[WIP] Dwarf Cave

[aramaki]

I've started to work over a mockup for a dwarf adventure game. Here is a cave concept:

Does values on the background look fine? I'm a bit confused because CRT monitor and TFT monitor shows different pictures.
C+C needed.

An old dwarf with an axe will be the main character.

I plan to make animation.

[7321551]

Nice. Very Mega Drive. I like that you've given the rocks a clear light-source.

In the background, there is a big leap in saturation & hue, without any corresponding change in brightness. I reduced the saturation-difference, & added some (small) degree brightness-difference.

I also tried to smooth the transition between two of the ceiling tiles, by creating an additional tile.



Hope that helps.

[aramaki]

7321551
Thank you! It looks much better. I've applied changes in this new update.

[Lazycow]

Hi Aramaki,

I really like this setting and your style. Anyway, the latest version looks still a bit washed out for me. So here's my max-contrast-edit.


PS: you might want to calibrate your monitors: http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

[Gil]

I don't like the max contrast at all. The original might need a little attention to contrast and brightness, but what you did is push everything to its limits, making it a confusing mess of priorities.

[CrazyMLC]

This is horrible!

Everyone knows Dwarfs are made out of text!
 

Looks okay but if this is a cave, where is all this magical light that is making everything so bright coming from?

[NaCl]

MLC is right, I tried to make an edit to reflect the true nature of a sealed off dark cave:



In all seriousness, it's looking good. I like the max contrast edit, I think it makes the thing look vibrant and interesting. I love the rock tiles, but maybe you went a little overboard with the stalactites. Also, I don't think the dwarf fits very well. He is more of a cartoon style, with all the lines and clean surfaces, and the rest is very gritty and real looking, with detailed complex surfaces.

[aramaki]

Lazycow
Nice. It popped out very clearly, and at first I was thinking to keep it that way, but after a while my eyes started to hurt, and I left the old varient, except for adjusting levels of the columns and the rock floor.

CrazyMLC
The light source is somewhere in the upper left.  I think you've got the point about the darkness in the tightly shut cave, but I'll die rendering and thinking over local illumination.

Also, I don't think the dwarf fits very well. He is more of a cartoon style, with all the lines and clean surfaces

I'll keep it this way for a while for the purpose of animation.

Update:

[Kren]

IMO these is a really neat looking game , my only concern is that you have too much colours going on that it doesn't have a feeling into it of being a cave..


Probably mine is abit overdone. but I hope it helps..

[twodayslate]

IMO these is a really neat looking game , my only concern is that you have too much colours going on that it doesn't have a feeling into it of being a cave..

Agree 100% and your example looks fine