06-02-2015, 09:40 AM
I considered that, but look at the blue Inkling right in front of the oil pump. He really doesn't blend in with the background, even though he shares shades with it. Adding grey to replace one of the blues would have made the sky look really awkward. I also considered making it split-screen, but I really wanted to nail the platformer aestetic, and I didn't think the NES would be able to handle two scrolling backgrounds at once.
If I was aiming for a more game-accurate Splatoon design, without the backgrounds and tiles I wanted to practice making, I'd have made it a black-field, top down game, like Pac-Man or Clu-Clu land. But I wanted to nail the environmental aesthetic in a platformer setting. I might try to make the black field version too, though....
If I was aiming for a more game-accurate Splatoon design, without the backgrounds and tiles I wanted to practice making, I'd have made it a black-field, top down game, like Pac-Man or Clu-Clu land. But I wanted to nail the environmental aesthetic in a platformer setting. I might try to make the black field version too, though....