Cosmetic Contest Resolution FAQ
Why is my entry invalid?
The sprite templates given were unfortunately upscaled to 32x32, where pixel visually was actually 4 pixels, like so:
As a result, many entries do not adhere to the 16x resolution that the game is designed to be in.
How do I fix this?
Using whatever preferred software, you should scale each sprite sheet by 50%. The OW sheet for example is 256x256, so you would want to scale it down to 128x128. MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THE RESAMPLE METHOD TO
NEAREST NEIGHBOUR and NOT bilinear - otherwise it will come out blurry and yucky >.< Do this for all 3 files.
Everything is fine now?
Kinda, if your original design was
too detailed, then much of that is lost in the downscaling, which would be problematic for certain designs. Lav has kindly extended the deadline to the 28th for this reason.
im not sure abt this last step but i think lav might want 16x upscaled to 32x so then after ur done editing ur thing in 16x u have to UPSCALE the thing again to 32x according to his post (make sure to use nearest neighbour not bilinear)
TL;DR templates were 32x, entries must be 16x. most entries will have to downscale their sprite sheets by 50% with "nearest neighbour" NOT 'bilinear'. much of the detail will be lost though, you will have till the 28th to fix.