What progs are used for designing tho? And in what format are they saved in.. I don't know these things

In general you'll probably find that, with the current state of affairs, the developers aren't that bothered providing the formats used are documented or can be translated into a documented format. RISC OS has a wealth of translation utilities so it's easy to get bitmap graphics into the RISC OS sprite format. Similarly most 3D packages have an "export as text" option.

Therefore, whatever packages people are most comfortable using.

There was one really good graphics package for designing game graphics on the Acorn range, but alas the company that was supposed to market it went bust before it was released. It was called QPaint, a rip off of the Amiga DPaint. I've been trying to get the right to give it away on these pages for years, but one of the authors was Dutch(?) and vanished - I think he had to do military service. It was monotasking, but its easy to use interface, split-screen zoom option, darken and lighten tools, and easy cut-out of game characters made effects like shadowing, anti-aliasing, glass effects and the like very easy to do. I used it on some graphics for Darkwood and the Thames Water/James Pond game to distinctive effect, and Dave Flynn of Oregan/Paradise fame used it up until he went on to work for companies like Codemasters. I had it converted to work on RiscPCs, but these days hand-drawn MODE 13 graphics seem to be frowned on; a high res version would be nice.

I've also used "proper" graphic design tools like Photodesk and ArtWorks in game work, although usually to add effects or do loading banners as they're too tricky to use for large numbers of small (e.g. 16x16) blocks.

I wish there was more interestt or the interest was more visible.

Increasingly though, 3D design packages are required for RISC OS games.
I keep asking cericila and sincronia about this.

I wish there was more interestt or the interest was more visible.

I do virtually everything in 3D these days. However, despite the fact I have a decent PC, I keep coming back to my Risc PC to do the modelling in TopModel. It seems to work much more intuitively than the PC packages I own. However, it does lack some features that increase the legwork you have to do. Also its bevelling is horribly broken most of the time. Still, it's my modelling package of choice. However, you can forget rendering ... :-<

Regards,

Max

PS Compo is excellent too.

I think the rendering is variable but on top of that expectations have risen in light of developments in the PC world.