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Move/Ability animations thread
- Thread starter dhelmise
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Hi. I know that this is called the move animations thread, but I was wondering if certain abilities could be animated? Examples would be primarily abilities that impose external influence, like Mold Breaker, Trace, Intimidate, etc and not stuff like Magic Guard or Levitate. I guess it may be a little hard to draw the line here but it's just a thought.
That's much better.How about now?
Oh. Yeah some abilities can also be animated. I mean, look at Anger Point. That's animated now.
But yeah, I'm only going to be animating only a small amount
The new POW moves look good, nice work! :]
Any chance you could use the hand (Force Palm, etc.) and POW symbols repeatedly imposed over the user for Belly Drum? The current animation doesn't really reflect that you're sacrificing half your life to use it -- it needs a little more flash. Something similar to this (though the music notes are probably unnecessary):
Any chance you could use the hand (Force Palm, etc.) and POW symbols repeatedly imposed over the user for Belly Drum? The current animation doesn't really reflect that you're sacrificing half your life to use it -- it needs a little more flash. Something similar to this (though the music notes are probably unnecessary):
SureThe new POW moves look good, nice work! :]
Any chance you could use the hand (Force Palm, etc.) and POW symbols repeatedly imposed over the user for Belly Drum? The current animation doesn't really reflect that you're sacrificing half your life to use it -- it needs a little more flash. Something similar to this (though the music notes are probably unnecessary):
Belly Drum:
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But, isn't Belly Drum exactly that?
Was suggested before, but I'm not sure how well that can work out, repeating the animation. Imagine seeing Double Slap 5 times. It would take quite a while for the turn to end. Yes you can press the skip button but, that would miss the point in having that repeat in the 1st place.
Besides, you can see in the battle log how many times the move hits so...
I'll think about it
That's why I said "bit slow". Drumming seems to be faster to me.
For what its worth the animation in game is pretty slow drumming as well. Probably about the same pace as that animation.
This might not look as good as I'm imagining it, but for Hone Claws, do you think you could use repeated "slash" particles (for moves like Sacred Sword and Fury Cutter, I think there's multiple variations of the particle) to the right of the user or superimposed over it? Currently all it has the same minimalist sparkle that Belly Drum used to.
Thanks, great work so far!
EDIT: Also because I feel bad just making random requests I thought I'd try to contribute a new particle. It took me like 5 minutes so don't feel bad trashing it lol. Still, I think something similar might be useful for various moves abilities.
Here are the moves I could see this being used for:
Let me know what you think!
Thanks, great work so far!
EDIT: Also because I feel bad just making random requests I thought I'd try to contribute a new particle. It took me like 5 minutes so don't feel bad trashing it lol. Still, I think something similar might be useful for various moves abilities.
- Mean Look
- Miracle Eye
- Baby-Doll Eyes
- Future Sight
- Mind Reader
- Foresight
- Glare
- Leer
- Scary Face
- Hypnosis (maybe)
- Misc. Psychic and Ghost moves (the eye is the Psychic symbol in TCG and has an ominous quality to it that would certain Ghost type moves)
- Intimidate
- Forewarn
- Anticipation
- Frisk
Let me know what you think!
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Yeah I guess. I'll give it a try later.
This is ridiculously big! This should be around 120px width max or something, comparing with the other fx we haveEDIT: Also because I feel bad just making random requests I thought I'd try to contribute a new particle. It took me like 5 minutes so don't feel bad trashing it lol. Still, I think something similar might be useful for various moves abilities.
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This might not look as good as I'm imagining it, but for Hone Claws, do you think you could use repeated "slash" particles (for moves like Sacred Sword and Fury Cutter, I think there's multiple variations of the particle) to the right of the user or superimposed over it? Currently all it has the same minimalist sparkle that Belly Drum used to.
Thanks, great work so far!
EDIT: Also because I feel bad just making random requests I thought I'd try to contribute a new particle. It took me like 5 minutes so don't feel bad trashing it lol. Still, I think something similar might be useful for various moves abilities.
Here are the moves I could see this being used for:
And maybe some abilities too, since they're starting to get animations:
- Mean Look
- Miracle Eye
- Baby-Doll Eyes
- Future Sight
- Mind Reader
- Foresight
- Glare
- Leer
- Scary Face
- Hypnosis (maybe)
- Misc. Psychic and Ghost moves (the eye is the Psychic symbol in TCG and has an ominous quality to it that would certain Ghost type moves)
I made it partially transparent so it could easily be overlaid with a colored particle (the Moonblast moon, etc.) to distinguish moves that use the ability, and since the particle can be mirrored, there are also cases where two eyes can be used (Baby-Doll Eyes).
- Intimidate
- Forewarn
- Anticipation
- Frisk
Let me know what you think!
Jajoken, I hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, but your eye particle gave me this idea and I think it might work better for things like Scary Face, Intimidate, etc.
That image is ripped from Gen 4's animation of Scary Face.
Possible uses in moves:
Scary Face
Glare
Nightmare
Trick-or-Treat (I know it's extremely uncommon, but I've seen it used a few times, and I've used it myself.)
Night Shade
Astonish
Shadow Sneak
Those are in-game screenshots of Shadow Sneak. I'm sure animating the black trail along the ground is more work than it's worth, so instead maybe you could try using Dark Void's animation with the face particle rising up out of the hole? Just a thought. If you don't use the face, I do still think using Dark Void's animation alone could work for Shadow Sneak.
Possible abilities:
Intimidate
A more aggressive Earth Power*
Also, spikes look very underwhelming for what the animation is supposed to look like.
But I'll give it a shot
Completely forgot about this. This does look better than using the eye. Sorry JajokenJajoken, I hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, but your eye particle gave me this idea and I think it might work better for things like Scary Face, Intimidate, etc.
That image is ripped from Gen 4's animation of Scary Face.
Possible uses in moves:
Scary Face
Glare
Nightmare
Trick-or-Treat (I know it's extremely uncommon, but I've seen it used a few times, and I've used it myself.)
Night Shade
Astonish
Shadow Sneak
Those are in-game screenshots of Shadow Sneak. I'm sure animating the black trail along the ground is more work than it's worth, so instead maybe you could try using Dark Void's animation with the face particle rising up out of the hole? Just a thought. If you don't use the face, I do still think using Dark Void's animation alone could work for Shadow Sneak.
Possible abilities:
Intimidate
Anyway I'll give both particles a shot on some moves.
Don't worry Acast, I totally agree. After all, it's literally the in game particle, so it should logically fit better. :P
I think the eye would look better on more Psychic/mystical moves (Future Sight, Mind Reader) and the ones that literally refer to eyes (Miracle Eye), but yours definitely is better for Ghost/"scary" moves.
I think the eye would look better on more Psychic/mystical moves (Future Sight, Mind Reader) and the ones that literally refer to eyes (Miracle Eye), but yours definitely is better for Ghost/"scary" moves.
