04-11-2014, 06:39 AM
I was working off the lineart my friend made for me, so I didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing it out. I hope this doesn't sound like an excuse, but I'm not concerned if people miss the small details in the overworld sprites because they're not meant to convey them, anyway. If someone does notice them, good for them, but the point of the OW is just for narrative and moving between locations without having to traverse too much platform land.
I've found that in some metroidvania games, particularly in Megaman Zero/ZX, travelling anywhere you couldn't yet teleport to got really tiresome, and having already been in one big platform stage, I didn't find myself stoked for the next one; rather, I just wanted to get to the next part so I could get it overwith and continue the story. That's why I'm using the Zelda 2/Gargoyles Quest formula: to keep the platforming scenes from getting stale.
I've found that in some metroidvania games, particularly in Megaman Zero/ZX, travelling anywhere you couldn't yet teleport to got really tiresome, and having already been in one big platform stage, I didn't find myself stoked for the next one; rather, I just wanted to get to the next part so I could get it overwith and continue the story. That's why I'm using the Zelda 2/Gargoyles Quest formula: to keep the platforming scenes from getting stale.