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   Hi, I'm making a game inspired on the classic Mega Man, using NES-like graphics.

Someone recently mentioned being confused by the fact that you can't land on these purple pipes:

My approach with the graphics in this game, is that I need enough contrast between the foreground and background. In this case, all foreground is bright greens and grays, while the background is using the 2 darkest shades of purple

The player's eyes would focus on the bright parts (the green and gray floors and bright/animated objects) and ignore anything purple/dark

This image shows the value contrast between foreground and background:

This is the second area of the level, which uses red pipes:

Which also has different values than the foreground:

Could I improve this somehow, or is it just that one guy trying too hard to find something to criticize?

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7Soul Midshipman Joined: 10 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 87	Topic: [CC] NES game tiles Posted: 09 April 2015 at 3:43pm
	Hi, I'm making a game inspired on the classic Mega Man, using NES-like graphics. Someone recently mentioned being confused by the fact that you can't land on these purple pipes: My approach with the graphics in this game, is that I need enough contrast between the foreground and background. In this case, all foreground is bright greens and grays, while the background is using the 2 darkest shades of purple The player's eyes would focus on the bright parts (the green and gray floors and bright/animated objects) and ignore anything purple/dark This image shows the value contrast between foreground and background: This is the second area of the level, which uses red pipes: Which also has different values than the foreground: Could I improve this somehow, or is it just that one guy trying too hard to find something to criticize?
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 09 April 2015 at 4:38pm
	The purple pipe is lined up and connected, indeed making it look like a walkable extension of the platform.
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7Soul Midshipman Joined: 10 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 87	Posted: 09 April 2015 at 4:59pm
	What about this?
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 09 April 2015 at 5:41pm
	I love it all but see the confusion with the purple pipes too and just shifting them is not really working. I think you might just have to not have them touch the 'lit' ones at all or maybe even not 'light' them (2 colors and dithering) because in the purple screen its a bit more clear but in the red pipes it could read confusing too.
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7Soul Midshipman Joined: 10 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 87	Posted: 09 April 2015 at 6:16pm
	I made the grey pipes meatier, and the purple pipes don't connect to them anymore
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 09 April 2015 at 6:22pm
	That's very clear now :)
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 29 March 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 224	Posted: 10 April 2015 at 7:46am
	Why do you need to have the purple pipe go through the foreground pipe? Even after all these edits you still have them passing through each other. If it's no longer "connected" pipe why must they overlap? Removing this overlap would help a lot. As much as anything else having this continuous ground level of pipe that's all overlapping is making this confusing. 0_o
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Flerponius Seaman Joined: 31 October 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 18 November 2018 at 10:51pm
	I think that the size and alignment of the purple pipe in the first image isn't a problem, but the way that it connects to the foreground pipe is confusing. It might look better if the foreground pipe looked like it turned towards the background to connect with the background pipe. Here's an example I whipped up quickly:
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LuckyF Commander Joined: 13 November 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 104	Posted: 19 November 2018 at 1:14am
	Got to agree with Iscalio. as long as it's somewhat lined up with the walkable ground it would be confusing.Even in the latest edit eyes just naturally follow that line. Takes a moment to process that it's not walkable further. A bit confusing with reds too. I think removing the brightest red from them would do the trick though. Pushing them further back so they're not fighting for attention with the walable stuff. A quick edit?
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