Wyrdysm Games

I'm new here, and these will be the first designs I've posted on the forums. They're my best and I'm hoping for some nice feedback.
The Minoan fleet is a tough regiment of thick-hulled ships employing energy beams as their only form of weaponry.
I followed a naming theme of hammers for the fleet. The Minoans, if I remember correctly, were the first civilization to smelt iron. (Edit: No, they're not, it was the Hittites. Sorry.) So it kinda works. (Doesn't.)

Name: Sledgehammer
Class: Command Battleship
Size: ~1600 Meters

Deployed:

Armament:
4x Heavy X-ray Energy Beams
8x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams
2x PDB (Point Defense Beam)
1x Assault Flare Beam
1x Citadel Beam (Deployed only)


Name: Maul
Class: Light Battleship
Size: ~1100 Meters

Deployed:

Armament:
3x Heavy Pulse Beams
6x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams
1x PDB (Point Defense Beam)
2x Superheavy Afocal Beam (Deployed only)


Name: Tenderizer
Class: Assault Battlecruiser
Size: ~700 Meters

Deployed:

Armament:
4x Light Flare Beams
2X Heavy Focus Beams
4x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams
1x Continuous Output Sol Beam Cannon (Deployed only)


Name: Mallet
Class: Support Battlecruiser
Size: ~650 Meters

Armament:
2x Heavy Semi-Focal Beam Turrets
4x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams
4x PDB (Point Defense Beam)


Name: Warhammer
Class: Assault Cruiser
Size: ~400 Meters

Armament:
2x Spinal X-Ray Energy Beams
4x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams


Name: Anvil
Class: Support Cruiser
Size: ~350 Meters

Armament:
2x Long-Range Remote Hull Regenerators
3x Focused Light Energy Beams


Name: Spike (As in, railroad spike, which is pounded in with a hammer.)
Class: Battle Frigate
Size: ~100 Meters

Armament:
2x Focused Light Energy Beams

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?67mui0b5j4jzzck

Rate & review, thanks!

Neato. I like the designs alot! nice job in my opinion. but then again, what do I know...

they suffer just a bit from some tiling but otherwise i think look great!

LongcatX wrote:they suffer just a bit from some tiling but otherwise i think look great!

I dunno what tiling is. Could you explain?

By tile-ing (dunno if its actually a word or how to spell it) I assume he means repeatedly using the same section, although personally, I think you should ignore him. For the skill level you're at, the "tiling" is done extremely well.

In all honesty there is nothing noticably wrong with your ships, they look like demon pine trees. The tenderizer and mallet are probably the best, although all of them are quite good. Perhaps the green is just a bit (emphasis on bit) too saturated, but I doubt anyone cares about that. All thats left is to practice more and get a better feel for how shiny sprites go together.
I REALLY look forward to what else you can do.

Doogie12 wrote:By tile-ing (dunno if its actually a word or how to spell it) I assume he means repeatedly using the same section, although personally, I think you should ignore him. For the skill level you're at, the "tiling" is done extremely well.

In all honesty there is nothing noticably wrong with your ships, they look like demon pine trees. The tenderizer and mallet are probably the best, although all of them are quite good. Perhaps the green is just a bit (emphasis on bit) too saturated, but I doubt anyone cares about that. All thats left is to practice more and get a better feel for how shiny sprites go together.
I REALLY look forward to what else you can do.

Here's something I made up today.


Name: Gavel
Class: Carrier Battleship
Size: ~1000 Meters

Armament:
4x Focused Heavy Beams
2x Heavy Radio Beams
8x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beams
1x Long-Range Remote Hull Regenerator
1x Ship Deployment Bay (Stock:5 Nail-Class Corvettes)
2x Heavy Selective Shielding Generators


Name: Nail
Class: Battle Corvette
Size: ~50 Meters

Armament:
1x Afocal Auto-Pulse Beam

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7pg77d1pkxok7bz

Well what I will say is that they are pretty well put together. There is definitely something that appeals to me about some of them, but I would say your next step should be to experiment with more interesting shapes.

Some old & new. Here's a ship I made up a while ago.

