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[Snow]

K I'll just post a link, and yeah there's alot of tree spam XD.
Link: http://img826.images...ap2version2.png

[Mercurius]

eh not as much tree spam as I thought there would be

the middle-west mountain is kind of weird with how it consistently uses "shadow" tiles (while the part under it uses the more normal ones)

the map honestly seems pretty easy to compress into an actually usable one though (I'm not actually sure if this is insertable or not but i'm just guessing) by just changing the mega-river and bridge into using the bridge tile and the river tiles while matching the map proportions (not saying that you need to or anything but yeah)

I see that you like using "half villages" a lot

[SmashedFish]

In addition to what Ed said, I'd recommend cutting down on the ledges a bit near the top-right and on the left above and under the fortress. Otherwise, it looks quite cool.

[Fujisaki]

QUOTE (Hatless @ Mar 1 2013, 11:48 PM)

Link isn't working for me, though if it's based on that pokemon(I think it's from pokemon? Anything with tall grass makes me think pokemon) map then i'm not sure if I want to see the sheer amount of treespam >_>

It's from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald....near Fortree City....if you've played it.



Anywho, good job, Snow. ^^

[Snow]

I got bored and made this:


Basically it's a Mauthe-doog, but I changed the colors so that the pelt can have 2 different colors (YES, THAT IS AWESOME, YEAH!). They still have to be similar, since they share 2 tones, but it makes the sprite look cooler IMO. It has 16 colors, so if someone, *cough Arim *cough *cough, wants to script it be my guest. Also for some weird reason I can't find the dodge frames XD, if someone has them they'd be really useful.

[Fire Blazer]

Huh, did Mauthedoogs always look that good? *squints eyes*

[Snow]

QUOTE (Blazer @ Mar 3 2013, 08:02 PM)

Huh, did Mauthedoogs always look that good? *squints eyes*

Thanks......I think? XD

Anyway forgot to post these:

Pallets

[Fire Blazer]

Needs to be more bland, if it looks too cool it'll attract unnecessary attention.

[Snow]

QUOTE (Blazer @ Mar 4 2013, 12:49 AM)

Needs to be more bland, if it looks too cool it'll attract unnecessary attention.

I can't tell if this is serious critique, a joke, sarcasm or a compliment.

[Fire Blazer]

All of the above.

But mostly a joke XP

[Snow]

Lol Blazer

Made something (duh):

Kind of a mage figther guy, it's the sword crit. Yes I cheated and made him reappear out of thin air.
Still have to make a Magic attack and a normal sword attack.

[SmashedFish]

Looks good, up to the slash. I'd say try making him reach out, take the sword by the hilt, and then slash, recoloring the motion blur to red.

[Fire Blazer]

Yeah, no offense but right now but the actual attack is weak. I know it can be hard to animate that part but if you want an attack to look good, that more than anything else matters. I'd definitely actually show the body and make it look a little more complicated. I'm sure if you pick some poses from various sprite sheets you can come up with something: first imagine how you want it, then try looking for references or even try doing the attack motion yourself and analyzing your body position and the such to figure out the angle, shading, pose structure, whatever. It's not easy but it's usually worth it.

Just suggestions though, you don't have to listen XP

[Snow]

Lol yeah I'm very lazy and not very good at spriting I don't have much time to work on stuff because of school XD. I'll finish it maybe, but probably in like a year or some thing like that.

In the mean time here's a map:

It's supposed to be a prison that's why there are so many locked rooms. There are so many chests be request too. Prison and chests what kinda logic is that XD? Any height errors that I missed would be very helpful, thanks guys.

P.S. I made this with Tiled but it's the first map, that's going into a game, that I've made. I followed Markyjoe's tutorial, but it didn't say about what properties to give the main layer. Does anyone know? Also I hate Tiled.

[Albert Clare]

It looks rather like it might be fun to play; any Ideas for what would be happening (or is this for a Hack?)?

[Snow]

QUOTE (Albert Clare @ Mar 9 2013, 11:06 PM)

It looks rather like it might be fun to play; any Ideas for what would be happening (or is this for a Hack?)?

Well it might be for one, still gotta see if the boss likes it, but the idea I had was that in the empty rooms there would be NPC's and eneimes that are realeased at different times.
The room in the top right corner would've had an NPC, maybe an important one that you had to free, the one below that generics.
The one on the right that's facing the two pillars would've had a thief and some high attack unit, the thief would go to the chests if you didn't hurry, and the other guy would stall you if you were too slow.
The three in the middle would've had bandits/enemies, that would be freed by the guards after one or two turns.
The room to the far left would have a thief and another unit, and it would go for the chests that are above it.
Reinforcements would come from the top between the big pillar and the wall, and the bottom left staircase.

[Albert Clare]

Sounds like it could either end up a nice Challenge, though it also has the Potential to be one of those frustratingly irksome Chapters, but I suppose getting the Difficulty right is simply another Part of Hacking.

[Snow]

Lol, I mostly just make up maps starting with very little info on the gameplay itself, and then I start to make stuff up. Like this one I thought alot about because there's this topic on SF about level design that got me thinking, and I came to the conclusion that if I make a map it should have an idea behind it and not just look pretty, at least when it's for a hack.
And yeah, I imagine balancing issues and stuff like that is the hardest part of making a hack enjoyable.

[Fire Blazer]

Hmm, interesting comments Snow, I see what you mean and I can say that gameplay is definitely an important aspect in making maps. I always worked tirelessly with my friend and mapper for TLP, Exxucus, to make sure the maps not only fit the cutscenes etc., but were generally well-designed and fun to play on. It's one of the major things that affect gameplay, so it definitely needs to be taken into consideration if the map is going to be "practical" and be implemented into a hack or game of some sort.

[Snow]

I made a remake of this map:


Remake:

Yes it's completely different so what! It's just mapping practice so no ideas on an actual level but I think I could make it work as a defense mission.

P.S. Thanks to Lucia for making me think of this.