Castle Paradox

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

I have almost completed the demo, and I want to show you these in advance. The topic one is Eggie getting chased by two punks. The middle one is him in a basic battle. The bottom one is him trying to open the oversized fridge at his best friends' house.

Hunter Green · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject:

They don't look very good.

The walkabouts are overly skinny, the maptiles are minimalistic and rely on gradients too much, and the battle graphics are kind of blocky. Also, why are the thugs twice eggie's size?
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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:50 am Post subject:

Honestly, I can see your maptiles improving...even though the walkabouts could use some work.
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Iblis · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject:

Add some dithering to your shaded maptiles. Especially the trees. Trees are not huge gradient ovals. However it doesn't look terrible. I can look at it without wanting to break my computer. Just keep working at it.
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jabbercat · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:48 pm Post subject:

I like the trees the way they are , not very good but nice and cartoony

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Roach Lir · Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 119 Location: United Kingdom

The hero and monster graphics could use some work. And the maptiles DO rely on gradients, making everything look shiny and new. If you know what I mean. Gradients make things look as if they're made of plastic.
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Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

Okay, let me get this down:

-Widen the walkabouts.
-Don't rely on gradients.
-Smallen the enemy graphics (Actually, I don't really think it matters what size they are, but whatever.)
-Add texture to the maptiles.
-Add fatter people and the game (Got that covered easily.)
-Break my computer by looking at them.

Roach Lir · Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 119 Location: United Kingdom

Eggie, someones probably already mentioned this, but on the screenshot of the fridge, what are 'HP' and 'TP' about?
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no_shot · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject:

Wow, Eggie's got quite the fan club. Those were really good, though.
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Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

I now have the thugs height decreased, and the trees are bigger. Like 2 X 2 Tiles. Also, the enemy graphics aren't so blocky. They a loose and baggy, though they look a little weird. Also I gotta say I am proud that I haven't ripped off any graphics yet, though a lot of the graphics are copied from others, like some of my hero graphics look quite the same (Because I used the others for making new ones) And about the walkabout graphics, I can't really make them any bigger because then they would look weird. I like having the skinny, I just need to stop using my old Walkabouts so they aren't horrible. I mean, the ones I had during the First Urban Fantasy.

Also, I made the lowered walls fade out, and now they look a lot better.

no shot- Thanks for saying that I had a fan club, makes me feel good.

Roach Lir- What do you think those HP (Hit Points) and TP (Tek Points) are there for outside a battle?

Durandal · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:33 pm Post subject:

Me · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:18 pm Post subject:

Eggie, for future reference, whenever you think any of us are just insulting you and your work, compare what we say to the previous response, as it is the only one here that actually insults without saying anything constructive whatsoever.
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Durandal · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:22 pm Post subject: