Shmup Creator | 2D Animation, Concepts, & Workflow Examples
Join me on my passion project journey to build a shooter, shoot’em up, SHMUP Using @SHMUP Creator with a ton of inspiration from a classic game genre that I have been playing my entire life, starting with Life Force on the NES. I’ll be sharing in-depths, tips & tricks, and on my usage of the excellent toolset that is Shump Creator. If you’re interested in creating your own SHMUP game with no coding required head on over to https://shmupcreator.com/ to see more!
Resources:
5 Tips For Animation: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/art/5-tips-for-making-great-animations-for-2d-games
Study Game Sprite Sheets From Games You love: https://www.spriters-resource.com/
.GIF Frame Separation Tool: https://ezgif.com/split
Photoshop Plugin For Sprite Sheet Creation: https://www.johnwordsworth.com/projects/photoshop-sprite-sheet-generator-script/
Boss Monster Animation Construction Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZzH3eKBKI4&t=3382s
00:00 Intro
06:10 DBK SHMUP Animations Examples
07:38 Sprite Sheet Use Example
09:53 Think About the Particle System In Addition to Frame Animation
13:35 Test Your Animation Workflow ASAP to Get Comfortable
15:20 Image Sizes, Engine Sprite Sheet Iteration & Engine Limitations
17:44 Example of Character Animation in Engine
24:18 Resources & Studying Existing Sprite Sheet Animations
29:24 Unreal Engine 3D Object Conversion 2D to Shmup Creator Workflow Example
38:30 5 Great Tips For 2D Game Animation
44:32 My Animation Journey, Insights and Style Development
47:48 In-Engine Size Tests
49:48 Outtro
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