walk cycle + sum tiles

[Mathcong]

Hello, im working on some platformer assets to play around with in gamemaker.

i made a walkcycle and some tiles , id like to know where i can improve/change:







personally i feel like the character and tiles dont really fit togheter, but im unsure why that is.

Thank you for taking a look, Mathcong

[eishiya]

The tiles have a very stylised blocky look, while the character has more realistic proportions and motion, which is probably why they don't fit well together. A more realistic look for the environment, or a more plane-focused stylised look for the character would bring them more in line with each other.

[mtpassd]

Add some dithering to to rocks and they should start to look more inline with thecharacter aesthetic.

[Mathcong]

Thanks for the responses,
 
i added some detail to the rocks that should make them less boxy:



this is the the kind of feel im going for, like cliffs at the sea (:



i personally don't really like the look of dithering, thats why i didnt do it

Now i will do some variations, changing the side and top tiles too.

[mtpassd]

That looks really nice. Good job. I like dithering for certain things but it is easy to overuse. I used to not like the way it looks.

[Mathcong]

made this house to go with the tiles, any advice/ improvements i can make?

[eishiya]

With such realistic character proportions, the cartoony proportions and size of the house look out of place. Highly stylised-looking games can get away with having houses that could barely fit the character because the player understands that everything is just symbols. With realistic-looking characters, the understanding that everything is "just symbols" is no longer there, so players expect things to fit together.

[MysteryMeat]

With such realistic character proportions, the cartoony proportions and size of the house look out of place. Highly stylised-looking games can get away with having houses that could barely fit the character because the player understands that everything is just symbols. With realistic-looking characters, the understanding that everything is "just symbols" is no longer there, so players expect things to fit together.

Aye. Pretty much this. Try to make the characters a bit more stylized to make it fit!

[Mathcong]

alright, guess ill rework the character then

thanks for the input 

[eishiya]

Reworking the house could also work. However, I do thing that changing the character would probably be the better decision in the long term, as it doesn't look like you're doing anything with the realism, and a smaller character would be easier to animate.