http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keep-skullgirls-growing (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keep-skullgirls-growing)
only one day and it's up to $43k. smells like victory
reaching the stretch goal of big band would be awesome. he's cool, i even got to color him for his npc animation.
support this it's good!
Squigly is quite a cutey!!
why do they need to make so many fundraisers for this shit, doesn't the core game sell at all?
e. just read the "why we need your help" section which I previously didn't seem to have seen.
they had a falling out with their original publisher and i'm pretty sure there was a lawsuit involved that didn't go in their favor. regardless they're an independent company now (lab zero) and they need support to keep their game going forward
for the lazy
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Last June, much of the Skullgirls development team was laid off. This had nothing to do with the game or its sales; Skullgirls' financial support was simply cut off as a result of a costly legal battle that was strangling our publisher, Autumn Games. These ongoing legal difficulties kept Autumn from being able to continue its support for the game. We always had big plans for Skullgirls, and hoped to keep growing the game and its community with new characters and game updates, but without funding, these plans unfortunately had to wait.
While we've been able to continue working on the patch and have recently made progress on the PC version with Autumn's help, neither of these has been able to pay our extremely talented and dedicated art staff. So, in many ways, this campaign is also a last-ditch effort to keep the Skullgirls team together, working on the game we love so.
$175k and counting
we basically have the entire duration of the fundraiser to reach stretch goals now. it took less than 24 hours for squigly to be funded
Congrats!
Until this moment I had no idea rtil worked on skullgirls. This is one of the most incredible, and disgustingly sad, moments of my life. I actually watched that guy from his beginnings until not that long ago, then got engaged and stopped caring about anything at all, then was left by fiancee and continued to not care about anything at all, then met this other chick and cared about her and then got engaged again.... we'll see how that one ends... wait what was I saying?.... oh yeah anyway, I grew up with this guy and he's helped to create one of the greatest contemporary games and also helped to inspire me to take up art again and all the while I had no idea. History rhymes and shit,
i had difficulty following that post
you inspired me once and for a long time, but i got distracted by other things and lost track of what you were up to and really stopped being an artist of any sort. id been really interested in skullgirls for ages though, and then played it not that long ago and thought it was so fantastic, and the art so engaging, that I actually wanted to start drawing and writing and blah blah blah, so I did. then i came here and registered again after not having been around for four years to discover that you yourself were in part responsible for the urge to come back. it's neat like a little circle. or a mark twain quote.
discovering you worked on skullgirls, therefore, was something of a miracle in a coincidence for me.
it's also disgustingly sad because it just goes to show how much of a lazy apathetic slob I've been for four years.
as much as i hate this phrase, it's a small world
Skull Girls has got some maniacal fans. Hurrah.
Mike Z has quite the following, bd648. And Alex's work ain't too shabby either. ;D
and a lot of mike and alex's friends have a huge following as well.
i'm gonna make a promo piece for this , even though it's already reached its main goal. i'd love to see it hit 600k+
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big band funded B) only $250k left to go for all stretch goals or else everyone must insert their dick here
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I have no dick
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then you'll have skin and flesh stripped from your thighs and crafted into a personal penis to be grafted into your body
and it will be just as HORRIFYING as it sounds
Quote from: rtil on March 14, 2013 10:45 AM
big band funded B) only $250k left to go for all stretch goals or else everyone must insert their dick here
http://i.imgur.com/jjataea.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/jjataea.jpg)
jesus christ, I scrolled down the page quickly to see what the last few posts were and I had to look at this picture twice (without reading your text) to figure out whether it was concept art for another stretch-goal Skullgirl character or not.
Upon realizing that it was not I was disappointed.
she's already in the game. her name is double
Quote from: rtil on March 16, 2013 01:15 AM
she's already in the game. her name is double
If I hadn't been certain that I would buy this game once it was ported to PC before, I most definitely am now.
