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[Woozlez]

I've always loved that skybox, but I can't help but think it should be getting darker the further out it goes.

It's supposed to be an homage to Portal 2 underground levels in the use of fog:

 

[Uncuepa]

ornate bridge anyone?

 

[Uncuepa]

Going for an asian thing

 

[Uncuepa]

Look out, Aly

This is the cap building + bridge + start of water + start of land

There's going to be at least 3 more styled buildings

 

[Woozlez]

Look out, Aly

This is the cap building + bridge + start of water + start of land

There's going to be at least 3 more styled buildings

MMmmmmmm

Displacement roofs never felt so good. :drool1:

 

[Uncuepa]

MMmmmmmm

Displacement roofs never felt so good. :drool1:

Not even displacements. All brushwork.

 

[Woozlez]

Not even displacements. All brushwork.

Then think of the power you've yet to unleash!

( From MVM Underground: )

 

[Uncuepa]

Then think of the power you've yet to unleash!

Oh, I know. This is gonna be fun!

Right now, getting a theme and drawing up the paths is my goal, then working on balance and cover, then a little polish before a1

 

[Pocket]

It's supposed to be an homage to Portal 2 underground levels in the use of fog:

To be honest, that always kinda bugged me too.

 

[Zed]

To be honest, that always kinda bugged me too.

I don't mind it. Makes it feel less cold and empty.

 

[Idolon]

Having the colored, atmospheric fog makes the space feel larger than it really is. A black fog would probably be more realistic, but the blue fog gives a sense of an atmosphere (and therefore, open space).

 

[Fruity Snacks]

I think the use of color fog is fine, and very creative.

My issue is that the skybox feels very flat, there is not much depth, from what I can tell.

 

[Woozlez]

I think the use of color fog is fine, and very creative.

My issue is that the skybox feels very flat, there is not much depth, from what I can tell.

This is the skybox card layout; There are four layers, with the skip brush in the center for map size.

Do you think further spacing them, as well as making them closer to the map would be better? I'll attempt that in beta 4, which I'll be releasing very soon.

 

[Idolon]

It probably has to do with the lack of detail on the cards themselves (they're just one flat color at the moment). Spacing them out more would probably be a good idea though.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

It probably has to do with the lack of detail on the cards themselves (they're just one flat color at the moment). Spacing them out more would probably be a good idea though.

I agree, spacing them out would add a lot. Another thing is to not show every layer when you can... Almost like visually skipping a layer. Gives a bit more realistic depth.

 

[Woozlez]

It probably has to do with the lack of detail on the cards themselves (they're just one flat color at the moment). Spacing them out more would probably be a good idea though.

Well, the cards are meant to be akin to mountain and tree cards:

Anyway, here's the new spacing:

 

[Fruity Snacks]

How does that look ingame?

 

[Woozlez]

How does that look ingame?

Well, compiling now!

 

[Bakscratch]

Space!

Update:

 

[YM]

RE FOG:

it should get closer to the colour of the air as it gets further away. That is to say brighter. making each layer darker would look weird, really weird.

I do think maybe the cards look a little flat, but that's only because they're solid colours, the nice things about the trainyard skybox is that there are subtle gradients in the mountain silhouettes.
They look a little cartoony but I haven't seen them in motion so don't know how they really look.