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[amerk]

Okay, just because Kaz asked so nicely (even though I'm not first) and to prove I have a sort of solo community game going on, here's some of what I have. I'm using a mixture of default and Mack sets (with SwapXT) by the way. I may branch out passed this in later areas, but for now I'm planning to stick with these for the most part since it's my first project and I'm trying to get in the hand of consistency. These aren't perfect, but hopefully you will find something you like about these.

First up, we have AMerk's Treehouse. To start off, it must be stated that I had some gender confusion when I first began working on this game. The biggest example of this is that in my game X-M-O is a guy, as I never realized he was really a she until much later (again, my apologies, X). Needless to say, X-M-O has given me his (er, I mean her) blessing to appear as a guy in my game. Also, it must be noted that the in-game staff don't seem to think highly of AMerk. I mean, what a shocker!

Good thing Redd isn't around anymore to ban me.

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Next up is Practice Woods, the first area of the game. Don't you like the Potato Head outfit Penguin designed for my sprite? Okay, he didn't give me much to work with, so I'm just using a bit of imagination, but he did give me a sort of goofy glasses and nose combo.

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A shot depicting the island that the game takes place on. It's small, and it's... well, no easy way to say this without sounding profane, but the island is called Shitty Island. And thus here our three main misfits (er... heroes) stand: X-M-O, Jonnie19, and AMerk himself. Also, if you look close enough, you'll see that AMerk is wearing a red mini-skirt... actually it's a red curtain he finds and wears like a mini-skirt. No, that doesn't imply my game is about cross-dressing in addition to gender confusion, it's just something my warped mind decided to add.

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And finally, just a random cave shot from the game as AMerk steps on a switch. No special lighting effects, I'm afraid, and I probably won't worry about stupid shadows until I get to Ace.

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[amerk]

Thanks. To answer the questions about the RTP, it's not just RTP, it's a mixture of using both that and the Mack... well, I guess Mack gets so overused it becomes considered RTP these days.

But as this is my very first project, I wanted to be more focused on the design of the game mechanics, and less so on the graphical output, while still trying to create maps that were somewhat decent. Mapping is not my strongpoint, and I fear I'd become lazy and quit before the game was done if I worried too much about the tilesets being used.

Also, it's a small (4-6 hour) comedy rpg, not quite the epic standards of a lot of games here. My next project, which won't be comedy, will probably have better resources beyond the RTP.

As for the half green / half snow tree, it doesn't come off looking very good, I admit, but that's actually going to be a forested area, and I wanted to convey the feeling of the forest going from green to snow-covered as they got towards the other end.

Thanks for the feedback, though, I appreciate it, and it lets me know I'm somewhat on the right track (even if it is RTP).

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But as this is my very first project, I wanted to be more focused on the design of the game mechanics, and less so on the graphical output, while still trying to create maps that were somewhat decent. Mapping is not my strongpoint, and I fear I'd become lazy and quit before the game was done if I worried too much about the tilesets being used.

Ah, yeah that's actually a good idea I think. Good mapping is important but mechanics are the heart of any game, so it's good that you're focusing on that :-)