Pixel Joint Forum: Skylines or cityscapes

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   In most pixel art, A backdrop that depicts a city is usually layered with a darker color in front and maybe 2 layers of lighter color buildings in the back. 

Are there any good rules to follow when designing this? I mean it seems simple enough, but are there guidelines you could follow? Choosing colors and so on.

If you are reading this and you did a backdrop like that, could you please link it in this thread? Maybe give a quick rundown on how to composite something like that? Or a link to another thread or tutorial if you know one.

Also, are there considerations if you want to make it a parallax scrolled background?

Edited by botodev - 26 January 2011 at 7:07am

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botodev Seaman Joined: 23 January 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Skylines or cityscapes Posted: 25 January 2011 at 11:36pm
	In most pixel art, A backdrop that depicts a city is usually layered with a darker color in front and maybe 2 layers of lighter color buildings in the back. Are there any good rules to follow when designing this? I mean it seems simple enough, but are there guidelines you could follow? Choosing colors and so on. If you are reading this and you did a backdrop like that, could you please link it in this thread? Maybe give a quick rundown on how to composite something like that? Or a link to another thread or tutorial if you know one. Also, are there considerations if you want to make it a parallax scrolled background? Edited by botodev - 26 January 2011 at 7:07am
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 26 January 2011 at 2:18pm
	color-wise just use the rules for atmospheric perspective: stuff farther back is going to be lighter and less saturated. canabalt comes to mind as an example: I'm sure there's tons of other stuff, just gotta dig it out of the gallery. here are a few I found: Edited by cure - 26 January 2011 at 2:18pm
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 26 January 2011 at 6:32pm
	jal's levels come to mind too I think that typically, when it comes to games, the speed of the parallax is defined by the programming. oh, one more that's a bit different:
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botodev Seaman Joined: 23 January 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 26 January 2011 at 9:17pm
	Ok, that gives me some good examples to work with. Thank you.
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