THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

@LockeZ - i think the stacked creates look weird because of the shadows on the front side. it goes light-dark-light-dark...

maybe if you have a part before this that requires the player to do something with stacked crates it will be clear what needs to be done here

She's too easy right now; I'm going to give her an additional action every turn.

It's a nice start and I suggest you continue doing it. You should think more about how you space things to keep it from looking chaotic.

edit: I think I might write a tutorial on this if there isn't one when I have time.

It looks good for what it is, a small village. That little elevation looks a bit off, maybe if the tiles were in different colour? Townspeople also spice it up a lot!

Thank you you two, the map isn't finished, I've yet to add the people, I know the elevations looks a little weird... but I was gonna shoehorn that shit in somewhere XD thanks for the feedback though, I'll get to work on making changes right away.

Thank you for those pointers, I'll post up the new shiny map when it's done, still tweaking a few things.

What do you all think? Just a basic grass area to show what I have. Any errors or ugliness my eye can't catch? My vision behind this map is a town that supplies its own little magically controlled super magic plumbing system. The canal is meant to run into the elevated area and flow just underneath all the homes. With this in mind, is this setting being achieved visually...?

I am very interested in looking at the piano game to see how you did it. Very cool.

@Avee - that title screen is downright adorable. I am also very intrigued by the piano. I love how you've done the reflection, and that the keys actually reflect when pushed down. And I would also very much like to see how it plays ingame.

@Itaju - I for one like the dithering. It gives her clothing appropriate texture (her clothing seems to have a fabric-feel to it, unlike her skin which is smooth) and flows from colour to colour very well. I often find block colours to be a bit of an eyesore (especially with such vastly differing shades). But that title screen is very much a delight to look upon!

That said, I'm quite fond of every screenshot on this last page.

Hm, they don't look hairy to me. It might be best that they're not perfectly smooth: it gives her appearance a bit more substance and makes her different to most other game characters who apparently either have neck-down alopecia or carry a razor with them everywhere. XD

I like it. I can understand why people hate the dithering, but I quite like it. I'll maybe agree with Link that the puzzle piece edges are a little too spiky, but you did say they'd be moving! I don't think my eye is quite so good as to catch little details like that on moving objects.

And perhaps her hair. It closely resembles the fabric of her clothes, makes it look a bit matted. I'm not saying it should be sheen and smooth, but another texture may suit it better.