Game & Map Screenshots 4

[Archeia]

I just linked where the exact same graphic came from. And yes water can be extremely different depending on the artist making them. And no, not a lot of artists end up having the same water. It's actually one of the hardest things to do properly.

 

[Ksi]

@Zoltor: That's your opinion. I, personally, like Pokemon graphics. They're cute and I'm a fan of the colour scheme. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it inherently bad.

 

[AcosmicDevi]

@Skyfrid The area looks good, much better than other Pokemon maps I've seen. The only issue is the water. Why is it cut off on the bottom like that. It's a lake, so it should be enclosed all the way.

@Ghoster You may want to put shadows under the archway and bridge. I really like the flowers though. They're gorgeous.

 

[UsainSloth]

@Sky:

The character doesn't really fit well with the pokemon graphics your using, IMO.

But other than that it looks good. Simple and cute vibe.

 

[oztiks708]

I think the pokemon graphics are awesome, the mapping is much much better than the originals too. Keep up the good work, Sky.
 
@ghost - I really like your map, the water does need to go though, it is all I focus on. Try the rtp ones, you can always edit them if you do not like the contrast! As for everything else, Beautiful!
 
A few from me, it has been a while. Super busy!
 
First one is the next area of the shade cave!

Second one is the new equip menu

Third is my new menu, all icons are rtp edits, based off of a style of an unknown artist! 

::edit:: the sp is actually aligned all the way to the right, there is no space, used to have an icon there. (fixed)

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[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

In short if you're gonna use tiles from another game, for the love of all that's good, and right in the world, don't pick a bad+ugly game to get your resources from.

If pokemon games are all bad things as you say, then tell me why A LOT of people play it? In this community alone we have an active thread for Pokemon. And IMHO, Pokemon's graphics are one of the best pixel graphics I've seen...


@Oztiks - I think it needs a bit of shadow to the upper left of the character. Right now it looks like a cliff, but at the same time the ground looks like it's still on the same level

 

[Zoltor]

If pokemon games are all bad things as you say, then tell me why A LOT of people play it? In this community alone we have an active thread for Pokemon. And IMHO, Pokemon's graphics are one of the best pixel graphics I've seen...

@Oztiks - I think it needs a bit of shadow to the upper left of the character. Right now it looks like a cliff, but at the same time the ground looks like it's still on the same level

Because the Monster Capture/Training genre is a super small genre, and they probally haven't played the actually great games of the genre(such as the DWM, and SMT games). Some gamers just follow the drones, Pokemon is the only series that gets real advetisments, so that's what they play, or they're such big fans of the anime(which is even a worse anime, then their games), that just by impulse, they buy/play the games.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

If someone already played one game of a series and thinks it was bad, he'd probably not buy another game from that series. So if Pokemon is factually bad as in what ur trying to case, then the newer pokemon games shouldn't be bought by old-time gamers.


Pokemon might be bad for you, but that doesn't mean that it's bad for everybody. You shouldn't make claims that generalize too much. Plus good/bad is a very subjective matter. Especially in fields where there are no real, ratified standards.


And for the record, I play both pokemon and SMT games. And I find both series to be good. Plus the focus of Pokemon's story is monster capture, SMT has that too, but that's not really the main point of the story.


PS: this is getting off-topic... If you wanna "bash" pokemon, post on the thread for "Games that you hate yet everyone else cherishes"

 

[Zoltor]

If someone already played one game of a series and thinks it was bad, he'd probably not buy another game from that series. So if Pokemon is factually bad as in what ur trying to case, then the newer pokemon games shouldn't be bought by old-time gamers.

Pokemon might be bad for you, but that doesn't mean that it's bad for everybody. You shouldn't make claims that generalize too much. Plus good/bad is a very subjective matter. Especially in fields where there are no real, ratified standards.

And for the record, I play both pokemon and SMT games. And I find both series to be good. Plus the focus of Pokemon's story is monster capture, SMT has that too, but that's not really the main point of the story.

PS: this is getting off-topic... If you wanna "bash" pokemon, post on the thread for "Games that you hate yet everyone else cherishes"

Like I hinted at, they don't know any better, because they haven't played any non-pokemon monster capture/Training games.

There is nothing redeeming about Pokemon, and the franchise is as bad as the madden games for crying out loud, you would think they  would've improved upon the games by now, but no, they're basically the same exact way they were when the first Pokemon game came out.

Lol why, if that's true, that's very sad(Pokemon is one of the worst things to happen to the anime industry, and is one of the worst things to happen to gaming indry, it basically crippled an entire genre). Pokemon is like the FF series, people play them just because of the name or they were hooked on it when they were kids, so It's blind nostalgia.

