Elemental Temples- UPDATED 12/31 (Time Temple)

162 · 2015-12-31T23:40:34+0900

I recently bought the Essentials DLC and found that it contained two pre-made temples based on elements (forest and ice to be specific). Having always used stuff from this forum and never contributing to it myself, I decided to make some pre-made elemental temples myself using the other elements. CREDITS: I made it a point to use RTP graphics only, so be sure to credit Kadokawa! You don't have to credit me, but if you want to, whatevs. Free to use for both commercial and non-commercial games! TO DO LIST OF ELEMENTS: Holy Grass Snow Mind/Psychic Life Spirit EARTH TEMPLE I tried to go for a geode approach when designing this temple. FIRE TEMPLE Might redo this one later on...I tried to make it appear almost oven-like, but it slowly became a little more like a volcano. You might want to add torches and stuff here! WATER TEMPLE My personal favorite thus far, I went for an ancient Greek garden vibe with this temple This temple is a little bit special, in that I tried to design it in a way that you could use the animated water tiles with the moat around it. (The one on the roof/by the statues...not so much.) Also, if you want to add a little ommph to the waterfalls, there's actually a character in the RTP that's splashing waterfall...well, water. WIND TEMPLE Hardest. Temple. So far. Since something as fluid as wind is hard to convey in still images/architecture, I tried to invoke a sense of flow with swirls in the picture's "movement"/design. (Are those stone clouds? Yeah, I think so...) Went for a duller pallet because any brightness might result in mistaking this for the light/heaven temple. THUNDER TEMPLE Took a lot of inspiration from Secret of Mana's final dungeon. I tried to make it look like a giant, magical(ish) machine. I originally tried to make it so there's cracks in the side the looks like lightning bolts, but I toned them down because it looked too busy. MOON TEMPLE Okay, this is my new favorite temple. I tried to make it one step in fantasy world, another step in space. Also, wanted to make it seem like a giant lantern. (I can only imagine what this would look like with some lighting effects!) I wanted to keep it from being too busy, in that the stained glass is pretty complex balance/detail-wise in itself . LIGHT TEMPLE Went really crazy on the mandalas here... I like to think that the seals and crystals are to "lock down" whatever's inside the temple. DARKNESS TEMPLE Meant to be a dark reflection (no pun intended) of the light temple. I didn't want this to come off as an "evil" temple, per say. Dark always equaling evil annoys me. Rather, it's...edgy. Aggressive. (Personally, I would go here instead of the light temple.) POISON TEMPLE I had so much fun with this one! (The Woodfall Temple from Majora's Mask and various mardi gras imagery was a huge inspiration here.) I wanted to make it appear as though this temple rose from the swamp. (This is one of the temples I'd love to see the exterior in!) METAL TEMPLE I'm a mixed bag with this one in regards of my feeling for it; I liked how it turned out, but feels like something is missing. A lot of Asian inspiration with this one. I tried to imitate the terra cotta army with suits of armor and make the whole thing seem like a fortress. What's more, here's the Asian arch for this temple, if you want to include it. TIME TEMPLE Bit of a snafu here folks! Also credit Yanfly with this temple, in that I used his hourglass icon in this temple! (You can still use this in commercial games!) Anyway, I tried to make it look like a giant clockwork temple (would love to see the inside of it). Was also watching The Matrix...could you tell from the color scheme?

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162

#41 Mar 25, 2016, 10:25 PM Source

Lunaros Silvero said:
The moon temple is the a very sweet piece of work, I could see it been used in a professional game, keep up the good work.

Heh heh, thanks... *blush*

Selhan said:
This Moon Temple is very, very nice.

Congratulations for it.

I Hope it will not be that long to have the remaining ones ;)

Thanks, I hope so too. :) (One of the main issues is trying to figure out how to use the RTP assets, figuring out what approach to use, and trying to make a given temple different from the others.)
DanPixel

#42 Apr 18, 2016, 04:31 AM Source

Woa! Some good ideas in these pics! Looking forward for the next of the series ;)
JohnnyR

#43 May 28, 2016, 07:12 PM Source

Really, really great job! These are amazing! Will there be more? Like a Sun Temple, or darker themed temples, for all of our dark cult needs? Hahaha

Anyway, great job! :D
Mooshry

#44 Jun 12, 2016, 03:32 PM Source

Next?
Roscalin

#45 Jun 12, 2016, 10:06 PM Source

Heh heh, Wonder if We have to rescue Sailor Moon in that Moon Temple.
xXIzzyXx

#46 Jun 13, 2016, 08:47 AM Source

wow ... they all look very nice but the Moon temple by far is the most beautiful one. Awesome work!
162

#47 Jun 13, 2016, 02:27 PM Source

JohnnyR said:
Really, really great job! These are amazing! Will there be more? Like a Sun Temple, or darker themed temples, for all of our dark cult needs? Hahaha

Anyway, great job! :D

Dark temple's coming up next. (The poison temple might look pretty wicked too!) Hmm...y'know? I think I might add "Sun" to the list too!

