Simplicity and spookiness

Creed Malay · Mon 28/03/2005 14:45:29

I've been playing round with the RON kittens game again, because it really has to get finished someday, and could do with some crit and advice on some backgrounds. A big part of the game is set in the hospital, where there's serious bad ju-ju afoot. I'm trying to create a spooky, abandonned and, in parts, decaying building kind of vibe, but while keeping to the Reality on the Norm background style. I don't think I've quite "got" what I'm going for, somehow - all feedback and suggestions greatly appreciated.

Spooky corridor

A Very Bad Place

"vertical" hallway. Having lots of trouble with this one. Wnated it to look tall and foreboding, but in game, the screen just fills with black half the time. Also, the room looks kinda llike a box in a warehouse, rather than a room in a corridor.

Cheers in advance.

Davy

Reptile · Mon 28/03/2005 15:15:56

Very nice, I love those details.

Darth Mandarb · Mon 28/03/2005 17:57:52

Davy these are great!

The simplicity of RON games has always been very appealing to me, and you've captured that very well here.

I'll admit it's not too spooky though. I'm thinking it's the lighting over-all. It's too bright maybe.

I went a little over-baord with the shading here, but you'll see what I mean:

- added some detail to the roof of the left room as well

Please, forgive the jay-peggy-ness of it. Hope it helps!

Sam. · Mon 28/03/2005 18:21:00

curse you darth mandarb!

you just posted my exact paintover, but better!

Its like a TH reunion in here

Creed Malay · Mon 28/03/2005 19:31:27

Darth, that's lovely! What program you use to do that?
Cheers muchly to all.

DAvy

Darth Mandarb · Mon 28/03/2005 19:43:44

Good ol' Photoshop.

I just created 3 seperate shadow layers at different opacity levels and started throwing black in there.

Reptile · Mon 28/03/2005 23:24:17

And its that easy.

Im a photoshop guru myself, all you do is make a new layer colour it in solid black or grey then fiddle with the transperancy setting and do 3 different shades.

Darth Mandarb> You a AGI fan? I also love those kind of graphics.

DeviantGent · Sun 29/05/2005 17:46:17

Whoa!

Was just crusing around the forums with my pal Mr. Flibble when I stumbled upon this topic. It gladdens me to see that this is still in the pipeline Creed.

Unfortunatly, I am not really fit to comment on the technical spectrum of the graphics, as I am incapable of all but the most basic of shading and shape. All I'll say is that they rock. Pure and simple.

Nice one.