Making a Background BEAUTIFUL (My full process)
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- He didn't like my background, so I fixed it.
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I just updated my steam trailer (new character designs are on show!)
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great video, I have an idea for you: why don't you make a video talking about the difficulty of launching the game for various platforms, for example: windows, mac, linux and consoles
Looking great! i love the art style!
the only thing i don't like... is the blob enemy... it does not look as good as the viking enemies..
and also i don't know if there's an explanation for them to habitate the same world?
Tutorial on parallax and sçreen boxes please
Please make a tutorial on the parallax script! yours looks soo smooth!
I agree!
Yes
Subscribed.
Yea pleeeeeaaasseee
I also came here to say this!
You should make a tutorial for the parallax script
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This is why we are here. Tutorials👍🏾tutorial on parallax script? Yes please
I just wanted to point that I think you got the animation of the leaves on the tree done very well. In 2D games, one thing you see a lot of is flat, unanimated objects. It's the difference between your game looking 30 years old and new. Animation brings life into the world and although it's easy to overlook when designing, it makes a huge impact. Also to note is the specific way in which you animated them: rotating, but from a low center point. I never realized it, but this is actually very much like real trees. I had spent some time researching how people animated pixel art trees and you get a lot of individual leaves fluttering about. The way you've done it is how it should be done and it makes me wonder how applicable it might be to pixel art trees.
Lastly, it's nice that you sell the idea of it being windy not just through the trees, but the wispy effect, debris blowing around, and the windmill. Very nice job.
Hey thanks, I've seen many games use a mesh deformation effect on trees, though I found that can make the environment look a little soft. On the branches I use random oscillation code that can be changed during runtime for different weather conditions . Glad you appreciate the effect!
A foolproof way to create a seamless background image is to do the following..
1 - Create a starting image of whatever you want for your background (let's say those mountains)
2 - Cut vertically wherever (usually at about half) and paste IN PLACE as a new layer.
3 - Swap the positions of the two sides (right part goes left, left part goes right) A B (cut line) C => B C A B
4 - now the edges will always align seamlessly.
You can now merge the two layers and draw whatever you want in the middle.
No matter how many different images you make out of the one you had after step 3, they will always connect seamlessly to one another.
Cheers
Yes this! I do this all the time in Photoshop using offset.
Fantastic improvement! I'd love to hear your take on a parallax script.
Maybe instead of using adobe illustrator, give Affinity Designer a change. I worked for me. Much more user friendly and I hated doing vector stuff, but this made it easier and not completely important, a lot cheapier then Illustrator. Btw I love how your game is coming together and of course I wishlist it ( a long time ago). Keep it up!!
Absolutely a great change.
The one thing i find odd in a lot of platformers is the floating platforms. I get it works for some games, but i think in your game you could add just a simple rock structure that would sit back slightly holding up the platform. It would kind of look half rounded out, giving the perspective that the rounded out rock structure is set back while it holds up the platform.
The floating traps could also use some something like this.
Hopefully you understand what i mean. Just an idea. Its also fine the way you have and im sure most wouldnt even think of what i said.
Great looking game Btw and it looks incredibly fun.
Beautiful, beautiful work John! The added density of the environment is a treat to see. There's definitely still some value to having less packed scenery like you had before. It could add a nice contrast to the level design in other places, so hopefully you'll keep that in your back pocket! I love seeing all of your progress, keep up the amazing work!
Wow, what an upgrade! Great reinforcement of the value of getting feedback as you go as well.
This Claw sound in the beginning brought me memories!
I’d love to see how you did the parallax script as well! Well done it was a great improvement.
That is an amazing jump in quality and majestic-ness from the before and after! Really well done man! I just hope you don't get too outta hand and start redrawing everything, hah.
Question though, how long do you estimate it took you to do all your visual updates you reckon?
You make a good point about chasing quality, one thing changes and suddenly all else requires the same polish level. I was fiddling with this background update over a few days.
@@LostRelicGames It definitely can easily get out of hand. Always chasing perfection. I always need someone else to stop me from going over board.
And thanks for the answer! Doesn't sound like it was too much of a time investment and it was totally worth it.
Amazing improvement! I admire you for listening to player feedback, I struggle with criticism (constructive or not) as do most. It's cool to see how you took that background to a whole new level of immersion!