How does it feel working alongside 4chan's favorite hen-tie animator?
http://www.destructoid.com/creator-of-skullgirls-porn-officially-joins-lab-zero-249142.phtml (http://www.destructoid.com/creator-of-skullgirls-porn-officially-joins-lab-zero-249142.phtml)
lel
it doesn't feel any different. it is unlikely i will ever be working directly with him anyway as he is simply another contract animator just like myself
i already knew he was on the project anyway
i'm surprised that is considered news to any gaming "journalism" site
haahah that article is stupid
i think zone is cool and is really good at animation, i'm glad he got onboard sg
yes, that article is stupid
but zone is not cool, he's a waste
and hiring him to work on a project like skullgirls
it's like casting ron jeremy in a movie that isn't about his ten-foot dick
as previously stated, i had little interest in this game to begin with beyond maybe picking it up on sale on steam if it had multiplayer
now i'd rather just pirate it to spite them because fuck zone and everyone who works with him
Quote from: sev on March 21, 2013 05:24 AM
i think zone is cool and is really good at animation, i'm glad he got onboard sg
Quote from: Sinitron on March 21, 2013 11:56 AM
yes, that article is stupid
but zone is not cool, he's a waste
and hiring him to work on a project like skullgirls
it's like casting ron jeremy in a movie that isn't about his ten-foot dick
as previously stated, i had little interest in this game to begin with beyond maybe picking it up on sale on steam if it had multiplayer
now i'd rather just pirate it to spite them because fuck zone and everyone who works with him
even if you don't like his stuff, he's actually a good animator. and, he's very good at working in the style he's needed to. they wouldn't have hired him if he couldn't do that , because you have to take an animation test in order to get in. a lot of people dont' make it past that phase
the way he makes his paycheck doesn't detract in the slightest from him being a fine artist and animator. also comparing an animator getting an animation job to a pornstar acting in a normal film is way too obtuse a comparison.
it will have multiplayer on steam though for the record
Pledged $100 the other day, and I'm really liking some of these Mysterious Characters. Stanley sounds awesome and Eliza's blood mechanics could be interesting. Looking forward to playing any of you that get it for Steam.
i will and i assure you i will suck at it
i'm bad on it on x-box, so i'm sure i won't be any better on pc ^-^;
ive never played so of course im going to be amazing
:wile:
>paying $100 for 4 dlc characters in a mediocre game
wow that's fucking retarded
Quote from: put on April 1, 2013 11:59 PM
>paying $100 for 4 dlc characters in a mediocre game
wow that's fucking retarded
actually, the pledges were for people contributing towards the creation of the characters. and it's 5, not 4. squigly, big band, robo-fortune, and two fan-voted characters which people who donated get to choose.
if you just want the new characters, anyone can get them all
for free for the first 3 months of their release. the base game is only $15.
the $829k in donations goes exclusively towards development - paying the extremely talented group of programmers and artists that make the game. whether you like or dislike the game, you can't argue with the fact that it has an extremely passionate and supportive fanbase, and for good reason
Quote from: put on April 1, 2013 11:59 PM
>paying $100 for 4 dlc characters in a mediocre game
wow that's fucking retarded
I had some disposable income lying around and wanted all of the donator rewards up to that point. Call me a sucker, but knowing my money goes to paying talented people like MikeZ and rtil doesn't sound that retarded to me. Richer people pay more money to dumber forms of art than this.
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 2, 2013 03:54 AM
Quote from: put on April 1, 2013 11:59 PM
>paying $100 for 4 dlc characters in a mediocre game
wow that's fucking retarded
I had some disposable income lying around and wanted all of the donator rewards up to that point. Call me a sucker, but knowing my money goes to paying talented people like MikeZ and rtil doesn't sound that retarded to me. Richer people pay more money to dumber forms of art than this.
Like Micheal Bay films.
Quote from: Sinitron on March 21, 2013 11:56 AM
yes, that article is stupid
but zone is not cool, he's a waste
and hiring him to work on a project like skullgirls
it's like casting ron jeremy in a movie that isn't about his ten-foot dick
as previously stated, i had little interest in this game to begin with beyond maybe picking it up on sale on steam if it had multiplayer
now i'd rather just pirate it to spite them because fuck zone and everyone who works with him
Ron Jeremy, ahahahaha
Quote from: Sinitron on March 21, 2013 11:56 AM
but zone is not cool, he's a waste
as previously stated, i had little interest in this game to begin with beyond maybe picking it up on sale on steam if it had multiplayer
now i'd rather just pirate it to spite them because fuck zone and everyone who works with him
never thought a big ol dev team like the one for skullgirls could lose a sale over one person's involveme-
Quote from: KirbopherQuote from: BeamShankI was almost slightly excited for skullgirls, but now you're on the team. Not trying to be a dick, but I hate your multiple personality disorder art. It can't decide what the fuck it wants to be, so it just decides to be bad at everything. Also, your perspective is just totally off. All the time. But hey, I guess you're good at copying other's art styles. While I'm at it, never write a script for anything ever again. You're good at voice-acting, though!
