So I started this fighting game background for another forum and thought I'd get c+c here since that forum is mostly programmers. I was wondering if going from a very flat foreground and going to a mock perpective looks OK. Is that lame?




The front buildings wont be that boxxy, they're just there to help visaulize.

EDIT: the sprite is not by me


Edited by jalonso

no c+c 

the background is super-f**king-awesome in the first pic, but in the second it looks qutie distorted. the foreground tiles seem abit overdithered as well - Almost as if you're placing patterned lines instead of thinking how it would actually look, and it makes the rooftops look almost too clean. the windows on the red building also don't make much sense, I have no idea what's going on with them to be darkened and all of a seemingly different brightness - the front building roof and the back building roofs should be of different brightnesses, else the player might think of them as platforms [and you're not going to be able to jump ontop of a building roof in the background; it just wouldn't make sense.] I can't find much else to crit about this for now, but I do like the overall look except for some of those parts I mentioned.

I am new to pixel arting but Think this looks alittle to cludder, (2nd pick) stearing at that for an extremly long time would start hurting my eyes,Its great work, but the back ground seems to have too much,maybe thats just me though.

I been told alot sometimes less is better, maybe that holds true here?

Edited by Corvox

i think those are meant to be street lights not car lights larwick

and yeah, the second one is way too cluttered.

There are some really neat designes on some of the buildings here but its just a bit too busy

the backgroung is getting a bit fuzzy,  the buildings have quite kewl designs.

i think there should be a little more space between two windows or doors of the front most building.

otherwise it's AWESOME!

Yes.. looks great, but a little too heavy.

I like this much more

Edited by leel

background is WTFOMFGTEACHME

why dont u make some buildings with diff style so theres more deph? dont know if it works tho...

This updates includes all the concerns raised here I hope. I have unified the colors down to 24 (can be 18 but not finished, excludes the 6 colors on the sprite)

@leel and snader, I did not make the sprites for this game. I modified the colors a bit, I will attempt to get the spriter to modify his palette too cuz he's not supposed to be asian, actually I don't know what "it" is.

@Shark, hope your eyes feel better XD

@Lar and BtG, the contrast is more consistent, I hopes

@Those who loved the background, sorry it had to go (I actually hated it)

@Setz, I think I will never please you

and finally to quote Flameruler13, more c+c PLLEEEEAAZZZEEEEEE

HOLY CRAPGASM.

If this were a game, the number one thing that would piss me off is that I'd always try use the background as platforms. I mean, it's too PRETTY to be a background.

And I'd probably bail on the faintest row of buildings. It probably would look fine without them. Either that or down the contrast so they're even subtler.

It's friggin awesome.

Indeed it shall.

Pssst! That's detail and grime, not dither.

*drooels.*

Looking fantastic. Now for shum sprites.

That's brilliant- super attention to detail on the buildings. Reminds me of that new 'The Batman' tv show.. I kinda like it.

I have to crit now, I guess.

More like suck up actually.

The details are sweet, the colors are perfect, the perspective is sweet, and I love the atmosphere. 6/5 stars.

EDIT: Typo; that pool water screws up your coordination.

Edited by Monkey 'o Doom

Pretty, but the yellowy buliding sorta has that pillow shadin' thing going on. try getting rid of the darkness on the bottoms and leave it on the top.

I may be the only dumass to say something at this point but.. maybe some city lights?

xD awesome anyways

I like it. :) It feels very Gotham city to me... or maybe I'm just on crack. :P

But yes, I like it.

The light one is more moody; this one more mysterious and nighttime-ish.

Very sutble light , now its perfect 

very nice!  Its starting to look a bit like brooklyn!