The Resource WIP Thread 3

@Sharm I'm glad you said that because all of your #2's were exactly what I was wanting from the character. That makes me very happy.

@RocketKnight It's a balcony? I did not see that at all. If there's supposed to be a railing or some sort of edged bit before the flat section it would be good to make it more pronounced. Make the top edge brighter and thicker perhaps. If it's supposed to be completely flat on the top then you've got a dark area that should be a highlight not a shadow where the front edge transitions into the top.

While my work has mostly been code-related lately, I've created some placeholder graphics for some doors and doorways, so my walls aren't filled with holes anymore. Still tweaking the event itself, but here's the concept art. In-game, these doors are actually recessed into the wall half-way, so the tops are slightly hidden.

So for my sci-fi adventure game, I've been working on a custom tileset designed to fit in with the PHC artstyle, meant to look like the interior of a grungy old spaceship, with a distinct red-grey sort of motif. I've made a couple mock-ups of what it might look like in-game, with some lighting effects. I'm torn on whether or not I should use Terrax lighting, and I'm also questioning how well I made these pillars. This is my first attempt at making any sort of tileset so let me know what you think. :)

@Robert-Character Creator Ooh, I like the variety. That's going to look really cool.

@Prez Could you post it without the lighting? I can't tell if the bland sameness is a tile problem or a lighting one, and it's hard to judge the tiles when they're being altered by the atmospheric elements anyway.

Sure thing.

@Sharm It was supposed to be flat but i don't get what you try to say.

I made some retouches in the metal pieces also made new things to. All the bricks need polish.

I'm not feeling great today, so here's an example instead of more words. Things can still read as gray or brown to the mind while still having lots of differences. Don't make things samey, it's boring and flattens everything.

@Robert-Character Creator Sorry, I'm going to have to come back to this later, don't let me forget.

@Sharm It's fine, I want to clean up the stairs I want to post here anyway- pixel count is all off. I don't know what's wrong, but I hope you feel better. :)

Edit: I just remembered why I stopped working on these stupid stairs. Here, take them. Get these abominations away from me.

I'm working on a character sketch, here is the first drawing to try to match the faceset.

@Sharm I understand. I think I see what you were talking about; I blanketed the whole place in the same colours and they blended together too much. Admittedly, it looking drab and bland was partly intentional, but I wouldn't want that to extend past the fourth wall since the entire game takes place on this ship, so thank you for pointing this out.

Anyway, here's an update. I changed the floor colour in both rooms, and in the barracks/crew quarters I also changed the wall topper so it wasn't the same colour as the wall itself. I made some other edits as well, like moving the pillars to be in line with the walls they're attached to - it turned out that making the floor a different colour solved the problem of them being hard to distinguish against said floor.

@Prez If you're going to use custom lighting, then please don't use the default shadows, they're unrealistic, they don't blend well with the custom lighting and, imo, they're ugly. :p

I did some progress, samples in-games:

From my stand point the tiles themselves look very good! However, I few things I noticed. The bridge image looks a bit weird with boxy shadows because your tileset is very curvy. For the second image with the Arch and Roof, it doesn't quite look like it belongs or connects right to that wall... it looks like it's on top of the wall.

Other then that your art skills are amazing, I like the work you're doing.

Don't think I can get this any smoother

That looks awesome, the only thing missing is his arms. It would be cool to see an updated version.

edit: are you planning on shadowing his legs during animation?
edit edit: like where his knee is, it would look cool with some pop or definition.

@Harrumi
Hows this?

@RocketKnight the balcony shadows looks wrong to me, however I wouldn't know how to fix it. Also, the black border around the tent makes it stand out a bit too much, maybe use a darker version of the tent colour?

@Rukiri you could try colouring the bottom part of the leg that is behind in a darker shade

I've tried to design a simple sprite, I'm not completely happy with it, especially the side view, but I'm stuck. Constructive criticism is very welcome!

@acirnep
His head isnt moving up and down, so he looks like dancing to me instead of walking.
Like here in this video you see how the man's body and head move down and up while walking
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Move down his upper body by one or two pixels, that should make it look better

Been some time since I posted here...


@acirnep I agree with @Puruiro's opinion, you need to make the characters head move up and down, that will give the illusion of walk. I believe one pixel down is enough, but try and see how it looks.