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Yinello · Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 3463

Does anyone have good tutorials on how to make (16-bit or something like that) pixel characters? I found one but it was mostly top down and I kinda want one from the side (like in a sidescroller).

Samsally · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 7534

Closest thing I've got saved is this tutorial on pixel shading. Which may or may not actually be helpful? There's also FionaCreates who is super nice and extreeemely talented. She's got some pixeldoll tutorials, which are awesome but again I'm not sure how helpful they'd be at 16 bit scale.

It's a start, I guess?
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Thy Brilliance · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 3661 Location: Relative

Yinello · Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 3463

Thank you guys! Well the basics really because I'm just getting started, but all help is loved.

edit: aww some of them don't work. Still the first one was really helpful.

Heretical Rants · Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.

why does our alphabet require two letters for the 'th' sound
that's absolutely ridiculous
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Heretical Rants · Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 5344 Location: No.

aha

In the Old English language that was spelled þæt. It was also abbreviated as a letter Thorn, þ, with the ascender crossed, ꝥ. In Middle English the letter Ash, æ, was replaced with the letter a, so that that was spelled þat, or sometimes þet. The ascender of the þ was reduced (making it similar to the Old English letter Wynn, ƿ), which necessitated writing a small t above the letter to abbreviate the word that. In later Middle English and Early Modern English the þ evolved into a y shape, so that the word was spelled yat (although the spelling with a th replacing the þ was starting to become more popular) and the abbreviation for that was a y with a small t above it. This abbreviation can still be seen in reprints of the 1611 edition of the King James Version of the Bible in places such as 2 Corinthians 13:7.

thanks, Wikipedia

I vote we adopt 'ð' and/or 'θ' into our language, or bring back 'þ'

I also vote that we start spelling the two different "that"s differently to avoid the awkward phrasing that results from dancing around using them together

they're already pronounced differently, and commonly used together in conversation

but our writing system sucks

"that that" works fine vocally, but in written language it is rubbish

INSTEAD WE SHALL WRITE "ðət ðæt"
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mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21163 Location: under the bed

personally, i think we should toss out 'c'. it's either pronounced 's' or 'k', so why not use those instead? and then children wouldn't spent years wondering if it's pronounce 'seltik' or 'keltik', because who needs that kind of stress?

well, ok, maybe you need it for 'ch' which is pronounced totally differently. but otherwise, drop it!

and what's with 'g' sometimes sounding like 'j'? make up your mind already, g!
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stripeypants · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject:

I think we could keep 'c' and have it pronounced as 'ch,' which would solve the problem entirely. Then we could make it 'ch' when there needs to be a gutteral sound, as in German and Welsh.

We should also let 'g' be 'guh' and 'j' be 'djuh.'

And for fun, a random letter should just be replaced with a 5 pointed star or a smiley face.
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14323 Location: Unknown Kaddath

No no, let's adopt the Welsh system!

Usagi Miyamoto · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 2262 Location: wish I was here

A plan for the improvement of spelling in the English language

By Mark Twain / M. J. Shields*

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

Generally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeiniing voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x"— bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez —tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivili.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

*Actual provenance uncertain.
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mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21163 Location: under the bed

stripeypants · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:07 pm Post subject:

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 21163 Location: under the bed

make sure you write it in welsh so they know you are serious.

but honestly, doesn't starting things with 'ngh' indicate that speaking is painful? i mean, even the idea of following 'ngh' with 'c' is sorta hard just to read.
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 14323 Location: Unknown Kaddath

Fine then, let's adopt Mandarin.

stripeypants · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:26 pm Post subject:

C is never followed by ngh, it's replaced by it. So cwrw becames nghwrw. I think. I'm tired, I don't know if I remember it all right.

Manderin would be fun.
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