List of Skins

[brotoad]

the castle needs to be super spooky for shademan! needs to have a few floors and a basement!

also there should be a roof to have epic battles in front of the full moon!

[Rukifellth]

Actually, my idea was a bit onortodox...

The level would be more akin to old horror movies like Frankenstein's monster, with a large cemetery like area, and a massive cathedral housing a large chamber and a tinier chamber with the picture of Wily...

Down a flight of stairs at the cemetery area, there is a tiny port (the lower areas would use the cellair textures) but you can't fall down the water, alternatively, you'd fall down and die...

Also, an idea, the cemetery area is infested with robot zombies. They won't attack you and are invincible, BUT, if you attack one, they will began to stalk the person who shot him last time, and try to bash you to DEATH.

It will stop haunting you after it kills you, or after someone else hits him...

Here's a pic I made, what do you think?

[Mr. X]

You DO realize this game is 8-bit, right?

[Rukifellth]

Yes.

It's just a sketch of what it SORTA looks like...

But I can't draw in 8-bit. :P

So I know everything will be squarish....

[PressStart]

There's some other limitations when building maps, like not being able to multiple floors right below and above each other (I believe).

But the spread out, multiple layers of your design look like it would work out pretty well. Nice picture!

[Hallan Parva]

Soo... you mean it's totally okay to put quick sketches of level layouts to help out mappers with Writer's Block? (or rather, Designer's Block)

I was going to do that earlier with Pirate Man's pirate ship! You should have told somebody!

PIRATE MAN NEEDS HIS SHIP I DO NOT CARE WHAT YOU SAY OTHERWISE

[Max]

There's no ship in his original stage.

[Rukifellth]

Actually, I HAD an idea on a Pirate Man level... but it seems more like a mix between Pirate Man and Magic Man. :S

[Deviddo]

Yellow Devil, I believe that's his point.

No ship in his level, but his level should BE a ship.

[Hallan Parva]

Pirateman deserves a pirate ship map.

As awesome as that would be, I dunno if there was ever any wood on his tile set! Perhaps some sort of mechanized pirate ship?

Or we could just borrow wood from some other Robot Master's tileset.
Pirate Man needs his pirate ship DAMMIT

this ^

[Mr. X]

Yes.

It's just a sketch of what it SORTA looks like...

But I can't draw in 8-bit. :P

So I know everything will be squarish....

First, I should say I like the stage idea...a lot, actually.  However, with limited tilesets and capabilities, I highly doubt it could be done in 8-bit.

Also, I'm sorry, but Pirate Man had no ship so I don't think he deserves one.

[Crystal King]

No, that can be done. From what I see, you could make the illusion of going inside and outside the chapel with a roof simply by messing around with the graphics, when in reality you just passed through a small gap. Also, Pirate Man needs a ship for the sake of uniqueness, not so much for the sake he's a Pirate. I suggest a beach scene where you can board and unboard the ship.

[Mr. X]

No, but using only Shade Man's tiles, I'm not too sure about it.

[Hallan Parva]

Well we're borrowing wood for pirate boats, why can't we just borrow a tile or two from another stage for Shade Man?

HE NEEDS DA PIRATE BOAT (frowny face at Mr. X)

[brotoad]

piratemans stage should be on a boat purely because otherwise it will just be another underwater stage like divemans. it may not have been in his original stage, but it would fit the theme! as long as the stages capture the feel of the original stage then it's all good!