THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

@SnowOwl Hmm.. we didn't sing songs in class. If there was a piano, then all the kids would probably play on it and it'd be hell for the teacher. Maybe I went to a far less strict school than you did.

@LockeZ I very much like the feel that you got going on. I think the number of different woods might actually add a charm to it. A kind of realism. It reminds me of how SnowOwl uses textures in his maps.

Maybe I'm a bit of a stinge but I think, for the solo pulpit, you could still see the standing block from this view? I don't know, I'm just guessing. Plus, those benches are pretty alright. I think it's hard to do the back of a chair properly.

My only regret is that it isn't the Phoenix Wright RPG. Or even a real-life courtroom drama like Judge Judy where all of the game happens in one single room.

@Locke- Something about the bench legs is whats throwing it off for me. Maybe even recolour/repurpose the table legs above for bench legs? Also the side angle chairs look a little large compared to the back.

Begriff- you could maybe tighten up both floors by reducing the height by a tile or two.(especially the upper landing)

The counter top is bugging me. Looks like its not deep enough. It should be at least the same size as the tabletop neat the tv.

I'd also recommend more consistency with the dark outline. If you're gonna do it on the furniture, the steps and walls should also have the same bold outline. As it is, those elevator doors seem to pop right off the walls cause the outlines so stark.

My only other gripe is the white negative ceiling space. I think it pulls the eye away from the rooms and takes away that interior feeling. maybe its just me though.

overall looking better.

@Ratty: Right I realize that, I was thinking the amount of reflection is based on more location and amount of rain. This place rains a lot and the amount when it rains can be a lot, enough to turn the grasslands into a marsh. Do you think it's still too reflective for that? Considering the water when it's super reflective is probably a good couple of inches above the ground. I appreciate the feedback and would love to hear your response/critique.

@CashmereCat: Perfect, posting this definitely paid off. I'll lower the opacity then and save this for truly reflective surfaces. Thanks!

@Lockez: That's a very detailed description. Thanks for taking the time to do that. Your idea is definitely do-able, I think in a true marsh I can implement something like that. When I have an area like that I'll post it and you can tell me if it's to your liking. Thanks again!

author=JosephSeraph
@GreatRedSpirit instead of fading into black, you could fade to a base color that`s the darkest tone of a few specific panoramas. It looks good, depending on the way you do it -- if all the panoramas share the same color, it looks pretty natural.
Another way would be to make a 2-tile transition as a sort of fog or something -- one to hide the tile, and another to show the background. It'd probably look pretty good :3
Depending on how you do it, thoguh.

I tried the two-transition fog (well, more of a fade, not sure how to do a fog) and grabbed a similar panorama and put it together for this:



It looks better than my previous attempts of trying to mix the two! I might try this, I don't have the final look of the area down yet beyond mapping. The side edge looks a bit weird but I could live with that. Thanks for the help :)

@LockeZ
It feels a bit too spacious. Alot of the space is just wooden floor, and there's not really much that spices the room up. Maybe make the room a bit smaller and put painting or something on the walls, and put a carpet in the middle walkway.

Also, yes, too much wood with really bleak colors, making it seem like a house in the ghetto. The white chairs kinda stick out like a sore thumb, too. never seen that type of chair in a courtroom before.

@Dookie: Thank you. I changed the size of the map a little bit, looks a lot better now. I see what I can do about the counter top. Well, I want the objects to have a dark outline to draw attention to them - I already tried how it would look like if everything had black outlines and I never really liked it. The negative ceiling space isn't that worrying in-game. But I see if I will change that in the future. =)

@GreatRedSpritit: I think it looks alright. The hole in the wall seems a bit...off and I would make the waterfall a bit longer. It looks really good for RTP stuff. =)

I've been working on a cafeteria recently. Don't really know if I like the enterior as it is now... I also need to sprite a lot of atmospheric stuff, like glasses, a clock, food and all that good stuff. And NPC's. God, I can't wait to insert all the NPC's. Don't really know if it's too big for a simple cafeteria. Or too small. Or...stuff.

For those who thought I was joking about making an RMN fangame - I'm super serious.



OK, maybe it's not so serious. o_o