You're very good at it, for someone who's "not trying", but then again you're 16 so that's cool. But ohhh nooo my life is over, I'm just gonna quit everything now based on your insightful and intelligent feedback.
oh
anyways, sure, he's dedicated his career to drawing naked anime characters getting fucked by tentacles- but i think you're under the assumption that since zone does hentai, he must have had loli in the mix; or at the least he's done hentai involving zone-tan (which is supposed to be based off of his daughter i think), yet he's done neither of those things.
but yeah 'anime gay/hentai gross' whatever, carry on
i always thought sin made it perfectly clear he hates anything that looks remotely not like an 80's western cartoon
Quote from: BeamShankI was almost slightly excited for skullgirls, but now you're on the team. Not trying to be a dick, but I hate your multiple personality disorder art. It can't decide what the fuck it wants to be, so it just decides to be bad at everything. Also, your perspective is just totally off. All the time. But hey, I guess you're good at copying other's art styles. While I'm at it, never write a script for anything ever again. You're good at voice-acting, though!
I said this two years ago when I didn't like kirbopher for his nin10doh stuff don't h8 pls
my... tragic past.........
it's okay, i dont think anybody here likes him anyway
top 16
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good, all my picks made the top 16. let's see if they'll make top 8
panzerfaust better fuckin make it
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Saw that, I thought it was cute.
Really happy that all four characters I voted for are still in the running, as well the ones that I considered but passed on.
only 8 remain....lolstanley
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Told you man, Isaac and Stanley are popular. I think the final four are going to be Annie, Stanley, Isaac, and Panzerfaust. I really want Isaac and Aeon to win.
why is stanley so popular?
Hmm...now I'm unsure. It might be Minette over Panzerfaust.
Anyway, Stanley is popular because of his theoretical gameplay description.
QuotePlaystyle Speculation
Uses a variety of shark-themed attacks and high-tech weaponry. Shark Dive! Shark Knuckle! Science Upper! FEEDING FRENZY! Be sure to check your work.
In addition to shark themed attacks such as biting, diving, lunges, and even under-the-earth dives, Stanley would have a surprisingly solid boxing stance. He's something of a sports nerd; a fan of boxing and hockey. He'd also use his advanced ASG arsenal from his Lab 4 days to his advantage. This could include various laser guns, missiles, or something akin to Iron Man's Proton Cannon. He may even have laser skates or...a jetpack!
Gameplay Inspiration
Captain Kidd (World Heroes 2), Street Sharks, Slayer (Guilty Gear XX #Reload), Richard Feynman (physics!), Iron Man (Marvel vs. Capcom series), Cyclops (Marvel vs. Capcom series), Gordon Freeman (Half-Life series)
Come on, Science Upper? Proton Cannons? Street Sharks?! It sounds pretty hype if you ask me. There's a lot of potential for whacky attacks and catchphrases, which would easily set him apart from the entire cast. The fighting game community eats that shit up.
BIONIC ARM!!!!!!!!!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwWLfY920Bk#ws)
Flo Rida - "Whistle" UMVC3 Parody - "Foot Dive (The Doctor Doom Song)" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Nz3eo57vQ#ws)
The Official LB NYChrisG Theme Remix 2012 (Prod. By Asis Galvin) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7XD8cZ-uc#ws)
And of course Ego Raptor's Pound Cake video.
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 15, 2013 08:52 AM
Come on, Science Upper? Proton Cannons? Street Sharks?! It sounds pretty hype if you ask me. There's a lot of potential for whacky attacks and catchphrases, which would easily set him apart from the entire cast. The fighting game community eats that shit up.
that world is somewhat unfamiliar to me, so i don't know. also, to me, visual appeal comes first before anything, for two reasons - i am a visual person since i'm an artist, and i'm actually going to be working on these characters, so i want them to be ones that i like. i'm sure no matter who is picked, the attacks chosen to be made will be cool, but i definitely have my favorites. two of them didn't make it this round so i'm a little disappointed. but i think out of the top 8 stanley is visually the least interesting.
