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Play NOW! If you're a gamer, chances are of you finding familiar stuff in this one =)

I did a couple of nice changes to the Java function I posted before to swap colors in a previously loaded BufferedImage, including variable saturation and brightness to ensure full ninja goodness! =D

Here we go:

void colorearNinja(BufferedImage image,int n_hue,float sat,float val) {     int c,r,g,b;     int w = image.getWidth(this);     int h = image.getHeight(this);     float hue = n_hue / 360f;     float hsb[] = new float[3];     for(int j = 0; j < h; j++)         for(int i = 0; i < w; i++) {             c = image.getRGB(i,j);             b = c & 255;             g = (c >> 8) & 255;             r = (c >> 16) & 255;             if(r <= g) {                 Color.RGBtoHSB(r,g,b,hsb);                 hsb[1] *= sat;                 hsb[2] *= val;                 image.setRGB(i,j,Color.HSBtoRGB(hue,hsb[1],hsb[2]));             }         } }

Now the function works with a Sub-Zero sprite sheet. Sub-Zero is a very interesting character here because of his color combination: dark grays, blues and oranges for the skin.

In a color wheel, blue is exactly opposite orange, which means they are like totally different colors. So this time we are looking for blueish pixels (the ninja suit), while ignoring anything orange enough to pass like flesh.

With a given hue of 50°, we get all that boring blue replaced by Glorious Yellow:

And by toying a little more with the function we get a bunch of extra ninjas:

colorearNinja(image,50,1,1);    // Scorpion colorearNinja(image,0,1,1);    // Ermac (0° means red) colorearNinja(image,120,1,0.8f);    // Reptile (less brightness for darker green) colorearNinja(image,0,0,0.8f);   // Smoke (no saturation for graying out) colorearNinja(image,320,1,0.8f);   // Rain (totally fabulous values!)

Ahhh... Palette Swaps.

I'm leaving some Java snippet below. It takes an image containing red pixels (e.g., Ermac's sprite sheet) and adjusts the hues of these pixels to match the given one.

void colorear(BufferedImage image,int n_hue) {              int c,r,g,b;     int w = image.getWidth();     int h = image.getHeight();              float hue = n_hue / 360f;     float hsb[] = new float[3];              for(int j = 0; j < h; j++)         for(int i = 0; i < w; i++) {                              c = image.getRGB(i,j);                              b = c & 255;             g = (c >> 8) & 255;             r = (c >> 16) & 255;                              if(r > 0 && g == 0 && b == 0) {                                      Color.RGBtoHSB(r,g,b,hsb);                 image.setRGB(i,j,Color.HSBtoRGB(hue,hsb[1],hsb[2]));             }         } }

A Trailer from an upcoming Game by UnManuel & Friends!! This one was inspired by 4 different retro games: Pilotwings and Pilotwings 64 (free fall and parachuting), the first Starfox game (hoop collecting and sound design) and Flight Simulator for the Mac (landing atop the Nimitz).

Game was written in ActionScript 3 and powered by the Awesome Away3D Engine. Check it out! http://away3d.com/

The trailer's background music is from Starfox 2, the never-released sequel of the original Starfox for the Super NES.

PLAY NOW HERE: http://www.unmanuel.com/kelloggs