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Love games.. love retro games.
Um, love anime.. art(though not too good at it)
But yeah~
Not much more to tell lol.

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Pixel Game Maker MV!!


I hope this is the right section to talk about this.
But I noticed no one was talking about it.
So, it seems we're getting a new maker.
I think it's a successor to IG Maker.
https://tkool.jp/act/en/index.html
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/10/action-game-maker-mv-announced-west-pixel-game-maker-mv/

I've been reading lots of articles that state what kinds of games can be made, one such style mentioned was "Sonic the hedgehog" which gives me hope there is a way to make slopes and hills.

I'm mostly just waiting on more information to release this weekend.
Also, I think the only place to buy the software is going to be steam.
Chime in below with your thoughts folks!

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These are ones I sorta made.
The trunk is not mine, but the leaves and so forth are.
Gives me an idea of where to go moving forward.

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I took another wack at the tree situation.

I feel like i'm getting closer if i'm not already there.
I was just not happy.. still not totally happy with it.

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My issue is that, some things I make are easier for me to make in one way, than it is in another way.
I can't draw pixel art version of trees to save my life.
I can't draw grass to save my life.
I can draw some things pixel style, and some things I can draw painted style.
So my visuals end up being a mixed bag.
Sorry, I think it might always end up being a mixed bag..

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I hope this looks better.

If not, I will have to draw my own tree.
I have an idea of how to draw it but it would literally be painted in Photoshop and rasterized.
In other words, painted big and resized to the needed size.
Either way, it won't totally match the houses and so forth.
The way I drew them was pretty basic.. simple outlines and then shading...
I dunno, I'm just running out of ideas..

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Ugh... cause i'm not going for realism, i'm going for in intentionally unrealistic look. The last trees were not like that, but folks said they did not fit.
The trouble with getting feedback from folks, is a lot of folks will probably have different ideas that conflict with each other over what looks good and what works.
I can fix that... it's just a headache at times.
Don't mind my grumpiness.

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I'm at a point with the grass where I kinda wanna bang my head against a wall lol.
I'm not worried about tiles that "tiles obviously" honestly.. I'm drawing inspiration from games that tiles would "tiles obviously" all the time so I think it fits.
I rather not wreck my brain with this.
I mean, even the other grass I was using "tiles obviously" so I don't see the issue.
I was focused on making something that matched aesthetically with everything else.
I mean, I honestly hated how detailed the other grass was anyhow.
I like this one more.

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I noticed most of the comments on the last screen shots I shown was on the town, so I went hunting for a better tree..(I can't draw trees worth a darn..) so I found something for Ace and blew it up and used it in MV.
I also made a different grass tile through some mucking around with some other tiles..

I came up with this...
From what I could tell... there was far too much detail in the trees and grass I was using last.
So I went for something.. I guess simple?
I hope it's an improvement.

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I rather not do that...
The game takes it's influences from the Phantasy Star series.. it would just not fit with the theme to add such a thing.
But I appreciate and will consider the suggestion.
Also, I feel like an idiot for not mentioning this.
But none of those maps are gonna be final..
They're just test maps for the graphics.
I was expecting feedback on the graphics, not so much the layout.

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If you mean in the town, I see what you mean.