TPASMALL'S PROFILE

That is a sweet map!

author=Ashley_Lacure
Edit: Also check out Indra's Mapping Guide.

I have desperately needed something like this for a while, thank you!

I can agree that self gratification is way over valued, but I don't think the problem inherently lies within video game making. People who don't take in the whole scope of what makes a society function are dangerous too though.

Science and engineering alone can't make society function. I think people value high level degrees too much. Having grown up and worked in the construction industry, I can tell you that many of the high paid engineers and architects I've worked with lack practical skills and created more work then necessary.

I realize this is going off topic a bit, but my point is that 250 million people with 'high skills' doesn't necessarily translate into 250 million skilled people. And while there are too many people in the entertainment industry, someone who creates something worthwhile can actually contribute to society, even though they may not be considered 'highly skilled'.

For example: Nintendo's creation of the Wii has helped to keep elderly people in nursing homes active. While this may be attributed to the engineers who created the system, someone had to have the idea to create games that would work that way, and execute a game that would keep people interested.

(Nearly) Every field can be beneficial. There is no reason to knock people for wanting to earn a living doing something they enjoy.

(I realize I'm all over the place here but I have the flu and should be sleeping, so cut me some slack, ha.)

(I'm also really bitter about architects who get praise for designing things, when I've never worked with an architect who could design something in a way that actually worked, or have the skills needed to actually make something themselves.)

author=Large
TP, your dead bodies could use some more work, imho. Look at the one with the green bandana, for instance; his arm is hovering. If his life was taken, his body is lax, the arm should be on the ground. The way it is now, I can tell that you just took a sprite facing left and rotated it.

When people die violently, as these people seem to have, usually they drop in awkward positions. I know that the VX style (Big head, small everything else) doesn't help with that, but, you may find a workaround.

Yeah, I really don't have much ability with graphics, but I can try to adjust his arm some. I've tried making them look like the enterbrain dead sprites but that failed pretty miserably, ha. The only one that I think looks any good is the one in the water, and that's only when its in motion because it bobs up in down in the water.

Better?

edit: the boat is supposed to be left in tact on purpose.