Game & Map Screenshots 10

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i've always wanted to know what this tile on the overworld tileset is. i've never understood what it was or what to use it for. anyone have any ideas?

@gigaswardblade Looks like a crater. Correct me if I'm wrong.

So this is my first time making a game and this is the map that i am proudest of.
But i saw alot of people complaining about new people that are bad mappers and i am new and
am i a bad or good mapper? If not, please say why i need improve

@LeviTheMyth That map, with the same comments, is already on this thread. You will see it is the last post on page 5. Please do not post the same map twice unless you have made alterations and would like feedback on the changes.

@LeviTheMyth
The key to good maps is to plan and design them before opening the editor - that means thinking on what belongs on the map and why, and where to place what. A lot of bad maps happen because the developer hadn't planned the map and either got it too empty, or too cluttered or otherwise unplayable or unviewable.

on this specific map, it's still too "blocky" - nature doesn't make cliffs that way. You started to break the usual large areas, but you didn't go far enough.
Additionally, you should work through one of the tutorials on shift-click-mapping. Because you didn't use shift, several borders are wrong and add to the bad look.

A big thankyou to @whtdragon for the cobwebs, maps aren't finished yet, but the cobwebs look great and add such detail.

I'm going for bats.

...uh... spiderly-bats. :p

Very nice web.

Wow, that looks stunning.

@Alexander Hawksmoor Those are very nice cobwebs, but I wonder if they would look even better if you edited them to a slightly lower opacity. At the moment they look less gossamer and more blanket.

@LeviTheMyth - Unless you're going for a surrealistic design, the water for the waterfalls need an origin point and a destination. At the moment, it looks like the water is erupting from nowhere and soaking into the ground, which would likely result in a flooded area.

@Lycanimuss That looks really nice!

I reworked the color scheme of the Erayu swamp. It's now a little more defined and not longer such a color mud.

And I also set up a lighting script to bring a nice atmosphere to the night time. Of course it looks better in motion. :LZYcat:

Greetings everyone! Even though I've been stalking these forums for quite some years now, this is my first post. Lemme know what you think about a part of the main city from my game.

EDIT: it seems i couldn't upload the image properly

@Skyquake Sadly your image is not showing up, at least for me. Could you please upload it again.
Thanks.

I'm not entirely sure I have the mood right yet. (also there are supposed to be guards that I haven't placed yet)

My first finished map
you can see it animated here

@lemongreen I have a feeling there is too many colored lights it makes my mind busy, so I cant feel the right mood, like there is white, yellow, red and blue in one small map. Maybe reduce to two/maybeee three colors only, that should help settling the mood better. Also the light over the throne is too dark, so the light at the bottom pulls all my attention more, instead of focussing on the king. The throne deserves to be brighter^^

@Lucy Fox It looks good! I like these moving glowing thingies, I'm curious what it looks like in motion!

@Kato-A What a nice improvement, I like the way the new version looks^^

@Puruiro Actually the light over the throne is the brightest (not counting the one from the chandler; I could take that out but then I'd have to rebalanced the rest of the lighting because the rest of the room couldn't be seen) I'm also using a zoom script so not all of it will be seen at once (the way I have it set up is the light over the throne only come on when the king is there, otherwise it'll be off) Also, your suggestions aren't really helpful towards the mood I'm trying to go for.

@lemongreen Ah, if its not all in the same time, then its fine, I thought it would be the way it looks like in the screenshot.^^

@lemongreen If the king is meant to be standing, then fine. Otherwise, I'd consider an edit on the sprite so that it is actually sitting on the throne. A throne is meant to signify importance/power. That is reinforced if the person is sat on it and the other has to stand.

@Skyquake There is a lot that's right with the map. You have used the space well, there is a variety in your buildings, but the place still feels cohesive because you have used the same tiles. Something you might want to think about, though, is the number of trees you have. In a town where people do not have their own private spaces, public space becomes more precious. I doubt that people would have left so many trees filling up the only green spaces in the town. I am also wondering about where people meet together. Often this will be around the communal well, but not every town has to have one. There seems to be nowhere just to sit in the sun because there are no benches or similar. Unless they all go to the pub/tea shop, where do people congregate for neighbourly chat?