PVGames 2.5D Showcase

This thread was once a repository for videos. Those videos are now merged with Plug-In and Tools thread, so this thread is now a showcase of PVGames assets, primarily created by and submitted by users of the assets (and a few from me as well).

Enjoy!

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Videos and Clips:
(A big thank you to Zyphli, PsychicToaster, Padr81, Kaelen, and Risen)

Videos and Clips

Screenshots From Users:
(A big thank you to Zyphli, PsychicToaster, Padr81, and Risen)

Screenshots

Screenshots from PVGames:

Screenshots from PVGames

For your first video, this was actually pretty helpful. Got to start with the basics after all. 

Yeah. It's nice to have parallax tutorials using your resources, rather than RTP or similar styles.


I never thought of mapping the way you do, Jesse. I was creating patterns in GIMP and then using low opacity cloning to get things such as dirt roads. Thanks for showing me a new way to map. :D


Audio is a bit dodgy, but I can still understand everything you're saying.


Looking forward to the lighting\shadow tutorial you mentioned. Anything new I can learn about adding lights and shadows to a map will be a huge help.

interesting video. Sound is not bad (though it sometimes feel like you stole Will.IAM's vocodder).

Yeah, sorry about that. It is a webcam mic, not really high quality, and I think it might have been placed too close. Next time I will try it further away and then adjust the volume controls in the editor. We'll see how it ends up :)   Might invest in an actual mic if need be.


There is no right or wrong way to utilize the materials - they are just graphics. This just happens to be the way I do things.

Awesomen I'm also really looking forward to see how you use the cliffs :)

I just went ahead and ordered a Blue iCE microphone, so should have that in a few days and that should provide a notable bump in sound quality. I might remake this first video after that, and go on to make other videos. I would like to get a short list of subjects that people might want to have me go over. Thus far I have:


The basics of parallax mapping with my resources


Using the cliff resources


Creating interiors


Combining parallax mapping with the game engine/grid for best results


??? Let me know!

Making a castle keep with the castle type 2 folder. Something I've struggled with. Super helpful though! I'm glad to see this come out alongside the Dungeons pack. Christmas is here early. 

I might do a tutorial on how to achieve this blended look. Finally got my recording software set up properly. If anyone is interested in a different style using painting with patterns, I'd be glad to give it a go if Jesse doesn't mind. Not trying to hijack the thread lol. But it's not a bad idea to have multiple tutorials on different methods for using these resources.

@PsychicToaster You should. That's a very nice effect. I have a lot of different GIMP brushes which I use to create effects like that. Yo can also use the dodge and burn tools to create darker\lighter areas - helps create the illusion of depth.

Go for it @PsychicToaster, I would happily put a link in the main post to it. 

What I also use sometimes is a very slight bump mapping, and also light bevel and emboss to produce a bit of depth.

Yeah. There's a nice tutorial on using bump mapping on here:




That's where I learned about bump mapping to create roads and riverbeds. Of course, you could easily use it to create all sorts of elevation.

@The Stranger


I don't even use any special brushes, but if you've got a link to some I'd gladly try them out. I used the GIMP stock Smoke and Grass brushes for that method. 

@PsychicToaster This site has nice brushes for GIMP, as does this site - however, the last site does require you to buy a $3 license if you plan on using the brushes and patterns for commercial purposes.

What brushes would you recommend for pattern brushing?

@PsychicToaster Depends on the effect you're going for. If you look through those websites, you'll find brushes for nearly everything (symbols, spray paint, decay, wounds, etc) so it all boils down to, as I said, the outcome. I used various symbols (runes, tribal markings) to create tattoos on the busts of some of my characters. I used various decayed brushes, with a nice fleshy pattern I found on the first site, to create a wounded\diseased look on other busts. I also used said pattern and brushes to create fleshy hive tiles on a parallax map.


I might use something more natural (in terms of brush) to add mud effects, for example. Perhaps a swirl brush, decay bursh, or fractal brush. Pretty sure there are some rough sand brushes on the first site which could be used for things such as mud\dirt.

One thing I'd like to know is how you made those logos for the resource packs. Pretty pointless since there's a lot of tutorials for that around...

I would love a tutorial about the battlers/mastersheet and how to use them best (which battle engine is best, what other plugins to use). It took me a long time to figure that out in VX Ace, and it would be awesome if there was a guideline for MV.


Oh, and thanks for the tutorial! It is awesome that you are using gimp, not so common to see the free software in a parallax tutorial!

Ok, removed the link to the tutorial and made a link to the re-made tutorial that has better audio and shows a few more things as well.


Tutorial 1

Now I know how to easily make fog. Awesome! :D