Atempting Breeze Tiles

[sickporsche]

So this will be the first time I have ever used breeze tiles, I would like my game to use them also. I have to get used to making maps with these tiles though. This is the first map, the starter zone where new characters spawn. Give me constructive criticism please.


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[Relly]

Did you make the tiles or just the map? If you found the tiles may I have a link please?

BTW I like it, very breeze-ish.

[Dark Crusade]

Those gigantic black shapes under the tree look horrible. The maps are also very bland.

[sickporsche]

@Kreator:

> Those gigantic black shapes under the tree look horrible. The maps are also very bland.

What would you add to make it not "bland". Please, if your giving me constructive criticism please tell me how I could improve.

[Dark Crusade]

The paths are retarded and blocky, you should have smoother tile transitions without such harsh corners.
The fail RMXP engine shadows don't work here, Eclipse doesn't support alpha blending so remove that crap or fake it with dithering.
Every tree looks the exact same, get some variety.
The ground variety and grass is a bit too consistent, try adding more detail or such.

[sickporsche]

Now that's what I'm talking about! Thank you for your advice. Oh btw, I just looked through my PM's and we used to be decent friends back in the day haha. Last PM from you was in 2007\. As for the tree shades, I'm waiting on a PM for that. Other than that the ground tiles that's how the breeze tiles come.

[Dark Crusade]

;D

[balliztik1]

Agreed with Kreator. The mix of trees is nicer, but smooth the path and it'll be pretty good. And 86 the shadows.

[Kusy]

The picture says "lack of shadows" or "fuck of shadows"?

[balliztik1]

Fuck off shadows.

;D

[Dark Crusade]

@Sir:

> The picture says "lack of shadows" or "fuck of shadows"?

Haha yeah "fuck off shadows"?

[sickporsche]

Alright, so I understand I need to smooth the edges.. but how? I kind of new with the whole editing pixels. Not my thing, but I am willing to learn. So please, tell me how I can smooth this.


[sickporsche]

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[HappyBoy]

Here's some quick thingy… it's to show you **what** to do, now how it's done. (curved & smoothed corner @ 1 spot + shadows idea

[gone55]

It's just too simple, Breeze's tileset lacks a lot of stuff(detail), you'll have to be creative and make the map stand out more.

Use this as an example:

As you can see, his ground isn't as boxy(is that a word? o.o), I know it's rmxp's mapping which is different because they have auto tileset, but it's still possible to make it like that.

It also has water in which again isn't boxy.

Just study the map and see what you can do.

Reading this won't help you, mapping is teaching yourself.

[demon xxx x]

That map you made with RMXP is nice though, gone55.

[IceCream Tuesday]

@Dezire:

> That map you made with RMXP is nice though, gone55.

I agree its pretty nice, but.. he didn't make it. In his post he says "As you can see, HIS ground isn't as boxy"

[balliztik1]

This is slightly off-topic, but the solid blue water actually looks nice. Most tilesets have either pixelated or wavy water tiles, but Breeze's looks great with just a solid blue.

[IceCream Tuesday]

@Ballie:

> This is slightly off-topic, but the solid blue water actually looks nice. Most tilesets have either pixelated or wavy water tiles, but Breeze's looks great with just a solid blue.

Yep, most people don't understand that simplicity is sometimes much better.

[gone55]

lol I didn't make the map, I googled it.  But again, its a simple map yes.  You just need to know where to put stuff.

[Sage]

I agree with Kreator & gone55; to make it look better I would suggest the two options they offered: either rework the tiles a bit (nothing too fancy, and if you're allowed to under breeze's rules), or implement superior, more dynamic mapping. You could even go about doing both. I actually do love breeze and it looks decent but why not go for phenomenal? xD

[demon xxx x]

Oh wow, I thought you made that ahah.

Anyways.  Yeah, follow what they say, make sure it's not as boxed in.