Castle Paradox

Artimus Bena · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:57 am Post subject:

My biggest issue with all of these renditions is the grass. It's not as well designed as the trunk.
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TMC · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:13 am Post subject:

My advise: shy away from grass. Real forests have little or no grass. Drawing realistic looking undergrowth instead is probably going to be very difficult though.

The effect of the noise/dithering is good, however the tree looks really weird because it doesn't seem to have any bark.

There's a detailed list of 'Graphics Utilities' on the wiki. I think GIMP is very awkward for pixelating, and have never managed any success.

The tileset size is a huge limitation that comes up all the time. Mike and I once attempted a rough plan to expand it (and tile animations), but couldn't agree on much and I don't remember the rest. Must revisit.
However, something that could (and I demand it does) happen by the next release is adding at least a 4th map layer (either over or under NPCs/heroes)
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