The theme for this isometric collaboration is horror. Exteriors and Interiors rooms, halls, catacombs, labyrinths, sewers, tombs, sacrificial altars and anything that fits within the horror theme is OK. As for characters, vampires, mummies, zombies, ghosts, murderers, spiders, even aliens and OTT fantasy are OK as long as they are horrorific!

Rules
• You can create more than one tile but your tile may not neighbor your own tile (even diagonally).
• Only one active tile reservation at any one time per participant. You must finish a tile before making a new one.
• Once you reserve a tile you must post an initial WIP within 7 days so it doesn't hold others up.
• Once you post an initial WIP you get 14 days to update your tile or post a comment letting us know its active. Every new WIP/post update (busy, school, work, sick, moving, etc.) thereafter buys you 14 days.
• Pink outer tiles MUST use transparency to 'break the grid'. (See the ISOak collab edges)
• Inner tiles CAN NOT use transparency.
• You must use the supplied palette colors (13) only, but you don't have to use them all in your tile (Those making outer tiles will have one extra color for transparency).
• NO animations.
• Your tile must match the tiles surrounding yours, unless your tile has no neighbors (first 5 tiles). This will become increasingly tougher as tiles get added. Some tiles will need to match on as many as 4 sides.
• Matching your neighbors does not mean it has to continue their idea/concept. Just that it blends seamlessly somehow.
• Please keep the collab's general light-source and scale as shown below consistent in your tile. This may be tweaked in your tile if you use secondary light sources.
• Please post your tile on its own as a comment and make sure to say what number it is and it will be added to the collab master image by a Collab Manager in order to keep the color palette true.
• Your tile may be added to the master image in WIP stages if it shows the tile's direction enough to help others visualize their own tiles.

Special Rules
• The first 5 tiles may be anywhere at all and require no neighboring tiles.
• From the 6th tile on your tile MUST have at least one neighboring tile already posted that your tile blends into.
• If one of the first 5 tiles picked is next to the first 4 tiles then #6 may pick a tile with no neighbors. Or once 5 general starting points have begun.
• In the event that a tile is made without a reservation or 2 people accidentally work on the same tile a special vote may be held, or a duel to the death may be started by the 2 people.
• Special rule(s) may be added to accommodate whatever loophole y'alls manage to find and exploit.

Notes
• Novice or pro, all are encouraged to collaborate.
• Possible tile rejection if your tile is not in isometric projection or fails in scale.
• Possible tile rejection if your tile does not match and blend into your neighbor(s) tile.
• Possible tile rejection if your tile just doesn't blend in with some degree of harmony. Should this happen to you check for comments left for you...there will be some!
• You can get tips and help to improve your tile on this thread. No need to make a separate WIP thread.
• You are encouraged to take all c+c on your tile. You do not need to apply all given c+c but please don't ignore them. Especially from your neighbor. Remember this is a 'collaboration'.
• Please use the 'PJs Image Specs' link HERE to check your final tile colors has max 13 colors (14 if an outer tile) and the right colors.

This project features Erstus' award winning 13 color palette.
If you submit your tile to your PJ Gallery you do not need to credit Erstus but it would be nice of you.



Edited by Gecimen - 18 August 2014 at 8:07am

This time around the theme will call for characters and these having personality and some level of expression seems likely. We have increased the people scale slightly from the classic size for this but there should be no problem with this as shown in the image below by Pawige that is smaller than the scale for this collab. Note this is not isometric and is only a ref for general details on human sized characters.



Edited by jalonso - 24 September 2013 at 9:32am

Met, what are you talking about? Interior and exterior are the first words of the 2nd sentence about the theme being HORROR :/

Hello.  I am confused by the example lightsource's shading.   Is the light coming from above and to the right, at a right angle?  Or is the light coming from above and to the top-right, in line with the isometric grid?

I guess I'll give this a try. Gimme tile #21, please.

Yeah! I love the new theme
#55 please!


Edited by Nevercreature - 28 September 2013 at 3:14am

First 5 tiles are reserved. In order to prevent first week traffic, I'll disturb all of you guys daily (so that a few tiles get done a.s.a.p. and open up new spaces to reserve).

@Metaru; yes your tile concept is within the rules of the collab.


Edited by Gecimen - 28 September 2013 at 8:46am

Quick WIP to show what I'm planning on. Plenty of detailing to do (door, walls, behind the door, debris in front of door, etc.) but the concept is apparent. Doors are scary, yo



Edited by Ashkin - 28 September 2013 at 6:57pm

Motrox and failureboy, note that the first 5 areas need to be posted as a starting point then after that all have to have a neighboring tile.

You can have that tile but you will need for Nevercreature to post his #55 first, k. Maybe he'll post a WIP soon so you have an idea what you need on that side, k.

@jalonso, I will wait and submit another tile request later

Mino, the diagonal is just an 'area' you claim. We have found that any grid that falls within iso angles end up showing the 'lines'. Additionally, with non-iso tiles all have to be slightly more careful about matching their neighbors seamlessly because noone is apt to 'lean' on an edge and further show the grid. An iso grid would/could bring up issues of overlapping.
*We gave that some thought :p

Further progress. Still need to add some more debris and stuff, but I'm ready for critique if anyone has any.



Edited by Ashkin - 29 September 2013 at 7:04pm

ah, gotcha

Ok Gecimen. If you are agree, I'd like to do the tile 28. Thanks.

That's beautiful ^
So can I order a #33 with fries?
Oops it's taken.. just saw that. hmm
make it #32 if I can.


Edited by |||| - 30 September 2013 at 7:56pm

#33 isn't taken. It's yours now :)



yes!

Great tile, yes of course he can..

I think it's up to you what to do with that creature inside your tile's borders :)


Edited by Gecimen - 01 October 2013 at 7:06am

Tile 55

Here it is. I can polish it if you want.


Edited by Nevercreature - 01 October 2013 at 9:39am

Starting on #18.  Thanks

Updated!

I think this version is better.






Edited by Nevercreature - 01 October 2013 at 11:28am

@crozier; Ashkin's tile is far from finished but you may edit his tile to show what you mean or pick a tile near him and show a fine example and expect him to continue that.

As for the text, we don't really plan this theme to be over comical, as it's supposed to be horror, and text usually contains funny stuff, but it is not forbidden as long as it doesn't disrupt the scene (read: no huge text boxes please).

40 is yours.

main image updated.


Edited by Gecimen - 01 October 2013 at 1:07pm

More work, I guess. Still no idea what to do with the floor tiles or anything, and the dents on the door look awful, might just remove them entirely.



Edited by Ashkin - 01 October 2013 at 11:32pm