Game & Map Screenshots 3

[Celianna]

Let me remind everyone here that quoting screenshots is not allowed, so please stop it. Thank you.

 

[Clord]

Hehe bad habit as I use PC which means much higher resolution.

 

[light487]

 So I need some feedback on these rough layouts of my castle tower interiors.. I'm having a lot of trouble trying to make them look as though they are the bottom and middle level of the tower... and don't get me started on trying to make the top level with parallax background as I have no idea about that yet..

Here I have the lowest level with the corridors going off to the bottom and to the right, these match up with corridor maps, so that's not the problem.. it's really the stair case and whether there's a better way to get it to look like a proper staircase going up:



Here's the level 2 after you go up the staircase..



They are just layouts for now as I don't want to decorate them till I have the layout looking right.. but I've tried and tried to get it to look right and this is the best I've been able to do. I'm not having trouble with other maps (for now).. just this...

 

[Carillon Nightmares]

Did this one just for fun. Hope it's ok here.

 

[light487]

@Rimmintime - I really like the colour choices you have made there, not just the pink and the shades of pink but the wall trims and floor tiles as well. It really does look like a stereotypical girls room, which is the purpose I assume. I like that there is more than just a desk and bed but also some other things that the character would use. It is not too cluttered, which shows that there might be a maid who comes around cleaning everything. The only thing I would probably be looking at changin is the rug on the right side.. it just feels a little out of place there.. maybe it's the shape.. maybe it's the size.. maybe it's the position of it.. I dunno..

 

[Tuomo L]

 

[A-Moonless-Night]

@Mister Big T: It's looking really good; got a nice icy feel. However, the beds and tables look too small for the sprites. Also, the baby's portrait terrifies me, haha. I don't think it should have such thick eyebrows—I don't think I've ever seen a baby with eyebrows at all, to be honest.

 

[Tuomo L]

@Mister Big T: It's looking really good; got a nice icy feel. However, the beds and tables look too small for the sprites. 

They're not showing fully in here. They're right size.

See?

 

[Ksi]

They mean the sprites are too large for the functional use of the furniture (bar the rocking chair.) The beds... half their legs would be hanging out, they couldn't fit their knees under the table, that winter coat would be hard-pressed to fit the frame of either character and they're both as tall as both the bookshelf and cabinet.

Frankly, I have no issue with this as most non-commercial games suffer from this malady, but usually the other way around (the furniture being too big instead). But, yeah...

 

[Tuomo L]

They mean the sprites are too large for the functional use of the furniture (bar the rocking chair.) The beds... half their legs would be hanging out, they couldn't fit their knees under the table, that winter coat would be hard-pressed to fit the frame of either character and they're both as tall as both the bookshelf and cabinet.

Frankly, I have no issue with this as most non-commercial games suffer from this malady, but usually the other way around (the furniture being too big instead). But, yeah...

Expect this is a commercial game.  

 

[EternalShadow]

I can't actually see any major size issues there, to be honest.

 

[Ksi]

Well, that right there is a thing. Commercial games usually have more detail put in to the scale of things when using custom graphics (like your character sets). Unless, of course, it's a surreal game, but I don't think that's the case of yours, yes? What I'd recommend is editing the sprites to be a little shorter. That way you won't have to rework the whole tileset to fit them. Also, as a commercial game, you might want to make the colour scheme of the sprites match the tiles a bit more. They're a bit too saturated to 'fit' well with the tile colours, which have a more washed-out feel to them. 

You know what they say, Presentation is everything! Especially when you're looking to sell the finished product.

 

[Tuomo L]

Well, that right there is a thing. Commercial games usually have more detail put in to the scale of things when using custom graphics (like your character sets). Unless, of course, it's a surreal game, but I don't think that's the case of yours, yes? What I'd recommend is editing the sprites to be a little shorter. That way you won't have to rework the whole tileset to fit them. Also, as a commercial game, you might want to make the colour scheme of the sprites match the tiles a bit more. They're a bit too saturated to 'fit' well with the tile colours, which have a more washed-out feel to them. 

You know what they say, Presentation is everything! Especially when you're looking to sell the finished product.

That is impossible to do, would take tons of time and would probably Frick up with the battle system. 

Besides, I tried and it screwed the resolution and made everyone look like jigsaw puzzles. 

 

[Nicke]

New screen from me:

 

[Tuomo L]

Huh, pink caves. Don't see that very often. Very unique but you should probably blend the enviroment and the things like the trees and mushrooms and such more as they stand out a bit.

 

And then we dance! With a hum and rucka and wocka thum thum! 

 

[cosmickitty]

@nicke - I like it, small thing but the blue rock or stone or whatever it is stands out really badly, unless it's important i'd remove it.  Also looks like you can't actually walk to the left side of the screen?

 

[Nicke]

I'll just make the blue thing red

 

[RyanA]

Art theft, clashing stretched sprites, nightmare inducing spiders, zombies and 3 dancing ladies!? This Game & Map screenshots is the best yet! :3

@Nicke. The wooden boards and the green plants seem a little out of place to me...like they are too colourful compared to the rest of it. Other than that, that blue thing. Make it gone! 3:<

 

[Panda]

Just a little map I made with the High-Fantasy Pack to test out Parallaxing- Would most likely be a character creation screen of some kind.

 

[Aceri]

@Big T:

I would suggest that seeing as how you are using XP, I would make the walls three tiles high rather than two tiles high. Two tiles high is the same height as the character, so it kind of looks like your characters are rubbing their heads against the ceiling.