SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

author=Gretgor
Also, Ramshackin: Yes, I can clearly see how to enter those houses (the grassless paths towards their entrances). There's a problem though: I was actively looking for those entrances, since you told us to. There's an off chance that a player would simply assume those buildings have no entrance due to the lack of an explicit door. Maybe, if you added some "light" in the entrances, as though it was coming from the buildings' doors, that'd help. Or better yet, make a cutscene in which a character enters a house through one of those entrances once, and asks the player to follow him/her. That will teach the player that he/she can enter the buildings through those in a "show, don't tell" manner.

There isn't a cutscene where a character enters one of those houses, but the NPCs all have there own schedule and will walk in and out of those buildings on their own. So if the player follows an NPC or happens to be in the right place at the right time, they'll see an NPC walk in.

I like the idea though. Maybe I'll cook up a scripted sequence of a player following someone inside.

author=Gretgor
I think I should make the green one darker. Agreed?

Agreed!

author=Gretgor
Cool! Will be doing this with the color. And yeah, I think I'll make the yellow (which is going to become orange) one diamond shaped.

EDIT:

Is this better?

Also, I apologize for the confusion, since I overwrote the old SHAPES.png in my locker, so now both pictures are this one.

I think I should make the green one darker. Agreed?

Most definitely. The green one contrasts way too much, not just to the other gems but to the characters and background as well.

Pizza: both look cool, but I'm partial on the top one, because it looks smoother and more natural.

grindalf: I like the snowy tiles. Are you going to add some snow to the tree branches as well? Also, how's the sky gonna look?

Thanks for the critiques, everyone. This is a more final version and probably what I'll stick with for the time being:



Re: Kaempfer: I totally get what you're saying, but I think that it's an acceptable loss in the worst of cases due to the atmosphere and mood gained through the use of the lighting effect. For the tree and object shadows themselves, they could easily be thought of as the result of moonlight due to being so faint against the ground underneath the tinting. It's not perfect, but it's not glaringly obvious, so like I said, I feel as though it's an acceptable issue. The built in lighting is harder to step around, but it's also less immediately obvious to the eye and less in the focus of the player.

Interesting.

@Punkitt:

-The flowers could use some stems.
-The tufts of grass don't look curved or natural enough to really read as grass, might want to clean it up a bit.
-The tree trunks could be broken up, so they read better as having roots. (instead of being totally cylindrical like they are now. This could be a stylistic choice though.)
-The outlines are broken on the trees? Not really a good idea when they're the same colour as the grass, or when you're using the Brownie Brown style.
-The top and bottom of the grass edge tiles don't match up. The top one are all bubbly, but the bottoms are very rigid and grassy.

Alright, I'll look into fixing some of the issues you mentioned. Thanks!

@Schwer-von-Begriff Color scheme is good! It invokes the feel you're going for, don't worry. I'd work on that perspective though.

Heyyyy have a battle screen

The battle UI is unfinished at the moment. The HP/SP/TP bars have some borrowed elements from Ollimio, so I'll work on making those more original today.

@Punkitt: Yes, the perspective needs some work. I'm not sure how to make it less wonky, but I'll try. I love the battle system that you have, btw. Looks very earthbound-y. That slime monster looks a little too soft for the hard edges of everything else, though.

@Frogge: Thank you! Oh, I am not actually hosting a game jam of any kind, though I'd like to do that in the future. It's a personal little game jam from me for me - I just try to push myself to the limits for three days to get something done. I suppose it's a great way to train myself to work under pressure and stay motivated. =)

Hey, thank you! Not much I can do about the softer monster though without making it look weird.

Here, have another with an flower enemy.
The checker background is unfinished! I'll fix it later.

Wow, it feels like everyone is trying to make their Earthbound game nowadays. xD I would probably go for that style, or at least something similar that's fairly simplistic if I wanted to make my own graphics.

Looks pretty good, everyone.

I finally mastered the secret technique of ze Gimpu!

I am pretty proud of this. It's the first title screen that I've felt like I have control over its direction and creation, without needing to ask around for help.

For reference, here is the old version:

I like the new version a lot better, since it's actually what I had in mind from the beginning. I was originally going to have a font with a blood effect, but I found another font, which sort of reminds me of Stephen King. I like SK and the fonts that he use. :D

What do you guys think about it so far? Most people who gave me feedback on the RSXIV event wanted a background to go with it, so I decided to add one.