DanPixel said:
Woa! Some good ideas in these pics! Looking forward for the next of the series ;)

Thanks!

Mooshry said:
Next?

I'm going to shoot for the 27th of this month. Things kinda got crazy... -_-

Roscalin said:
Heh heh, Wonder if We have to rescue Sailor Moon in that Moon Temple.

lol!

xXIzzyXx said:
wow ... they all look very nice but the Moon temple by far is the most beautiful one. Awesome work!

Thanks! (Moon Temple's my favorite too!)
Mooshry

#48 Aug 20, 2016, 11:02 PM Source

This is dead, isn't it?
162

#49 Aug 21, 2016, 01:22 AM Source

@Mooshry

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Lunarflame

#50 Aug 21, 2016, 02:29 AM Source

Take that as a no. XD

Love the Moon and Light Temple.
162

#51 Aug 21, 2016, 03:41 AM Source

All the same, I am very sorry these are taking so long. Part of the problem is that I have to figure out a new way to use the RTP stuff with each temple (and try not to use the same pieces in more than two) and to make them look different enough from each other.

Lunarflame said:
Take that as a no. XD

Love the Moon and Light Temple.

Thank you. I think those two are my favorite too.

Oh, and by the way, folks-

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HeroDude

#52 Aug 21, 2016, 11:43 PM Source

Lovin' these temple addons!

I might just use some of them in my game.

Keep up the good work. ^^
Lunarflame

#53 Aug 22, 2016, 08:54 PM Source

These are so amazing. Keep up the good work. <3
Myers_A

#54 Aug 26, 2016, 03:18 PM Source

Man, these temples are BEAUTIFUL!!! I had a "Temple of the Divines" section of my game a la Solitude in Skyrim and this is just what I need!!! Thanks a bunch.
Fudge

#55 Aug 26, 2016, 05:11 PM Source

Real thanks 162! These are awesome. I also find it annoying when dark is synonomus with evil. The main heroine of my game is a dark magic person so it's nice to see a non evil dark temple.
EmperorZelos

#56 Aug 28, 2016, 03:58 AM Source

Fudge said:
Real thanks 162! These are awesome. I also find it annoying when dark is synonomus with evil. The main heroine of my game is a dark magic person so it's nice to see a non evil dark temple.

It is fairly obvious why dark ess and evil are closely tied
Past Midnight Gaming

#57 Aug 29, 2016, 06:20 PM Source

162, I love u so much right now! my game needed several temples since its a major part of the story i came up with. now with the addition of the light and dark temples i have all the temples i need to really bring my game to life. Thank You x50,000,000,000 times you Master Architect!!
162

#58 Sep 1, 2016, 04:02 PM Source

HeroDude said:
Lovin' these temple addons!

I might just use some of them in my game.

Keep up the good work. ^^

Lunarflame said:
These are so amazing. Keep up the good work. <3

Myers_A said:
Man, these temples are BEAUTIFUL!!! I had a "Temple of the Divines" section of my game a la Solitude in Skyrim and this is just what I need!!! Thanks a bunch.

Fudge said:
Real thanks 162! These are awesome. I also find it annoying when dark is synonomus with evil. The main heroine of my game is a dark magic person so it's nice to see a non evil dark temple.

Past Midnight Gaming said:
162, I love u so much right now! my game needed several temples since its a major part of the story i came up with. now with the addition of the light and dark temples i have all the temples i need to really bring my game to life. Thank You x50,000,000,000 times you Master Architect!!

Aw, you guys...

I really can't wait to see one of my temples pop up in a game. That moment would be all "Oh crap, ahhhhhhh! There it is!)

A few things folks! First-

Spoiler

The Poison Temple! I had so much fun with this one! (The Woodfall Temple from Majora's Mask and various mardi gras imagery was a huge inspiration here.) I wanted to make it appear as though this temple rose from the swamp. (This is one of the temples I'd love to see the exterior in!)

Second thing- unfortunately, I couldn't figure out a way to incorporate the moving swamp water tiles in. Hence, a floating object movie sprite set might do good here.

Thing three- I'm planning on uploading the .PSD files for these temples sometime soon, as to allow you folks to modify them however you please. (Except for the Wind Temple. Sadly, that PSD file was lost...)

Thing four- I'm thinking about adding a Psychic Temple to the list. I mean, I already did one pokémon element here, so maybe I can do a few more. (Dragon and Fighting I can do in a pinch, but I don't know about Normal...)

Thing five- I'm not one for self-promotion, but...I started a parallax mapping gig here on Fiverr. (I tried to do one here on the forums, but I think Fiverr as a platform is a little more orderly.) The base price is $5 for 20x20 tiles, which is bigger than these temples themselves. ($15 gets you 50x50, and $30 gets you 300x300; there's also add-ons and stuff.) Again, I'll still release a lot of free stuff on here, but I just wanted to put this out there!

Thank you guys so much for the support! It always makes my day!
NeoPGX

#59 Sep 1, 2016, 04:05 PM Source

Is that the poison temple?
162

#60 Sep 1, 2016, 06:07 PM Source

Yep. The one temple that is truly bad for your health.