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Title: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: mh777 on July 08, 2013, 04:04:07 am

Welp, here's my entry for the MUGEN Guild Stage Creation Competition of 2013!

(http://mugenorama.smeenet.org/images/stages/moondrive.png)

Long story time:

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So basically, I've had this idea floating around in various forms throughout the years: creating an original stage inspired by the many NES/Famicom bootleg fighters.  I really love the aesthetics of those games, the backgrounds in particular, because of the limitations involved in technology.  From that, I set about to creating a stage that could believably exist in an NES bootleg fighter.  I went through a few concepts (such as a Canabalt-inspired city scene), but the idea of a dirt road overlooking a moonlit lake appealed more to me in the end.  Also, that meant I had an excuse to steal a song title for the stage's name. :p

Long story short: this is a labor of love created from scratch. No rips, just stuff created from hours of research and studying NES/Famicom bootlegs! :)

Features:
-A stage originally designed for 256x240 screens brought into a 320x240 world! (Meaning: it would have been wider on an NES screen, but it's not as wide on a MUGEN screen. See, totally conceptual. ;p )
-Completely original graphics completely drawn by me! Completely.
-Minor super-jump support!
-Animations - blinking stars! The moonlight's reflection in the water!
-No music! Because I can't think of a good song to include (that isn't Moonlight Drive by the Doors. Which would be completely inappropriate, anyways.).

Anyhoo, here's the link for the stage: http://mugenorama.smeenet.org/stages/moondrive.zip (http://mugenorama.smeenet.org/stages/moondrive.zip)

Enjoy, and best of luck to the other participants in this year's competition! :)

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: Sinnesloschen on July 08, 2013, 05:18:44 am

mh777 said, July 08, 2013, 04:04:07 am

Canabalt-inspired city scene

You should have done this. :P

Nice release.

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: MellyInChains on July 08, 2013, 05:24:02 am

awesome, totally getting this

as for the music, since i assume there's no NES renditions of songs by the doors, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCNJUctFdc) for laffs?

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: mh777 on July 08, 2013, 06:16:27 am

Thank you both :)

C.A.N said, July 08, 2013, 05:18:44 am

mh777 said, July 08, 2013, 04:04:07 am

Canabalt-inspired city scene

You should have done this. :P

I still have what little sprites I whipped up for it still around, and with the pace I work at, perhaps it'll be ready for next year's competition!   :lugoi:

MelvanaInChains said, July 08, 2013, 05:24:02 am

as for the music, since i assume there's no NES renditions of songs by the doors, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCNJUctFdc) for laffs?

Ha, this actually fits well enough for my tastes!  Surprised I didn't even consider music from the actual bootlegs themselves.

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: Synck on July 08, 2013, 02:08:31 pm

nice release maan! :D
so you learned how to make good 8 bit stuff...that's nice (well I know that a little)
so I see koopa on that picture (it's not request),it looks better than mine koopa...

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: Ex☆Cham on July 08, 2013, 08:57:48 pm

You even added the sahdow from the moutains to the lake nice detail.
Just that blue line (Water) between the montains and the reflection looks kinda wrong there imo.
lol this will look good with 8-bits Koopa XD

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: Aldo on July 09, 2013, 09:08:08 pm

Created from scratch?? this is already top 5 for me, gotta appreciate that gesture :D

Title: Re: Moonlight Drive - An NES bootleg-inspired stage! (Stage Competition version)
Post by: mh777 on July 09, 2013, 10:12:52 pm

Cruz-Ko Excahm said, July 08, 2013, 08:57:48 pm

You even added the sahdow from the moutains to the lake nice detail.
Just that blue line (Water) between the montains and the reflection looks kinda wrong there imo.
lol this will look good with 8-bits Koopa XD

The blue line is supposed to be where the water meets the land.  With the intentionally limited palette I was working with, I had to find a way to show that. :)

Aldo said, July 09, 2013, 09:08:08 pm

Created from scratch?? this is already top 5 for me, gotta appreciate that gesture :D

Yup. Everything you see in the stage was all done by hand. That was one of my goals with the stage.

Again, thanks for the kind words and feedback, folks! :)