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And of course Ego Raptor's Pound Cake video.
no clue what that is and i'm glad i don't
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too bad now you know (it's only 9 seconds)
Blanka Makes Pound Cake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL_x1rRg7mM#)
i don't have to press that play button! and i won't! :wile:
i went for minette and aeon because i like their designs best. minette just overall looks really cute, and aeon is both really important to the storyline and has a really cool playstyle concept (hypothetical post-skullgirls characters from alternate timelines? that would be fucking awesome if done right). i didn't notice it at first, but i think the idea of a girl with an ACTUAL HOURGLASS for a body is pretty fucking clever. and yeah i also would prefer to animate both of those characters, if we already have Big Band to work on, i'd prefer to go back to drawing cute girls afterward and not something like panzerfaust
i'm surprised umbrella didnt even make top 8 though
i know the game is called skullgirls, but am i the only one who thinks it's really weird to have only one male character in it? strange that he's singled out like that. i was hoping for brain drain and ottomo, sad they didn't make it. i honestly don't like beowulf at all, but isaac is cool and i'll gladly vote for him.
wait wait, who won this voting contest. i was hoping it was going to be Minette.
Minette's still in the running, we won't know the top 4 until next week
voted for minette and eliza e___e
Honestly I'd be okay with any of the current 8 winning except Beowulf (cuz fuck that Kanji wannabe)
Quote from: rtil on April 17, 2013 06:16 AM
voted for minette and eliza e___e
I thought you wanted Annie to win O: ?
what gave you that impression? my first 4 votes were minette, feng, eliza and umbrella.
My mistake, when you named what you thought were the favorites to win (umbrella, annie, minette) I assumed that since you wanted umbrella and minette to make it to this round, you wanted annie too as well.
ah no, that's just who i thought seemed the most popular.
Minette for me. :3 Feng is p cool too. And yes I agree with Flash, I don't really see the point of introducing male fighters quiet yet, but w/e.
apparently in the fighting game scene an all-female cast is looked down on. so it might be good for skullgirls to start introducing male characters
Quote from: rtil on April 18, 2013 01:45 AM
apparently in the fighting game scene an all-female cast is looked down on. so it might be good for skullgirls to start introducing male characters
I suppose that's true. But then again, Arcana Hearts has been going on for 3 games now. But that game is heavily Japanese orientated and mostly appeals to the target audience. I think it was only released on the PS3 here in the USA.
minette/panzerfaust 2016
Quote from: ZennyPLUS on April 18, 2013 08:46 PM
Quote from: rtil on April 18, 2013 01:45 AM
apparently in the fighting game scene an all-female cast is looked down on. so it might be good for skullgirls to start introducing male characters
I suppose that's true. But then again, Arcana Hearts has been going on for 3 games now. But that game is heavily Japanese orientated and mostly appeals to the target audience. I think it was only released on the PS3 here in the USA.
I think there might be all of 10 serious Arcana Hearts players in the entire US.
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 19, 2013 12:14 AM
Quote from: ZennyPLUS on April 18, 2013 08:46 PM
Quote from: rtil on April 18, 2013 01:45 AM
apparently in the fighting game scene an all-female cast is looked down on. so it might be good for skullgirls to start introducing male characters
I suppose that's true. But then again, Arcana Hearts has been going on for 3 games now. But that game is heavily Japanese orientated and mostly appeals to the target audience. I think it was only released on the PS3 here in the USA.
I think there might be all of 10 serious Arcana Hearts players in the entire US.
Welp, somebody's buying those games cause they keep coming here. Also do you know who the artist of that Jill in your sig?
http://riklaionel.deviantart.com/art/Jill-Valentine-Kof-XIII-style-329761359 (http://riklaionel.deviantart.com/art/Jill-Valentine-Kof-XIII-style-329761359)
I'm sure there's a small but dedicated fanbase, but you never see Arcana Heart at major fighting game tournaments.
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 19, 2013 01:56 AM
http://riklaionel.deviantart.com/art/Jill-Valentine-Kof-XIII-style-329761359 (http://riklaionel.deviantart.com/art/Jill-Valentine-Kof-XIII-style-329761359)
I'm sure there's a small but dedicated fanbase, but you never see Arcana Heart at major fighting game tournaments.
Thank you much, my good man. Yeah I don't think Arcana Hearts will get that kind of recognition, it's always been a niche fighter.
round 3, all guys are out.
aeon
annie
minette
eliza
>Dat Eliza Dark Horse
No skullbros. The tears are pretty salty in the comments everywhere ;_;
minette minette MINETTE MINETTE
i think eliza is going to win. but i voted for minette
voted minette. i'd be fine with any of the others winning though, especially annie or aeon, and at least one of those 3 will make it into the top 2 so i'm fine with whatever happens
they're not doing a top 2, though. only the character who receives the most votes out of these 4 get in to the game. for the 2nd DLC fan vote character, they are doing this all over again with all the characters who were originally on the ballot
oh haahahah my bad
but yeah either way i guess i'm happy with any of these picks winning
Minette has my vote once again!
called it - eliza won
get ready for round 2
Quote from: rtil on April 28, 2013 07:59 AM
called it - eliza won
get ready for round 2
B'AW
I've been waiting for Squiggly forever.
http://labzerogames.com/wordpress/big-band-concepts/ (http://labzerogames.com/wordpress/big-band-concepts/)
some big band concepts. one of these is mine. can you guess which one?
gonna go with intro spotlight
correct
this shouldnt happen to a dog
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Quote from: BluPhoenix on May 3, 2013 04:44 AM
gonna go with intro spotlight
i thought the same. it's got that rtil flair to it~
waifu wars round 2 begins
this time you get to rank all your characters from most to least favorite
QuoteWith the conclusion of the second character vote, we're now ready to reveal the full results of both character votes!
第2目のDLCキャラクター投票が終了しましたので、両方のキャラクター投票の全ての結果を報告したいと思います！
Character Vote 1: Round 1
第1目キャラクター投票：ラウンド1
26.6% : Eliza / イライザ
24.7% : Isaac / アイザック
24.4% : Annie / アニー
23.6% : Minette / ミネット
23.3% : Stanley / スタンレー
21.7% : Aeon / エイオン
21.1% : Panzerfaust / パンツァーファウスト
20.8% : Beowulf / ベオウルフ
20.3% : Venus / ヴィーナス
20.1% : B. Dahlia / ブラック・ダリア
18.8% : Feng / フェン
15.5%: Marie / マリー
13.8% : Molly / モリー
12.6% : Brain Drain / ブレイン・ドレイン
11.8% : Umbrella / アンブレラ
10.6% : Scythana / サイサナ
9.3% : Roxie / ロキシー
8.1% : Mrs. Victoria / ヴィクトリア先生
7.9% : D. Violet / D・ヴァイオレット
7.8% : Taliesin / タリエシン
7.2% : Samson / サムソン
7.1% : Beatrix / ビアトリクス
6.2% : Hubrecht / ヒューブレクト
6.1% : Leduc / レデューク
5.7% : Adam / アダム
4.7% : Ileum / イレウム
4.7% : Yu-Wan / ユーワン
4.5% : Andy / アンディー
4.4% : Hive / ハイヴ
4.0% : Ottomo / オットモ
2.5% : Regina / レジーナ
Total Votes / 投票総数 : 12012
Character Vote 1: Round 2
第1目キャラクター投票：ラウンド2
25.3% : Eliza / イライザ
23.5% : Minette / ミネット
23.1% : Annie / アニー
22.7% : Isaac / アイザック
22.6% : Beowulf / ベオウルフ
22.1% : Stanley / スタンレー
20.5%: Aeon / エイオン
20.3% : Panzerfaust / パンツァーファウスト
19.9% : B. Dahlia / ブラック・ダリア
18.6% : Venus / ヴィーナス
17.7% : Feng / フェン
15.2% : Molly / モリー
13.6% : Marie / マリー
12.4% : Brain Drain / ブレイン・ドレイン
12.0%: Scythana / サイサナ
10.7%: Umbrella / アンブレラ
Total Votes / 投票総数: 11180
Character Vote 1: Round 3
第1目キャラクター投票：ラウンド3
31.0% : Eliza / イライザ
28.1% : Annie / アニー
27.9% : Minette / ミネット
24.2% : Aeon / エイオン
24.1% : Beowulf / ベオウルフ
21.9% : Isaac / アイザック
21.9% : Stanley / スタンレー
20.8% : Panzerfaust / パンツァーファウスト
Total Votes / 投票総数: 11249
Character Vote 1: Final Round
第1目キャラクター投票：最終ラウンド
30.9% : Eliza / イライザ
25.5% : Annie / アニー
24.3% : Minette / ミネット
19.4% : Aeon / エイオン
Total Votes / 投票総数: 11202
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Character Vote 2: Aggregate Character Ranking
第2目キャラクター投票：総合キャラクターランキング
Beowulf
Minette
Annie
B. Dahlia
Isaac
Aeon
Stanley
Panzerfaust
Feng
Venus
Marie
Scythana
Molly
Umbrella
Brain Drain
Taliesin
D. Violet
Ileum
