Nep Heart

Why Goku never made it into Smash.

Decided to finally have a thread up to post the visual art I have done, mostly focusing on artwork of my OCs. Wasn't too confident enough in my own capabilities, but decided for it anyway. It'll range from stuff like lineart to pixel art and more.
 
 Here is a line sketch of Aya Himura, my mascot OC.
 
  

It might have something to do with how most AI guarding codes just repeatedly go to the guarding states for every single tick.  If done improperly, you get things like characters seemingly stuck in their "about to guard" anim instead of their actual guarding anim, characters not getting pushed back after blocking and sometimes even recovering from it faster than usual, and of course double gravity in the air.
 
The latter is prevalent because it's admittedly not an easy thing to fix as it requires overwriting the common guard states, which might lead to even more problems if not done correctly.

Let's start from square 1. Judgespear. The most probable main reason for his popularity was because he was one of the first to use Warner's Homer in a Mugen video. Of course, the idea of Homer taking on the likes of Ryu and co. was silly, but it's the idea that people liked. JS would later make a group called Team SMRT to update that Homer(Spoilers: It wasn't that much better from the original version and the original version had it's share of serious flaws). They would later do the same for Warner's Peter and Giant chicken when they got released(Same results as Homer [There was also an edit to a Johnny Maximum but I think that was a solo JS thing]). People from this era will remember JS's Peter vs. Sakura video for appearing in G4TV's Attack of the show as a MvC1 hack with Peter Griffin.
 
Did JS pioneer the way for Mugen videos on YT? Honestly no. There were others who also did Mugen videos at the time, he wasn't even the first. JS just happened to be the most noteworthy one of them all.
 
Mugen teams
 
The short version is that these were the a person's current rotation of characters that he would most likely use in a Mugen video. The long version is that people used these teams as a way to express their individuality and style. I don't know what the first Mugen team was but it certainly took off and you saw it very prominently among the YT Mugen community. It also made for another storytelling method as people would use them to tell their adventures as an excuse for certain Mugen fights. Nowadays, there are only very few of these teams left.
 
Everyone hates, cheapie busters, etc.
 
People hate broken shit. Simple as that. Criticism was much harsher back in the day. And their way was to...well....do this. It's not done so much anymore because we realized this was stupid.
 
The criticism
 
I look at that thread link you posted.and I don't see what it has to do with this. But I will mention that back in the day, accuracy to source was pretty much everything. But this was due to the stigma from most custom creations being really bad like......like current day PotS style. So really nothing has changed, it's just not as vocal.
 
Uh no, a character being broken does in fact mean it isn't well made. As cool as Reu's evil duo looked, they were broken for the wrong reasons. His Dragon Claw is the only one I can consider well made if you treat him like a boss character. AI has nothing to do with it. I've seen well made characters with strong AI and poorly done ones with weak AI.
 
The Drama
 
Ah yes, drama. Let's be honest, no matter the era, there will always be drama. That Haruhi you mentioned did become busted in later updates adding unnecessary stuff and ultimately becoming a fetish character. I do remember a certain someone being offended when their Waifu got beaten, which was really stupid and made him an easy target to spite.
 
Yea, the drama was ridiculous but when is drama not ridiculous? Honestly, JS says that's the reason he left, but I think it was because he got dragged into it and became part of the drama as well. The other reason could be that he was looking for a way out of Mugen to focus on his fan games and he found it this way.
 
Conclusion
 
The era shouldn't be forgotten. We can't pretend it didn't happen. It wasn't all bad, there were some good moments that came from it and some of the stuff is still used now. Heck, I dare say it also produced the best YT Mugen videos. There was more variety in character usage and it's just more exciting to see a human player overcome the odds. Most videos now are just cookie cutter Capcom and SNK characters in AI battles.

Hey there. Hope you enjoy your stay here.
 
 Heh, I see that you've been doing MUGEN longer than me even though you've joined here later than I did.

I'd love a good Neptune for MUGEN. 

For the first time ever, I showcase my Sayaka Miki project in a few test matches.

Despite having only 7 months of experience with MUGEN at the time this topic is first posted, I've decided to start my own character project roughly late May after expressing interest from tinkering with pre-existing characters in my MUGEN roster. While this character takes Otz-Kai's Sayaka Miki as a basis for most of her sprites, sounds and gameplay concepts, she is otherwise built from the ground up tailored to my own idea for a custom gameplay style. She's currently in late alpha stage as of this post date, but she'll likely be ready for beta in a month or two as she'll need a bit of cleaning and fixing before then.
 
Teaser from about a week into making the character: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ledv3
The progress made about a month after the first teaser: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ohcme
 
Showcasing Sayaka's supers:
1. Aria
2. Tempestoso
3. Grandioso
4. Affettuoso
 
Some aesthetics: 
Cheap KO
Affettuoso Finisher
 
Sayaka's comeback gimmick: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6pcrad

Showing off Sayaka's comeback gimmick.

