Frequently Asked Questions

Written by Alvin-Earthworm

I made this FAQ regarding SMBZ a while ago on Deviantart, Hopefully posting this on NG will reduce the amount of PM's I get regarding the same old questions.

Q) What program(s) do you use to make SMBZ?

A) I use Macromedia Flash 8 professional to animate the series and I use Paintshop pro 9 for most of my graphical effects. I am also using Swift 3D for new 3D effects I will be adding in future installments.

Q) What frame rate (fps) do you use?

A) I use 24 fps for my Flash animations, which is considered movie quality.

Q) Where do you get your music and sound effects from?

A) I get my music and sound effects from these following sites:

Galbadia hotel (Anime and Video game music/soundtracks): http://gh.ffshrine.org/?r=23775

Findsounds (For common sound effects): http://www.findsounds.com/

ESF world Networkxx (Dragonball Z sound effects): http://www.esf-world.de/

Mario fan games galaxy (Mario sound effects): http://www.mfgg.net/

Sonic fan games HQ (Sonic sound effects): http://sfghq.emulationzone.org/

Zophars domain (Music from video games). Note: You will need Winamp and the correct plugins to play music from this site: http://www.zophar.net/

Q) I can't find a certain song used in SMBZ. Do you have the links to the songs?

A) If you want a particular song from the series, click the following link: http://www.vglan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=862

Q) Where do you get your sprites from?

A) Once again. These sites will satisfy your spriting needs:

The spriters resource (Huge sprite library): http://www.spriters-resource.com/

The people's sprites (Another sprite library): http://www.panelmonkey.org/

The Shyguy kingdom (Yet another huge sprite library): http://tsgk.captainn.net/

Sprite database (You get the idea): http://sdb.drshnaps.com/SpritesArcade.htm

Mario fan games galaxy (Mario series sprites): http://www.mfgg.net/

The mystical forest zone (Great for custom sonic sprites): http://www.themysticalforestzone.com/

Sonic spriters network (Sonic sprites): http://ssn.sonicstadium.org/index.php

Sprites INC (Megaman sprites): http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/

Please note, I do also make my own custom sprites. I would appreciate that you do not ask me to share them with you.

Q) Can you teach me how to animate like you?

A) Sorry, but I'm much too busy to teach people how to animate like me. The best thing to do is look up tutorials on the net.

Q) I have a suggestion for the series, will you use it in SMBZ?

A) I highly doubt it. I only consider using an idea if I like it and I'm able to use it somewhere in the series, but that's not very often. Besides, I would prefer to use my own ideas instead.