SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

A gentle slope is usually invisible to the human eye in real life, as well, so I see no problem with connecting two flat planes like that.

That being said, the grass slopes Sated posted all all pretty good examples, although the slopes from the Pokemon screenshot rely entirely on the fact that there are side-facing slopes to reinforce the illusion (otherwise they'd just be dark blue walls).

Some work I did today on an area called "Coral Castle" from Songs from Aelsea. Obviously it's still incredibly WIP. Not totally sure about the coral + fish paintings on the castle walls at the moment or of the colours, but I think it's shaping up nicely.

author=Sated
Skills that inflict a status effect (in this case Blind) always have the same animation after them as a visual indicator, so that's what the darkness thing is.

That's a pretty good idea! Tempted to rethink my skill animations.

author=Pizza
Some work I did today on an area called "Coral Castle" from Songs from Aelsea. Obviously it's still incredibly WIP. Not totally sure about the coral + fish paintings on the castle walls at the moment or of the colours, but I think it's shaping up nicely.

Lookin' good so far, Pizza. I'm a fan of the coral paintings. I like the way the shadow by the door curves in, but shouldn't all the shadows do the same?


My screenshot addition for today:

Exploring a forgotten temple built into a cavern.

author=ExtremeDevelopment
@Ram-I think you should use shift mapping with the water ponds, and that waterfall is coming out of nowhere. There must be a source of water above in order for a waterfall to appear.

The source of the water is supposed to be above the top of the map. Any advice on how to map something like that?

Ramshackin
Lookin' good so far, Pizza. I'm a fan of the coral paintings. I like the way the shadow by the door curves in, but shouldn't all the shadows do the same?

Well, it was supposed to be the shadow of the archway, which is only above the door. Looking at it again though, the angle of the supposed light source that's hitting the other walls would mean the door shadow should be totally flat as well.

I'll probably keep it the way it is though.

ExtremeDevelopment
@Peperonni Pizza-Ahhh I love ocean related areas so much <3 Those graphics are literally killing me :O

captainregal
@Pizza- Its art like this that makes me jealous. Looks great, gotta love custom made art.

Thanks, guys.

After looking at the game's graphics on my actual work monitor (now that I'm home in TO and at my good computer), everything is looking a lot nicer to me. Not so shaky on the colours anymore- they were just coming out bad on my laptop.

@Pizza that castle really reminds me of the early spyro games. But in pixel form. Looks so cool.

Would love to see that in action, Erave.

Some battle mockups..

@Dookie: A playable jacket and hat? Alright. You have me by the balls at this point.

@Dookie and Pizza, oh also charblar: Your games are looking great! I wish you the best with them.

Oh yeah, Erave you too, lol.

So here's my plea for assistance...
Bizarre Monkey needs you! Seriously need your feedback on this, there's more to add onto it, but I just need to know how it is so far, text too fast? Not enough focus per character, lemme hear!

Also, just to note, Sven, Sped and Svoli have temporary home-made voices right now. It's likely I'll be able to do it in house, but if you're British and male, PM me (on either skype or through the systems here) and I'll letchu know what I'm sorta after. Also if your foreign sounding (as in, have an accent while being not natively born in an English country) and female, I also need you!
To voice that line and possibly more!

Okay, now that's out of the way, let's see what we got.

Would massively appreciate any critique and comments, this is the first time I've done something so character focused.