Short Ice Dungeon

[MaidenM 2]

So I made a short dungeon for the very beginning of my game. I posted some of these in the gallery thread but now I'd like to know what others think about the layout and such.

 

The dungeon is supposed to be this lonely, desolate cave leading up to a small temple. It is rarely visited, only sometimes by pilgrims who journey to the temple to pay tribute to the dragon who resides there. As it is the very beginning of the game, the prolouge really, I wanted it to be short. It is meant to focus on the introduction of the main character and her reason for starting her adventure.

 

Entrence:

 

 

 

 

 

Second Room:

 

 

 

 

Third Room:

 

 

 

 

 

Slidey Room:

 

 

 

 

 

Temple Entrance:

 

 

 

 

 

Dragon Chamber:

 

 

 

 

 

Personally I think these are good for a first try, but not good enough for the game. I will probably revisit them as the game goes on. I would love to hear opinions from others though.

[Phil-S 18]

I really like the design. It reminds me of something you'd see in Golden Sun, if you're familiar with that game, in how there's the little gaps you can (probably) jump across, which makes for some neat design possibilities. Plus, you can't go wrong with an ice sliding puzzle! Though if you enter it from the top entrance, it's a bit easy to solve. 

 

Good work on this first draft!

[Antioch 33]

It's a really nice design with excellent tileset usage. One thing I'd look at though is in the slidey room: the large snowy rocks don't look as though they are actually connected to the floor.

[+ TBWCS 953]

I like how you did the arc on the maps, as the default somehow uses the square tiles.

[MaidenM 2]

Thank you guys, and especially thanks for comparing it to Golden Sun (oh, my childhood...)! Good points on the slidey room, I feel I need to revisit it to make it  more complicated and consistent in how it looks. I found it a bit difficult to make since the other rooms where very snow themed and the slide room was more ice based. Bit of a gear shift so to speak.