AuthorTopic: GR#166 - INFilstrUcTURE - Gameboy RPG-view Gameart  (Read 11893 times)

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GR#166 - INFilstrUcTURE - Gameboy RPG-view Gameart

on: January 18, 2014, 02:42:12 pm
I've been working on this lately:

Will post updates etc, critique is appreciated.



Better or worse?

Pixeljoint thread here
« Last Edit: January 21, 2014, 07:16:40 am by alex pang »

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #1 on: January 18, 2014, 03:46:06 pm
I think the new wall is more attractive now its not mainly black.

also - that extra outline on the characters with its own highlight makes them look flat like cardboard cutouts. dunno if thats what youre going for! i like it, but it does affect the overall tone/style to make it feel cartoony to me.

 

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #2 on: January 18, 2014, 03:53:18 pm

the cartoony feel works I think...

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #3 on: January 18, 2014, 05:06:54 pm
I think so too! you dont see that look often. I just didnt know whether you intended them to look paper mario-esque or if it was a side effect of trying to make the characters stand out.

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #4 on: January 18, 2014, 06:03:30 pm
Nice use of a limited palette. What is that, like 4 colors at a glance?

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #5 on: January 18, 2014, 08:56:25 pm
Nice use of a limited palette. What is that, like 4 colors at a glance?
gameboy yes. 4 colors.
will update when I'm sober.

Tiles, I think they work better now, and the floor is not so boring.
Will make them less generic later and add lots of variation, but for now how do they look?

« Last Edit: January 20, 2014, 08:54:11 pm by alex pang »

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #6 on: January 20, 2014, 02:29:53 pm
I think it's coming along quite well, I would play the crap out of this game  ;D.  It looks like there is a missing separation on the bottom two wall turrety things - they really blend in with the floor (all thought that could be intended).  The shadows coming off the wall seem a bit deep as well.

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #7 on: January 20, 2014, 06:13:08 pm
For the most part, the tiles have a nice and clean feel to them. Some of the wall tiles seem inconsistently lit, though, with the light source coming from various directions without any local light sources to explain the change.

I second the part about the outlines making the sprites look flat. The bright outline dominates the sprite, making the volumes of the shapes within less apparent. I think a better approach is to get rid of the outline and use the brightest shade to increase contrast. Whether you should brighten the darkest shade as well depends on the dominant background color. Most importantly, you'll have more room for details. One pixel is a lot at that size.



As shown here, bright and dark together stands out against both the dark tiles and the brighter ones. The brightest version looks a bit more flat, but stands out more against the darker tiles. I also found the feet hard to read, so I made them larger.

I also got rid of the lighter shading on the floor tiles in order to further emphasize the sprites. By keeping the floor as simple as possible, it's easier to spot the sprites. If you feel the floor looks boring, I think it would be better to add some more wall tiles or similar variation to break up the monotony that way. Otherwise, I would use the darkest shade for variation instead. I also tried to get rid of single-pixel noise, leaving just enough pixels to give the impression of rivets.

What do the smaller sprites represent? The leftmost one is a little dark in my edit, so I also added one which is brighter along the edges to show its full size better. I think a better alternative is the rightmost version using the two brightest shades.

For the wall tiles, I made the highlights along the edges thinner to match the style of the other tiles.

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #8 on: January 20, 2014, 10:52:53 pm
Thank you :D, also I'm working on that!
About the boring floor, think this is a start!

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Re: INFilstrUcTURE (gameboy, scifi)

Reply #9 on: January 21, 2014, 04:07:59 am
I've been watching this thread and I'm liking it. Am I the only one that thinks the floor should be the lighter value and the walls and ceiling the darker one?