Town Maps

[Squires 35]

Hola. I've been messing around with some tilesets and so, and I ended up getting bored and making some maps. I was wondering if I could get some feedback on them. Who knows, maybe I have a secret talent for mapping. :3

 

 

This is just a town I made that had nothing to do with the game at all.

 

 

This is the first town the player will enter, which is why it's kind of small.

 

 

And last but not least, this is the player's starting home. It will be upgradable during the story, so that's not just what it will look like.

 

[Tsarmina 2,612]

Those are nice tiles c: I do like the tree autotile, I just feel they're awfully brightly colored (especially compared to the grass and such). Also the upper edge of the tree autotile (the part that faces upwards) is super blocky--like it's not rounded off. I'm not sure where you go these tilesets from/edited them yourself, but if you wanted to try your hand at rounding those top edges, that would be lovely, not to mention lower the brightness a little

[Cymiril 80]

Very nice maps, your layout is spread nicely, not too much in one area, but everything is close enough to be convenient. It looks natural and organic, like it was built up over time.

 

But I do agree with Tsarmina about the corners, erasing the darkest colors on the top left of the leaf tile should round it out a bit. And the tops are way too bright, especially considering how dark and muted everything else is.

[xoferew 261]

I like it.  I wish people would post at least a little piece of their map blown up to the size it would look while actually playing, especially when new tilesets are involved, or else it's really hard for me to appreciate all the awesomeness.   

Maybe it's the brightness of the trees, but having so many trees surrounding your towns is maybe not necessary, maybe a little claustrophobic?  Just me? 

[Squires 35]

Those are nice tiles c: I do like the tree autotile, I just feel they're awfully brightly colored (especially compared to the grass and such). Also the upper edge of the tree autotile (the part that faces upwards) is super blocky--like it's not rounded off. I'm not sure where you go these tilesets from/edited them yourself, but if you wanted to try your hand at rounding those top edges, that would be lovely, not to mention lower the brightness a little

I'm going to be using Khas' Lighting, if that helps the brightness problem. xP This isn't my tileset, and I'm not a very good artist, but I guess I can try my luck at fixing the trees myself. Also, there's another tile for the same tree tile, except it's a lot darker than the brighter one, I guess. Thanks for the feedback. ^.^

 

I like it.  I wish people would post at least a little piece of their map blown up to the size it would look while actually playing, especially when new tilesets are involved, or else it's really hard for me to appreciate all the awesomeness. 

Maybe it's the brightness of the trees, but having so many trees surrounding your towns is maybe not necessary, maybe a little claustrophobic?  Just me? 

I plan on getting rid of the trees when I think of something suitable to replace them with, so the map doesn't feel that empty. As I said earlier, I intend to lower the brightness of the trees. xP

 

 

 

Very nice maps, your layout is spread nicely, not too much in one area, but everything is close enough to be convenient. It looks natural and organic, like it was built up over time.

 

But I do agree with Tsarmina about the corners, erasing the darkest colors on the top left of the leaf tile should round it out a bit. And the tops are way too bright, especially considering how dark and muted everything else is.

Thanks for the feedback, Cymirill. I'm glad you like the maps, I think. xP It's a good thing I made this topic, because I'm starting to notice tons of errors with my maps now. >u<

 

Thanks again everyone, it's nice to be part of a community where everyone's constructive criticism is, well, constructive.  

[babzai 1]

it's good

[Tsarmina 2,612]

Hi babzai, a little more constructive criticism would be appreciated We encourage in-depth responses. Thank you!

[lonequeso 1,921]

The links are all broken  I wanna see the pretty pictures again!

[+ Takeo212 1,079]

They do look pretty neat~

From the distance we're seeing it from though, the top of your trees (as Tsarmina already said, are a tad to bright in comparison) look like fields to me~ Though, I'm blind so ignore me xD

 

@Lone: The images work for me fine?

Maybe refresh/try now? xD

 

I like the contrast in your maps though. Nothing really bright or such, it just looks natural.

My only critique is it seems the trees themselves are pretty short. you houses are all out of perspective since they look bigger than the trees themselves - unless that was intentional. My bad then!

[Smiling Dragon 8]

Those are some really nice maps. One thing I would change is the road to the door. I don't think it's good looking that the road goes straight to the door and too close to the door like that.