Monster name: Bumblebird
Shortened name: FB (Flying Bumblebird)
Thanks to Mystery for the great name! I love it!
Hello everybody! For those of you who aren't aware, Mr Pwnage is back again! I am known for my spriting, which to be honest, hasn't been all that great in the past...till now! I am also known as a gml programmer by some...I am known as "The Thorn" on yoyogames.com. My back is currently in great pain, and therefore I am not really in much a position to type a whole lot...so I'll just show you all what you came here to see...the sprites, and a brief description! kkthxbai!
This MiniBoss was created by me, Mr Pwnage, for the use of Stick Online Donor Server Content, use anywhere else is copyright infringement... This boss is a flying monster, and therefore the AI for it will require some slight tweaking, but I'm sure it wouldn't be all to hard to work out. This mini boss is unique because I can spawn ANYWHERE! Much like presents on Christmas...but it wouldn't fall from the sky. I say it is a flying monster, but it will fly only slightly off the ground, similar to the ghost from the Halloween event. The only 2 changes necessary at that it can fly over cliffs, and therefore cannot be drowned, and that it doesn't jump when colliding with the ground, it just flies up and over. I already have the drop ideas for it, but will keep them secret incase by a lucky chance it is chosen for use in game play, in which case I would provide Meiun with them. So without further ado...here is...The Bumblebird!
Picture:
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2018/birdbossatt1.png)
Idle/Movement Animation:
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4102/birdbossmov.gif)
Attacking Animation:
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6586/birdbossatt.gif)
UPDATE:
I have decided on revealing 2 hats that the monster would drop, along with the stats/abilities I believe they should have. I plan on making 2 more items for this monster to drop, but the will remain a secret, until further notice. So, here are the 2 hats, tell me what you think!
Bird Beak:
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1764/birdbeak.png)
Description: +2 str, and the ability to say global messages all over SO2 with the limitations: The color of the text would be a light yellow, so it is not confused with moderator text. Players may only send global messages every 10 minutes. To use the global message feature, the bird beak must be equipped, than the chat, type /beak/ followed by your message. Example: /beak/Hello world!
This would be very useful for calling people anywhere in the world to help kill bosses, etc. So an SG spawns, and everybody around you turns to you and says, ?Bird call it?, and you type /beak/SG at the wall! Of course, Meiun could change any part of this idea or not use it at all if he desires.
Shortened Name: Beak
Bumble Cap:
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5929/bumblecap.png)
Description: +6 to int, would be a useful item to acquire with all the new weapons recently, and the wizard hat is way out dated anyways =p. Many people have wanted a dunce cap in SO for some time now, the bumble cap offers all the fun of a dunce cap AND a stylish, yet dangerous finish on the top! Again, if Meiun has different plans for it, those are the plans of action.
Shortened Name: BC
Dunce Cap:
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3070/duncecap.png)
Me and Lucifer were conversing on msn about this and well...here's the result. It would replace the bumble cap. I plan on making other bee/wasp related items anyways. Kind of ironic the dunce cap gives +6 to int! It's epic.
Nice work. It doesn't seem too unfitting for Stick Online, either. Kind of looks like a cross between a crow and a bee. So on that note, why not call it the Bumblebird? (The best I could think of.)
Quote from: Mystery on July 11, 2009, 05:42:59 PM
Nice work. It doesn't seem too unfitting for Stick Online, either. Kind of looks like a cross between a crow and a bee. So on that note, why not call it the Bumblebird? (The best I could think of.)
You sir...are a genius! I love that name, Bumblebird. Has a great ring to it! I think the shortened name for it should be "FB", for Flying Bumblebird, to avoid it starting with a "B" as there is already an abundance. And the monster is a cross between a raven and a wasp, with a demonic tone to it. I was keeping the SO style in mind the whole time I was making this one, and I think the result is quite pleasing. Thanks for the positive words and great name! I think I'll make it the official name.