Made a lot of progress within the month and a half in working on Sayaka Miki. She should be ready for beta by next month or so.

A recurring pattern that is surprisingly popular in MUGEN characters, but I cannot stand nonetheless are both AI related...
 
- AIs that cheat in ways that are literally impossible for human players to achieve without heavily modifying a character to mimic said cheap AI's abilities. Stuff like being able to perform and spam attacks that are normally charge commands immediately, using attacks for free that normally require meter, combos that are impossible to do for the character normally (such as chaining light attacks from heavy attacks when a human player is not allowed to do that) and other bypass of certain character restrictions.
 
- "Perfect Play" AIs. Ironically, in spite of the fact they don't actually cheat like the above, I usually find them worse than character breaking AIs. I don't consider them well-made in a gameplay sense and, as a matter of fact, a way to (over)compensate for actually competent AI coding skills. They're just not fun to deal with either even by a challenge-seeking standpoint.

A recurring pattern that is surprisingly popular in MUGEN characters, but I cannot stand nonetheless are both AI related...
 
- AIs that cheat in ways that are literally impossible for human players to achieve without heavily modifying a character to mimic said cheap AI's abilities. Stuff like being able to perform and spam attacks that are normally charge commands immediately, using attacks for free that normally require meter, combos that are impossible to do for the character normally (such as chaining light attacks from heavy attacks when a human player is not allowed to do that) and other bypass of certain character restrictions.
 
- "Perfect Play" AIs. Ironically, in spite of the fact they don't actually cheat like the above, I usually find them worse than character breaking AIs. I don't consider them well-made in a gameplay sense and, as a matter of fact, a way to (over)compensate for actually competent AI coding skills. They're just not fun to deal with either even by a challenge-seeking standpoint.

Made a lot of progress within the month and a half in working on Sayaka Miki. She should be ready for beta by next month or so.

Click the author names below the images to download! Red text means a character is offline.

CHARACTER SELECT

 
Haruhi Suzumiya: 1st: Choiyer: Old - 1.0 update / Choiyer + Zerosennin / Nep Heart / YU-TOHARU / 2nd: Yogoroneko ||  Mikuru Asahina: 1st: Minoo / 2nd: D. Demianoff
 

 
Yuki Nagato: 1st: I@  / I@ + Seravy / TwistedSynapse / 2nd: Drowin / 3rd: Yogoroneko / LJH  || Kyon: 1st: Minoo  / 2nd: Minoo + Unknown Editor
 

 
Itsuki Koizumi: Minoo || Ryoko Asakura: 1st: Yukimichi / 2nd: Minoo ||  Tsuruya-san: Minoo
 

 
Taniguchi: 1st: Benkei / 2nd: Caza Zach || Kunikida: Caza Zach || Kyonko: Minoo || Churuya-chan: Include2 & Remikarei
  
STAGE SELECT
HARU☆KAKU
Haru☆Kaku: Haruhi's Stage by Ouchi || Haru☆Kaku: Ryoko's Stage by Ouchi || Haru☆Kaku: Mikuru's Stage by Ouchi ||  Haru☆Kaku: Tsuruya's Stage by Ouchi || Haru☆Kaku: Yuki's Stage by Ouchi
 
MP3 files for Ouchi's stages
 
CUSTOM / EDITED
Ruit Accidens Orbitalis by Ryoucchi & Toaster || Haruhi's Room by Choiyer || School Gate by Choiyer || Caramell Dansen Haruhi by MOTVN
 
ADD-ONS SELECT
Haruhi Suzumiya Screenpack by Kojjang [Winmugen+ / 320x240]
There's a SOS Brigade Lifebars floating somewhere in the net, need help finding that.
 

I'll post my graphic work here.
Sprites
 

 
 

 
 
                     
 

 

                                        


 
 

WIP Stuff
 
Characters
Backgrounds
Classic V2

 
Sol et Luna

FX Works
 

You can't beat JudgeSpear's Homer? Man you're a scrub.

Click on the author names to download.
 
Red: Offline
Yellow: WIP
 
Note: Will not include cheap edits.
Note2: This thread is strictly for characters whose sprites were ripped straight from the game. Refer to the VisualArt's Key collection for custom sprited characters.
 
