Sworn Skies · art style test
The storm pair, drawn pixel by pixel in code: 48-pixel sprites and one locked palette, now with their merged form. Every other dragon and rider follows this look.
Drawing the sprites…
Shown at game size: each art pixel is drawn as a whole block of screen pixels, the way the game will draw it. Ashpeak checks that a black dragon still reads on dark ground.
Dragon · lightning
The black storm dragon, strongest of the six. Wings veined with lightning, glowing spines, a bolt-shaped tail blade, and breath that forks into lightning. Dragons can hit flying and ground enemies.
Rider · lightning
Stormcaller with long silver hair, storm-leather armor and a violet mantle. The crystal on her staff throws lightning at ground enemies. Riders cost less than dragons.
Bonded power
When their bond meter fills, Lyra mounts Nyxaris for about 20 seconds. Nyxaris grows by a quarter, the blue rim flares into a crackling storm aura, and lightning falls from the sky onto every enemy on the map. Pick Merged above to see it in the scene.
Each animation frame at 3× size. A rig drives the poses, so every frame shares the same proportions.
Ramps run dark to light. Each element's dragons and riders get ramps like these; lightning's signature is the storm blue.