Ancient Dungeons

[Dark Horseman]

Man, people were getting me worried that chibi RTP wouldn't mesh well with these maps either. Those map screens you posted look perfectly fine actually.

 

[Bastrophian]

It looks fine with the chibis to me :3 ....CANT WAIT!!!!

 

[Archeia]

I tried with my tall template and desaturated one of them, they seem OK?

The desaturation I just did was a measly -25

 

[nio kasgami]

yes they seem kinda correct the talls characters are better in this kind of background actually! so yes this fit really wells!

 

[seita]

Also fortunate to have an early copy, I created this mockup via photoshop, added sprites from YANTH without any edits to their colors just to see how it works. Not bad, but they would need some desaturation.

edit: click on it for a full scale version

 

[Celianna]

All these juicy screenshots.


I need to work hard to get these out in time for IGMC.

 

[_Shadow_]

The Base Pack won't contain any snow or desert themed tiles, so there will be an expansion made for the Base Pack in the future. All in all - Ancient Dungeons is going to be big!​

Good to know that because the artwork is really nice and the water is outstanding.

If there will be more stuff compatible with such a pallette, this will make this product a great hit.

Does it collablorate with fantastic buildings?

 

[Celianna]

Does it collablorate with fantastic buildings?

If you desaturate it, sure! A lot of textures in the Medieval Buildings pack were taken from the Ancient Dungeons one.

 

[nio kasgami]

All these juicy screenshots.

I need to work hard to get these out in time for IGMC.

but don't overdo we will be happy to have these tiles but the last thing we want is to see you getting ill or something like that D:

 

[BlackLiquidSorrow]

Wow, no wonder this took you so long.

 

[nio kasgami]

I was curious : do you included some ruins in your tileset actually ( I mean ruined builded or such)

 

[Celianna]

Ruins will be for the dungeon part of the set, so no, no ruins in the Base Pack.


Here's a preview of the (so far) tileset's files:

I am undecided whether or not TileD_interior will be created or not. I guess we will see.

 

[nio kasgami]

LOL if people complain on the fact is uncomplet then they need to go see a doctor ._. it's even more complete of the default tileset >>"

 

[Rasei]

They look very beautiful. If I do stick with it, I'm definetely will buy this pack.

 

[felsenstern]

LOL if people complain on the fact is uncomplet then they need to go see a doctor ._. it's even more complete of the default tileset >>"

An Ancient Dungeon Pack that comes without dungeon parts... well, what would you call it?

 

[Kes]

@falsenstern

maybe this post and the one after it will answer your question.

 

[felsenstern]

@ksjp17: well, then lets try it the other way around, how would we call the thing that is underground and usually comes with stone walls, iron chains, bones and torture devices?

 

[Kes]

At the risk of derailing the thread slightly:

Many different buildings can be called a house.  They can vary so dramatically that it can be hard to think of them as belonging to the same category.  But they do.  It is not necessary to include every variation of a house before you can call something a house pack.  Similarly, it is not necessary to include every variation of a dungeon before you can call it a dungeon pack.

So what you describe is one form of dungeon.  It could more accurately be called a torture chamber.  Its presence or absence does not, in and of itself, confer or withhold a validation of the pack's name.

What also has to be kept in mind is that this is a 'Base' pack.  I can't remember if it was in this thread or elsewhere that it was pointed out the 'base' has more than one meaning.  It can mean foundation, and so obviously this pack qualifies for that.  It also can refer to a party's base i.e. the place they are based in, and so on.  And this pack can also be considered 'base' in that sense too, as there are the tiles for that.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

But really, does a not-so-fitting name affect the fact of how good looking those tiles are? And oh, just looking that the screenies, I do think you could already even build a game just from the "base" pack.


Also, in case it's not written here (might read it on the other thread or something), another thing with releasing them as separate packs means that you will only need to buy which parts you need instead of buying one whole pack for a very high price while you will only be using some of it...


Personally, I find the approach to be a good one. I could for one start with making the towns and simple forests using the base pack, then make the dungeons once the dungeon packs come out. That would be more productive than waiting for a long time for a "one big, complete" pack.


I could care less about what this pack is named, as it would even be more "complete" than the other tile packs out there on the store. Most tile packs out there are just a few tiles, can't even be used to make a whole game on it's own.

 

[felsenstern]

No, I have no problem with the name at all, and I am as happy as you all are about Celianna's tireless work, but for me the name is not fitting and a set called Ancient Dungeon is missing dungeon tiles.

If I make a town I will always look for town tiles, when I make a dungeon I will look for dungeon tiles. When I use dungeon tiles that are looking like town houses, than there is something wrong. Not sure why it is so necessary to fight down everyone who thinks that the name isn't fitting.