Soul of the City

My submission for the GB Pixel Art Jam 2024: Color Palette Edition.

Limitations:

- 160 x 144 pixel resolution

- A maximum of 192 unique 8 x 8 pixel tiles

- 4 color palette. From the 4 options, I used Mangavania:

This palette offered an interesting challenge, since I have always used monochrome palettes for game-boy inspired sprites. The blue and pink neon tones and the lack of a true dark color inspired me to capture a cyberpunk city illuminated even at night. I used an existing image as inspiration. The main challenge was to keep a low number of unique 8x8 tiles, which required to reestructure elements to allow for high tile repetition when possible, and which allowed to add detail in key areas. Some improvements could be made (improve dithering tiles by using the remaining unique tiles) but I ran out of time. Still, I like the final result, and I hope you do too!