You need to play DWM 2, It's the best Monster Capture/Training game ever made, and It's completely focused on Capturing, and training monsters(plus the DW universe has one of the best array of monsters ever assembled). It has a dynamic lv, and breeding system as well, It's not dumbed down to the most basic as can be, like Pokemon.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Like I hinted at, they don't know any better, because they haven't played any non-pokemon monster capture/Training games.

You got any proof? You're trying to make it look like it's a fact, so I do hope you got a solid proof. Else, you cannot really make valid claims about that.


And who's "they"? All pokemon players? If yes, then my last post has just falsified your claims since I am a pokemon player, I think pokemon is good, and I have played a few different monster capture/training games.


You think pokemon is bad, that's what you think. We respect that. But never ever make it sound like what you think is what everybody else thinks, a careful choice of words to use makes a lot of difference.


and really, if you wanna continue this, go to the thread I mentioned above.

 

[Zoltor]

You got any proof? You're trying to make it look like it's a fact, so I do hope you got a solid proof. Else, you cannot really make valid claims about that.

And who's "they"? All pokemon players? If yes, then my last post has just falsified your claims since I am a pokemon player, I think pokemon is good, and I have played a few different monster capture/training games.

You think pokemon is bad, that's what you think. We respect that. But never ever make it sound like what you think is what everybody else thinks, a careful choice of words to use makes a lot of difference.

and really, if you wanna continue this, go to the thread I mentioned above.

Peale who play awesome games, don't turn around and play POS, that's the proof

It would be = to a tactioneianer who's  after playing chess,, then turn around, and play Tic Tac Toe, if you have played good monster capture/training games, there's no real reason you would still be playing the worst franchise in the genre.

Nostalgia is a very bad/dangerous thing, and It's scary as hell that you can't even admit Pokemon is a utter POS, there's nothing to the games.

It's even more scary when a game designer says they like Pokemon, since Pokemon is a prime exmple of bad, and shallow as can be game design.

Well you can play whatever crappy games you want I guess, but please don't make fan games based on it.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Peale who play awesome games, don't turn around and play POS, that's the proof

Still where's the proof? Is there any study about that?

It would be = to a tactioneianer who's after playing chess,, then turn around, and play Tic Tac Toe

And again for the record, I play Chess as my primary sport. And I still play TTT.

It's even more scary when a game designer says they like Pokemon, since Pokemon is a prime exmple of bad,

Why? Coz they'll be coerced into making "bad" games?


Just how many persons have you studied to come up with this POS generalizations anyway?


As far as I'm concerned, none of your "factual" claims have any valid grounds presented.


I think you're simply an Elitist. Like claiming that people who play awesome games won't play any low-q/bad/POS games. Only Elitists do that. There's no rule whatsoever that a person who enjoys the most grand things in life cannot/do not/will not enjoy on the not so grand things in life.


PS: FOR THE THIRD TIME, JUST POST ON THE GAMES YOU HATE THREAD

 

[Archeia]

This is a Screenshot Thread and not a debate thread. If you want to discuss about Pokemon graphics or whatever, make a new topic.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

sorry bout that

 

[PixelLuchi]

Screenie thread back on track. 

Releasing soon. So happy. ^^

 

[Vinedrius]

I have been playing around with cel's and mack sets and trying to decide which tile set package I would feel more comfortable with if I ever start working seriously on an rpg in near future. I know I can always mix and match but I have a long way before I can do so effectively. Anyway, I am experimenting on sample maps for this and here are two versions of the "port town" map. The first one is mac only, the other one is cel + a bit of rtp (ignore the absence of doors).
 

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Which one do I seem to be better with, assuming I did my best with both? Thoughts please? P.S. Lite only so I can't do much about third layer mapping with events.

 

[Sharm]

Overall the map with Celianna's art is more attractive, though I like some elements better from the other, like the church. I'm pretty sure Mac's tiles go well with Celi's, why not use the best of both? You'd just need to edit the sets together.

 

[Stridah]

Extremely large map incomming ignore parallax background it is just a place holder.  I probably need to touch the shadows up some still.

@luchino always love your stuff you do a great job!

@oz good to have you back mate.

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[AcosmicDevi]

@vinedrai I prefer the map with Celiana's tiles. It just seems warmer. It may be the colors. I particularly like the middle decorate part with the statue. It looks like an anchor, which fits in perfectly with the port town motif.

 

[mlogan]

@vinedrai - I concur. While there are many lovely things about the XP tiles, I am drawn to the vibrant colors of Cel's tiles. Plus I like the way the end of the docks look better.

@Stridah - Looks good as always. I don't see anything glaringly obvious. It's so zoomed out though it's hard to tell if there are any details out of place.

Adding one of my own - part of the main island:

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