AuthorTopic: GR#129 - Labyrinth - RPG Projection Sprites and Tiles  (Read 37581 times)

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Re: [WIP] "Labyrinth" Sprites and Tiles

Reply #60 on: June 21, 2013, 05:12:31 am
It definitely stops it from standing out as obvious to my eye so yes, looks better  :y:
A hint of shadow wouldn't go astray either:

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Re: [WIP] "Labyrinth" Sprites and Tiles

Reply #61 on: June 21, 2013, 07:08:17 am

Contrast should be lower in the darkness, shouldn't it ?

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Re: [WIP] "Labyrinth" Sprites and Tiles

Reply #62 on: June 21, 2013, 04:20:39 pm
When playing with shadows, don't forget these 3 parameters :

- usually less contrast
- usually a less color saturation (more  b&w). The opposite is also possible.
- tinting (cold, warm, mysterious, it's up to you)
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Re: [WIP] "Labyrinth" Sprites and Tiles

Reply #63 on: June 22, 2013, 07:01:48 am
It definitely stops it from standing out as obvious to my eye so yes, looks better  :y:
A hint of shadow wouldn't go astray either:


I like that. :D


Contrast should be lower in the darkness, shouldn't it ?
When playing with shadows, don't forget these 3 parameters...

Guys my palette is only 16 colors. I mean, it's a FAKE limitation, since I want to do some kind of shadow overlay thing later (I mocked it up somewhere) but I'm still only using 16 colors for the tiles and everything.
Here's my palette:

I'm not really using the top pink and purple much, but I don't think another blue-green would add a lot. (Would it? I know human eyes are really sensitive to greens. Maybe I need a warm green, or a cooler medium grey?) I guess I was going to use that purple for neato purple shadows or something but I never did and it just ended up another not-quite-black that's too saturated to use for much anti-aliasing but fills out my purple/pink color ramp. (Edit: Actually, I'm using it in my floorboard tiles so that's something I guess.) That background dark grey is not actually part of my palette, I just don't like the bright color of the forums these days...?

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For the walls close to the player, I was thinking of doing something like this, like the wall is cut out?

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New death animation. Mocked up a little blood spatter effect just to see what it would look like but it's not finished or anything.
« Last Edit: June 24, 2013, 06:12:55 pm by StarRaven »

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Re: [WIP] "Labyrinth" Sprites and Tiles

Reply #64 on: July 02, 2013, 12:12:09 pm
New death animation looks great - the little bounce really works for it.