Zetasis

Oh wow, nice additions. It would be nice to see projectile weapons and shooting npc's.

Hmm. This looks like a cool edit but I really don't think an autotile system is necessary. Are you planning on adding any other features and if so what?

> Ok, I just wanted to make sure that you were getting a fair opinion on those graphics. People tend to be too nice to the point that some people literally think they're pixel gods and then stop improving. I didn't want you to fall into that trap  Oh, well in that case, thanks for looking out lol. Anyways, for anyone who may still be interested, I made a few more things. I made a new style of building, mostly concrete with brick bottom. It's supposed to look like a ledge is coming out of the top where the concrete and brick meet but I'm not sure if I like how it looks. I also made air control units with control boards, I was aiming for somewhat futuristic, as well as random litter(Litter helps give the feel of chaos?). The theme of this game is/was going to be an alien invasion but with a little twist. The world was going to be mostly modern, like ours, but with a little more hi-tech gadgets and what not so the air duct control units and boards are supposed to help support that idea. To be honest I've kind of been losing interest in this idea so I'm not sure if I'm going to do more work on this or not. I might just start this over and actually take my time to pump out some decent graphics but we'll see. Anyways, heres the map. I made the map overly trashed… Its everywhere lol. 

So I found a cool site for a palette generator. You can use either hex numbers, the name of the color, and even select the exact color you want from a color wheel and it will generate a few different types of palettes. I'm sure others have found this site, it wasn't hard, but I thought I would share. [http://colllor.com/](http://colllor.com/)

> Okay, sorry to burst your buble, but this is **not** good at all. > > There are ways to be minimalistic and cartoony without looking like you made the graphics in 2 seconds. Seriously, this "art" you've done requires no skill to do. You simply just drew a bunch of lines and slapped some generic default MS Paint pallet colors onto it. This isn't a "style"– it's just laziness. Nobody besides a few Eclipsers would ever play a game that looked like that. > > Now that I've broken it down, time for some construction: > > 1) Learn shading > > 2) Learn actual line art (using the line tool != lineart) > > 3) Learn how to make an actual pallet and not cheesy colors > > 4) Look at PROFESSIONAL cartoony art (Maplestory, any JRPG, etc) and see what it's supposed to look like > > I'm sorry, but I'm tired of no actual feedback being given on these threads. They just fester into huge circlejerks and it's resulted in very crappy work recently. Ignore everyone who's all over you right now because _they won't help you get better_. Everyone just swarms for the likes and post counts now. First off let start by saying I respect your opinion Jungle, especially since I have seen your work, but I already know these graphics are not good. You are correct when you said that these could be made in two seconds, well in a short time anyway, that is why I choose to make them. I wanted to make graphics that I could do quickly with little effort so this style works for that. I agree with you on the fact that the palette sucks and I need to fix that for sure, and I may eventually, but I'm really not aiming for this to look beautiful or anything. In fact the way I see it is if you can tell what it is and it doesn't look completely like shit then it works.  I know its lazy but I don't have a whole lot of time between working 50+ hours a week on top of having a wife and two kids to work on good graphics and honestly these graphics are just mainly for fun. I have done other pixel art before, this is not my first attempt, but like I said this is really the first time I have ever made tiles. I've mainly worked on sprites and armor. I have posted them in the show off section before as well and, even though for the most part my work is not very good, it was more detailed and all around better then this. So in conclusion I know this art sucks but I have seen much worse, to be honest, plus I would much rather use my own shitty custom made graphics then rip the work of others or use rpg maker graphics at this point.

In LoZ:LTTP I'm pretty sure the steps are pixel based, which is why they looks smaller.

Okay so I've made a few more things and thought I would show off what I've done. I figured I needed to make some slanted roofs since not all of the buildings in a city have flat roofs. Lets see, I've also added some more flower tiles as well as a bench. I think next I'll work on making a chain link fence and some roof decorations like air ducts and what not. Anyways heres the map. [](http://freemmorpgmaker.com/uploadfiles/46b1a9388cf4935f9711b69aac8db40e.png) Oh and I widened the roads it looks better IMO.

I think it all looks pretty cool myself. I always love seeing custom work being done. Hell, I'd probably even check out a game made with these graphics.

