I think it's brilliant. Though if it wasn't for the cacti, I wouldn't know it was a desert. It might just as well be snow. I'm not sure how to fix that. I suppose you might want to fix the edges of the cliff, as they look a bit 'fluffy'. Also,  make the flat terrain a bit more uneven, add more pebbles and such.

Anyway, I'm just guessing. I'm having a lot of trouble pixelling the desert myself.

It reminds me of this zelda game.. :) looking good!

Here's a thought: I made the sun come from the top right. Maybe too dramatic an angle (45 degrees would indicate afternoon) but you can experiment with it. I think it helps readability and the sense of high noon/desert heat.

Also, I disengaged your cactus on the right from the cliff, because they were sharing an outline at the top.

Just a thought, though. I like this a lot.

The shadow on your second cactus inside the border looks killer. The ramp is actually fine, you may be overthinking it. But, if you want, you can try a dithered gradient with your light gray at the bottom of the ramp and the 'white' value at the top.

Wow, your tileset looks great! I like what you did with the ramp in the latest version. I'd really like to see even more terrain settings. What all do you have planned? You're doing a good job with this.

Why I've been refraining from anti-alias:
Wanted to make sure the character looked decent on different kinds of backgrounds, instead of only the lightest color.
Example:

-Lots of AA on head

-Baby amounts of AA on head

I went through and tried to anti-alias larger objects, and re-shadowed the water so the shadows are facing the appropriate direction.
Haven't decided if I want that much anti-aliasing on some of the objects, but they look good regardless.
This is probably the final version for this tileset unless someone points out something substantial, I'll probably start a different theme tomorrow :>



I'm tempted to say that fixing the shadows on the walls would be too much effort for how little an effect it'd have, but I'll have to play around with it and find out eventually I guess.
I liked the shadows hitting the cliffs as well, actually.
I'm sure I can figure out a way to incorporate it somewhere even with these new shadows.

World Map
This is not set in stone, at all.
Just random ideas, I suppose.
I imagine it will change drastically by the time I complete this project (if ever)

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Update 9/2/11:
Tried to make a dark cave tileset, using a darker shade as the "base color."
As you can see, it DIDN'T WORK AT ALLLL.
That being said, anyone have any tips on how to go about this?
My best idea so far would be simply making the walls constructed of boulders as opposed to small pebbles or whatever the heck I ended up drawing.


Edited by Vine - 02 September 2011 at 10:50pm