Jul 26, 2014, 06:40 AM | |
Thanks, guys.
Here's one of the tilesets that I'll be using in my pack. Very early WIP. Somewhat War of the Worlds inspired. Somewhat Sludge & Stoner rock inspired. Expect some Carrotus assets, some Beach assets, some Medivo and Marbelara assets, a Caterpillar, custom enemies (yay!) and custom platforms that can be implemented through JJ2+. The background will be forest and mountain. As much as it sounds as if this will be a conversion, I'll try to make it as more original as possible. Of course, criticism will be appreciated. |
Jul 26, 2014, 03:47 PM | ||
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Chances are, imgur compressed the image in a JPEG manner by uploading it directly. I can definitely see the artefacts in that pic so there's something not right. Save it on your computer first and imgur likely won't do that again. As for the tileset, you are limiting the gradient too much. I'm also not sure what the red is really meant to be, and the top of it barely has any contrast. There's also nothing to make it look smooth. Also, the grey ground has what I like to call paper shading/lighting (which is basically when it's not applied like it's a dynamic surface, but rather it's all just applied to the left and right directly). Here's a simple, hasitly done image of what i mean (with limited colours because lazy). I'll make an edit sometime...if I knew what the red stuff was meant to be. If it's grass then it doesn't feel like it symbolises it very much, perhaps partly because the roots are hard to see. Also if im not lazy, I may fix up the perspective and make a simple template for the rest.
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Jul 26, 2014, 04:09 PM | ||
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As for the stone, I know what you mean, but I am lazy and quite limited by their small size. If I fix this, it'll be one of the last things I'll fix. Here's another preview. |
Jul 30, 2014, 03:05 PM | |
Is there anyone here who tried using the castle tile set?
Making detailed levels with that is a nightmare. The large variety of blocks and the fact that the background is practically the same thing makes making levels literally take a month. Here is a screenshot of a level I made: This is the third level in which I used this tile set and I was already fed up with its complexity while I was doing the second level. What are your thoughts on the matter? Also here's something I made in half an hour after studying the carrotus levels for another half an hour. I just began this level, there isn't really anything to show, so make of it what you will. It reminds me. Back when I was very young the first tile sets I tried out were the diamondus tile set and this one. I created a carrotus cave which I filled up with thorns. There was a part where you had to climb up on the thorns, getting hurt was absolute. Now thinking back it was pretty ridiculous considering difficulty, though I think I'd try using this idea in an upcoming carrotus level I'm planning to make. What do you think? (Considering you're an "average gamer" and not somebody who's into "kaizo stuff".) |
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Jul 31, 2014, 08:14 AM | ||
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Jul 31, 2014, 10:12 AM | ||||
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As I said, I just begun this map. I usually spend hours with making each tile fit together perfectly. I often place a tile, then replace it, then undo the change, then do something else, then try a different pattern until I feel like it's acceptable. What caused making this nothing nearly half an hour was that I tried to fit those 1/8-tile bottoms. So I am bound to notice these errors myself anyway. Quote:
Still, it's a puzzle in itself just to find the pieces you can use. They did this with the carrotus tile set as well. The 1-tile-large bottom in the darkened area is nearly at the end of the tile set with tiles that differ from the basic wall tiles by a few pixels (they have vine coming out of them and whatnot). Quote:
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Jul 31, 2014, 12:35 PM | |
Copy and paste man, copy and paste. Do so in an irregular way, mix it up, but it saves time and no one will really notice if you do it randomly enough. If you got some good wall pieces arranged that look nice, do exploit it. As someone who's been working on a levelpack with lots of levels with the official tilesets - for literally years - I can assure you that it did take me a good while to find everything these tilesets have to offer and how they work, and it is a pain in the ass, but the results can be really pretty - still not enough custom tilesets look as good as Stadler's. Just rest assured you're not the only one struggling but you can get the hang of it.
also, hope you're ready for trying the hell entrance tileset, because it's one hell of a ride
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Jul 31, 2014, 02:01 PM | |
I'm using the level editor for JJ2 1.20. How can I copy placed tiles with that? The only thing I discovered is F mirrors tiles.
Actually, I'm not struggling. I'm used to this stuff. (Hell, I once began ripping every tile set from a SNES rpg by taking screenshots and got done with about 3/4 in 5 years.) And yes, I will use inferno. I am going to use every tile set in the game (or a modified version of them found here) and plan to make 3 levels each. |
Jul 31, 2014, 02:21 PM | |
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Check the readme, there are other helpful hotkeys like Ctrl+E and Shift+E and (though no one seems to agree with me on this one) Backspace. |
Jul 31, 2014, 02:33 PM | |
Oh, and is there a fix for the mirrored animating tile causes crash bug?
