This is my first parallax map I have ever made. I used paint.net, because I can't seem to work GIMP at all, it's just too confusing to me. Anyways, I wanted some feedback from the community on my first parallax map! It was made using the default MV grass for the ground and Celianna's parallax tiles for everything else.
It looks pretty good. The trees surround the lake nicely and their variety gives a more interesting feel than the "oh look this entire forest only has one identical tree in it" feel, (that can actually look good though). There's a lot of empty space, but I assume you're going to fill it up. In the future, I would recommend adding some lighting effects. fallenlorelei has some very helpful tutorials in the mv tutorial section of this forum, they're very good to help you start parallax mapping, and they cover adding lighting (if you haven't seen them already ).
@Fudge Thank you for the feedback! I'll be sure to fill in the empty space. However, for the game that I'm making this map for, I want to have a Day/Night cycle that goes along with the Terrax Lighting plugin, so I wil leave it without lighting for now.
@rondchild Looks good, has a very cute and cartoony feel. You might want to make the road a little bit more narrow, though so that it doesn't feel too big compared to the characters.
This isn't really a HUGE thing or anything, just something cool I wanted to share; I noticed that the main character (Callox) sometimes doesn't get a lot of chances to show as much personality as some of the other characters, since narrative wise, main characters act as a sort of 'surrogate' to the player. He still has a personality, but other characters 'bounce off' it more.To give Callox more opportunities to 'be himself' I sometimes make him conversate with NPC's, and shopkeepers are a great opportunity for that. However, since shopping is an integral part of the player experience and I don't want to clog it up, he only strikes up a conversation the FIRST time you visit that shopkeeper, but all times after that, it's straight to business.
@Canini only just seen your comment, seems like I tried to ignore you! couldn't agree more and this has been sorted now, it was more put there so I had rough idea of where the path leads from / too
Still got some things to modify on here (been working on other maps as well so not got round to it yet but):
added a bit more 'fluff' to it all, changed the path as pointed out it did look very blocky, especially for a place that's been desolate for some time!
Feedback always welcome!!
@Feldschlacht IV that's a really cool idea! wouldn't bother me having a conversation to build up on your characters personality, it also (from that screenshot) gives you a bit of background of your story as well!
@Palladinthug Very nice maps, i like the inside water fountain and bridge, looks very classy.
@Starbound Leo very nice for a first attempt! one thing i would say is add varying colours on the floor (you can add some mud(brown color) underneath to give a more authentic field feel - one huge positive of parallax mapping imo) and add some more flowers to your grass area
@Yoraee The only thing I can see that i would suggest, on the clubs staircase, possibly make the banisters both visible as it looks to go from a 3d effect to a 2d effect when the banisters merge into one (it could just be me and my suggestion may not work) but the rest looks very sleek for that style (bestroom is my favorite out of them)
@nicely That map looks good. The room doesn't look too symmetrical, which is good for the feel you're trying to establish. The lghting fades away nicely as well. Normally I would point out all the empty space, but in your map, it fits the theme well. There's enough room for a large group of people to work in- I would assume it's a blacksmiths/weapon shop
@Fudge That it is! There were going to be quite a few NPCs inside the room, I just haven't had the chance to put all of their character sprites together. I don't want this map, or my future maps to look empty, but sometimes it looks so repetitive. I'm thinking maybe smaller maps with around the same amount of clutter would do the trick? Just spitballin'.
Ok! That would work as well, but I actually like that kind of map and how the empty space sits within it. In the end, though, just go with what you find more fun.
Always keep in mind what type of location it is that you are mapping. This looks like a blacksmith/weapon maker workshop. It has what seems to be a furnace. In that sort of situation, there would never be a good quality wooden floor. Far too dangerous. It also looks like you have a carpet going up to the furnace, which would be the last thing that one would find there. Nor would anyone store jars etc. so close to a high heat source. So you have contradictory indications about what sort of place this is. I am not arguing for hyper realism, but you want something that doesn't jar the player's sense of place.
I personally would have this smaller, even allowing for additional NPCs, if only because when people are working they are not going to want to have to walk long distances between work benches, stores, tools etc. Also having it such a large size gives it too grand a feel for the type of location it is supposed to be.
You show the front wall, clearly indicating where the windows are. But no door?
What is a spinning wheel doing in a workshop like that?
My small little project, Red Haze, is coming along. Currently working on a basement and parking lot area. The game is supposed to be in sort of a decrepit abandoned place and have a doodily style going for it, so it's a bit interesting to design for, but is what it is.
Working on few maps on my Final Fantasy fan game. These picture's show the outskirts of Sector 2 which is bit more up market out of most of the other sector's.
will have demo soon available. thanks! and keep up the hard work people!
My second parallax map! I don't know how to do lighting, but I will look into some tutorials. Again, made with Celianna's parallax tiles. Any feedback is welcome!
My second parallax map! I don't know how to do lighting, but I will look into some tutorials. Again, made with Celianna's parallax tiles. Any feedback is welcome!
This is your second map pal, your doing great. I'd personally add few more tree's ? but yeah when you add some lighting it will look even better. keep it up
My only real quarrel is with the theme, actually. If you are going for a FFVII prequel, wouldn't that mean that you need a tiny bit more modern tiles? And no vegetation/flowers? You can even see the huge thematic difference in your tiles of the first map and the parallax background.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 3rd quarter annual Drifty jam! I'm always so impressed with the games people make! This time our winner dominated both categories!
i'm getting better and i think im going to work on my magical girl game while I wait to get some stuff for my horror game. i hope you guys are having a good day
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