I like the idea of the monster. For the sprite, I think it looks pretty good! The only problem is that I think it is a little too detailed, but other than that, I think it would match pretty nice! But for S.O. 3 I have no clue. Good Job!
Its head does not move. and that make it look wired to me.
animations don't load for me :s
I like the idea. :D
I think it's a little too detailed for S.O, but overall it's a very nice sprite and idea. I like the attack animation, too.
Alright so...couple things:
1) Sorry the animations stopped working, image shack does that from time to time. They should be fixed now, tell me if you still can't see them.
2) I think GIS said somthing about SO3...no, I have no idea what the SO3 style will be like, these aren't for SO3. They are for the SO2 donor server.
3) Whoever said it's head doesn't move, there is a good reason for it. Unlike the sand fiend who bobs it's head, this is a flying monster. I have made many versions my monster with head movement and it always makes the bird look crippled/physically handicapped...So I watched a few youtube vids with bird movement and came to the conclusion no head movement is best. You have to remember that you are looking at a stationary sprite, ingame the movement will look much more natural, though it isn't too unnatural looking anyways...regarding head movement...the creature itself is horrifying I know!
4) Lastly I believe a majority of you in your comments have been saying that it might be too detailed for SO...I say not in the least, more like just right. I studied the most detailed monsters in SO...the RB, DS, SF (NOT SG good lord!), you'll see the amount of detail between the Bumble bird and them is almost identical. If you all are adamant about it being too detailed, please pull it up in full zoom, and tell me which part of it. (And don't use the zoom on your web browser, that makes it "jpeg-looking". Copy it into paint or somthing.)
Thanks for all the feedback guys, it's appriciated.
Also, I have already finished an item drop for it, but I don't plan on revealing it anytime soon...just incase it makes itself into the game.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on July 11, 2009, 09:07:16 PM
Also, I have already finished an item drop for it, but I don't plan on revealing it anytime soon...just incase it makes itself into the game.
I don't think that will happen, but IDK. I just can't picture it, not being rude or anything, it's an awesome monster, but we'll have to let Meiun decide. Why don't you send it to him? :)
Meh
Actually, there was a concept (sprited and everything) of what S.O. 3 would look like posted after the topic Seifer made with the fake S.O. 3 preview. I believe the topic containing the real one was made by Venuse. Not that it matters, but just to reply to that 'I don't know what the style is' part.
Also, maybe Meiun will get it to S.O. 3 style and stick it into v3, since v2 is merely a way to keep us entertained.
Quote from: Epicphail on July 11, 2009, 10:14:58 PM
Actually, there was a concept (sprited and everything) of what S.O. 3 would look like posted after the topic Seifer made with the fake S.O. 3 preview. I believe the topic containing the real one was made by Venuse. Not that it matters, but just to reply to that 'I don't know what the style is' part.
Also, maybe Meiun will get it to S.O. 3 style and stick it into v3, since v2 is merely a way to keep us entertained.
Meiun told me he wishes to keep SO2 up after SO3 comes out, but he said he isn't sure he can.
Oh, that explains it.
Alright guys, your taking this in the wrong direction...let me clarify a few things:
Bumblebird is a mini-boss I made for use in the SO donor server as content to keep interest in the game, though I'm sure interest wouldn't die out regardless, new content makes people happy. I appriciate that Meiun has been putting forth the effort to continue to add new content and host events, and I'd say after today's official tournament he's been doing a pretty damn good job. I am sure we are aware Meiun is limited to the content he can add into the game because he himself, does not design the graphics for his game. This is why a portion of the new donor content have been modifications to already exisisting content. So, to try and keep the game fresh and new, I, from time to time will try my hand at designing sprites for the game so that if desired by community and Meiun, may be used in the game. The main reasons I sprite are: A) I enjoy it. B) The more I do it, the better I get. C) It feels good when people like it.
I'd love to contribute graphics to a game that I so dearly love one day, but if that day never comes, that's fine too, because my sprites won't ever go to waste, I'd just use them in my games or add them into my scrap book.
