Attention : this tutorial is for people that are starting in mugen, the stuff is for to make a char without complication and easier than a mugen experienced creator.
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for to make your sprites you can use different techniques for it.
1 - technique do it yourself : if you are many skill in drawing and get to make your own sprites, then congrats!!
2 - technique similar body base : you can use the body base of a char that has the same structure of your char
3 - technique frankenspriting : you can to crop and paste so many parts of the other chars or the own char to make a new image.
You need to make these poses:
LEVEL 1 : THE BASE
STAND
WALKING
INTRO
WIN
LOSE
TAUNT
CROUCH
JUMP
DEFENSE
GETHIT
DIZZY
DIED
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LEVEL 2 : NORMAL MOVES
3 STAND PUNCHES
3 STAND KICKS
3 CROUCH PUNCHES
3 CROUCH KICKS
3 JUMP PUNCHES
3 JUMP KICKS
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LEVEL 3 : SPECIAL ATTACKS
it depends the amount of attacks you char will have.
my chars has 5 special attacks = 5 poses, but your chars can to have 2 or 3 poses = 2 or 3 attacks.
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LEVEL 4 : HYPER MOVES
you can make 1 or 2 or 3 hypers if you want. my advice is 2 or 3 only.
you can use the created sprites to form the hyper pose too, or create a exclusive pose if you want like that.
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create window folders and save the made sprites in organized names.
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LEVEL 5 : CHOOSE THE SOUND THAT COMBINE WITH THE PERSONALITY OF YOUR CHAR.
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LEVEL 6 : MAKE 6 OR 12 PALETTES FOR YOUR CHAR.
the last color of the palette will be always invisible in mugen.
example : FLUORESCENT PINK OR FLUORESCENT GREEN
Your images must are in BMP 256 colors of deep.
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LEVEL 7 : CERTIFY ABOUT THE HITBOXES FOR ALL YOUR SPRITES
hiboxes are where your char hit the attack and where it will be hurt.
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LEVEL 8 : CHOOSE A STUFF FOR CREATE THE ATTACKS FOR YOUR CHAR.
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LEVEL 9 : USE THE FIGHTER FACTORY TO HELP YOU IN ALL.
USE TOO THE WINDOWS PAINT OR PHOTOSHOP OR PAINTNET OR ANOTHER PROGRAM TO HELP IN IT LIKE YOU WANT.
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LEVEL 10 : DONĀ“T BE AFFRAID YOU WORK WILL BE HATED FOR ONE, BUT LOVED FOR OTHER.
ASKING FOR DOUBTS YOU HAVE AT THE PROCESS.