Sprite Comic - Mega Man X: Unit 49

"Mega Man Unidade 49" was my dream project of Mega Man X fan game when I was 6. Later, I realized that I couldn't make a game with my skill at that time, so I started to make the comic in April 2010. I was slowing the production due to lack of ideas and time, so I halted the production in 2013, in the 57th page. In the first days of 2014, I began to remake the comic with an enhanced story, but I did not actually make many changes to the plot. You can find those two versions in my Archive. Some aspects of those comics are still present in the current MMX:U49, so you may find potential spoilers reading them.

However, I soon had to halt the production because I joined two sprite comic tournaments: the Nitrusland Escape Tournament and World Spriter's Tournament, both related to the Middle Ground Comics. I managed to win both tournaments and developed my skills way further, but most importantly, I had acquired a more critique view on my own works. I looked at my "new MMX:U49" and realized just a visual upgrade and new speeches wouldn't do the job. I had to rewrite things from the beginning and make a new plot. You can read a resume of my story making sprite comics in this Twitter thread.

In January 2015, I began the current version of Mega Man X: Unit 49. The story deviates from the 'New Generation Reploid' plot of X8, but still focuses on Reploids that became Mavericks on their will, either due to the ambient they came from or because human emotions had naturally driven them to that state.

One of my current goals is to make MMX:U49 as loyal as possible to the canon using research, while also expanding the lore of Mega Man X with the stories of my characters and an integrating worldbuilding that makes all X games a more cohesive sequence. I used several loose ends from the X games to expand the series lore and show how each event affected the society and vice-versa. Of course, to do this I had to assume some headcanons that may not be the most correct interpretations once we get more official info about the MMX series, but it's what I felt most workable for a story.

I'd not fully develop that vision until the beginning of 2017, when I finished defining most of the major plot points. At the beginning I was not radical enough to detach myself from some names and designs (like the name 'Snacman', the number 49 itself and Saturn's design), so some things would be different if I had started it today. I still nitpick my own work, but those details are tolerable enough for me to not begin a fourth version of the story!

If you are interested, here is a text about how I write my comic.