This game will gonna be a hit, it looks soo amazing, big respect
Your videos are awesome, bro.
wow looks amazing
Amazing stuff and a great example of how player feedback can influence a game positively! You should for sure make that Parallax Tutorial! Most tutorials are outdated! If you won't make it, I will! Haha Keep up the great show!
aamazing process this will help me add more life to my bg fro my first game
This is a majestic upgrade! In my opinion, aside from the gameplay, the background really creates that immersion. It builds connection to the player and to the "created world". Questions in mind like, what are the other Vikings doing? How many houses are there in that world? Are they building high towers as well? The background creates both that curiousity and connection to the game. Job well done!
What an fantastic video that was. I always love those type of content when you take thing and tweak it and show the process.
PLEASE do a parallax tutorial. There’s some that don’t do vertical and I really like the way you do it
Tangential continuity omg I love it...that stuff is madness. And the new background looks amazing!
Great video, explains the problem, describes the solution, and example really shows what a bit of care in the detail can achieve.
This video is awesome, adding new elements indeed took your game to another level!!!
Thank you for sharing the full process, even if you are not a legit developer, just making games for fun, you still can gain much from this video!!
That sound at the beginning reminds me of Konung, good times.
Really looks fantastic! I would have never thought about it but seeing it compared to the old background, it's a huge step up. Well done 😄
AWESOME!
really deserve the wishlists on steam
great work bro
Looks so good
Taking critique is good, when you actually have a community (or place) to take it from. For a noname person like myself finding someone on the Internet to play my project is the hardest part of the gamedev process.
I'll play it
This is beautiful. Honestly, I wasn't particularly enamored by the game world before but now wow, sign me up to play! Great job man. Your hard work really made a difference 😌
Genuinely keen to see this game once it’s done. Love all the vids mate, the more the merrier
I said that windmill better be turning if hes worth his salt and Dayum if it wasn't! nice work!
Everything looks beautiful! It's clearly visible how much passion you have invested in this game. I have a suggestion for you tho! To make the gameplay mechanic even more advanced. Try to add the ability to make enemies go dizzy after jumping on them. (Stars start to hover around their heads, something like that) Not for taking them down, but to create an attack opportunity. Wish you all the best ♡
Those addition in graphics will surely make a good first impression. Good vid mate
Yes I would love to see a parallex tutorial
Certainly looking much better now! Great job!
I know you said you were exaggerating the parallax for videogame feels, but the way it is right now I can't help but feel that those far off distant mountains are just blurry hills just within throwing distance. You could possibly keep the vertical parallax as it is to exaggerate vertical movement (could be cool if you moved up and above those mountains if you climbed up a mountain in game, it would help with that sense of scale), but especially the horizontal parallax makes it seem like you're either moving at the speed of a car where terrain is just wizzing past, or because you are clearly a dude running on the ground, the terrain is smaller and closer to said player.
Love the new art and atmosphere it all brings though. Looking better already 1000%
I think I used a n^power type system when doing some parallax for one of my older games now which helped quickly set up a bunch of background stuff automatically. It was a pain if I wanted a bunch of foreground layers because it would get slowed down so quickly using this method, but it was a quick easy method to get something feeling "about right".
really pro game coming out here! very impressed.
What a great improvement! It looked good before but now it makes me want to gear up and wander into the woods and go troll hunting or something, love it!
Great behind the scenes video mate. The backgrounds look really nice. Top work
Touch up is sweeeeeeet!! Nice!
Majestic!
Excellent transformation!!! Thank you for sharing
Yes. Another perspective on Parallax script is always good. Other youtubers may have already made one but each one have a diferent way of approaching each desire result.
Man this looks now much better great job :)
Really great improvement! One tip for making seamless images/backgrounds. Photoshop has an offset tool (Filter > other > offset) which is super useful for this and can save you some headaches.
Wow beautiful improvements all around!
Interesting, thank you))
Liked and subscribed!
Superb job.
I really like it, you did a great job :c
Looks amazing, it'll be a shame when it's finished, make sure another game is planned so we get more of these vids.
Oh I'm sure he will
Every time I watch your videos I have a higher appreciation for the craft.
+1 for coding parallax.
refining the background really does improve it!
That background workflow was pretty cool.
Brilliant visual upgrades man!
New graphics look beautiful man. Can’t wait to play!
that is awsome work ill be waiting on the parallax script video
It’s just great, man!!