Gah...typing all that I've just successfully put my back out again...a break is mandatory! Anyways, keep the comments comming positive or negative, because both help in their own way if spoken right.
I've always had a fetish for slaying bumblebirds.
I kinda hope it makes it into game play, I want to kill it >:D
And I think I have an idea what the drop item is for it, but I probably shouldn't say, because you don't want people to know, right? :D
I have decided to release 2 of the items I have created as drops for the monster. Descriptions are provided under them. I have 2 more items I plan on making for it, but as I have stated in the update info those shall remain a secret until further notice. Tell me what you think of the new items! How they look? Their abilities? And don't forget to tell me what you think of the monster, or just the idea as a whole?
I also think the monster should drop the following items:
*Tree Branch
*Firemans Hat
*Hatchet
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on July 12, 2009, 11:52:16 AM
I have decided to release 2 of the items I have created as drops for the monster. Descriptions are provided under them. I have 2 more items I plan on making for it, but as I have stated in the update info those shall remain a secret until further notice. Tell me what you think of the new items! How they look? Their abilities? And don't forget to tell me what you think of the monster, or just the idea as a whole?
I also think the monster should drop the following items:
*Tree Branch
*Firemans Hat
*Hatchet
Your Miniboss is very cool. But i think you should add a drop that higher level players will want so that there is a draw for high level players to hunt and kill them.
Quote from: Bo-sox on July 12, 2009, 12:57:38 PM
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Your Miniboss is very cool. But i think you should add a drop that higher level players will want so that there is a draw for high level players to hunt and kill them.
Both items should be very much desired as they are, for both low and high:
1) The bird beak enables players to use global chat.
2) The bumble cap will have the best int bonus in the game, great for regen.
And I plan on making 2 more.
How hard would it be?
Anyways, I would love to kill one of those in game :D
Good job.
Quote from: yottabyte on July 12, 2009, 01:28:53 PM
How hard would it be?
Anyways, I would love to kill one of those in game :D
Good job.
I was thinking it would have HP and defence between and RB and a DS.
Do damage between and RB and DS.
And move at the speed of a white bunny?
i quite like the Bird beak but the Cap needs to go over his head more and mabye dropping over to one side.
Quote from: Josh on July 12, 2009, 05:45:11 PM
i quite like the Bird beak but the Cap needs to go over his head more and mabye dropping over to one side.
Funny you say that, I was thinking the exact same thing. Both actually. There's a very high chance I'll go make both of those ajustments to it.
I think it could spawn in the area in front of the mountain. meiun needs to open up that spot.
Of all the text i miss >_<
I like the idea that it cannot be drowned and that it can spawn anywhere. Good job looks pretty cool and so do the drops.
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Quote from: Mr Pwnage on July 12, 2009, 06:00:04 PM
Quote from: Josh on July 12, 2009, 05:45:11 PM
i quite like the Bird beak but the Cap needs to go over his head more and mabye dropping over to one side.
Funny you say that, I was thinking the exact same thing. Both actually. There's a very high chance I'll go make both of those ajustments to it.
lol cool
I really do like the hat ideas you came up with. More specifically, I like the Bird Beak's extra function the best. There is that matter of the cap adjustment, but that was already covered, and I see nothing else really needed to change. Good job.
And thanks for making my name for it the real one.
Quotewould be a light yellow
Like white was not hard enough to see? How about purple, or black like the bird?
Quote from: ARTgames on July 12, 2009, 08:04:59 PM
Quotewould be a light yellow
Like white was not hard enough to see? How about purple, or black like the bird?
I honestly don't care what color, Meiun could choose w/e color. I just chose light yellow so that it doesn't look too different from the current player text color.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on July 12, 2009, 08:08:09 PM
Quote from: ARTgames on July 12, 2009, 08:04:59 PM
Quotewould be a light yellow
Like white was not hard enough to see? How about purple, or black like the bird?
