The Screenshot Thread

[regi]

@Devi: yay text-based games Just a thought, I wonder if the right side of the screen might be better as plain text, to keep everything consistent.

@Sailerius: Interesting. The one path's edge on the far right looks too linear and I'm not sure I like the tiny patches of grass or flowers growing on rock (grass is too noticeable, don't you think?), but otherwise, pretty cool.



Finding the best screen tone is difficult, so tell me how things look so far. (I'm kinda iffy with the lights, and once I add that lantern tool it'll just get messier, but eh.) Anyhow, these screens are from the beginning of the first dungeon, retouched. I'm still working on adding cooler puzzles, so stay tuned!

 

[Luthur]

From what I can see Regi, I'd say theres a bit too much blue in the tone, but it depends what you're going for. You could use a fog overlay for the lights like I do for my maps, but that would get quite messed up as well if your lantern's a picture.

I posted this in the Last Man's Stand thread a few days ago, but I thought I'd post it here as well for comments. This is part of a begining cutscene for LMS, showing the message system as well:

 

[dadevvtsvre]

@Sailerius: pretty sure we're using Java's built-in swing thing. I'd have no idea how to code the GUI without it ;-;

@Regi: inside the text fields will be text showing how much HP you have. (ex. 67/100, 22/100) So yeah, it'll be just plain text in there. Unless you meant something else.

 

[regi]

I layered down the blue and messed around with some gradient effects. It looks slightly dark here, but ingame it should be easier to navigate. Hopefully it shouldn't be too constricting for puzzles. Once you find the lantern though, the visibility will increase.

 

[gRaViJa]

Looks good! I know how hard it is to find the right screen tone, it' takes way to much time for me as well.
Some screenshots I should've posted earlier. I'm working like a year on this project, I have about 10 hours of gameplay now but I don't want to post more about it untill... Well untill I manage to reach a certain point in the game's creation :p

 

[Ellie]

One of the nicest desert screenshots I've seen. Looking good.

 

[Petros]

Peri, I think I'm on shrooms looking at your one lol! Looks great though.

Okay, so now that I'm alive again, I've gotten back to work on my game and I'm posting an updated image from years ago. Inq, created a tileset of a wall for me, but I could never seem to get it to look or work the way I wanted it. So I created my own. This is the end result, using one of Inq's grounds too.

 

[gRaViJa]

Lol, i still remember this map from years ago!
It certainly looks better now. However there's a mapping error on the left stairs that really messes up the perspective

 

[Ellie]

I think the doors need some editing, just moving across a few pixels so as not to get blocked by the barriers. Other than that it looks nice.

 

[Petros]

Yeah I noticed that about the doors, thanks for pointing it out though.

 

[Thula]

The doors are on different levels, while the windows are on the same one.

 

[BloodRage]

 

[GameBoy]

Holy shi! BloodRage this tileset is just awesome! Is there any chance to get it?

 

[silver wind]

 

[Ynlraey]

@Peri, oh man that reminds me of Earthbound/Yume Nikki, that looks great :D
@Bloodrage, whoa.

Spoiler: I will disappear again

 

[Toams]

Ynlraey

thats awesome. how much frames does your character animation use?
also will that frame stay on the right the whole game?

 

[Jason]

Spoiler: I move onto new games too quickly, but this is ALMOST done, and I've already had people beta test it for me, and give me ideas to improve gameplay

 

[Ynlraey]

@Tomas, yes, it's called the Alice Domain. It serves as a marker on what "door" and it "changes" in a way whenever you're near an Alice to be cautious.
As for the sprite, it's three frames Some poses have more though. I might be adding more frames but I have to see.

 

[Toams]

kay, yeah i like a lot of frames, and your game looks a bit goldensun-ish, so thats why i asked
i really liked the move animation in golden sun

also jbrist i really like the look of that
only thing that jumps out on me is the score number, which looks a bit shit imo
but that changes all the time i guess? so it won't be a big bother
is it animated in some way (like after images or something)? or just static changes?

 

[Jason]

Lol yeah the score isn't exactly amazing, I mean, the rest of my text is made up of pictures, so it has the black outline, sadly, I can't get that effect using an imported font, lol... but yeah, it does change all the time, like, extremely fast change, lol...

And what dy'a mean with the last sentance? is what animated?