|Environmental psychological horror| - Sallience

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|Environmental psychological horror| - Sallience
« on: December 21, 2010, 00:01:18 »
Alright, I started on this a looong time ago, and found it while snooping around my Hard drive... I'm gonna start working on it again...
Basically, It's a VERY environmental game, with psychological horror elements in, too.
I'm taking some pointers from the trilby series, if you know what that is ;).
Right now, I've got only 1 ambient song, and a mid - sized world... It's only a bit where you get to explore around.
Anyway, screenies, I have them.

Here are some screens of the three environments I have so far (Check attachments)

Any updates will be posted in this thread.

Off-topic, Does anyone know what the best color for "Transparency" is?
Right now I'm just using 1% opacity for the transparency, but it's kinda noticeable...

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Re: |Environmental psychological horror| - Sallience
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2010, 00:05:17 »
Looks very awesome, I'll be waiting for the finished version! Also, if you're using GIMP or a similarly advanced editor, you should look into alpha channel editing for transparency; if you're using something else like MS Paint, you can use magenta (255,0,255).

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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2010, 00:08:21 »
Oh, and remember, this is an extreme alpha - even more artsy stuff will come in later...  8)

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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2010, 00:11:39 »
Looks very awesome, I'll be waiting for the finished version! Also, if you're using GIMP or a similarly advanced editor, you should look into alpha channel editing for transparency; if you're using something else like MS Paint, you can use magenta (255,0,255).
Yeah, I was using gimp, but I can't go 100% transparency, or KS will give me an error...
Now I have Photoshop, I'll be looking into how to use it for this, and see if it works any better.

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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2010, 11:10:55 »
KS gives an error if there's a whole tile completely transparent other than the top left tile. if it's just parts of tiles, it should work just fine.
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
:hs::hs::hs::hs::fish::hs::hs::hs::hs:
:hs:

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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2010, 23:14:51 »
Looks nice. The first screen especially.

I use Gimp without trouble. I agree with Miss Paula's prognosis.

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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2010, 03:27:10 »
KS gives an error if there's a whole tile completely transparent other than the top left tile. if it's just parts of tiles, it should work just fine.

I understaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...

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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2010, 21:24:13 »
I just use Microsoft photo editor for setting transparencies.   I know its old and kinda crappy but it works perfectly for my purposes.   I just use a single color for background then set it to transparent when ready.

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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2010, 06:52:37 »
Tribily series? i loved them!
Love the screens and can't wait to know what this 'story' is about  :D

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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2010, 05:29:06 »
Alright, umm, just a short update, but I've finished 3 more songs, and I've got plans for a small puzzle level, If I figure out some things... aaand I'm working on some of the horror element too.
That is all.

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Re: |Environmental psychological horror| - Sallience
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2011, 17:03:15 »
Small update:
I haven't been working on this much due to my graphics card being out of wack, but I did draw a small level design, and worked more on the story.
1 more song finished, too.

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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2011, 20:48:25 »
Cool, though I hope your gfx-card isn't terminal. I'm really looking forward to seeing this level, the screenshots look gorgeous.
Even the sky alone is really appealing, somehow, aswell as the thickly-banded gradient on the floating islands.

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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2011, 00:28:47 »
I just realised i love that tileset your using, its amazing.
Now im really pumped for this level!

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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2011, 11:21:26 »
I just realised i love that tileset your using, its amazing.
Now im really pumped for this level!

Same here
under re-construction:

Coming late:


Starwale *pun*