pRoX Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 So I finally decided to sit down and spend some time with Eclipse and try my hand at some mapping. Since I'm not too familiar with adding and editing tiles I just decided to use one of the default tilesets that come with Eclipse. I ended up taking the Ice cave tiles and using it for an outside mountainy cliffs type thing. Anyhow, here it is, tell me what you guys think. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 For just learning it looks really good!A few things i personally notice:1- all od the voodoo stuff seems to stick out, it seems to have no purpose and is sor of cluttery2-the large cave opening in the middle has no ground layer (its jsut black)3- A few of the ledges on the cliff dont seem to blend in and just sort of shoot out4- i dont really like the icicles around the base of the cliffEven if i find room to complain, i still like it although it seems lacking color (but then again its an ice mountain so… xD)Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 2- @zearth. The caves are supposed to have that. It's a mystery to what you are entering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 no i mean make it larger and you notice that underneath the large mouthed cave near the top-middle has a blackness underneath it and should have some sort of ice ground like the rest of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 It doesn't need ice in it. It might need a bit of transition but no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 either way, some sort of ground other than the normal black background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pRoX Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Cool man!The voodoo stuff placed at some of the spots is because I thought of it as sort of a Ice Troll grounds, so where you see those is where the NPCs would spawn and patrol.The cave opening has a dark ground because light doesn't really shine all the way to the floor.And yeah I still have to smooth a lot of things out. There was only so much I could do with that little a set of tiles though. :PThanks for the critique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddunit Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Looks plain, way too plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 i agree, only so much you can do with the tileset. maybe go add some in and try again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pRoX Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Yeah I agree it may look very plain. But it was all I could do considering I used a cave tileset to fill the whole map. No trees or grass to make it pretty. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 There's a few ice covered trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pRoX Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Oh yeah there is one! Maybe I'll add it, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 but also try to keep it from being square too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Trees can be square? Oh right Box hedges. >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 i meant editing the map you always need to make sure not to make it boxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pRoX Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Yeah tried my best to keep away from boxing but when you're making so many levels you kind of run out of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zearth Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 true enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Looks great for a first run. Keep working like that and it wont be long before we see some real master pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruins of Hell Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It's good if this is your first real try. I like it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealbreaker Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 its even good for your 2nd try ^^i like it too =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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