Roxie
Beatrix
Mrs. Victoria
Leduc
Adam
Hubrecht
Andy
Hive
Ottomo
Samson
Yu-Wan
Regina
Top 3 Characters
トップ3のキャラクター
11038 votes : Beowulf
9439 votes: Minette
9415 votes: Annie
i guess eliza was bound to win no matter what in round 1. she was always in my votes and ended up being my #2.
beowulf seems to have won by a large margin in round 2. guess the minette haters spite votes worked in their favor.
;A;
panzerfaust 4life never give up
maybe someday..
Judging from those numbers I'm kinda sad. It seems that during round 1 a lot of people included Isaac in their top four but not in their top 3. That, or annie/minette fans rallied and pushed him from the #2 spot.
And if in round 2 Beowolf only won because of minette hater's spite votes, why couldn't they at least have voted Isaac ;_;
such is the way of waifu wars
the Skullgirls PC Beta is now live. if you pledged for beta, you can get your key from your humble bundle acct (https://www.humblebundle.com/home) under Skullgirls Supporter Tier
skullgirls is now available for pre-order on steam. pre-ordering opts you in to the beta. game goes live august 22nd.
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my brothers got this game the other day for our PS3 its pretty great! i'm not really a fighting game guy but the art/animation/music etc keeps me somewhat interested and its fun to play game with my brothers here and there even though all im really doing is mashing buttons.
any discount for your backalleybuddies?
um i am just an animator on it, they don't give me keys or coupons to hand out. sorry!
i don't think $15 is a lot to ask for, though. especially considering the beta opt-in was $30 originally, as well as pledges. buying it on steam now is a better deal.
alright ill probably get it eventually anway
i can't wait until squigly's out, i'll be able to play her story (she's my favorite character so i'm interested in it) and also finally see my name in the credits
i was watching the most recent mega64 podcast the other day and they had some girl on named muriel who said she was one of the animators on skullgirls and that she was working on big band, and i was all hey wow maybe she knows rtil but also skullgirls has so many animators holy shit. i can't believe how many people they need to animate just one character.
her name is mariel cartwright aka kinuko (http://kinucakes.tumblr.com/), and she is the lead animator on the project. she is the one who predominantly sends out assignments to people, and she also does most of the key poses.
mariel's really talented and nice. it's pretty awesome how she manages to get that much work done for SG and also corresponds with 20+ animation contractors and answers everyone's questions and stuff. i know she does work with wayforward and on cryamore too, kinda blows me away that she can do so much
oh cool so you guys do actually know her. thats really cool, i was wondering how they got all of the characters to look the same style and have so much consistency with so many different animators, but I guess when you have a talented person organizing everything, making character sheets/doing key poses it will all come together nicely. also wow that's really impressive that she is able to organize all of those animators around one project.
i need to get this quickly before i go to uni and end up with no money
Quote from: RichChap on August 3, 2013 02:59 PM
oh cool so you guys do actually know her. thats really cool, i was wondering how they got all of the characters to look the same style and have so much consistency with so many different animators, but I guess when you have a talented person organizing everything, making character sheets/doing key poses it will all come together nicely. also wow that's really impressive that she is able to organize all of those animators around one project.
that's part of it, but the other thing is that alex ahad designed every single character (bar some npc's hanging out in the background in future maps), so everything in this universe is done in his style.
