TSR COMPO Vol.3: "In the name of goodNES"

[Keiang]

You could try to re-use the dragon's pallete for the hearts and platforms (for a lava effect, which would cut the shades of grey down a bit). It kinda would give that "burning justice" feel that japan loves oh-so-much. Also, the captive's face looks rather odd as her face looks kinda uneven and displaced with the rest of her body (and the body itself kinda looks twisted from what the shadows of the gown shows), but sometimes re-using palletes can be a good thing, especially for a situation like this where tiles would be jam-packed into that dragon.

You also might wanna give the knight some added damage, so that way it would make it look more believable as it shows the player struggling against a tough opponent, which occured frequently in the days of yore.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2yl72he.png

• Decided to completely redo the platform tiles, and changed them to the Dragon palette.
  
• Heart palette was changed over too, which actually made me notice I threw in an extra shade by accident.
  
• Redid the captive's face and body shading.
  
• I didn't add damage, because I figured that'd be hard to read on a sprite this small.
  

I also threw a shitty plot together so there's that I suppose.

In the kingdom of Mirificus, danger lurks around every turn. For the past eighteen years, monsters summoned by the dark wizard Culus have wreaked havoc, and the wizard himself has seeked to kidnap the fair princess Hostia, and sacrifice her to summon the dark lord Nequior!

Luckily, the royal guard is there to save her, and maintain peace in the city. In fact, over the years, the kingdom has become so adept at dealing with the wizard that he's more of a minor inconvenience then an actual threat.

However, to an accident involving a grand feast and copious amounts of salmonella, anyone who could make a difference is out of commission! Save for a single person - Coby Augmen, a largely untrained squire.

...

Actually, I take that back. Everyone who could make a difference is definitely out of commission.

Save a cynical, mildly irritated princess!
Use magical artifacts and performance-enhancing potions to imitate competency!
Get beaten up by an army of monsters!

BOOST KNIGHT
Because steroids weren't invented yet~

EDIT: WHOOPS FUCKED UP A COUPLE TILES, FIXED NOW