Josh Renaud
Ugh ... sprites and animation are so hard. And the limitations of creating this for IGS makes them even harder!
No wonder I waited six years since the last time I attempted to make an animation with a story/dialogue.
I made a ton of progress on Calvin today, and I wrote a script. Hopefully now I can stop spinning my wheels on the coding, and bear down on putting it all together.
#igs #atarist #pixelart #animation #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #atari #bbs #bbsing
Josh Renaud
BY THE WAY -- I'm still seeking pixel art-y folks to draw in IGS format. I want to release the world's first all-IGS artpack by New Year's!
What's IGS?
A graphics protocol for 80s/90s BBSes. Overview here:
https://breakintochat.com/wiki/Instant_Graphics_and_Sound_(IGS)
Who used it?
Check out my in-depth history:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
How can I draw it today?
Try my experimental browser-based tool:
https://breakintochat.com/atari/igs.js/
Where do I send the art when I'm done?
To me! josh (at) joshrenaud (dot) com
Josh Renaud
AND -- If you're curious about my animation from six years ago, it was an ANSI art mashup of Star Trek and Christmas, entitled "Star Trek: The Trouble With The Rangifer Tarandus."
Goofy but funny, or at least my kids thought so.
Josh Renaud
I'm still seeking pixel art-y folks to draw in IGS format. I want to release the world's first all-IGS artpack!
What's IGS?
A graphics protocol for 80s/90s BBSes. Overview here:
https://breakintochat.com/wiki/Instant_Graphics_and_Sound_(IGS)
Who used it?
Check out my in-depth history:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
How can I draw it today?
Try my experimental browser-based tool:
https://breakintochat.com/atari/igs.js/
Where do I send the art when I'm done?
To me! josh (at) joshrenaud (dot) com
Lover of Atari, BBSes and retro tech. I'm the amateur historian behind the "Break Into Chat" wiki and blog. In my professional life, I'm a journalist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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