finally posted my second day 7 post. Jeeze how did I get so far behind! Got some catchin' up to do.

i would never kill anyone just to play a videogame

It doesn't necessarily say "kill a human," it could be "kill a chicken" or "kill some time" or "kill the lights."

ah, okay, that's better.

With that in mind, I agree with the new JSR, I'd totally fucking love that shit forever. Also Overgrowth, when it's done. As far as games that Already Are, maybe the Team Ico games?

Day 7 Post
Sheesh, I almost completely forgot about this today! And I still haven't even touched on the actual culture! Was gonna split this one up into two posts like yesterday but I guess the second part will have to wait until tomorrow.

Here's my first day 6 post.

I have a lot more to say about animals in relation to Khoryugan culture, so I'll probably make another post on domestic animals later. I'll also try to make some pictures for all the animals, eventually.

edit:
haha, second day 6 post going up at exactly midnight

The idea is much more important than execution and functionality.

what? since when has this ever been true (of anything)?

I started out really liking it from an aesthetic point of view, but then after playing the game I began to hate it.

i actually DISLIKE skyrim's interface from an aesthetic point of view. it looks too sleek and modern to belong in a cliche-ridden high fantasy rpg.

I agree. I like minimalism and all but it doesn't seem to match the tone of the game at all. Plus it's mad assy. The map is cool looking and all but even it is a pain to navigate (on xbox, it's probably easier to work with a mouse?). Everything else is just blegh.

but this thread isn't about hating it's about loving.

I'm afraid I have nothing to say on that front. I guess when UIs are done most well are when I least notice them, so I can't really recall any particularly good UIs since I never stopped to think "hey, this is a fucking awesome menu" I just went and did whatever needed doing.

wacom bach dood

I'm really digging your entries, threesided. Very entertaining to read. Would love to see some art for your world, knowing what you can do visually.

also everyone else is being rad too!

And damn this was the hardest day so far haha. Who knew coming up with interesting plants could be so difficult.

(I guess I'll plug my post as well since everyone else seems to be doing it too)

I got completely stuck on the third story level, that shit was so impossible.

this looks more excellent than ever. Will there be indoor/underground/enclosed locations to explore?
edit; just saw that there are castles. Awesome.

http://dreamlandsworldbuilding.tumblr.com/

fixed your url for you. The one you posted tried to send me to your personal dashboard or whatever, I think. Didn't work since I'm not you.

Woo, first day's posts enqueued and ready to go. So pumped

Is it cool if we post stuff related to things covered on earlier days later on? I get the feeling I'll have more to say on a subject that won't be pertinent until a later topic is reached, or that there'll just be so much to say about it that it might be better to space it out a bit after the initial main post on it.

62fps, firefox whatever-the-newest-one-is

do we have to develop the world (as in write everything down) as the appropriate days come or can I, for instance, work on my religion post days in advance and post it when day 18 comes up.

Here's mine:
http://khoryug.tumblr.com/

It's really recognizable as a scarf and I'm surprised people are still even talking about it

this. I've never seen it as anything but a scarf.

Like moi said, subpixel shit is a charactersistic of digital animation in general. It's just more weighty in pixel art 'cause it's not automated. The whole point of it in pixel art is that sometimes you need motion more subtle than a full pixel can convey, but if you're working at larger resolutions the chances that you'll need such a subtle motion are greatly diminished by the fact that what would be subpixel animation on a smaller sprite becomes merely animation on the larger one. It's still there, it's just that you care less about it and it's automated.


But with regards to 1982, high res pixel art looks different from 3d art which looks different from 3d which looks different from claymation which looks different from puppets or 2d cutouts or whatever you may want to use for your visual style. They all look different from one another and give completely different feelings. Why would you make a movie in 3d that you could make with live actors? Why would you make one in 2d that you could make in 3d? Sometimes it's not about practicality. You say that high res pixel art starts to look like 3d or digital painting, but if you were to place the same subject rendered in these three styles side by side the difference would be immediately apparent.

So the answer to "why": because some people want to, for various reasons.

add some shadows cast from those towers, man! Shadows help readability immensely, and are also far too absent in your example of Alundra.

Also it's kind of disappointing that making elevations matter in attacks is so difficult. I've always loved it when height differences mattered, like being able to rain down attacks from elevated areas with virtual immunity, or making the tough decision to give up the high ground to save my skin.

What if there were other ways in which elevation mattered, such as giving certain characters damage or accuracy bonuses or penalties when attacking from a height relative to their target. For example, an archer attacking an opponent higher than them would get a damage penalty, while the elevated one would get an accuracy bonus or something. You could also have something where (I don't know if this fits with your setting) magic users are more powerful the closer to the earth they are (aka lower), so it might actually be beneficial for them to take the lower positions. Stuff like that.

I wish your shading were more...considered? The rough and scribbleish nature of the shadows I think works to the great detriment of the image. It's something I've noticed in a few of your other "soft shaded" things as well.

You mean I should make the shadows smoother in tone? Do you have any good tutorials on how to achieve this effectively?

Yeah. I mean being able to see the strokes and all is sometimes neat but in this it doesn't look like a deliberate and thought out decision. Also note that hard shadows often coexist with soft ones, and the degree of softness depends on a number of environmental factors (number of lightsources, distance from cast-upon surface, ambient light, etc). Not every shadow has to have a gradiated edge.
Maybe these could be useful:
www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/6/23/hard-and-soft-shadow-edges.html
www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/6/21/brush-technique-blending.html
(I really dig this site, btw, have found it helpful in general)

Also I must agree with the others, that is some nice carpet.