Discussion: Morag weapon design

[HDembinski]

As mentioned in another thread, I volunteer to design new sprites for the Morag weapons/armor: Dart, Sword, Robe, Shield.

@Pyrdacor Do you have some design in mind?

Here is my take: The Moranians already know how to combine technology with magic and they have access to unusual materials. They evolved and developed their culture on a moon which is largely a desert. The desert is apparently rich in sand, we can expect them to have mastered making weapons from magically hardened glass. Also remember that the wall which blocks the way to the Morag Machine is made from extremely hard "crystal" (which may be magically hardened glass). There are also glass/crystal design elements found in the main city on Morag and in peoples homes.

So dart, sword, and shield should look like they are made from glass / crystal. The Morag robe should mimic the robes that you see the lizards wearing, so mainly a big hood.

[Pyrdacor]

Good ideas. I would also go with crystal components in the equipment. I had no other things in mind.

[Pyrdacor]

Any news on this? Are you still planning to create some sprites?

[HDembinski]

Lately I haven't had any spare time for hobby projects, so I have to withdraw. :( Nevertheless, I would be good if you could provide some technical info. How many different colors can one use when designing these icons? Is the palette limited in some way? What is the size of the icon in pixels? Height x width?

[Pyrdacor]

If the graphics should be compatible to the Amiga version (which I would prefer) it must be a 16x16 pixel graphic with the following palette: https://github.com/Pyrdacor/Ambermoon/blob/master/Graphics/UIPalette.png (there is a small download button on this page to download it). There are 32 colors in total.

Note that the first color (black) is used for transparency for items. So don't use it as a color. You can just create PNGs and make the transparent areas really transparent. My tools will map transparency to color index 0 automatically.

[macce2]

Please make Any enchancements you might create Amiga compatible,
whenever possible !