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A try at Mother-esque graphics. Still working at them, but what I have thus far.



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That looks really good.  My only critique would be that the color palette seems to clash.  I think it's that yellow-orange, lavender, and maroon all in one area which looks kind of strange.
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i am glad you took the advice that i didn't get round to posting and made the outlines darker shades of the base colour :waycool:
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The orange trees stand out a bit to me, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that anything in that screen really clashes with anything else. I think the look works really well!



I started working on the skill system in my game and snapped a screenshot of the skill sheet for my test character.



I'm thinking about changing the layout of the weapon skills so that the icons come before the description.
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I think the font is a bit too dark from here (in game it might be clearer I dunno).
As for the weapon skill, I think it actually looks good this way; Description then the icon; because it gives it a consistent look (compared with the passive skills set)

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Just feel like throwing something out there.

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Those numbers in yellow represent the damage ratios. so 2x is double damage, 1/2 is half etc. The colors are the elements. Yellow is thunder, blue is water, red is fire and so on. I'm putting my own spin on stat names haha, ATP = attack power, MCP = magic casting power   :laugh:
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aten what does 2 X / 1/2 / Null represent? That's pretty cool. also MCP's magical attack? can't figure out what C would be.
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Its like the skill 'Scan' you find in FF games, Its a nice idea.
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Liberty, if I may recommend anything to change, your autotiles are a little round on the corners and a little flat on the edges, if that makes any sense! Apart from that, v. nice indeed!
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Edited a few things and threw in some houses. They're supposed to be small. ^.^
Oh and the auto tiles are also supposed to be flat on the edges so I can put the grass/rock tiles there without it looking like the auto tile cuts off suddenly. I'll work a bit on the corners, though.




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Realized my first chip was way too bright for the dingy space station look I was going for on the first map, so I took another stab at it. It doesn't look quite this dark at full size/in game.



I think I need to come up with a better floor tile for the non-grating sections than that four box repeat I have going on. I'm open to suggestions.

It seems that every new screen you show have new sprites in them - I like them!

I'm still learning, but thanks.
Last Edit: December 14, 2009, 07:33:33 am by Killer Wolf
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@Killer Wolf: That looks sweet, but I think the character is a little too bright. Just a little.. Don't really know why, maybe because the general colouring of the chipset gives the feel of a dark room and she appears unaffected by the darkness or something.

edit: just reread your post and saw that it isn't that dark in-game so maybe the character looks better suited in game..
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I think I need to come up with a better floor tile for the non-grating sections than that four box repeat I have going on. I'm open to suggestions.

I always fill my empty futuristic floorspaces with diagonal tread plate metal. It's easy as hell to draw and looks nice without standing out.
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aten what does 2 X / 1/2 / Null represent? That's pretty cool. also MCP's magical attack? can't figure out what C would be.
I assume:
2x means double damage
1/2 means halves damage
Null means no damage is taken
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@killerwolf, I think it is a great start, however, I think you need to reassess the relationship between floor and wall. Right now the wall and floor are roughly the same value, so it disrupts the balance and depth. One needs to be lighter than the others. Since your sprites are super saturated, I would say keep the floors dark and bright up the walls. Try to think of your screen and what should be visually prioritised. First sprites, then objects, then walls, and floors last.
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A simple dungeon-exploration system for the game I'm currently working on:

More likely than not levels will go where the white squares are or I'll just turn the whole screen into the dungeon map since the menu is accessible anyway.
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Nice Jmickle, is that a flying ninja abpve the main char?
looks a bit empty chibidestiny, and the rooms being a different resolution than the rest of the elements is a bit weird... otherwise looks good.

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The spacing looks a little off between Rei and Lilith. Other then that, you should make your own graphics, since you are good at them.
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I fixed the space thing already, was a small bug.
I thought of making my opwn graphics as I always do, but this time I want to make a game, and not just make graphics since it slows down the process too much, so for this one I'll be using mostly sword of mana rips :P
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