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[astrospoon]

Alright, so here is a screen shot at full resolution to see if you guys think i should redo the sprite for the main guy at a bigger size. (I can easily scale up the terrain to match- its all painted in photoshop at a MUCH higher resolution.) The green boxes are just test GUI items to make sure the class is functioning correctly.

The new snow, ice and water tiles are in effect here as well. You can also see I started adding more detail to the rock wall tiles- but only on the facing forward tile so far...the rest will match soon.

http://www.andrewhull.com/pics/heatline03.jpg

[Derek]

Why not just let the player zoom?

[astrospoon]

Why not just let the player zoom?

I actually implemented a zoom feature today too. I can stand zooming up to 1.25x but past that zee blur burns my eyes. You know I'm allergic to low resolutions Derek

[Devlin]

Not everyone has a monitor capable of 1280x1024 though(I do!). Have you considered a lo-rez version for the people without super big monitors?

[astrospoon]

Alright, so for a variety of reasons, the game now runs at 1024x768. Hurray! I think pretty much anyone will be able to run this res, and it will work windowed for some people, which I know they like. I think at this resolution I should be able to keep the sprite as is, which will make doing all the spriting go much faster, as 8 directions = suck.

I also worked a bit on the HUD today, as well as veering towards a more cartoony style. I did a much more realistic looking version of the cliff walls, and it started looking like Command and Conquer or something. (Getting the cliff wall to match up perfectly has proven to be a huge pain in the ass though.) I think the more colorful graphics will suit my style better anyway:



Actual Size: www.andrewhull.com/pics/heatline04.jpg

 
Look OK?

[JaJitsu]

I like it!
I'm glad you went with more cartoony

[Inanimate]

I like it!
I'm glad you went with more cartoony

Agreed. This style is far better.

[Derek]

I really like that, man!  Trees look really great.  Can't wait to drive the van around!

[EchoP]

The original looked amazing but going cartoon is a huge improvement. Looks absolutely astonishing!

[JamesGecko]

So, something seems to have happened with the game perspective on this page of the thread as compared to the last page; it seems to have gotten slightly tilted. I can't say I've seen that effect in any modern (read: not mode 7) 2D games. Looks nice.

Also, yeah, the game does look a lot more appealing with the new cartoon graphics. The style reminds me slightly of the Orisinal flash games, but more saturated.

[Poor Lazlo]

Adore the new style. I love how everything looks like it could be from a pop-up book, should contrast nicely with what looks to be a pretty grim setup.

In short, colour me excited! 

[astrospoon]

Woooo! I'm glad everyone is liking the new look as much as I am. 

I finally worked out a good way of handling the cliff graphics so the seams are pretty much impossible to see. There are a few cases that look *slightly* off, but I'm gonna leave them alone for now. I also did a final texture for the RV (much different look than the original quicky texture...) and got it into the game. But you still can't actually drive it yet.

Forum sized:


Full sized:
www.andrewhull.com/pics/heatline05.jpg

[JaJitsu]

the cliffs and RV look awesome, keep it up

[JamesGecko]

"texture"? Is that van a 3D model? My mind has been blown.

[george]

seriously, these environments are looking brilliant, and combined with the actual game concept it's blowing my mind!

[astrospoon]

"texture"? Is that van a 3D model? My mind has been blown.

The van is a sprite in the game. (It is all 2d) But i made the sprite by rendering a 3d model so I didn't have to hand draw each of the 16 different directions.

seriously, these environments are looking brilliant, and combined with the actual game concept it's blowing my mind!

I'm glad... Although really, this is only one "environment"--the random level generator is doing all of the layout work for me I haven't even done too much artwork all told yet.

Adore the new style. I love how everything looks like it could be from a pop-up book, should contrast nicely with what looks to be a pretty grim setup.

haha... yeah. It will be interesting to see how the relatively dire situations work with the chidlren's book style art It is going to be a strange balancing act. I want to keep the game family friendly, and yet your wife might end up getting mauled to death by a polar bear. Should be fun to figure out at least

[Derek]

Looks good, except that the front of the RV is waaaaaay too long.  Or the front tires are too far back or something:

[astrospoon]

that thing is super awesome. And yeah, the front part is too long. Should be an easy fix at least.

Its funny, b/c one of the RV upgrades in my notes here is for solar panels.

[Hempuli‽]

Clever use of perspective object, really. Did you use viewport for zoom?

[astrospoon]

I used neither actually.... I'm using pixel shaders to add the perspective and zoom. You can do the same thing with the perspective object, but it will be kind of jagged. I can't take credit for the idea for the effect though. I stole it from Streetwise: http://gamesare.com/developers/dev/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=50.