MMV Christmas event 2023: Atomica WIP Reveal

Hello there !
I present you my latest, newest, and soonest to be released WIP: Atomica, from DC Comics' Crime Syndicate !
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It's my first fully made character (meaning "not a spriteswap") made from the MvDC Template with the purpose to learn something new, like I try with every new creation.

I was supposed the release it to close this event, but I still have some things to add for the character to be completed, like you can see in the video below:



I'm bummed of having to delay the release, but I prefer that over rushing things this character desparately needs.

Feel free if you have any remark !
I hope you like it

Nice wip and stage. She is progressing well.

Raijjin wrote:

Hello there !
I present you my latest, newest, and soonest to be released WIP: Atomica, from DC Comics' Crime Syndicate !
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It's my first fully made character (meaning "not a spriteswap") made from the MvDC Template with the purpose to learn something new, like I try with every new creation.

I was supposed the release it to close this event, but I still have some things to add for the character to be completed, like you can see in the video below:



I'm bummed of having to delay the release, but I prefer that over rushing things this character desparately needs.

Feel free if you have any remark !
I hope you like it

This looks really cool! One of my favorite reveals this event. I love characters that adjust their size - I assume she's the DC Crime Syndicate version?

Good luck with her!

I wanna all syndicate!!!!

Wow! It's looking fantastic on you! The Crime Syndicate will be magnificently strengthened. The only thing I didn't understand was the special attack on horseback. How did you come up with that?

Ouah! Ça te va à merveille ! Le Syndicat du Crime sera magnifiquement renforcé. La seule chose que je n'ai pas comprise, c'est l'attaque spéciale à cheval. Comment en êtes-vous arrivée là ?

¡Guau! ¡Te esta quedando fantástica! El Sindicato del Crimen quedará magnificamente reforzado. Lo único que no entendí fue el ataque especial a caballo ¿Como se te ocurrió?

shame she wont be released during the event but she looks great. the animations and sprites very well done. we understand take your time with her

Really great sprite work, and the moves are very nice! You just keep getting better and better

This is among the most anticipated works for sure.

I love your take on this character. The progress looks decent, but idk, something feels lacking. I know this is a WIP, so there must be more to her when you release her in the future. I hope that you can speed several things up, such as transformation or transition into some moves. Several moves feel slow.
Also, idk what the purpose of her being smaller to about half of her normal size. She can still be hit with mid/low punches/kicks. Perhaps you can make her even smaller so that only low punches/kicks can hit her, or instead make it an evasion move (just like a parry or knockback-block or counterattack in other characters).

Cool

This is an excellent add

animaraz wrote:

Wow! It's looking fantastic on you! The Crime Syndicate will be magnificently strengthened. The only thing I didn't understand was the special attack on horseback. How did you come up with that?

To be frank, I didn't read much about this character, I really started to work on it to try some ideas. So when I was looking for hyper moves, I googled the char and saw this image:
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I'm not really sure where it fits in her style, but it allowed me to do something different here, so I took the opportunity.

RO-X wrote:

I love your take on this character. The progress looks decent, but idk, something feels lacking. I know this is a WIP, so there must be more to her when you release her in the future. I hope that you can speed several things up, such as transformation or transition into some moves. Several moves feel slow.
Also, idk what the purpose of her being smaller to about half of her normal size. She can still be hit with mid/low punches/kicks. Perhaps you can make her even smaller so that only low punches/kicks can hit her, or instead make it an evasion move (just like a parry or knockback-block or counterattack in other characters).

Thanks for your input! I think somethings off too, still trying to figure out what.
I know she feels slow, and that's kinda the case, because the original AI of the character was able to combo reaaaaallly fast, so I might have gone a bit overboard here  [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
I'll probably change all of that when I make an AI, but dosing this kind of things is a bit hard, so we'll see how it goes.
Now, for her small form, there is a good reason: it's not a move, but her crouch. When I built the character, I had to choose her gameplay style, so I figured out I could make a character really based on being grounded, and removed most air manoeuvrability in favor of a walking crouch. Thing is, a walking crouch can be OP if not made correctly, so I chose to put her small form at the same height than a normal crouching char, or you'll just have a char who's always small and evading too much stuff. I gave her a reducted dash too to help getting close without getting hit.
Her micro uppercut form can serve the dodging purpose for now, as it may already be too OP.

But I'll work a bit more on her movements, I'm still not sure about her back dash, it feels lackluster but I'm still thinking about what form I can give it.

I noticed your progress on atomica expecially that hyper we try to adjust ...you are making a perfect work , continue with her and really thanks for your preview on Christmas event

Excellent addition. Like what I see thus far.

very promising!!!