SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

author=Dookie

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This looks pretty nice. I like the creativity going into that. It's rare to see a place called "The Hive" being used almost so literally these days lol. I like how it also has the honey oozing out and isn't just in the shape of a beehive

author=orange-
Here's a new screenshot, contains slight pixel nudity:

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hanging out with my ghoul pal. I'm starting full time with this project now. Looking for at least 2 months of free time to commit into this.

That's very cool looking. I think the only thing that kind of bothers me is the perfect circle shape on that (torture rack?) thing. The perspective feels slightly off that way because you're seeing everything from top down at an angle, but that one spot very much directly from above it rather than at an angle. I love your character design and environment design though. Very nice looking.

I like the graphics and the feel of your game, pretty grotesque, but that's just the way I like it :D Is that a turd, you can pick up on the right side of the screen? The white outline gives arcade-ish feel to it, dunno if that's what you're after? I'd prefer something more subtle...

@sicksinz, you're right about the circle base of the 'torture rack?', I'll tweak it. thanks for the feedback ^^

haha

Maybe try drawing the backpack front-on, with little straps attached to the top flap or something so it doesn't have such a turdish structure? Alternatively you could adjust the colour.

Yeah, I think you're right. It shouldn't be too hard to add in a buckle on the front, either. Thanks Kaempfer!

author=theloathableone
Some screens from my first (and only) project. These are from the world map. I have no idea what I'm doing, so criticism (good or bad) will be met with much love.

You're on the right track. I actually really like these; Too many world maps are flat looking, while yours has a lot of depth and personality to it.

The one critique I have is with the wood fence atop the brown cliffs; the colors blend a bit too much. Not necessarily your fault, but something else might look better.

That RTP is very boxy, so I'm not sure if you can do much to alleviate that. But it's still good stuff; keep going.

Ah, this is my first time posting on these forums. I'm making a game kinda inspired by Space Funeral I guess? You play as a treasure hunter named Quiddity and he starts out in a cave-turned-museum. I'm still working on the museum area though, so tell me what you think!

guys guys guys please you don't need to quote enormous screenshots that are directly above your post we have eyes

@Momeka #1:
Those are some pretty pixels. Except the portal, which is not so pretty. I'm not sure the style matches REFMAP/M&B, though (it's better).
@Momeka #2:
Great use of that forest tile and great looking edits! The secrets are very juicy.

@theloathableone:
I really like the use of those cliffs and such to give a lot of depth to the overworld, but it's looking really, really busy. Like, the path forward isn't clear. In fact, it's hard to tell what's going to block your movement. Also, the stairs in that first screenshot with the lava (the grey stairs on the left) should be longer by at least one (probably 1.5) tiles to show depth correctly. Do I spot a hidden area behind a waterfall in screen number 3? I think I do!

@scitydreamer:
welcome, welcome, I'm going to be not so nice and recommend you inspect carefully some pixel art tutorials. There's a lot to be said for custom graphics, but you want to avoid looking like you drew some lines with the MS paint pencil tool. I'm not knocking MS paint, I used it for a long time, but you want to escape that feel, not embrace it.

@Red_Nova:
No problem. Post the buckle version!

@Momeka I love this. So effective. Effects like that make exploration so much more fun.

@theloathableone I feel like this shouldn't look good at all but its sooo appealing to me. I love detailed overworlds. I love seeing zoomed out map locations.
In the snow screenshot, behind the character im assuming thats a village, but it looks a little large compared to the castle in the corner. I know youre working with limited tiles here but maybe consider trying to make the town read a little better.
Just a nitpick, looking nice. :)


Here's our TOTALLY NOT INSPIRED BY FFVI'S BLACKJACK airship.

@Dookie: I can't help but think of the time the Mythbusters built an entire plane out of duct tape and then flew it. Also, really nice airship. I christen it THE BLUNKJUNK.

@Orange: I'm down with any game where you can play as a zombie. I would probably extend the border on that left frame all the way down to the bottom of the screen, unless you've got another window that goes in the empty area.