They're giving out "Buddy Codes" for friends of people who backed the campaign. With these codes you'll be able to play until the game comes out on the 22nd. I don't know if it's first-come-first-serve, or if they work for anyone who puts them in, but here:
RBDKF-K3ARP-MN9N3
i already gave mine away
Quote from: RichChap on August 3, 2013 02:59 PM
oh cool so you guys do actually know her. thats really cool, i was wondering how they got all of the characters to look the same style and have so much consistency with so many different animators, but I guess when you have a talented person organizing everything, making character sheets/doing key poses it will all come together nicely. also wow that's really impressive that she is able to organize all of those animators around one project.
Somebody has a crush.
Just played arcade mode as squiggly last night using keyboard controls; i think i know who my main is now.
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died inside when this came up almost put my fist through my keyboard out of frustration
how is that even possible on a keyboard?
holy shit... right, then right+down, then down, then down+left, etc etc... sounds almost impossible. i'd just try sliding my nails flat across the arrow keys.
Quote from: rtil on August 13, 2013 12:03 AM
how is that even possible on a keyboard?
It's going to be incredibly difficult for you unless you map your keyboard to resemble a Hitbox (the fighting game controller I use). Map left to 'a', down to 's', right to 'd', and up to 'space', then just roll your fingers across asd and end it with your thumb hitting space.
Here's a video of how it works. You won't be able to do slides because it's a keyboard, but you should be able to do the 360, and that's all you'll need in Skullgirls.
How to Hit Box - Standing 720 Introduction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfc_ivHuOXM#ws)
i use a 360 controller personally. don't think i'd want to play skullgirls on a keyboard
i had a wired adapter for my wireless 360 controller, but when i plugged it into my laptop i got a bunch of danger power surge warnings
coz it's old or all the wirings frayed, not sure
otherwise yeh, i wouldnt want to use the keyboard either
the wired 360 controllers are pretty great despite the always shitty xbox d-pad.
i have the game on ps3 though
Quote from: Gilthwixt on August 13, 2013 04:51 AM
Quote from: rtil on August 13, 2013 12:03 AM
how is that even possible on a keyboard?
It's going to be incredibly difficult for you unless you map your keyboard to resemble a Hitbox (the fighting game controller I use). Map left to 'a', down to 's', right to 'd', and up to 'space', then just roll your fingers across asd and end it with your thumb hitting space.
Here's a video of how it works. You won't be able to do slides because it's a keyboard, but you should be able to do the 360, and that's all you'll need in Skullgirls.
A friend of mine played SF with the keyboard and had his keys mapped like that. He always played Zangief doing bullshit moves due to the key-mapping haha.
I actually just picked up SF to get serious recently myself, and I want to learn Zangief as backup just because it's so intuitive on the hitbox.
i picked up doa5 and p4a to get serious
now here we are
lol, someone figured out how to play as Marie in online multiplayer. dev team is aware and working on a fix
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skullgirls is going to arcades in japan thanks to studio French Bread - their game "Under Night In-Birth" will feature Filia as celebration of Skullgirls releasing in Japanese arcades through the NESiCAxLive digital distribution system. as for the change in art style here, they are actually drawing all the Filia sprites themselves for their game
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I remember seeing a combo video for UNiB and being pretty impressed, they've come a long way since Melty Blood. I don't play fighting games at all anymore though, my Hitbox broke right around the time SG came out on Steam. In general though I just kind of lost interest because of how hard it is keep up with the scene and find people the same skill level
free weekend
aaaaaaaand it's 33% off, making it $10
For those of you who don't have Skullgirls yet, it's $9.99 on humblebundle at the moment, lasting for another 20 hours.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store (https://www.humblebundle.com/store)
skullgirls returning to PSN feb 11th
http://shoryuken.com/2014/02/07/skullgirls-encore-heading-to-playstation-network-on-february-11/ (http://shoryuken.com/2014/02/07/skullgirls-encore-heading-to-playstation-network-on-february-11/)