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Jul 31, 2014, 02:37 PM | |
JJ2+.
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Aug 2, 2014, 01:22 PM | |
Good luck with that. I bet you'll make at least a few tilebugs because inferno is such a pain.
Btw, still going to make an edit on that tileset. EDIT: I started working on it. It's taking longer than I thought, and I'm tired so I'll finish it tomorrow.
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Aug 2, 2014, 01:40 PM | ||
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While fixing my mistakes from earlier I realized what a piece of shit that carrotus tile set is. The partial bottoms only work when you make 1 tile long surfaces, they don't fit very well with the other blocks, which clearly states the tile set creator(s) didn't know what he/she/they was/were doing. |
Aug 2, 2014, 10:30 PM | |
I'd say it's not so much that he (Nick) didn't know what he was doing, but that tiles were constantly being added as the level design required it. I think there was something along those lines in an interview a while back, but it doesn't seem to be in the articles section so I can't actually check.
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Aug 9, 2014, 02:03 AM | |
This is a draft for the remake of the Resurrection of Devan Shell episodes. It only includes 4 background layers and a few sprite layer details at the moment. I have no touch screen to draw with, so I draw the draft first, then I redraw it shaded, and then I redraw each layer on the PC to avoid tilebugs. Ofcourse, i will first need to find a good software to do this.
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Aug 9, 2014, 04:08 AM | ||
Not only devres does not need an AngelScript remake, it absolutely does not need a remake which applies annoying, anti-fun changes like
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Aug 9, 2014, 06:25 AM | |
this could be cool as a separate thing entirely, one unrelated to evilmike's episodes
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Aug 10, 2014, 12:26 AM | |
I agree; don't redo other people's work, do your own.
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Aug 15, 2014, 06:24 AM | |
Greetings all, I'm the latest member here.
I'm trying to work on a whole series of levels, based on an older game known as King's Valley II. The project has been going on for a time and I hope to release screencaps of it soon enough. |
Aug 15, 2014, 06:31 AM | |
Welcome to the forums; fire exits are north, south, and dennis.
Anyway, that sounds fun, I look forward to seeing it. |
Aug 15, 2014, 06:34 AM | |
Thank you.
I have so far 48 levels out of the 60 complete and I am also looking them over and testing them to ensure everything goes the way I want it to go. More details will come as soon as I'm allowed to make a thread in here so I'll be able to inform all of you of the current progress.
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Aug 15, 2014, 01:47 PM | ||
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Oct 26, 2014, 05:53 PM | |
I've just making a strange laboratory map on my free time. ...and nothing to to more talk about it :P P.S. I'm kinda worried about releasing JJ3DX 'Zeta'. It's already completed and test was success, But I'm worried about should I upload it.. I was counting on more reactions and advice, but actually.. it was failed. Download rates still stagnant, and no more reviews(well, 72 downloads and one quick review with rating 10 is quite big success to me but..). It does mean peoples doesn't care about it actually I think. So, Zeta version will not uploaded until more reviews are replied about JJ3DX. I think I need to more test about it.. :/
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Oct 27, 2014, 12:51 PM | |
Says the person with a nostalgic signature
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Oct 27, 2014, 04:36 PM | |||
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Nov 5, 2014, 10:55 AM | |
I'm still drawing stuff too;
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Dec 22, 2014, 01:53 PM | ||
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"no hotlinking to large images, use supplied link and thumbnail" I use postimg and it's reliable (I think) with no stupid thumbnails or registering required.
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Dec 22, 2014, 03:30 PM | |
OK I will upload a better screenshot tomorrow.
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Dec 28, 2014, 03:52 PM | |
feels good to be using JCS again after so much work I had to get done recently
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Dec 28, 2014, 03:56 PM | |
That reminds me of one of the Band Land levels from the original Rayman.
Looking forward to the final result. |
Dec 28, 2014, 06:45 PM | |
Ahh, Rayman 1. The amazing game which made me cry when I was a kid...
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Dec 29, 2014, 12:23 AM | |
I'm not dead yet
http://i.imgur.com/GijM2Ii.jpg
Rather a large image so I'll just leave this here instead of breaking the thread by directly displaying it here. ~17 ish j1 levels coming to a j2o near you sometime in the near future
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Dec 29, 2014, 01:51 AM | ||
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Dec 29, 2014, 08:14 AM | |
The raptor is loose and hunting down SWAG's territory!
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Dec 29, 2014, 06:45 PM | |
Some of those tilesets do look familiar! Looking forward to what kinds of wacky enemies and stuff will be roaming the halls.
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