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Devlogs & Projects / Re: Atlas Tile Editor (ATE)
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:20:42 pm »

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Devlogs & Projects / Atlas Tile Editor (ATE)
« on: October 16, 2017, 01:05:17 pm »
Announcing Lost Astronaut Studios Atlas Tile Editor (ATE)

Preview/Demo: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/919603344984956928

What's an Atlas Tile?

In games of yore, atlases (also known as sprite sheets) combined to form the entire world of a game.  You could build the world by using a single texture, which helps decrease "texture swaps" in GPU hardware, and speeds up the game's rendering, while also helping the world get made by reusing art stored on these atlases.

Atlas Tile Editor (ATE) is an up-and-coming tile editor that will allow pixel artists:

1) To create reusable sprite atlases similar to the functionality of GlueIT and TexturePacker.

2) Create advanced geometric tilesets for OpenGL (and DirectX) games in a way not currently available.

3) Pair customized tilesets with heightmap and normalmap data using a simple cyborg algorithmic and artistic way of building heightmaps as you customize tiles, using a provided height atlas.

4) Use the native ATE format, or a JSON exporter for tile overlay geometry features

5) Export "baked" tiles (available, but not recommended) as PNG, for legacy engines or engines that cannot use Atlas Tiles(tm).

Whoa whoa whoa, wait, you mean you can put actual geometry on these tiles?

Yes, the entire premise of the Atlas Tile Editor is to provide a way to draw tiles on the fly from a single texture, but using 2D geometry to allow multiple samples from this texture to create essentially new artwork as a collage.  The 2D geometry is then assembled into a VBO and displayed in your favorite engine using a shader.

ATE will be available for only a few dollars on Steam in Q4, 2017

For just a few dollars: You will receive ATE, a sample Workspace containing Atlas Tiles from Lost Astronaut's Fringes of the Empire (some sources for the tiles includes OpenGameArt.org), demonstrating various techniques with ATE, and lifetime updates.  You are free to use ATE for commercial work.  You are encouraged to mention your use of ATE in your credits, but it is not required.  You will also receive a document explaining how Atlas Tiles work, and how to implement an Atlas Tile system in your favorite game engine.

Just to recap, here's what you'll do in Atlas Tile Editor (ATE):

1) Create customized tiles from texture atlases.
2) Save "baked" tiles as PNGs
3) Save "unbaked" tiles as ATE packages.
4) Save "unbaked" tiles as CSS/JSON packages.
5) Save your workspace to recall your work whenever you'd like.
6) Create and associate customized height maps, which are converted automatically to normal maps.
7) Export tile packs with height maps, normal maps and color maps.
8) Import and pack tiles using BestRectPack algorithm.
9) Import and pack tiles using "row and column" packing (to create Sprite Sheets)
10) Add, rotate and stretch tile geometry with granular control.

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Unpaid Work / Call for artists [Rev-Share]
« on: January 07, 2017, 06:59:00 am »
Hiya Folks,

Always looking for additional opinions and artists who want to team up.  Project is maturing and is greenlit.  Contact me here on the forum or via email with your portfolio, and your Skype name or request access to our Slack.

Very busy with so many initiatives regarding the project that aesthetic seems to be suffering.  So, I'm trying to find "partners in crime" who will work as diligently as myself at creating a unique world together.  The better the game looks and acts, the more potential for high sales capital.

2D Secret of Mana Style 2.5D type Zelda view
Unique challenges in a hybrid top-down shooter engine
RPG

Non-negotiable game themes:
Science Fiction
Outer Space
Post-Apocalyptic

Looking for an artist to help expedite the project and improve the product.   More information upon request.

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