Just want a little feedback on my style

[iBeatz]

Okay, so my outside levels are normally full of tiles, most notably grass tiles, and I've had a lot of mixed feedback for a while, and I just wanted to see what you guys think.
The whole point of this level was to make it look overgrown, so I pretty much filled the level up with grass details.

[zephirot]

i like it but i think it's clogged with too much ****.

[iBeatz]

I've also had a lot of criticism on some of my inside levels too.
Now, for this one, I was going for the whole grandeur sort of thing.
Not all of my levels are like this, I just like to experiment...

There are some showimg() effects in this level that do make it look more appealing, but meh.

[Cubical]

how do you walk in that thing...

[iBeatz]

Originally Posted by Cubical

how do you walk in that thing...

up down left right?

[Crono]

ah yes, the diagonal syndrome. every LAT goes through that phase. a bit too detailed and very zig-zaggy. try to smooth things out a bit.

[fowlplay4]

Looks like UN.

[callimuc]

It is UN

[cbk1994]

I like the outside level. The inside is too large and symmetrical for my tastes.

[alskdjfhg]

Try and think more realistically with these levels. I know you're trying to go with a detailed artistic style, but it ends up being pretty random and weird. The fences are just placed everywhere and don't make any sense...

[Kamaeru]

smoke less crack, or develop your own game revolving around these level design concepts, because i don't think that this will mesh together with anything cohesive.

[WanDaMan]

Lovely levels!! Keep up the fantasic work

I really like the style and if you're comfortable with it - don't change it. Don't follow what every other LAT is doing now as you won't progress.

[Raspberry]

Looks great.

[iBeatz]

Originally Posted by Crono

ah yes, the diagonal syndrome. every LAT goes through that phase. a bit too detailed and very zig-zaggy. try to smooth things out a bit.

I did say I was experimenting.
And what's wrong with detail? I hate straightness. It's just so boring and repetetive. Every LAT does pretty much the same thing.
Why not spice things up a little?

[Crow]

Originally Posted by iBeatz

I did say I was experimenting.
And what's wrong with detail? I hate straightness. It's just so boring and repetetive. Every LAT does pretty much the same thing.
Why not spice things up a little?

The problem with the huge level of detail you've put into your outside level is that it hinders readability. It's unpleasant to look at (for me at least) and the placement of most objects doesn't even make any sense. As a level designer, you should consider usability first. And random pieces of fence here and there are useless, to say the least.

[ffcmike]

Originally Posted by WanDaMan

Don't follow what every other LAT is doing now

This seems like a strange thing to be said, though not that this level isn't a very good example of what it's supposed to be.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by iBeatz

I did say I was experimenting.
And what's wrong with detail? I hate straightness. It's just so boring and repetetive. Every LAT does pretty much the same thing.
Why not spice things up a little?

It's fine to experiment, but every LAT has a phase where they hate straights and try to diagonal everything. Personally I think it's ugly and a lot have agreed with me in the past. I'm not saying to make everything straight, im saying make it less diagonal. After one clump of dirt atm it just looks so repetitive.

Every LAT doesn't do the same thing, and that's the way it should be. Take criticism as a good thing, and just improve your style. :-]

[ISonic]

Originally Posted by iBeatz

Okay, so my outside levels are normally full of tiles, most notably grass tiles, and I've had a lot of mixed feedback for a while, and I just wanted to see what you guys think.
The whole point of this level was to make it look overgrown, so I pretty much filled the level up with grass details.

remembers this level lmao it was a fun area

[Emera]

Originally Posted by WanDaMan

Lovely levels!! Keep up the fantasic work

I really like the style and if you're comfortable with it - don't change it. Don't follow what every other LAT is doing now as you won't progress.

I agree. You want feedback on your style, not to make it like others. I would be happy to play in this level. Good work kavan!

[iBeatz]

Originally Posted by Crow

The problem with the huge level of detail you've put into your outside level is that it hinders readability. It's unpleasant to look at (for me at least) and the placement of most objects doesn't even make any sense. As a level designer, you should consider usability first. And random pieces of fence here and there are useless, to say the least.

The outside level was really just for show and tell. It serves no real purpose whatsoever, other than showing what I can do.
I agree with you that it looks a little unpleasant, but it really was just for viewing purposes, and I did make it a while ago.

To be honest, I think the plainer it is, the neater and tidier it looks, but the trick is not to go overboard on this.

I wasn't exactly trying to say this is how I normally level, I was experimenting.
My normal levels are a lot neater. These took stupidly forever to make.

[MysticX2X]

Nicely done! A little too overdetailed for it to work as an actual level but I like the creativity!

[Dayson2001]

Originally Posted by MysticX2X

Nicely done! A little too overdetailed for it to work as an actual level but I like the creativity!

Agreed.although the outside level would work well for an over grown ghost town. But the fences would have to be fixed to make it seem like it used to be a fence. Other than that the creativity is great! Top notch.

[kabouter]

I like the style!