I honestly don't care what color, Meiun could choose w/e color. I just chose light yellow so that it doesn't look too different from the current player text color.
well ok. I do hope this does get added.
I know you want this monster to spawn every ware (which i like) but the thing is most bosses work off when you kill a lot of the weaker enemies in the zone. would this be the same just for all the enemy's in the game or that zone?
monsters spawning everywhere isnt that fun. If its a boss ited be hard to fidn anywhere on the map.
that's the fun part. looking to see ware the boss spawned. make you look around the game
Quote from: Josh on July 12, 2009, 09:11:39 PM
monsters spawning everywhere isnt that fun. If its a boss ited be hard to fidn anywhere on the map.
Whatever happened to the good ol' thrill of the hunt. And remember, after that first beak is dropped, that person can call out the bumblebird as he/she (any girls still play this game?) sees it. Nothing wrong with a challenge, right? (Mr Pwnage said as a thought cloud popped into his head with a very lifelike image of a Sand Golumn.)
@ Art Games:
I was thinking they could spawn as a result of any regular monsters death, but, their likelihood of spawning would be slightly rarer than an SG, because any monster can spawn them. Also, the likelihood of monsters should vary a little depending on the monster: example: killing a blob should have a lower chance of spawning a bumblebird than killing a skeleton. Though, the only person with a complete understanding of the game's spawning system is Meiun, so as I have said countless times before, the system would be changed to his standards.
What about places like town arena, starts left of the arena clouds, platform between temple flag platform and the big desert? spots without enemy spawn? Can it spawn there also?
Meh i guees :P
First off, welcome back Mr Pwnage. I was too lazy to post my opinion before, but heres an explanation of my "Meh."
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I like the idea of the monster. For the sprite, I think it looks pretty good! The only problem is that I think it is a little too detailed, but other than that, I think it would match pretty nice! But for S.O. 3 I have no clue. Good Job!
I too like the idea of the monster, it's quite origonal. However I just can't feel that it, or any of the items dropping from it, will be put into the game at their current state. I don't know what these guys are saying when they say "too detailed". If anything, it isn't detailed at All. It has a red eye, a black body with hardly noticable shading, and then yellow/black striped tail with no shading whatsoever. To me it just does Not look like a stick online monster, and hardly fits the theme. Also the attack looks horrible and rather unrealistic... It seems like you were Trying to sprite it in a way that it would be a stinging attack, however it looks more like it is slapping instead. In my opinion, a monster like that would attack by pointing the stinger at the enemy, then charging, not slapping them with their stinger. I do like the general shape and theme of the monster though, a little work and I could imagine this in the game.
Onto the Bird Beak and Bumble Cap. The sprite for the bird beak looks very good, heck exactly like a bird beak should look like. However, as good as the beak is, it just doesn't fit on the stick figure. Can you REALLY imagine walking around with that on? It would look rather !@#$ing rediculous. Lulz @ the global command idea... I actually like it. I would very much enjoy yellowing out "CAPTAIN FALCON DECLARES: PENIS" every so often with that thing. Anyways, Bumble Cap. No. Just No. Again I can't imagine walking around with that on my head, and would be disgraced if I did. Besides, a "Bumble" cap would increase AGILITY if anything, not Intelligence. However, I would LOVE it if you created a Dunce cap that gave +6 intelligence, I would just laugh at the irony. Imo a +6 intelligence hat is very much needed in the game at the moment, making you put your INT at +1 a multiple of 6 for the +5 of wizard hat to be of use at All is just whorish.
hmm maybe add more features to the bird beak like a full facial thing just a beak would be boring and the other one a bit smaller.
Quote from: Josh on July 12, 2009, 11:03:50 PM
hmm maybe add more features to the bird beak like a full facial thing just a beak would be boring and the other one a bit smaller.
also can you make its head animated? its kinda creeping me out.
