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[READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 09 Jul 2017, 20:57
by WildX
This section is for learning anything related to development. You can post tutorials if you already have experience or you can post your own attempts at whatever you're working on. Ideally you will receive feedback, advice and guidance from our developers or any knowledgeable person who wishes to help you out.

You do not need any previous experience to post here. This section is strictly for learning. Nothing here is meant to go into the game unless we specifically choose to pick it up, in which case we will propose to move/continue it in the main development sections.

Things to remember before posting:
  • No question is a stupid question.
  • Developers are here out of their own free time, they are not required or expected to follow up on whatever they post here.
  • While some things might get to that stage, nothing in this section is intended to make it into the game. It's here for learning purposes.
  • This is s friendly environment. Any negative critique is not meant as an insult, but as a way to help you improve.
  • Hats are great, but try something new! :P

Re: IGNORE ME

Posted: 09 Jul 2017, 21:08
by gumi

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 22 Sep 2017, 06:15
by Speiros
Hi. Thanks for the links. I'm a novice, but looking forward to learn.

What programs can be used to make tilesets and sprites?

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 22 Sep 2017, 09:36
by WildX
The main program used for anything pixel-art related around here is Gimp. Some devs have been known to use MS Paint or other free software. Gimp is by far the most advanced if you don't want to purchase things like Photoshop (which I don't recommend for what we do here as Gimp can handle it just fine).

Hopefully we can get some nice Gimp tutorials up in this section at some point, for now you should be able to find some pretty good stuff online and by browsing our Graphics Development section. :)

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 04:45
by Speiros
WildX wrote:The main program used for anything pixel-art related around here is Gimp... :)
Beauty. I will have a play.

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 10:15
by MichaelMiller
Here's a bunch of awesome pixel art tutorials:
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 10:44
by Speiros
MichaelMiller wrote:Here's a bunch of awesome pixel art tutorials:
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart
Thanks mate. That's a great article.

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 16:09
by Micksha
This is for bumping, and in order to answer the initial question
What programs can be used to make tilesets and sprites?
and to collect some information for starting. So here the basic software I work with.
As reported by WildX, the actual pixel work is done with GIMP here. For tilesets, I recommend to link development with the usage of the mapping program, which is Tiled. Starting with existing maps, most of the functions are kinda self-explaining - however, if you need help, this forum is the place to ask :)
Second recommendation is SAE (Sprite Animation Editor) developed by Vasily. It is a highly useful tool for any kind of sprites, and in my opinion one of the best tools to make nice pixel art animations. You find the relevant forums post here: viewtopic.php?f=2&p=157512#p157512
If you have any kind of issues or questions, dont hesitate to ask here in forums or on our IRC-channel: #evol-dev.

Yours,
-Mick

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 17 Aug 2019, 17:24
by HaloNott
viewtopic.php?f=63&t=20447

Hello, I just saw this thread and I was wondering how one creates their own quest in code see? :alt-3: So if you could please do give me a few pointers so I can begin understanding that thread. Also is a sample anywhere in the gitlab page? https://gitlab.com/evol/clientdata

Also, I can't post the clouds.png file here? :| viewtopic.php?f=63&t=20751

Re: [READ ME] Welcome to Dev Academy

Posted: 25 Sep 2019, 03:09
by wushin
You can find everything you need to develop here.

https://gitlab.com/evol/evol-all

The quests a.k.a. scripts can be found here.
https://gitlab.com/evol/serverdata/tree/master/npc

Joining the discord will allow you to contact devs directly to help you.
https://discord.gg/kZ5DymM