First off, thanks for the constructive criticism from everyone, I really appreciate it. I've been looking at the trees and yes I too feel they need more so I attempted to add some sort of depth to them as well as cleaning up the base. I also fixed up the brick pattern as well, the old one was killing me for some reason. The concrete buildings seem like they need texture but I can't seem to come up with anything that looks good. I was thinking maybe something like what I did with the street and sidewalk, kind of like a rough texture, but it just looked strange. Any ideas guys? I could always just keep it how it is but I would like to change it a bit. Anyways heres the new trees and brick pattern: [](http://freemmorpgmaker.com/uploadfiles/2d5b1a4afd58d47c24813bedf665a14b.png)

Has the scripting engine been tested much? last time I tried it I couldn't get it to work.

Bump! I posted this on April 1st so it didn't get any attention. 

Okay so I decided to get off my ass and stop playing Xbox and make some more GFX. Didn't add much but I did manage to finally get around to changing up the trees and flowers a little(special thanks to CMFiend). Let me know what you guys think of the cars, I've never made most of the things on this map, so a car was hard considering. Also, keep in mind that I'm uploading these images with Eclipse file host which I think turns it from .png to.bmg or maybe even .jpeg(eww…) so the tiles are a bit cleaner looking then shown here, especially the brick building. 

Thanks Marshy Dearest. I really have just been working these with the little free time I get here and there. I definitely plan on keeping this going so keep an eye out for updates. 

Just a little update! I've made street tiles and a dumpster. I'm going to be working on more city tiles for now so what else do you think should I add? Anyways, as always, heres a map. [](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/files/imagehost/#d539dd0ffd71f517ec958454082174db.png)

Bump! Okay I didn't much get done tonight but I managed to get a reasonable looking sidewalk done. I've also whipped up a couple cracks as well. I'm considering brightening up my pallet but I'm not sure. I was kind of aiming for a darker game and I think brightening the colors would take away from that. Anyways heres the map now with a sidewalk! [](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/files/imagehost/#c49aae4773dfbb60758245d673b20006.png)

The ! above the drones head is indicating that there is a quest to receive from it. Don't worry, there isnt actually a quest . It is from Robs edit and the NPC already had a quest and I just forgot to delete it. Other then that what do you think? I'm trying t think up some more unique enemies that will fit the theme and when I have more to show off I will. I've just been busy with work the past few days.

Alright, so I haven't gotten around to changing up the trees or flowers tiles yet but I will. I've mainly been thinking up enemies for the game and so far I've come up with a few. Heres a preview with all of my tiles and sprites in it. I didn't notice that the Brutes sprite isnt showing all the way but its the same as the warrior just with out the laser sword thing. [](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/files/imagehost/#7e4824f15dda3f973ffca9d8328ab974.png)

Thanks guys. I'm really hoping I actually get this released. Anyone care to take a shot at guessing the theme, or at least what I thinking of going for with the theme?

It's compatible as far as copy+pasting goes but with some minor edits I'm sure it would work fine. I'm not a programmer so don't ask me how to do it but it can be done.

Thanks Marshy Dearest. I'm hoping today that I can get around to changing up the trees the flowers and add a few new tiles. I'm also hoping on maybe making some more enemy sprites as well.

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm going to most likely change up my flowers to look like CMFiends as well as the trees but I just wanted to show off an NPC I made for the game. I was trying to get a screen shot off the thing walking but oh well, I'll post one later. I'm still not going to say what the game is about just yet but maybe someone can guess it. Oh, and ignore the name, its just something I came up with real quick. [](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/files/imagehost/#f9afd1002c4d4918162c6f25151c24c4.png)

Looks pretty good if I say so myself. I think it would be sweet if you were to make a game with this art style.

The name Emberstorm has a ring to it for sure. Kind of makes it seem like there will be alot of fire in the game.

http://www.rpgmakervx.net/index.php?showtopic=54606 This link will take you to a site with alot of links to sci-fi gfx.

Bump! I've made some edits and added some building tiles. I'm not sure if I'm going to make the roofs visible or not for sure yet both have they're pro's and con's. Anyways here they are. [](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/files/imagehost/#c1cba9fb9ed4464a6d1d49ddd6d8aa1b.png)