Please, make a tutorial on the parallax scrip! It would be amazing!
I love all of your content and would love a parallax video too.
Excellent video!
In Photoshop: Filter -> Other -> Offset. Check 'Wrap Around'. Set horizontal shift to half width of your canvas (remember this value). Congrats, now your seam exposed in the middle of your canvas. Fix it and offset it back (or not, its not necessary). Problem solved. You might want to crop your image to the size of your canvas, before doing all this, because if you have any layers that extend beyond canvas, you might get some gaps.
Thanks for sharing your workflow and it makes a huge difference.
...and speaking of backgrounds in video games, I'm reminded of Trine and Yoshi's Island. I distinctly remember their backgrounds been very cool and original.
YES ,PLEASE! Parallax tutorial,please!
Love that parallax background, looks amazing! A deep-dive video on it would be great! :)
I call you a versatile GameDev 😂😂👌🐱👤👍
getting back into unity so it would be good to see parallax script design. plug your editing and microphone is a nice touch too!
Great video, really helped
Beautiful work my dude 😍
Really Good Job man! keep moving forward! :)
I think people would appreciate a Parallax video, it took me watching 3 different TH-camr’s videos before it made sense to me, so different takes on it are useful
Awesome stuff!!!!
Looks AMAZING! Good job!
Toto video je fakt super! Dakujem za inspiraciu a navod!
Your videos always seem to come at a good time, thinking through how to improve the background of my game, since it takes up such a large part of the screen
You've created a problem for yourself - now you have to make player layer not look like flat stickers. Making it organic/bendy is probably out of the question, but at least you can make grass that's covering feet and reacts on movements/wind. Sorry 😁
nice! Another thing to try is tweak the jumping - so initially fast of the ground, then slows at the top then accelerates down
Great Job
Amazing job as always!
Now, onto the Parallax Scrolling tutorial, please! :D
As a tip for your workflow:
Tiled Assets (e.g. your BG Assets) can be easily made in Photoshop with a filter, which is probably called "offset filter" (i'm not working with the english ps version, so maybe it is called slightly different) There are some Tutorials on TH-cam that show how it works, but it's pretty easy to deal with.
Kudos!! Looks Great.
Awesome, very inspiring!
Crazy, I was just going to tackle this in my game today and this video got recommended to me... Yes, please do a video on parallaxing backgrounds. Btw, game looks good man!
Love the video. Would love more art videos. Yes, please cover the parallax effect!
It looks amazing!!!
I like both for different reasons
Great work!... And, of cource, i vote for parallax script tutorial! :)
For seamless textures: just move the whole image (wrapping around) by 50% to the side. Then manually edit out the seam, wich is now in the middle, and move it back if necessary.
This is amazing! Great work.
I personally feel that the Blood and Mead logo is very reminiscent of mobile game logos. Doesn't capture the action-adventure feel of the game. Makes me think of Clash of Clans types.
Thanks, I'll see what I can do!
I would love to see your way of doing parallax
Looking forward to seeing the parallax tutorial 😍
Nice video and nice art.
Yes, Please make a parallax video sir. Also the new background looks much better, Not that the old one was bad but it definitely stepped up the visuals.
Nice one. One thing that bother me about most 2D games, though, is that the character is usually mirrored. For example, if your character is holding a weapon in its left hand, it will switch over to the right when turning around. This is why I prefer 3D, because there's no need to take that into account. I know this can be achieved in various ways in 2D too but most people usually won't bother.
Yeah, even the top tier games like blasphemous with million dollar budgets will mirror. In most cases it's simply a case of time and budget, as instantly the animation work is doubled. It then opens the door the enemy and NPC animations requiring the same work.
I initially started with non-mirror, but it wsd tough. Instead I've tried to resolve this by having a turn animation where the player physically passes the axe from one hand to another. Not perfect, but it is what it is :)
@@LostRelicGames I get you. Nonetheless, great work here! :) it’s not directed towards your game, but just an observation of 2D in general.
Great artist even if he doesn't know yet he is.
I mean he is both a great developer AND a great artist.
Its awesome to see you creating your game episode by episode
Absolutely fantastic work. Goes to show that criticism itself is.. majestic.
Great video. As a Tip you can use Adobe Color to get a pallet from an image more easily :)