'Sup, dudes. How're things going on down in Groovetown?

I thought I'd submit these two items I made for an old project that most likely aren't getting used any time soon. Maybe someone else can get some mileage out of them.

"Megastim" Information:

Name: Megastim
Type: Health
Palette: Doom
Summon: megastim
Use Type: Instant
Duration: Instant
Added States: No
ACS: No

Submitted: Jimmy
Decorate: Jimmy
Sprites: Jimmy
Sounds: id Software
Idea Base: Stimpack

Description: An upgraded stimpack which not only recovers double the health of a regular stimpack, but can be used until 300% health is reached.

"Megakit" Information:

Name: Megakit
Type: Health
Palette: Doom
Summon: megakit
Use Type: Instant
Duration: Instant
Added States: No
ACS: No

Submitted: Jimmy
Decorate: Jimmy
Sprites: Jimmy
Sounds: id Software
Idea Base: Medikit

Description: An upgraded medikit which not only recovers three times the health of a regular medikit, but can be used until 300% health is reached.

Sprites:



Download Link:

The recolor's a bit gaudy. A sprite edit, like widening it and putting a different symbol, could look better.

But I like the idea.

Somethin' like this, then?

The redness hurts my eyes bad... it doesn't feel consistent with the other regular medikits.

The M looks okay, but like Torm says, the red is still pretty bright. Try coloring it like the rocket boxes. Making it darker will imply a similar effect of the Berserk pack, but blue, green and red would seem too bright.

I honestly don't think the colors look that bad in-game. They're red to stand out, and also because they're really useful to come by in any situation due to their 300%-max healing properties.

I'll rezip the sprites tomorrow with some possible extra changes.

The original sprites look good to me, yes the red is gaudy but ingame it won't be displayed as fullbright most of the time. Also there's the Cacodemon...

Now all we need is an ultra-stim

Edit: Ok I messed around with the base sprites with GIMP to create these green health packs, the Doom palette is not kind to the green shading though

Would be cool to see Jimmy's original creations use the red striking red sprites, and perhaps the green ones could be for new health packs that act the same as standard ones but go beyond 100% limit up to 200%? Just an idea.

I like that idea, Captain. We can sort of circumvent the palette issue with those sprites by having them as PNGs, though that might still look a bit gaudy in software. An alternative is to bump the contrast up and use a more saturated Doom palette, like this:



(The top sprites conform to the hell_x.wad palette, the bottom ones use the same colors but conform to the ordinary Doom palette.)

I'm still in favor of using my original sprites for the megakits/stims. Partly because I'm best at recolors and nothing much more.

I've added some extra stuff into this bundle, and I'm submitting all the items as one entry to the Item Store.

Included:

• Megastim - Heals 20% up to 300%.
• Megakit - Heals 75% up to 300%.
• Ultrastim - Heals 10% up to 200%.
• Ultrakit - Heals 25% up to 200%.
• Ego Bonus - Heals 2% up to 300%.
• Blood Bonus - Heals 5% up to 300%.
• Life Bonus - Heals 50% up to 300%.

If there are any changes that still need to be made before approval, let me know.

These actually look really good in-game. Maybe a bit bright, but the red medikits and stimpacks aren't an eyesore.

At least for me they aren't.