THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

author=Darken
Only thing I would change is the text speed. Were you put off by the serious tone and didn't bother reading?

That's pretty much it. My mistake if the dialogue actually made sense, but it also made me want to skip ahead, which is a problem. I still think it's utterly ridiculous for there to be 10 seconds of "...." on the screen, intro or not.

I almost facepalmed.

I hate how the words 'facepalm' or 'fail' are used for anything you slightly disapprove of these days.

Me personally? Because you can read every single one of my recent posts and not find another instance of either of those words. Not me personally? Oh well, Darken has pet peeve vocabulary words

I hate the campy tone of most RPGs being made by the community

I am seriously confused by this statement. It's honestly rare that I see a game I would describe as "campy."

edit: I re-watched it and the dialogue is fine

I tried cleaning up the fuzzies with Paint.NET, but for some reason MORE showed up. Also, I accidentally drew this at double the size and doodie it fast, since it was only an experiment. Anyhow this dead horse doesn't need kicking. I'll try again in XP and VX tonight.

Nah, I made it a flat image with a pink bg and used the pencil tool. It's possible that irfanview made the link bits, but I doubt it. I think paint.net is effed when it saves. I'll use PhotoShop next time.

Its odd the Canon has blue but the rest is monotone... Cool though.

author=Despain
these are mockups to see how well the sprites fit together more than screenshots but w/e

I kind of love this. Castlevania plus Super Mario plus atmosphere.

Its odd the Canon has blue but the rest is monotone... Cool though.

it seems a bit out of place in these images yeah, but lots of objects that you can interact with will have a single color a lot like the cannon.

glad people like it :O

the hero has earth powers; the central mechanic of the game is that she can raise a shield of stone out of the ground on the tile in front of her, which can repel enemies and stuff. other than that she can't attack and lots of the game will be about manipulating objects within the environment to defeat enemies and solve puzzles.


KAAAA MEEEE HAAAAA MEEEEE HAAA

I don't really see where everyone is getting the Castlevania reference. It reminds me something fierce of Cave Story. Especially in regards to the bloody thorns and the notthwomp.

I like it too. It actually reminds me more of a well-defined and cheery version of Limbo, but the looks is pretty unique as well.

I like the idea of the interactable objects being coloured (if I am interpreting those screenshots correctly).

I think it's awesome and I had no idea that the graphics are different rips. Fit very well.

They do look very professional.

I haven't posted a screenshot in a while, so I'd like to know what you guys think about the latest version of my outdoor tileset, as well as the mapping:



One problem I ran into early on with non-random encounters is what to do with open area. Currently, monsters approach the party and combat is initiated on contact. This works fine in closed dungeon rooms, but when you take things to an outdoor area suddenly every monster in a 2km radius approaches together in a giant wave of enemies.

To avoid this, I have made several different levels of elevation for this wilderness areas. The party can jump from one elevation to another, whereas the monsters can't. This will, hopefully, make crossing open areas more manageable. As always, I'd like to hear what you guys think.