Gfx style change for my game // what do you think?

Darth Mandarb · Wed 03/08/2016 13:35:59

The biggest problem I see is they are sooooo dark!

I did a quick demonstration on the "just before intro ends" image:

- punched up the brightness a lot
- centered the composition (unless you were going for a "something's out of whack" feeling in which case ignore this one)
- I didn't get the feeling this one was supposed to be dark and ominous so I brightened it a lot, but even 1/2 of what I did would make it read far better IMO

Also the bedroom w/ the chandelier:

- upped the brightness a lot as well

Now with this one I got the sense of a "midnight mood" type thing so if you wanted to stylize it a bit more you could do something like this:

I went a tad overboard on that one but it illustrates the point well enough I think

I did these very quickly but if you spend a little more time on the lighting I think the end results would be much improved!

KyriakosCH · Wed 03/08/2016 14:29:37

^Nice...

I will have to rework the pics, likely with Gimp instead of relying on the original render for all..

KyriakosCH · Wed 03/08/2016 18:39:20

I took a different direction. I didn't want to use some degree of pixelation, but i think it might be both more practical and a bit more atmospheric. Tell me what you think...

KyriakosCH · Fri 05/08/2016 13:57:50

KyriakosCH · Mon 08/08/2016 15:21:57

Trying a 800X600 render, tell me what you think...

In my view it is more workable.

Danvzare · Tue 09/08/2016 09:30:05

I'm going to be honest with you.
I like it... I like it a lot!

It really shows off your artwork as well.

KyriakosCH · Tue 09/08/2016 10:57:59

Thanks!

Do you like the ant as well?

It's not an ant-agonist, btw (i am so funny

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Danvzare · Tue 09/08/2016 13:07:21

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Tue 09/08/2016 10:57:59
Do you like the ant as well?

Ant? What ant?
...
Do you mean that spider-looking thing on the wall?
I hadn't noticed it until you mentioned it. It looks good as well.

Gurok · Sat 13/08/2016 08:21:43

Is this the ant (circled in blue)?

The cabinet on the right with a hole in it looks a bit odd, like the hole's not supposed to be there. Is it a front view of the left side of a buffet and hutch? I can't really tell what the gap is for.

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 09:10:03

Yes, that is the ant. What else could it be, really?

There are only three pieces of furniture, which may seem little but it is part of the plot; you are in a dream, and stuff there exist due to tied meaning and not as actual objects. The character (mental asylum patient) has a sort of quest in that red-wallpaper apartment. He morphs into the ant as well.

Gurok · Sat 13/08/2016 09:14:18

So what sort of cabinet is that cabinet in the foreground of the right of the scene?

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 10:12:22

Usually one holds books or other small objects in that space of such a furniture. In the game there likely won't be anything, cause it is meant as a space which may (or may not) trigger something if you move your hand inside of it. A part of the story this chapter of the game is based on features the examination of whether the secondary objects in the main room do play any role at all, ie if by moving/re-arranging them something can happen. Think of a lucid dream where you try to learn the rules of the dream. It is pretty much the scope with those bits of furniture, while the focus is on the corridor (it has a small opening, but you don't fit inside with your human form, which is why the ant first comes into play).
Although the ant has other things to do as well. The 'dancing' is a main focus. And it isn't really a dance either

Danvzare · Sat 13/08/2016 11:22:55

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 13/08/2016 09:10:03
Yes, that is the ant. What else could it be, really?

A spider.

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 11:33:07

Well, some spiders mimic ants, to make other beings believe they are some harmless ant, and then devour them

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 12:31:44

A sketch of the main hall of the asylum (some stuff are going on there the first time you visit, eg those chairs will be filled and there is a speaker in the rightmost edge of the hall). See the isolated chair in the corridor? That is your favourite location

selmiak · Sat 13/08/2016 13:02:24

You know, you should show stuff like this in your indiegogo campaing. YOU want to make a mysterious horror game and don't want to spoil stuff, okay, but people are interested in WHAT they are funding and want to know more about the game

Is this Kafka on the wall?

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 13:50:10

Quote from: selmiak on Sat 13/08/2016 13:02:24
You know, you should show stuff like this in your indiegogo campaing. YOU want to make a mysterious horror game and don't want to spoil stuff, okay, but people are interested in WHAT they are funding and want to know more about the game

Is this Kafka on the wall?

Of course it is Kafka

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 16:09:54

Hm, testing, but what do you think of the lighting?

other version:

selmiak · Sat 13/08/2016 17:08:21

all very weird, the light in your very first version was way better, more natural and actually coming from the lamps.

KyriakosCH · Sat 13/08/2016 17:20:58

That is easy to re-do, thanks

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