iPhone Project: Enlisting Map Creators

[Gan]

As long as I can group them in the credits to save space on the credits screen and they won't take the source that I posted publicly...
...we could use all the mappers we could get.


-Gandalf
P.S. They'd also have to join and be a part of the Gmg community. As this game will be a game created by the Gmg Community.

[Gan]

Alright... I'm going to be having a lack of time probably for most of this week and possibly this weekend. Just thought I should forewarn you guys...

Also I'm thinking of maybe changing a few things up on the storyline/maps/characters... I'll make a new thread about it.
Finally, if you guys want; you can edit, exile or change any maps I've created. Whatever pleases you guys.


-Gandolf

[Silverwind]

Oh indeed? What changes might they be?

[Gan]

Posted here:
http://www.gamemakersgarage.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gmgroup;action=display;num=1256752313


-Gandolf

[Gnome]

heres a gnome "tinker" hut I made, I went for tinker-er gnomes to be more original.

[Silverwind]

Awesome art!

[WarHampster]

Nice Gnome, but you've violated the number one rule of pixel art - never save anything as a .jpg!

[Silverwind]

Nice Gnome, but you've violated the number one rule of pixel art - never save anything as a .jpg!

lol! I hear that. I once caused massive damage to the original RS tile set by saving it as a .jpg by mistake. It dithered the colours on everything, even the solid grass tile!

.psd for master copies, .gif for resource files.

[WarHampster]

Jpeg compression doesn't dither, it basically just blends some colors together to cut down on space. This is fine for photographs but with sprites everything has to be pixel perfect, so use .gif or .png.

Also, you're going to want to shade that hut, it looks flat as is.  

[Silverwind]

Jpeg compression doesn't dither, it basically just blends some colors together to cut down on space.

Oh trust me, open the RS sprite sheet and save it as a lowish quality jpg: It dithers the pants off it!

I've long switched to pngs for everything bar high rez photos (and small images, which gifs still do best), and even then pngs aren't far off jpg quality.

[WarHampster]

http://rjanes.co.uk/images/tutorials/introduction/Tutorial1-Dithering1x4.png

That is dithering.

[Gan]

Dithering, non-dithering... Irrelevant! As long as we know that jpg can be harmful to creations that need to be pixel perfect we'll be fine.

By the way, nice tinker hut Gnome.


-Gandolf

[Gnome]

I have it as a pixen file for the master copy, so you all can calm down  


The gear look weird to me... I'm going to try and fix it and make 2 more varieties

[Silverwind]

http://rjanes.co.uk/images/tutorials/introduction/Tutorial1-Dithering1x4.png

That is dithering.

Yeah, and a good job at it too. I had a nightmarish result:

[Tireas Dragon]

I like the original better