parallax backgrounds wip

[neverest]

This is a game Im working on aside from other projects.
Apart from a few failed attempts I've never really tried putting together the landscapes I envision for game ideas, but after a walk along the clifftops I was inspired to give this one a go.

Heres all the elements together.


And the individual layers:










The paralax scrolling occurs vertically as well as horizontally, so currently when you go right up into the air all you see is sea, so I want to add one more layer at the back, of some sort of shoreline, and probably some rocks/islands in the water. Oh and theres also some clouds higher up.
I'm still not sure about the sky and sea, I like the lower colours, but i'm wondering if I should ditch the dither, add in a few more colours and just band them straight across. Currently the topmost dithered part is distracting so thats definately going.
Any other c&c most welcome,
thanks.

[Hyun]

Gorgeous colours Nev. Love the flat style of shading - and therefore the dithering seems to be a bit out of place on the sky. I also love the way you've achieved a grass texture. How long did this take?

This would look pretty luscious as parallax. Your pixel art has come such a long way ever since I first laid eyes on Human Cannonball. Two thumbs up from me! 

[AlexHW]

Very nice!
I can imagine this paralax scrolling, seems like it would look great in motion.
One thing I'd suggest is perhaps adding a couple cloud layers as well, so that when you are in the sky, there is also some paralaxing so you can notice when you are moving left and right.

[goat]

if they're supposed to parallax shouldn't they seam together and maybe be a little longer? :x or is that coming later

I don't usually go for this style but you pulled it off really well, the colors and implied detail are rather sexy.  Solid pixels

[baccaman21]

if they're supposed to parallax shouldn't they seam together and maybe be a little longer? :x or is that coming later

I don't usually go for this style but you pulled it off really well, the colors and implied detail are rather sexy.  Solid pixels

they look like they tesselate in the X to me?

[goat]

akgjxv, nevermind, didn't see the scrollbars on the images

[neverest]

How long did this take?

Far too long to do lots of them. I may lengthen them if I get time.

Your pixel art has come such a long way ever since I first laid eyes on Human Cannonball. Two thumbs up from me!  

hehe thanks, I somewhat cringe when I look back to HC now!

Each layer should currently tesselate horizontally, although admittedly they could be a bit longer. As it is the motion is looking nice and because each layer is a different length, you dont get exactly the same view twice. When theres stuff happening in the foreground it shouldnt be a problem at all.
[edit] No problem goat, I keep doing that myself!

Thanks

[Dan]

I love the cliffs you have done. They remind me of when i was last down in Cornwall. Think the cartoon effect rocks! No crits at this time. Nice work.

[Lick]

Lovely and warm picture here. I really enjoy looking at it

I think the grass layer doesn't look as good as the hills. Particularly the shading. I find it hard to imagine how the shape would actually look like because the dark shade is confusing. That's all!

O yeah, great that you chose Parallax Scrolling. I don't see it a lot anymore, but it definitely is a great effect. Please keep us posted on this project.