A short linear story, exploring textmode / tile art. No special ending, just enjoy the last image.

My contribution to bitsy jam #80 "no dialogue" ... hence, no regular bitsy dialogue!

Developed with bipsi.

All art (including music) by me, but with several tiles by

Mrmo https://mrmotarius.itch.io/
Data door https://twitter.com/datad00r
VectorPixelStar

Updated 12 days ago
Published 13 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Authorjsmonzani
GenreInteractive Fiction
Tags8-Bit, artgame, Atmospheric, bipsi, Bitsy, Lo-fi, Narrative, Pixel Art, Retro, Short

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The sense of space is incredible !

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Ooh thanks! That's an interesting feedback!

this was lovely!

Aww thank you!

I absolutely adore the art for this. Such a tender little experience. Thank you 

Thank you very much! I wanted to try a special art style while carrying some simple emotion, your feedback is thus exactly what I was hoping for! ❤️ I'm really glad you felt this, thanks for sharing!

I love that it has no actual ending. You just get to stand and breathe with this person you love while this really nice song plays. Beautiful!

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Thank you, I'm really happy that you felt it,  it's exactly the idea!

Incredible art!! I think I’m going to take a walk outside and look at the trees because of this.

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Thank you! YES, please take your time to look at the trees and flowers :) 

As I like to draw scenes that contain vegetation, I naturally began to observe trees and plants with more and more attention. Through this hobby, I realize that I have developed a greater appreciation for nature.

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(by the way, I'm just back from a walk and I looked at the trees on the way ;) )

Beautiful, all around. So good!

Thank you!!

this is SOOOO lovely. really enjoy the textures and colours!!! thanks for posting about your process in the other comments, as well - definitely going to have to try lvllvl out next time i do a bipsi

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Thank you and you're quite welcome about the tools. I'm unsure if I'll release publicly my lvllvl to bipsi plugin, so feel free to nudge me when you'll need it! You can also export an image with lvllvl which might even be easier.

oh awesome!!! thank you so much :D

that was lovely 

Thank you!!

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Frankly, this is the most beautiful bitsy I've ever seen.

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Oh wow, that was unexpected. Thank you! I've combined different tools for this, from the amazing lvllvl textmode art editor to bipsi (a variant of bitsy's constraints, in an easier package IMHO), all thanks to a custom-coded importer. I like when my coding skills can me serve my art and that's exactly why I love these mini jams! 😅 I'm not much a gamer, much more of artist who likes to sometimes use game tools as a recreation from my usual artwork. Maybe these tools will inspire you too!

Beautiful game, I really love the art!

Thank you! I had fun exploring the visual art (as usual for me) 😀

Another banger

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Thank you so much for your enjoying it!

Loooove the music in this, as well as the art. Beautiful little story.

Really impressed with your use of the Mrmo tileset too. Any tips or insight into your workflow?

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it! 

I've used the amazing lvllvl text art editor for creating the scenes (after merging in a pixel art editor the tiles I had designed with a selection of mrmo and others). I've also created in lvllvl a 7 colors palette to match bipsi's limitations. I'm guessing you're impressed with the images that look pretty complex: there's an option in lvllvl to convert a regular image to a selection of tiles. I've then tweaked the outcome. 

Finally, I've adapted a bipsi plugin to import my levels.

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Glad you made a new Bipsi! Welcome back!

Thank you for the warm welcome back! It was fun for once to respect the color limitations of bipsi!