Chill Bully Sprite - SM64 - Archived Requests

Would like a 64x64 version of the pre-existing bully sprite. https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=16127
Optionally with special features, specified below. I believe that these features could really diversify the Bully sprite, and be a fun sprite to interact with.

The proposed design of this sprite would be much like the Chill Bully from SM64, with the trademarked single horn. I suck at graphic making, so I opened this up for graphics as well, though I am willing to mark this as complete if just the ASM by itself has been completed, so that this thread won't be indefinitely left as open.

While Chill Bully is no bigger than the large variant of the standard Bully in SM64, the next proposed height difference would be 64x64, as both 16x16 and 32x32 sizes already exist thanks to the existing Bully sprite.

The additional behavior ideas below are intended to be treated as separate proposals per each number, though could be included with each other.

Additional Behavior Ideas: Show/Hide

1. Fireballs (either by the power up, or fire projectiles by other sprites, will cause this sprite to shrink by each size, from 64x64, to 32x32, to 16x16, before dying, and either turning into a coin, or poofing. To increase incentive, this could also drop a configurable sprite, such as the key.

2. Alternatively, this sprite could carry its frozen graphic until being warmed up by being hit with a fireball, so that it does not injure the player (either by being shoved by it, or making contact with it yourself in an attempt to push it off a ledge). Else, the Chill Bully will shove the player like normal, but temporarily freeze the player much like the projectile from the Ice Bro sprite upon Mario landing again.

2b. Instead of injuring the player, it will only freeze or stun the player, increasing risks in scenarios of either knocking the bully off of the platform, or being knocked off yourself.

3. The proposed sprite, rather than being a Chill Bully, could instead be a "thermal" bully. It could have a default state (molten, frozen, or neutral) that could be altered by power ups (such as the fire flower, or the custom already existing power up, the freeze flower). The sprite could have configurable threats per each state, such as the molten state acting similar to lava, and killing the player, or just injuring them, which would reference back to 2b, increasing the differences between a molten and frozen bully.

4. The bully could be "heavyweight" at the large size of 64x64. Rather than just being shoved by Mario while staying on the ground like the original sprite, it would have to be hit by Mario in an upwards jumping motion (or speed accelerated motion), which would slightly move the bully up in the air as it is pushed back, making a stun effect to the player as it hits the ground again. It could also emulate the ground pound effect and break blocks due to its weight. It could even be unable to be pushed when submerged in water.

5. Could be a boss. Could be injured by making contact with special wall blocks or lava, jumping back into the center of a platform to take a few more hits before being defeated. Flashing and exploding on its final hit would be a fun way to go out.

Constructive criticism to this idea, including the possibility of it and limitations to the game itself are welcomed! If it is allowed to provide a reward for those that complete this request, I will provide one.

It is my first time brainstorming a sprite idea, as well as posting in this forum section. Please let me know if I broke a rule, so that I can fix anything I've done wrong. Apologies for writing things in an unnecessarily complex manner, as well. It's a habit.

You can only request one thing at a time and since you are marking the GFX as optional I'll leave it be but I did remove the Graphics tag since posts are only suppose to have the tag for what you are requesting to not create confusion.

Originally posted by Ninja Boy

You can only request one thing at a time and since you are marking the GFX as optional I'll leave it be but I did remove the Graphics tag since posts are only suppose to have the tag for what you are requesting to not create confusion.

Okay! Thank you. I appreciate that. I figured there may have been an issue with that, but only with the consequence being that I would have to cancel or wait 30 days, as both posts would be made into one instead. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

Darn, was hoping this would have some biters, or at least some votes hahaha

This sounds kind of fun and also kind of annoying to make. I'm not super opposed, but making it 64x64 is going to eat up a full GFX slot for two frames of animation unless you do something with dynamic graphics a la Tap Tap (then it's half a graphics slot and is more annoying to code).

How many frames would you want?

I do also like some of the additional ideas. Some parts of coding this guy might be annoying (because I don't know how to do it off the top of my head) but some seem perfectly tolerable.

(Basically I'll take it but I can't do gfx for it)

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Chill Bully Sprite - SM64

Was this a good idea? First time brainstorming a sprite idea.