Dark Crusade
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I remember this! Good to see your still working on it.
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Looks alright, but what the duck is with the music? Not a fan of the combat either.
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Thanks for the input, I'll make appropriate adjustments to fix that up. Going to work on some variations for the transition to specific terrains at the top of the tile. For example, grass tufts over the cliffs.
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> The cliffs don't look quite right; they appear almost like rock walls rather than cliffs - they look rounded. I don't know what you could do to fix that though. 
Rock walls, cliffs, whatever such they may be, they are simply to represent elevation and add new depth to the game world. -
Up until this point I never had cliffs. Worked on the first type of elevation. What do people think? Does it work?
Contrast levels are a bit mixed up, currently reworking them so ignore how the trees appear 'muddy' compared to the rest of the tiles. -
> I'll try to make something too, but for free.
Cool! Can't wait to see. If I like them I'm more then happy to pay! -
> Awesome! When I get home, I'll make a few for sure. 
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_Elandor Chronicles is a game reminiscent of the Super Nintendo generation of video games. It aims to make significant changes to the ORPG scene, incorporating new features and technology, while retaining nostalgic gameplay from some of the most popular titles in video game history._
[The full topic for Elandor Chronicles can be viewed here](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/community/index.php?/topic/130412-elandor-chronicles/)
As an aim to speed up development for Elandor Chronicles, as well as get new ideas and assets from the community, I'll be requesting and **paying for your contributions** to the game! Keep an eye on this topic, as requirements might change, or new pixel art might be needed!
**What do I need?**
**I currently do not need any more help on assets for Elandor Chronicles.**
~~The content will be for the first release of Elandor Chronicles, which has a level cap of only 10\. Thus, the content should be fitting for the first 10 levels of player content. This means that I won't have any items like iron platemail for the first release. The most powerful items available to a level 10 character who for example has focused in strength, might be a simple suit of light chainmail, or a thick leather breastplate. I'll provide my progress so you can get a feel for the style, and what has already been done.
Chestgear and legging icons are all front on, use a low amount of colors, and have a dark exterior outline. I recently saved over my color palette, so in preperation to this topic I've only so far recreated it in half, and without too much organisation. Nonetheless, the palette should help you, and be used closely to keep a simular style. You are welcome however to add your own colors to the palette if you feel you need to. There is still a handful of different shades I haven't made or utilised yet. When adding your own colors, keep simular contrast levels and such where applicable.~~
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~~Here are some examples of chestgear I have worked on. I'd also like to note that armor is primarily in 3 different categories, 'strength', 'speed', and 'magic'. By first release, I'm hoping to have an equal amount of each, so that no matter what the player's build is, they will have a large and even amount of armor to find, use, loot, etc.~~
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~~I've only started leggings, here is a preview of one I have worked on, and one an Eclipse Member (Dash) has done. Don't forget to be creative! Leggings shouldn't be limited to pants, but instead include other leggings including tunics.~~
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**What am I paying?**
Elandor Chronicles to date is a low budget title, so instead of seeking to contract professionals and pay based on an hour rate, I'll be offering a fixed price per sprite. Payment will be between 50c to $1 per icon. Each icon is only 16x16 however, so it could be quite fun, and easy to work on. Due to my own financial conditions, I can't offer any higher so negotiation will be out of the question.
Payment will be scaled accordingly, a simple pair of pants I would offer approximately 50c, while some of the nicer armors I'd be able to offer a bit higher (up to $1). Hopefully if your interested and can work fast, you'll be able to accumulate some decent payment, while I'd be able to speed up development. A typical icon sheet in my game is about 8x8 icons. Completing a full one should return about $40 or $50\. I'd imagine most intermediate pixel artists will be able to finish one 16x16 icon per 5 minutes maximum, which would earn up to $12 an hour.
**How to submit?**
Artists may either submit their productions to this topic, or to me by personal message. Payment all comes down to whether or not I will use it in Elandor Chronicles. I do expect some offers from members of the community which will submit art which is not favourable to me, and I will have to give them the bad news that I won't be using it nor paying for it. If you do submit various icons which I am happy with, then I will make the forementioned payment via paypal. Please either message me your paypal address, or post it in the topic with your submission. If you post it in the topic, please add some symbols like '$' or something to your address so that it isn't discovered by spam bots. Posting your email address in public on the internet can cause some spam bots and sniffers to find it and add it to an email listing to send you spam or hoaxes.
**Conditions**
**1**. It must be original and developed by you. No plagiarism.
**2**. It must follow my requirements, please be sure to read the entire topic to make sure you don't make a simple mistake.
**3**. Submissions must be made for Elandor Chronicles only. Once payment is processed, I expect the art to only be used in my game.
**4**. If I don't like it, I won't pay for it and I won't use it.
Thanks everyone, if this topic gets a lot of success, in the future I may implement an additional prize payment for the best submission! -
And here's a preview of some more house interior tilesets!
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Thanks guys, and Synergy I'll tweak the contrast to fix it. It definately is easier to look at though in 200% which is the zoom I intend the game to be defaultly played at.
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Definately not an improvement imo. The low-res version looks better and shows much better shading, line art and form.
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Graphics look great, shame the game looks boring as fuark
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Lookin' good man! Hope to see more!
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Your pretty defensive about it, then again I would be too if I was winning a contest with an entry that was sub-par to most the other entries.
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Thanks Azyru!
All wands are completed, here is a small sample-
The poll results were close, so I've decided that I'll implement throwing weapons into the first release, and then additionally add crossbows in a second release. The reason for this decision is so that players who primarily spend attribute points in speed should have a very equal amount of weapons to use in comparison to other build types. -
> , but anyway I don't have a prob if those friends of yours didn't register within a couple days after (_or before_) voting started.
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> Some of my votes might be from new accounts, but they aren't me,
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> Some of the staff members on my website occasionally visit ToD and may have seen this poll and voted for me.
Your almost making it clear that your votes are from friends and fans who you've asked to register and vote for you. -
I could barely tell what it is until I read the description. The first and foremost problems are disproportions and incorrect anatomy. Second it's so noisy and messy.
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'Grand Line Online'. Read it out loud and don't tell me that you can't hear how bad it sounds. Also, the main menu background is awful, the low quality art you've used does not work well at all.
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Dash has my vote! Good stuff.
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Using the fonts you've chosen with the effects and the style makes your game look cheap. Aim for something both more legible and not so 'stylish'. You don't have to use the same font for every button, interface and text field/chat.
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They are all terrible.
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Thanks guise. And Gepeto, don't steal my idea mmkay?
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> But, if the majority of people think otherwise, then it's fine. ;D
I think I understand what you mean! I'll add some shadows like I have with the buildings and add the top transitions I talked about earlier (like some overhanging grass tufts) to work through that issue..