My progress

[maximus_asinus]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

You're much better off making the tiles light and grey and then using a seteffect on the level to make them dark and purple/red/green/brown.

I was about to suggest this. The tiles right now remind me of a backpal or seteffect on top of regular tiles. Why make the tiles dark if you can make them dark with an effect? It makes the tiles more multipurpose.

[DemonSpawnn]

Well, I redid the grass and dirt a bit, but they aren't supposed to be very noticeable.
I also added some depth to the walls with an indentation. Right now I am considering adding lanterns on the walls with a green glow. I honestly don't think a set effect would look good on it..

[Cloven]

Originally Posted by DemonSpawnn

Well, I redid the grass and dirt a bit, but they aren't supposed to be very noticeable.
I also added some depth to the walls with an indentation. Right now I am considering adding lanterns on the walls with a green glow. I honestly don't think a set effect would look good on it..

Yeah I'd say you'll need to add some light sources here and there. On its own your levels like this would be far too dark and likely require people to have to edit their display settings, heh.

[DustyPorViva]

I think this is going in a very dark direction, and not for the better. You can achieve a gloomy feeling without making the player look at a near-black screen the whole time.

I made a very rough edit, and when I say rough I mean rough. I only edited a few parts, like some pillars, some portion of the walls, the stairs, the floor. I think contrast is something being neglected here. I upped the contrast in my edit merely by placing some black strategically. Also, the reason your stairs were suffering so bad is because they lacked a black line, and the step themselves(the underside?) were softened with your method of shading where a solid block of pixels makes it much more obvious. I didn't touch the door though, and the pits seems to have suffered from my color replacements.

[Clockwork]

played with it some... left shows one of the originals (from a few posts above this one), and my edited version, and a version with a graphic that keeps it slightly darker outside a players lighted circle of sorts.

right is just my edit itself.

Also had to desaturate my player quite a bit in order to not appear as a brightly colored cartoon on these tiles :o

[Luda]

NBC logo on top of door haha

[DemonSpawnn]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Also, the reason your stairs were suffering so bad is because they lacked a black line, and the step themselves(the underside?) were softened with your method of shading where a solid block of pixels makes it much more obvious. I didn't touch the door though, and the pits seems to have suffered from my color replacements.

Ah, I see now.

Originally Posted by Clockwork

played with it some... left shows one of the originals (from a few posts above this one), and my edited version, and a version with a graphic that keeps it slightly darker outside a players lighted circle of sorts.
right is just my edit itself.
Also had to desaturate my player quite a bit in order to not appear as a brightly colored cartoon on these tiles :o

I really love the usage of warmer colors here it looks fantastic, I must try it. I had thought of doing a lighting effect, but the light beam doesn't really make sense, considering crypts are primarily underground. Also we do have a script to darken the character. :3

Originally Posted by Luda

NBC logo on top of door haha

Ya, well its below the NBC headquarters, here lies all their failed shows... Its really packed in here.

Thanks for all the help guys, It should be just about done, I won't spam anymore updates on this now until I do some massive changes.

[smirt362]

No keep spamming updates, it's the only active graphics thread on the forum at the moment

[DemonSpawnn]

Well, Ill just throw that crypt project some were and finish it later.. Here is what I did tonight...

I kinda went crazy with those roots and knotholes, Not very proportionate either...

[xXziroXx]

Sweet dude.

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by DemonSpawnn

Well, Ill just throw that crypt project some were and finish it later.. Here is what I did tonight...

I kinda went crazy with those roots and knotholes, Not very proportionate either...

It looks a bit odd with the leaves being so centered with the middle of the trunk despite the turn to the left that it takes.

[Fulg0reSama]

Originally Posted by DemonSpawnn

Clearly it's a sleeping treant. When he raises he will murder us all...

[DemonSpawnn]

Originally Posted by Fulg0reSama

Clearly it's a sleeping treant. When he raises he will murder us all...

Now that I think about it.. I might just want to try that.

[Demisis_P2P]

That tree is very very dark, and the perspective doesn't look quite right -- it seems much too side-on.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

That tree is very very dark, and the perspective doesn't look quite right -- it seems much too side-on.

A tutorial I made some time ago for a GAT of mine...maybe it helps him too