Comments on: Low-res shoot-em-up Ice Beak is a cool blast of fun http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 00:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1601768 igpajo Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1601768 Nitrome's got a ton of simple fun little games on their site.  I liked the IceBreaker, Final Ninja and Toxic games.  Yin Yang's fun too. Nitrome’s got a ton of simple fun little games on their site.  I liked the IceBreaker, Final Ninja and Toxic games.  Yin Yang’s fun too.

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1601261 Marko Raos Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1601261 I love the pixel-art style for two reasons a) aesthetic, I actually do prefer it to plastic-looking hi res digital art and b) as a game designer, it does free me from being too dependent on an artist who always has something "better to do." (usually sleeping, boozing or slaving at some miserly paid legit job that somehow takes precedence over our magnificent piece of pure creation) Recently, I've come to prefer art coming only from two (seemingly) opposed ends of the spectrum - either hand drawn and scanned, grit and all, or exquisitely stitched together pixel by pixel. They're both raw, and i find that appealing. Again, that disney/illustrator/whatever mellow polish that you can find in most games nowadays makes my stomach queasy. Like those cheapo disney illustrations that you feel were designed by robots in order not to offend the humans before the final reckoning. Bleh. I love the pixel-art style for two reasons a) aesthetic, I actually do prefer it to plastic-looking hi res digital art and b) as a game designer, it does free me from being too dependent on an artist who always has something “better to do.” (usually sleeping, boozing or slaving at some miserly paid legit job that somehow takes precedence over our magnificent piece of pure creation)
Recently, I’ve come to prefer art coming only from two (seemingly) opposed ends of the spectrum – either hand drawn and scanned, grit and all, or exquisitely stitched together pixel by pixel. They’re both raw, and i find that appealing. Again, that disney/illustrator/whatever mellow polish that you can find in most games nowadays makes my stomach queasy. Like those cheapo disney illustrations that you feel were designed by robots in order not to offend the humans before the final reckoning. Bleh.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1601043 Rob Beschizza Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1601043 "Pixel art — I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it ... and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Low-poly in its embryonic state is more finished than that bitscape" “Pixel art — I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it … and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Low-poly in its embryonic state is more finished than that bitscape”

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1601032 Rob Beschizza Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1601032 Fixed it Fixed it

]]> By: agonist http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1601004 agonist Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1601004 I sometimes wonder now with the ubiquity of 8-bit style games how many are made that way due to a lack of artistic talent by the developers. I sometimes wonder now with the ubiquity of 8-bit style games how many are made that way due to a lack of artistic talent by the developers.

]]> By: kayest http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1600999 kayest Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1600999 Rob, or rather Mark,  the previous posting to this poses the question: "What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my child's mind?" However you've blocked everyone from commenting, is this an oversight? Rob, or rather Mark,  the previous posting to this poses the question: “What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my child’s mind?”

However you’ve blocked everyone from commenting, is this an oversight?

]]> By: Andy Campbell Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/low-res-shoot-em-up-ice-beak-i.html#comment-1600995 Andy Campbell Smith Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199076#comment-1600995 I enjoy that you can play it at native resolution! Although it's a little hard on the eyes. I enjoy that you can play it at native resolution! Although it’s a little hard on the eyes.

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