Quote from: ARTgames on July 12, 2009, 11:14:46 PM
Quote from: Josh on July 12, 2009, 11:03:50 PM
hmm maybe add more features to the bird beak like a full facial thing just a beak would be boring and the other one a bit smaller.
also can you make its head animated? its kinda creeping me out.
lol its not that creepy
Sorry, I don't have time to respond to comments right now, I will tommorow. I just posted the dunce cap! It is a potential replacement for the bumblecap. It gives +6 to int, epic, iknorite? As you can see there are 3 versions, be sure to say which one you like best. I personally like the plain on the best, but lucifer insisted on all the other stuff...
middle dunce cap good and make it a bit smaller its way to tall
Wahahaha! 'tis Wonderful =D. I personally like the 3rd one. @Josh, He made a few versions of it, this longer one looked the best imo.
That Dunce hat looks similar to the KKK hat.
Quote from: Maxwell10206 on July 13, 2009, 02:07:42 AM
That Dunce hat looks similar to the KKK hat.
Oh my, PWNAGE, THE NEXT MONSTER YOU SPRITE WILL BE A KKK DUDE IN A WHITE CLOAK ETC, ;D.
Quote from: Lucifer on July 13, 2009, 02:09:43 AM
Quote from: Maxwell10206 on July 13, 2009, 02:07:42 AM
That Dunce hat looks similar to the KKK hat.
Oh my, PWNAGE, THE NEXT MONSTER YOU SPRITE WILL BE A KKK DUDE IN A WHITE CLOAK ETC, ;D.
OH LAWD!
I think not.
I did not see your new hat and i got to say i like the old one better.
I was looking at it, it's very good by the way, both the monster and the hats. But I noticed one thing, maybe you should make the head Black and Yellow instead of full black, just to show were the head is? I kinda had a hard time pointing out the shape and size of the head. It's also hard to notice all the detail in its body with just the one color, I had to look at it closely to notice the little feathers on the wings. Just a small suggestion.
~Looperpuck
Not trying to be nasty or anything here...but that is pretty bad...
The bumblebird needs more movement...he seems to stiff. The hats are really horrible too, so many people have tred to make the pointy cone shaped hat work for SO...but it doesn't I don't think it will ever work...
Try something different...don't just think about the stinger for the hat...why not make it more bee-like...or bird..which ever your going for. Also If someone hadn't have told me there was shading I would have never guessed there was shading...and i still argue that comment...
So more visibility would be good.
Improvement Highlights:
- More movement of the Bumblebird, less stiffness more smooth-looking attack as well.
- Cone hat = Bad No No.
- Visiblity and shading needed.
- Don' just focus on the stinger for hat ideas.
*thinks of good items* What about...antennae?
The way I imagine antennae would apear to be condensed Bunny Ears.
Something I threw together a while ago...(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd245/Aqua-Games/hermes2.jpg)
~Aqua
sry, Pwnage, they just look.. too silly..
nice hat Aqua =)
So I'm thinking about paying acess to the server, now that I understand that it is up. But are all the graphics like this? I like the abilities that go with the items too. But about falling into water, couldn't you just swim after it and fight it in there?
Quote from: DaBooda on July 21, 2009, 09:06:54 AM
So I'm thinking about paying acess to the server, now that I understand that it is up. But are all the graphics like this? I like the abilities that go with the items too. But about falling into water, couldn't you just swim after it and fight it in there?
No, I am just a player who makes graphics for Stick Online for fun. None of mine have ever been used in the game. Go try and find some screenshots of Stick Online if you want to see what the graphics look like.
Quote from: DaBooda on July 21, 2009, 09:06:54 AM
So I'm thinking about paying acess to the server, now that I understand that it is up. But are all the graphics like this? I like the abilities that go with the items too. But about falling into water, couldn't you just swim after it and fight it in there?
You can't swim in Stick Online...
I like the bird beak, not only just the sprite but the idea for sending a global message is cool.
That sadly is the only thing I like. :(