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Graphics > Are these good graphics for an rpg game?

#1904 - satanicfreak2 - Sat Jan 25, 2003 9:19 am

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Are these good graphics for an rpg game?? im curently working on a new game but im not sure what its suppost to look like. I dont play rpgs at all.

#1907 - Psyk - Sat Jan 25, 2003 2:06 pm

Looks good to me. Really its completely up to you what the graphics are like.

#1920 - XeroxBoy - Sat Jan 25, 2003 8:44 pm

As a suggestions, try to tone down the brightness of the green for the grass - it's awfully hard on the eyes.

#1922 - peebrain - Sat Jan 25, 2003 10:20 pm

I would also suggest a darker grass color... I think it'd be better with a tileing green pattern, rather than just solid green as well.

~Sean

#1923 - Splam - Sat Jan 25, 2003 11:42 pm

I'd suggest testing it on a real gba before altering colours, they tend to become a lot darker, but that green IS a bit bright ;)

#1934 - tepples - Sun Jan 26, 2003 9:18 am

You'll want to add a bit more shading and texture to the grass and to the sprites. Try to draw your graphics in the style of the great overhead adventures and RPGs on the Super NES platform (think FF4, FF6, Zelda, Mana, Chrono Trigger, etc) as well as Wild ARMs[1] for PS1.

[1] If a game running on a MIPS architecture based PS1 is called "Wild ARMs", then can a game running on an ARM architecture based GBA be called "Sparc of Life"?
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#1948 - darkcloud - Sun Jan 26, 2003 6:01 pm

zelda uses a solid green color for its grass tiles but then it has seperate tiles that help to add texture, like a flower tile and simple plant tiles. I like the zelda graphics style because it's simple but very stylish and looks good.
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