Comments on levels - Page 2

27Chris1 · #16 05-21-2012, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

you have a solid grasp of styling tiles (grass, castle, etc) but now you need to break away from that specific Xelt style. i know you're working on UN but there's some bad habits youve picked up from levels that were situationally styled (area below TC where a lot of grass on grass is used for the hell of it) that you're using on a lot of you work. grass on grass shouldnt be spammed like that, its very lazy detail and incredibly ugly.

insides are pretty generic in terms of modern day UN but if thats the style you were aiming for, you pretty much nailed it. now try to add your own touches and do things the way you want to as opposed to the way it's expected on UN. keep at it :]!

What would be considered Xelt's style? I never necessarily worked with him or anything. I've seen one of his levels in Isle of Bane but that's about it.
I was questioning myself about the grass on grass a couple of days ago, hearing it from somebody else makes sense to me.

@ Insides, I've never really seen levels with the type of style I use.

King homer daStupid · #17 05-23-2012, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

you have a solid grasp of styling tiles (grass, castle, etc) but now you need to break away from that specific Xelt style. i know you're working on UN but there's some bad habits youve picked up from levels that were situationally styled (area below TC where a lot of grass on grass is used for the hell of it) that you're using on a lot of you work. grass on grass shouldnt be spammed like that, its very lazy detail and incredibly ugly.

f u

Crono · #18 05-23-2012, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 27Chris1

What would be considered Xelt's style? I never necessarily worked with him or anything. I've seen one of his levels in Isle of Bane but that's about it.
I was questioning myself about the grass on grass a couple of days ago, hearing it from somebody else makes sense to me.

@ Insides, I've never really seen levels with the type of style I use.

Xelt style is, for example, right below TC. Before he left Graal he would spam grass-on-grass tiles for detail and I see you over-using it on your outside levels. Xelt is a solid LAT but spamming grass-on-grass used to be looked down upon by other LATs and I really can see why (kind of ugly and only works in some situations).

Your insides are like a mix of Zodiac and UN but something just screams UN, can't put my finger on it. It's not bad, would just be nice to see something more signature. :]

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Originally Posted by King homer daStupid

f u

<3

King homer daStupid · #19 05-23-2012, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

Xelt style is, for example, right below TC. Before he left Graal he would spam grass-on-grass tiles for detail and I see you over-using it on your outside levels.

Yeah I agree, grass-on-grass makes a level look cluttered, making it look like there's too much going on (which isn't easy on the eyes). But I think if it's used sparingly then it can add variety to a level and also still look good.

And don't call it Xelt style, I don't want ownership of that style

Crono · #20 05-23-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by King homer daStupid

And don't call it Xelt style, I don't want ownership of that style

you're the one who revived it and now people are influenced by it so too bad! >)

King homer daStupid · #21 05-23-2012, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

you're the one who revived it and now people are influenced by it so too bad! >)

Man that was like 4 years ago, and you said yourself I "revived" it, not "created" it ;D

But I digress - I can't see some of the pics in the first post (including the outside level), but what I can see is nice. I would suggest taking a risk and making less "safe" levels i.e. be more daring in your style if that makes sense. There is no doubt that these levels look good, but there are lots like them already out there - when making levels, think to yourself "what is unique about this level?" Is it original?".

Not a fan of those muddy dungeon floor tiles, I think the tiles look ugly but that's just my opinion. But I really like the Crossfire PPK level.

27Chris1 · #22 05-24-2012, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

Xelt style is, for example, right below TC. Before he left Graal he would spam grass-on-grass tiles for detail and I see you over-using it on your outside levels. Xelt is a solid LAT but spamming grass-on-grass used to be looked down upon by other LATs and I really can see why (kind of ugly and only works in some situations).

Your insides are like a mix of Zodiac and UN but something just screams UN, can't put my finger on it. It's not bad, would just be nice to see something more signature. :]

<3

I didn't really look anywhere when I did the outside levels so I wasn't really influenced by Xelt, but after going below TC, yeah I can see why you're saying that. Thanks for the advice!

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Originally Posted by King homer daStupid

Man that was like 4 years ago, and you said yourself I "revived" it, not "created" it ;D

But I digress - I can't see some of the pics in the first post (including the outside level), but what I can see is nice. I would suggest taking a risk and making less "safe" levels i.e. be more daring in your style if that makes sense. There is no doubt that these levels look good, but there are lots like them already out there - when making levels, think to yourself "what is unique about this level?" Is it original?".

Not a fan of those muddy dungeon floor tiles, I think the tiles look ugly but that's just my opinion. But I really like the Crossfire PPK level.

I don't like the muddy dungeon floor tiles either, it just matched for the quest & those with it, are really old levels. Being more daring with leveling makes sense. Thanks for the feedback. On another note, didn't know you were still active O_O