THE SCREENSHOT TOPIC RETURNS

author=yuna21
@Itaju: That is utterly amazing. 0_o Are they your own tiles? Or edits?

Yeah they are my own. :)



Improved the solution and added some more details. It might look busy now, but this is just graphic test. I think I will reduce the amount of doodads in active mapping.

So, you've seen these already in their base format (not fully done yet still):



All 3 areas thus far. And then...



All 3 on the same screen. I love how these work out so well with one another that if combined it really makes one good map. I don't know if ALL of my maps work out this way, but darned if I don't try to do it that way! This is the Valley of Corpses Dimensional Rift, which is like...3 maps only, compared to the Hollowed Caverns Dimensional Rift (and probably future ones) which had like 15-20 maps on its own (split among 3 parties but nonetheless). I'm curious if other people try to make their maps flow as well together with one another like I do? Anyone else out there??

Here are some screenshots of a snowy town that I created. They are from my first project.




Tell me what you think! I don't know if I need any work on certain errors or not...

EDIT:
The canopy shadows were just a fog test. I do not have any fogs resembling clouds yet, but hope to. I'll remove the fog soon.

EDIT 2:
These are old screenshots. Maps are long gone. New ones have been posted on page 454. Hope you like them!

@Dy: Longcoats are badass! And I should stop giving my female chars Peek-A-Bangs. >< I should use the girl in my avatar as my main character then. :p
@Itaju: Wow... that is... just- I'm speechless. 0_o I commend you. Seriously.


Made some new buildings and started working on the male base. Did some shop signs too. Ahem, the weapon sign looks like an airplane. XD I think the map has about 123-126 colours.

@matt It looks like your main problem is with walls! You're currently using what's meant to be the top of walls as nothing but walls in the second screenshot. See how the piano peaks up over the wall? Yeah, that shouldn't happen! I'd suggest about 3 tiles high for the walls and then be sure to put the top of the walls in. Also note that you're using shelves as small tables in the bottom right corner of the kitchen. You have the fronts of crates against the wall as well, but no actual crates attached to them.

In the first screenshot you have varying sizes of doors. Try to stick to just one door size to make the game look better. I'd also consider extending your sidewalk tile to the feet of the doors in the 1st screenshot since paths like that don't look so nice and don't tend to happen in most more populated areas that I've seen. Oh, and there's a tree on a fence in the first screenshot!

I don't know what you two are talking about. The second screen doesn't even have walls. It has benches, though. Lots, and lots, of benches.

Also, check out that third screen's walls. It's, like, one tile was used for the top and left sides, and a different one was used for the right and bottom. It looks really, really, weird.

zephire98, i think that's pretty nice mapping within a more simplistic style, especially if this's your first project! If you're looking for ways to improve your map, you could always clutter empty spaces with random stuff, i hear that's cool. I'd recommend making your maps special some way. Have points of interest, things unique to only that map, for example a townsquare with it's floor tiles forming a pattern or something.

NOACCEPTANCE772, i like it! Almost like a cellshaded look. Reminds me of Ghost Trick for some reason. Although the lighting on that dude's hair looks a bit wrong and odd.

Resumed work on Vol II.




If the monsters don't get you, the heat will...

How does it look?