Starlight Shoals

Here's a work-in-progress cave map!! I still need to add treasure chests and enemies and stuff...oh, and the black circle on the ground will teleport you to a cliff higher up on the map! I'm planning to implement the circles both as a puzzle feature and a convenient fast-travel mechanic, which should be kinda neat, maybe. :3

Also wondering if I should darken the screen a little when the player's in the caves...hmm...

Yeah, I see what you mean, Dyluck -- I think the reason is because the dark floor is normally supposed to be a ceiling tile, but I used that instead of the regular light brown tiles because I think it suits the inside of a cave better. :/

Maybe I'll test using the light brown tiles with a darker tint to the screen and see if that works best~ ^o^

I looked for it and the closest things I can find are the "Darkness" tile and the ones named "Hole (Stone Floor)", "Hole (Dirt Cave)" and stuff like that...I was using the dirt cave one, and I also realized I was using the dark ground tile and not the ceiling tile -- the problem is just that the dirt-cave-hole tile is apparently designed for the regular ground tile, not the dark one, which is a bit annoying. >_>

I guess I'll just go ahead and redo the floor with the lighter tiles, darken the screen and see if that looks better to me. Thanks a bunch for the help and suggestions, Dyluck!!

Yeah I did give that one a try after your earlier comment, it looked the best of any of them mixed with the dark ground tile :D But it still leaves it with a grey metallic edge, not as noticeable but still there, so I figured I'd just overhaul the floor with lighter tiles. And I just finished doing that! ^-^

I think it looks a lot better now, so eh, I'm happy with it. I made the screen darker by a slight bit and that seems to give it enough of a caverny feel. Now I know what to do with the rest of the cave maps as I make them!!