[WIP] [C+C] Pixel Pirate in Bits of Eight

[ptoing]

With attribute grid he means the 2x2 tile colour grid.

Dither is tricky. I know that on the C64 certain colours when dithered result in "pixel crawl" which looks pretty ugly. This is worst with colours that are far apart on the colourwheel. So magenta and green right next to each other cause the most fringing and crawl since they are diametrically opposite of each other.

That is for PAL anyway. I am not sure how it is with NTSC.

[hawken]

latest update, decided to work with an easier tile set so need to replace all the tiles.

Trying to cut down on dither, implement 2.5d, black waterline and vegetation. Surt I tried to drawn my own version of your tile but yours is perfect, can I steal it?

[Gil]

Just a minor comment: I wouldn't call this 2.5D. 2.5D is a very confusing term that means a lot of things, but none of them mean what you mean with it.

Just call it perspective.

[hawken]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D Gil according to wikipedia it's any game that has depth but is 2d. I do remember back in the nes / snes days we used that term. It may have changed since then.

A bit more progress, trying to find/lock down a style...

[ptoing]

I think using the black like surt did gives things more togetherness.

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

Dang man, this looks sexy. I love all the details you're adding.

I'm not sure about the brown around the torches underwater, it doesnt go with the blue well. Maybe you could use some of the green palette.



that maybe? and the blue isnt a bad color for some bright lights down there.

I'd also agree with ptoing

[hawken]

Thats a really good suggestion about using the green. Stolen. 

I'll have darker levels with more black, going to have to call this done and move on. Thanks for all the input on this set.

[surt]

can I steal it?

I'm cool with that.

I still think you should respect the typical NES attribute grid. I consider that to be one of the key defining traits of the NES look.

The area with the torches is meant to be dry isn't it? It doesn't look it.

[hawken]

cheers surt.

here's some giffage of the wave tile cycling effect ingame. Skipped the ladders and posts for today, takes ages to implement.



Next tileset is inside the ship.

[Ryumaru]

That is stupid simple, but actually looks really damn nice.