly)
- P Switch
- Cement Block
- Star Block
- Clear Glass Block
- 3-UP Moon
- New Mario Graphics (Balloon Mario and Crouching Frames)

Sherbert Island Screenshots

A quick update showing my improvements to the Sherbert Island tileset, the item designs (mostly new), the minimal status bar and the new font used for the message boxes.

Stove Canyon Redesign

This was something I was meant to post a while back but due to a failure with the posting here I was unable to. Managed to already show it off at SMW Central but for consistencies sake I will show it here too.

Big redesign (nearly all of it) for Stove Canyon.

So what's next? Well I'm looking into compiling a lot of my work into the ROM in preperation to show it off in a video.