Name: Illiad
Class: Capital Battleship
Size: ~2000 Meters

Armament:
4x Dual Heavy Turbolaser Turrets
10x Light Energy Rifles
4x Auto Light Energy Rifles
10x Light Flak Cannons
1x Rorschach Resistor Device (It's the orb at the back, guys.)

And something I made in fifteen minutes, five minutes ago.

Name: Broadsword
Class: Pocket Battleship
Size: ~1000 Meters

Armament:
1x Spinal LGMC (Laser Guided Mortar Cannon)
2x Medium Laser Cannon Turret
2x Auto-Flak Turrets


Thanks, download here!
http://www.mediafire.com/?f7gl2mrcm2gdms7

Both are excellent. The first is absolutely FLAWLESS (except maybe close up the gap in the front, but thats your own taste). It kind of looks like some of Anna's stuff...who are you?
The second one is an extremely weird shape, and I absolutely love it. They have excellent sectionwork.
You have proved yourself worthy.

Thanks, um... Worthy of what?

Here's some unorganized junk, it's mostly hit-or-miss. Not gonna do special stats for all of these.

Name: Warhead
Class: Battlecruiser


Name: Gabriel
Class: Battlecruiser


Name: Scorpion
Class: Battlecruiser


Name: Shredder
Class: Battlecruiser


Name: Gnat
Class: Light Cruiser


Name: Isis
Class: Cruiser


Name: Jaguar (Notably my second moving/trigger ship.)
Class: Cruiser

Deployed:


Name: Mustang
Class: Cruiser


Name: Ridgeback
Class: Cruiser


Name: Sirius
Class: Cruiser


Name: Ry'Zek (Notably my first and only bio ship.)
Class: Giant Fucking Space Creature [Cruiser]


Name: TM-90 (Notably my first moving/trigger ship. I think. Maybe. Probably.)
Class: Cruiser

Deployed:


Name: Myre (I don't make many battleships; I've posted them all here, and this is my least favorite.)
Class: Battleship


Name: LOIC-7K (I use these as targets for new ships.)
Class: Satellite



Thanks. I'll make a download if there's any demand, otherwise these'll just be relics. I used some custom sprites (guns) though, so you're in for a bit of work if you want to play with em.

The Illiad is...ya its a damn nice piece of work. From the way its assembled to the details, I'm very impressed. The Broadsword reminds me of Megatron(ie make it transform! lol). Of the bunch of ships you just posted, I applaud your willingness and skill in trying other styles.

jwa8402 wrote:The Illiad is...ya its a damn nice piece of work. From the way its assembled to the details, I'm very impressed. The Broadsword reminds me of Megatron(ie make it transform! lol). Of the bunch of ships you just posted, I applaud your willingness and skill in trying other styles.

The Illiad is my second favorite battleship... After the Sledgehammer. I usually use it as a stock enemy vs new battleships or fleets.
And, thank you, I like to make different types of things often.

Also, made this today.

Name: Ogre
Class: Heavy Cruiser
Size: ~800 Meters

Armament:
1x Superheavy Railgun
1x Dual Torpedo Tube
2x Automatic Cannon
2x Autogun

That's... incredible. In fact, all of your ships have been incredible. I doubt I could hold a BIC to you, much less a candle. Personally, I think you should stick with the asymmetrical route. That's where, IMO, your best work is.

Here's a couple neat things.

Name: Mjolnir
Class: Battlecruiser
Size: ~900 Meters

Armament:
2x Railcannon (Yes, the huge things strapped to the front.)
2x Light Rocket Pod
2x Charge Cannon
2x Pulse Turret


Name: Excalibur
Type: Assault Cruiser
Size: ~600 Meters

Armament:
2x Dual Artillery Turret
4x Autogun

Good evening friends! Back with more ships. I decided to play with asymmetry a bit.
First up, the patrol cruiser-class Blutsauger.

Equipped with a port grenade launcher, frontal MIRV cannon, autocannon mount and flak turrets.

Now for the Malnumera heavy battlecruiser!

Malnumera is an old pirate's vessel, augmented with strapped-on engines, additional armor plating, and aftermarket upgrades and weapons. She may appear to be a hunk of junk, but Malnumera is one of the most fearsome ships in the galaxy.