This post was last modified: Jul 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM by Spritanium.

Lately I've been really tickled by the idea of a "fangame" that uses original designs and can be sold without legal issues. From that idea these four friends were born: Spritey, Snuckles, Ed, and The Princess.

In theory this would be a Paper Mario-style RPG where you meet your partners in legally-distinct worlds. You might meet Snuckles in a "Verdant Hilly Zone", or the Princess in a "Kingdom that has many vegetables including but not limited to Mushrooms". Ed is from Pocketmania, that's a gimme. Of course the words Sonic, Mario, and Pokemon would appear nowhere in the game or branding. No idea how this would actually work out in terms of C&D notices, but it sure would be fun to try.

The sprites themselves are pretty similar to PM64, but they're 8-bit. I think 8-bit sprites against a 3D world with some amount of dynamic shading would make for some pretty cool contrast.

I exported Ed's arm 1px too high but I'm too lazy to fix it (doesn't bode well for my ability to complete an entire game)

Pocketball Go

This post was last modified: Jul 11, 2024 at 11:08 PM by Spritanium.

Bonus: Naughty Pirate head



I am proud of this guy, he has evolved so much that he looks literally nothing like Dr Eggman anymore.

i love the color palette, this is some certified good shit

love these sprites, good shit

This post was last modified: Jul 14, 2024 at 8:20 AM by Vertette.

good sprites though they're a bit saturated for my tastes but i could see this appearing in a real game and now i need it in my life

i want this to be a whole game so fucking bad dude

This post was last modified: Jul 12, 2024 at 11:11 PM by Spritanium.

@T-man I gotta put Douchebag Dave in this too

Anyway this has already received a more positive response than any other project I've done, so I'm gonna try to figure out unity 3D

if you need a way to get this published on consoles give me a PM and we'll make this happen

This post was last modified: Jul 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM by Spritanium.

Citizens of Pocketmania

This is a Mushroom Person. It doesn't look like anything else

Very early WIP Pocketmania music
https://soundcloud.com/keith-pickering/mixdown

This post was last modified: Aug 26, 2024 at 10:19 PM by Spritanium.

Added drums, god damn this sounds ridiculous https://soundcloud.com/keith-pickering/pocketmania-bgm4

These are some of Snuckles' acquaintances from the Fangame Talent Agency. They are constantly auditioning for fangames and hoping to make it big one day.

Added drums, god damn this sounds ridiculous https://soundcloud.com/keith-pickering/pocketmania-bgm

I wanna be , pretty good, and capture some of guys

Ed's dream is to be a decent Pocketman Coach, not the best by any means, but maybe top 100

This post was last modified: Oct 10, 2024 at 11:27 AM by Spritanium.

Battle Theme WIP. This is based on the battle theme Yoshiman did for Paper TEotU back in like 2008

https://on.soundcloud.com/SV8bL

This post was last modified: Oct 14, 2024 at 6:27 PM by Spritanium.

I think I finally thought of a name for this thing



Edit: playing around w/ different styles