[WIP] Chess Dungeon

[Crush]

Also crush what levels were you thinking about for the map?

I'll leave that to the content people.

[skipy]

this could be a nice side map ..like candor.. and there is npc's in game now that can fix the story. ill do some of what is needed but i dont know how much as of now.
after crypt i start to finish the edits need for the player-sprite, and some other stuff i and others started years ago.
i love the idea ..keep me posted on this whoever wants to---skipy

[salmondine]

Crush I love the idea...I was a little disappointed that Elbereth was not written in the dust =]
maybe we could scratch it on a wall later...

[Crush]

I was a little disappointed that Elbereth was not written in the dust.

Who or what is Elbereth and why would you expect it there?

[Alige]

Who or what is Elbereth and why would you expect it there?

"You engrave the word Elbereth on the floor with your wand of digging." ... Nethack
Gosh, I thought you knew everything Crush!

Ali

[Crush]

"You engrave the word Elbereth on the floor with your wand of digging." ... Nethack

OK, goes in.

[Matt]

DO NOT expect me to become a regular pixel art contributor for TMW again.

Don't worry, nobody expects anything from you.

[Crush]

Here it is. Also showing wall and doorway design. I didn't want to use a chess motif for the walls too because that would have been a bit too much.

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What worries me a bit is that the whole tileset seems to come out very monochromatic so far. I only used shades of gray with zero saturation. Anything else would be inappropriate for the chess motifs, so I need something else to bring some temperature into the tileset. Maybe some polished mahogany wood elements?

[o11c]

The fact that it's monochromatic doesn't bother me. What I'm more worried about is: if this is floating in space like the front implies (which is cool), what are the left and right edges going to look like?

[Dude]

Screwing around and tried to make a pawn....thoughts? Does anyone have a size scale for the different peices in mind?

bear in mind, ths is WIP, shading is not complete!!!

[Reid]

Screwing around and tried to make a pawn....thoughts? Does anyone have a size scale for the different peices in mind?

bear in mind, ths is WIP, shading is not complete!!!

Maybe you could do it more thin, and adding some accessories to it too. It's meant to be an ennemy, you can add some iron spike on the sides and maybe a fire animation on the well. Could be a kind of attack animation, when he touchs you, you get burned, and hitted.

Also, grind on this map is of 32x32 size, you can so use the playersprite size as base.

[Crush]

Here is a tournament chess set as reference:

[Dude]

closer?

[Chicka-Maria]

yes

[skipy]

"You engrave the word Elbereth on the floor with your wand of digging." ... Nethack

OK, goes in.

.....i had to look it up


Dude ...yes!!!!! lots can be done with that.
--skipy