CHARACTER SELECT
MAIN ROSTER





 
List of Characters
Akane Satomura by 586 || by Reiga || Rakurai [R_Akane / Custom]
Akiko Minase by Iyo ||by Ryon || by Shimon || by Uma
Ayu Tsukimiya by 586 || by Arche || by Iyo || by Rekku || by Shikokku [Ayu & Misuzu & Mizuka] || by Shikokku & JNG || by Gu [Touhou] || by Seravy [Custom]
Doppel-Nanase by Frule || by Kuri || by Nep Heart [Custom]
Ikumi Amasawa by 586 || by Nana || by Toshi
Kannabi no Mikoto by 586 || by Kuri || by Good Girls [Custom] || by HelloMyNameIsAAA [Creatively Bankrupt Kanna / Custom] || by Mikage [Custom] || by Uru [Marvel vs Capcom]
Kano Kirishima by 586 || by KM || by Gu [Touhou] || by Nep Heart [Custom] || by Seravy [Custom]
Kaori Misaka by DABA || by Frule || by KM ||by Rouge Noir || by Rekku: Recent [Kaori & Shiori] - Old Version
Mai Kawasumi by 586 || by Kuri || by Mikage || by Nep Heart [Custom] || by 586 [Marvel vs Capcom] || by Ina [Persona 4] || by Shikokku [Custom] 
Makoto Sawatari by 586 || by BF || by EL || by Reiga || by Golden G. Gunner [Makoto The Gunner / DFO]
Mayu Shiina by 586 || by BF || by Shimon
Minagi Tohno by 586 || by Toshi || by Rakurai [A_Minagi / Custom]
Mio Kouzuki by DABA || by Nep Heart [Custom] ||  by Sudara13 [Custom]
Misaki Kawana by 586 || by Reiga: Recent - Old Version || by Rouge Noir
Mishio Amano by 586 || by Rekku [Mishio & Makoto] || by R-R || by Toma || by aaa [A-Mishio / Custom] ||  by Gu [Touhou] || by Javelinyaa [Samurai Shodown] || by Kohaku [Custom]
Misuzu Kamio by 586 || by Hanma || by Kuri || by Good Girls [Custom] ||  by Markyjoe1990 [Misuzu_M / Custom] || by Gu [Touhou]
Mizuka Nagamori by Ina || by Hanma || by R-R || by Toshi || by Rakurai [E_Nagamori / Custom]
 Nayuki Minase by 586 ||  by BF || by Bluishcat || by EL || by Nep Heart [Custom] || by Javelinyaa [Nayuki The Runner / Custom] || by Rakurai [G_Nayu / Custom] || by Sudara13 [Custom]
Nayuki Minase (Asleep) by Frule || by Tuki no Turugi
Rumi Nanase by Frule || by Kuri || by Maruta || by Shikkoku: Recent [Nanase & Doppel & Mayu] - Old Version || by Uma || by Uru [Marvel vs Capcom] || by ミマァ [Arcana Heart 3]
Sayuri Kurata by 586 || by Lightoss || by Mill || by Roque || by Golden G. Gunner [Sayuri Bernstein / KOF] || by Seravy [Custom] || by Sudara13 [Custom] 
Shiori Misaka by DABA || by Shimon || by Gu [Touhou] || by Seravy [Touhou] ||  by Sudara13 [Custom]
UNKNOWN by 586 || by Hanma || by Kuri || by 586 [Marvel vs Capcom] || by Gu [Touhou] || by Seravy [Custom]
 
ASSISTS

 
List of Characters
Chibi Mai by Nachel || by Kagenui
Keropii by Johanjesmee
Michiru by Rouge Noir
 Shiiko Yuzuki by Rekku || by LJH
Yukito Kunisaki by RGM
 
STAGE SELECT
Pack:
EFZ Stage Pack by DABA
 
Individuals:
Park on the Path to School by タケシ
The Infinite Air by タケシ
Shinto Shrine Near the Sky by タケシ
In Front of The Kamio House by タケシ
Abandoned Station by タケシ
FARGO Research Facilities by タケシ
Mionomi Hill by タケシ
 
SCREENPACK SELECT
EFZ Memorial Screenpack by Sword†Dancer [Win+ / 320x240]
EFZ Memorial Screenpack by OldGamer [1.0 /1.1 / 640x480]
 
LIFEBAR SELECT
EFZ Lifebar by DABA [Win+ / 320x240]
EFZ BAD MOON EDITION Lifebar by Unknown Author [Win+ / 320x240]
Custom EFZ Lifebar by FAY418 [Win+ / 320x240]
 
OTHER STUFF SELECT
AI + voice patches for 586's Characters by HAL
AI + voice patches for 586's Characters by Shao Various AI patches by Holn Various AI patches by Eruk Various patches by Yuka
Various AI patches by Netyzh
Various voice patches by 郡民
EFZ CPS2 concept themes by NoMoreHeroes2012
 
SEE ALSO

This Goenitz might need a bit of fixing, he will sometimes remain stuck in an attack animation loop when he clashes with his opponent.

Glad that I was able to participate for this 700th video. Good job, everyone.
 

Here it is. My 700th video.
 

I Have Arrived!
Nep Heart here! I'm a fledgling MUGEN player and video maker who decided to get into this thing as my New Years resolution. Gotta say, it's pretty fun playing virtually anything you want. I would love a Neptune for MUGEN however, I can always hope.
 
 I hope we all can be friends for a good year!