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« Reply #60 on: January 08, 2011, 07:42:38 PM » |
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I had a change of heart about the texture style of the characters (and by extension the environments), in an attempt to prevent myself from getting too detail-obsessed. I redid the Healer trying to keep things as simple as possible. I think if I keep everything at this level as detail, I can cut my texturing time in half at least. It may not be as interesting as the old texture, but i'm hoping it's more iconic and readable. What do you guys think? It's pretty similar to the untextured version I posted a while back, but the difference here is that the lighting is baked into the diffuse texture now.  |
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« Reply #61 on: January 08, 2011, 07:48:39 PM » |
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I really loved the designs on August before, but this looks okay. Just not as great, nor memorable. Keeping the back at least would be nice.
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« Reply #62 on: January 09, 2011, 02:01:18 AM » |
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I really loved the designs on August before, but this looks okay. Just not as great, nor memorable. Keeping the back at least would be nice.
Okay, I put some of the details back in (sweater lines, zipper, back design). This is probably a good balance between the two extremes.  |
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« Reply #63 on: January 09, 2011, 02:06:24 AM » |
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Now this is a good balance! I very much approve.
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Chris Pavia
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« Reply #65 on: January 11, 2011, 10:01:04 PM » |
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I haven't been on Tig in awhile.. but I'm so happy I got on now   Then this update is just for you!  |
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« Reply #66 on: January 12, 2011, 09:27:56 AM » |
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Little boots  These designs are great, especially the last one. |
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« Reply #67 on: January 12, 2011, 09:36:12 AM » |
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I think she looked better without the design on her back.
Second character is flawless, though.
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« Reply #68 on: January 12, 2011, 06:47:11 PM » |
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This game is so cute. I love it. :D
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« Reply #69 on: January 13, 2011, 01:37:25 AM » |
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Yeah, I think the design on her back is too detailed for the rest of the design, maybe?
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« Reply #70 on: January 13, 2011, 06:27:41 AM » |
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It's a he actually, although I understand how you can make the mistake, they all look rather feminine. It doesn't really matter in the context of the gameplay or story, so I guess people are free to interpret their sex any way they want.
Since the player will mostly be looking at the characters backs during battles, the design is mainly just to break up the space and make it a bit more visually interesting. Once I have all the characters in game I may go back and simplify the design if it's too detailed to clearly make out or stands out in a bad way.
Thanks for the comments everyone!
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« Reply #71 on: January 13, 2011, 10:00:47 AM » |
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I started writing a first pass of the game text. Here is the intro text:
"Four spirits of purest worth,
Seek the prize of the Black One's hearth.
Archer, fighter, healer, mage,
Each with a key to unlock the cage.
What sets them apart shall be their test,
Those who don't listen will be laid to rest."
All the in-game text will follow this format. It should be a fun challenge for the tutorial text!
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« Reply #72 on: January 13, 2011, 08:31:25 PM » |
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Great. You have made me feverishly want to drop everything I'm doing and make a 3D game.  |
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« Reply #73 on: January 13, 2011, 09:07:31 PM » |
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What are you going to do now that they've introduced a 13th sign?  |
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« Reply #74 on: January 13, 2011, 09:07:44 PM » |
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Great. You have made me feverishly want to drop everything I'm doing and make a 3D game. It's a great idea if you want to vastly increase your content creation time.  Btw, I really enjoyed the music on your website! |
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« Reply #75 on: January 13, 2011, 09:11:35 PM » |
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What are you going to do now that they've introduced a 13th sign? Arg, 12 divided so nicely by 4! Now I'll have to add 1/4 of a new character i guess??? |
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« Reply #76 on: January 13, 2011, 09:19:53 PM » |
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Nah... Don't give in to that new sign! I'll never be anything other than a Gemini!  |
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« Reply #77 on: January 13, 2011, 09:21:39 PM » |
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Great. You have made me feverishly want to drop everything I'm doing and make a 3D game. It's a great idea if you want to vastly increase your content creation time. Btw, I really enjoyed the music on your website! Thanks! Both of those statements were actually worlds of encouraging. |
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« Reply #78 on: January 14, 2011, 02:06:45 PM » |
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I'm happy to say that a programmer friend of mine has agreed to help me out with the project! I'm excited because he's super talented and (almost more importantly) very easy to work with. I don't know if this will decrease the overall development time however, as like me he only has a few hours a week to devote to the project, but the end result should be more stable and feature-rich, at least.
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« Reply #79 on: January 14, 2011, 07:53:33 PM » |
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Whoa, nice. I remember seeing this at a game jam and it looks like you've made good progress since then \m/
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