Nice, I really like those trees.

The ground tiles seem a bit too square to me. I think you should make some diagonal tiles too, like this:

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Gasp! It's been ages since I've seen your name around here..

Great wor, nice palette - a good mix of greens. Very impressive.

Update - started work on a boulder.




Haha, I'm surprised someone remembers me . Thanks, I'm very happy with the palette, it all came very naturally, though I might consider changing the grass, water and/or dirt colours, haha.


Good idea. I think I'll make one more 3x3 tree and then one or two 2x2 or 1x2 trees. Thanks :)

EDIT: Small edit on the rocks:




Edited by EyeCraft - 09 October 2006 at 11:48pm

May be just me. These rocks being this big make the trees (the best part) look too much out of scale. The lack of contrast seems fine, it is a BG. Overall colors are great!

Nice!

One thing bothers me though, maybe its just me but, the tiles seem to be from a top angle while the trees are seen from a more isometric angle I would say.

Not quite following you with the rocks. The grass has always bothered me a little bit, but I'm not 100% sure what exactly to do about it.


Interesting...well they are meant to be BIG rocks. I will be making smaller ones...plus when the player character is in there I'm sure it'll help enforce the scale.

As for contrast, that was just my intention, I want to keep the ground pretty low to emphasize the focus on the objects the player actually collides with.


All good ideas, and yes I've got loads myself. The bubbles are a good one, though! Thanks :)


Yes, that's been irking me a little bit, I'll have a look into that...cheers.


Thankyou

Hmm, yes it is quite strange shading, I might fiddle with the colours later...

Update:

Lol, 'green ice'; sounds like a drug...

Starting work on player sprite, there's two styles I'm considering, a sort-of realistic lad, and an RPG-style one (based off of st0ven's template on SpriteArt), which do you guys think would work better? They both appeal to me equally.




Edited by EyeCraft - 12 October 2006 at 12:39am

I too like the more realistic one, I think it will look better with the colours you have chosen as well as the style. I think the point that was trying to be made about the boulder is that it looks a little like its protruding into the air as oppose to laying over a large area. I've had a go at an edit, hope you dont mind. It's probably a bit vague compared to what I would like to have done but I hope it helps a little:

(edited the lower one)

This is what I have done (its roughly cut out im afraid)
to try and make it feel like it's more over headish like the trees I've angled the central protruding part of the rock (the 'top' bit) so that it faces more towards us. I also increased the shading on the furthest right protrusion (dont feel that I did this very well) and added two small pebbles to convey where it's sitting. The inclusion of the vines that you did gave it a greater sense of place however I think it could use a small bit of editing.

I would have done more but i was on a uni computer with only a few minutes to spare. I did an edit at home not sure if its much better but wont be able to show it till later.

i mean the rocks needs more accents on the edges;)

but really great so far really really damn great

thanks :)


Yeah, when I looked at it, there's only 1 of them that I have to redo.

Ok, another running animation (hopefully transparency works too: )



EDIT: added another direction of animation
EDIT: and another ;)



EDIT: added another direction, non-animated atm.

EDIT: animated now :). Well thats the 4 main directions done standing and running, I think I do some more on the tileset now

EDIT: Ok, shorelines restored, just as a bit of a warmup for something tasty. Might do another tree...




Edited by EyeCraft - 14 October 2006 at 7:24am

*bump*

I had a go at editing the rocks. I am surprisingly tired, so I think I'll sleep now, lol. But I plan to either fiddle more with the shorelines, or make some more rocks tomorrow.

EDIT: Lol it would probably help if I posted the image, right? Man...I am tired...






Edited by EyeCraft - 16 October 2006 at 7:38am

Maybe the sky is green ;P. Hmm, I dunno, haven't you ever seen green water like that? I do all the time. It comes from clay-ish earth, I think. I just want to create a toxic, unwelcoming, hostile atmosphere. The green water came naturally to me.

I think I can see what you see regarding the rocks, but big rocks do exist, as do small trees. It's a pretty cramped mock-up, I don't think those large rocks would be that frequent in the game. I'll be making smaller ones soon, which will be more frequent.

Btw, I don't mean to sound like a smart-arse, sorry if I do .

Thanks for the critique.


Edited by EyeCraft - 16 October 2006 at 8:05am

Hmm, all good points. I'll play with the colours and see how it goes.

I know that's not what you're going for at all but still I enjoyed playing with the palette  (On the left =  yours) :

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I must say, those palettes look significantly better. I believe this is because the water was so much brighter than the land before, originally i imaged it to be some sort of cliff or tall grass. Perhaps not so drastic, but a change is in order?

When I looked at the edits, I noticed a transparent quality the shading gives it. I think part of what looked strange to me in the green version is the presence of that implication of the water being transparent. In my experience, water that green is usually only slightly transparent at the depths in the piece. I also agree that the rocks look great there, the way they're set apart from their background almost gives them a metallic look.

Yes, I've noticed that a little about the water. I tried some colour adjustments, but nothing satisfied me. But your bring up this has given me the perfect idea. . Perhaps the rocks do need to be set apart from the background more, yet at the same time I desire to blend them into their environment...


Ah yes, it was a bit of an experiment sticking the tree like that, lol. I don't think it's actually possible to do that in the game engine. I've been meaning to pay some attention to that tree's roots.


More updates coming...but for now I actually have some work to do for once


Edited by EyeCraft - 17 October 2006 at 3:26pm

Wow!  This looks extremely professional, I take it you're making a game.  The only think I could visual see that doesn't look in place is the top rock, the grass on the dirt makes that area stand out a bit too much.  The rest is great, nice work!  

looking great man ... altho it's all very drab ... then again, it's swampland so that may not be a bad thing ...

the water is rather flat though and could do with some ripples/coloration etc ...

Cheers . Yeah, it's looking rather dull at the moment...hoping to brighten it up with more tiles to come. As for the water I'm going to experiment with bubbles, reeds and ripples.


Yep, WarCraft II is definately in my mind as I've been working on this, as well as;
WarCraft I, WarCraft III, StarCraft, Diablo II, Chaos Engine

Wow, this looks great.  The rock looks a lot better moved over the left and not on the dirt ground.

Very nice work, looking forward to seeing more. 

This looks bloody awesome! I wish I had the patience to spend this much time on tiles.  For some reason the graphics remind me a little of the game The Chaos Engine.

Vert bridge just about done;

Wow!
Nice palette. Great rock texture for only 3 (?) colors. Love the first tree.
Great idea with the bridge design. I wouldn't want to walk across it!
Can't wait to see some water texture!