Game & Map Screenshots 7

[Phonantiphon]

Final version of Kell's farmhouse map.


I like it.


Seriously though I am very pleased with it, I am open to suggestions and opinions as always - should anyone have any that is, but nevertheless I think it's come together really well. I am kind of unhappy, though, with the farmhouse roof as it is only using - (admittedly fiddled with) - RTP tiles. Thing is I don't have any photos of roofs, so i can't make my own...

 

[stupid enough to like FF13]

Did a bit more fiddling with the enemy status display, figured out how to make it display enemy HP meters and how to show the state icons more efficiently.


But if I were to display enemy HP, I don't think I'd want to show a boss's remaining HP. So I was pondering how best to display a boss "HP meter". Does it look better to have a "meter" (as in, the filled portion does not deplete with damage to show how much HP the boss has left) in grey or black, or just to not have any meter at all?

 

[Phonantiphon]

Did a bit more fiddling with the enemy status display, figured out how to make it display enemy HP meters and how to show the state icons more efficiently.


But if I were to display enemy HP, I don't think I'd want to show a boss's remaining HP. So I was pondering how best to display a boss "HP meter". Does it look better to have a "meter" (as in, the filled portion does not deplete with damage to show how much HP the boss has left) in grey or black, or just to not have any meter at all?

Either:


Grayed out


or:


In ANGRY BOSS RED


That's what I think.

 

[alouvictorr]

Working with POP! Horror City tilesets and stuff on RMMV... I will buy the character expansion soon...


I really miss more props on this!


Made some edits like the seating characters and using the computer.

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[The Art of Gaming]

@alouvictorr Looks great. I love how you added the blue screen light. Although I have to ask if there are two keyboards on the computers that the people on the second screen are using because it looks like there's one beside them also.

 

[Craig]

Town Map from To Light I just finished!

 

[a noble wolf]

This is my first graphic set for Soul's BattleHUD and BattleCommand Plugins. (https://soulxregalia.wordpress.com/ )


What do you all think?

 

[Banquo]

alouvictorr: I love those tiles, too! They really deserve more attention!


On the first screenshot one handrail is missing, next to the character. Otherwise, the lighting is great and the maps look very interesting. May I point out that Vexed released Office-Tiles as freebies a while ago? Here ya go:








craig: Very nice how grass and cobblestone are outlined. It's not blending into each other at all! And good job on the decorations - the map looks very balanced.

 

[Phonantiphon]

@Craig - I love that map, it looks just lovely 


So I've done more work on the prologue, and it's turned out nicely - barring a few annoyances with process but that's probably me being an idiot. Anyway, taking the advice of a couple of commenters on here it now looks a lot less blue, for a start:


General outside - I changed the roof to thatched as it fits better. If I can take any photos of thatched roofs I'll use them in the future, but this will do for now...

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Options - (Galv's Visual Novel script, which makes me happy).

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Opening dialogue between Kell and her father:

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I've added emotes to some of the character faces, partly because I can't draw (!) and partly because it seemed like a nice idea...

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In the game, Kell will sometimes make decisions for herself, overriding the player, this is one of those occasions. If you keep her out in the rain for too long, she'll make her own way inside:

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[Little Adventurer]

I'm conflicted about the water tile placement here. On the one hand,the darker light water is I'm assuming shallow sea water and what's really nice is I can connect to the sea surrounding the continent which is a nice effect. But on the other hand, look at the bright blue waters that house those little waterfalls that's in that mountain range. Doesn't that look like lake/river water? The problem with that is... that doesn't connect to the sea, even though I'd logically think that'd make sense since rivers have to flow from somewhere, right? I don't think that it should look like that the people are drinking salt water, but at the same time, I don't like that I can't interconnect everything otherwise...

 

[Phonantiphon]

Some things...

I'd use the river water down to the sea and then put in some kind of delta or outflow.


Check out real life rivers, there's mixing when they flow into the sea...


Also, where does the one at the bottom go? 

 

[Little Adventurer]

Actually, I just ended up doing this.

 

[Sharm]

@Phonantiphon I think there might be something wrong with your monitor.  All of your tiles look over processed, like you're trying to compensate for a badly callibrated screen.

 

[Phonantiphon]

@Phonantiphon I think there might be something wrong with your monitor.  All of your tiles look over processed, like you're trying to compensate for a badly callibrated screen.

Hmm, no the monitor's fine.


The green *is* very green, to be sure. It is a lot more vivid on some screens than on others though - (my phone screen is Very bright) - I might revisit it once I have some more maps with it on, then I'll have more of an idea.


To be honest ingame I've only seen it in the dark at the moment!!

 

[The Art of Gaming]

My first parallax map in a long time. I'm pretty pleased with it but I feel like I've made some rookie mistake somewhere...





Thanks to Celianna, Ayene, and Cait for their wonderful resources!

 

[BCj]

Uh.. what on earth happened to your walls/celing?? You could've done that without parallax too, you know.

 

[The Art of Gaming]

Um, nothing actually. I was using a style sort of like what the homework salesman's interior maps use. Although from the reaction, I'm guessing I made some mistakes.

 

[mlogan]

@The Art of Gaming While I've not played the Homework Salesman, I can get an idea of the style you are going for.

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Okay, a couple of notes. First, for those 1 tile tall walls, there are special pieces usually used for that, at the top of the A5 sheet (circled in red here). I'm not sure what tiles you are using so it's possible they don't have them. They are designed to have a finished edge look, as opposed to simply the "cut off" look your pieces have.


Second, yellow circle. You need something there. Without any sort of wall, it totally throws off the perspective. If it is meant to be a hallway, put a black space as I've done or something.


Next, blue circle. For the "ceiling" piece, again it has a cut off look. You need to use an end piece to give it a finished look. Also, you can see how I've widened the flooring of that hallway. It give it a bit of depth there.


Lastly, the whole thing is pretty empty. I suggest you either fill it with more items or shrink the size of the room. When I run into this problem, I put what furniture I want down first, and then layout the floor and walls to fit it.

 

[The Art of Gaming]

Ok, thanks. I followed your suggestions. How's this?

 

[Kaus]

Doing some map testing with the tileset I'm working on: