Comments on: Tile Changes in 0.7

By: kristi

kristi — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:20:55 +0000

I’d really like an option to use the old tileset. My vision’s a bit poor, and I found the crisp high-contrast of the earlier version made things much easier to make out.

By: eobet

eobet — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:20:01 +0000

I only found this out today… in light of having recently played Minecraft, the old more basic tiles enables your mind’s imagination to work a lot harder than what these new, more detailed dungeon tiles do.

The more detailed it gets, it’s easier to see the flaws rather than the possibilities:

* The sheep looks more like a gorilla.
* The new shadow imp looks like a complete wimp, unfortunately.
* The new ghoul as well, he’s shrunk and lost all menace.
* Snorg same thing, a fat blob instead of a huge troll with tree trunks for arms and legs.
* Finally, the shadow has become something from a disney movie, and also ignored the perspective of the rest of the tiles by grounding himself firmly to the bottom row of pixels.

I can’t say I miss the old water tiles, though…

By: John

John — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:14:18 +0000

I echo the remarks about the contrast. On a mac, the latest version really gives me fits telling apart walls and floors. Plus it seems to me that the mini-map is smaller and less distinct also. Otherwise I heartily approve of all of the changes!

By: James

James — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:12:48 +0000

Neat tiles, but it’s harder to see things. It’s not just telling the walls from the floor, there’s also how all things goblin and koboldish look really similar now. Even previously distinct poses have been changed to be more samey.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:36:07 +0000

I like the new tiles overall, but the new door looks a bit too grayish.

By: supulton

supulton — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:25:47 +0000

The new tiles look amazing. Yeah, it could use some brightening up, but all the new monster details are really superb. Also thanks for toning down the water tiles, the contrast gave me seizures.

By: agentshags

agentshags — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:13:36 +0000

will there be an option to use the previous tileset? that would be pretty cool. ascii + two tilesets….

By: KiloByte

KiloByte — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:44:16 +0000

I’m afraid that the dark-gray on black color scheme makes it impossible to see anything during the day, it might be better to crank up the contrast.

By: Epitaph64

Epitaph64 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:14:37 +0000

Wow, the new first area tiles really improve the atmosphere of the game. Plus, new players who rarely see the other areas of the game until they get better at it will have a better impression of it right off the bat! Thanks everyone who works on this game and continues to improve it.

By: vicvegax

vicvegax — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:05:45 +0000

oh guys, that’s great!

good and even better… tnx

By: M

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:11:24 +0000

These look nice :)

I would love to see an option in the non-tile version to get the kind of colours and display that the dos builds used to provide. It was so much nicer to read and look at, and the screen space was used a lot better.

I like the tile version, but I miss the dos console look :(

By: Chairman Poo

Chairman Poo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:08:17 +0000

I love the new tiles too.

Also, I dont know if it’s the right place to point this stuff out, but I am playing 0.7 atm, and for some reason I can’t invoke wearable items, such as invisibility rings and whatnot.

By: N

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:57:17 +0000

A bit divided here. I like the new ones but the lack of contrast will require double of eye effort when exploring the gloomy corridors. Anyway great work guys.

By: Poor Yurik

Poor Yurik — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:36:19 +0000

Thank you guys for all the feedback (+ and -) on the new art…not just on here, but on irc, on SA, etc. A second set of eyes can be a huge help after working on a set of tiles for a while, but a few dozen sets of secondary eyes is even better. I brightened the walls a bit, and you can play with the updated tiles in the latest development build. Again, thanks guys, and have fun.

By: Jaega1

Jaega1 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:18:40 +0000

AWESOME guys! I downloaded Trunk after seeing this and the visual improvement is so awesome. It gives the game a very dark and creepy feel but I for one think that it is great. Keep up the great work!

By: purge

purge — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:02:44 +0000

Amazing write-up Enne! Very nice work on the charts and screenshots!

By: Markosias

Markosias — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:51:56 +0000

Beautiful! Thank you Poor Yurik for the fantastic job! I’m looking forward to making some great zombie hordes ^^

By: Mongrol

Mongrol — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:25:31 +0000

The new tiles look awesome. Isn’t ordering the monster list by difficulty a bit of a spoiler?

By: RBL

RBL — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:28:36 +0000

I haven’t been this excited about a roguelike since NetHack 3.4.3 was released. Thank you for many wasted hours.

By: JimmyDietCoke

JimmyDietCoke — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:19:01 +0000

Looks great, but I’m totality with Tiedyemike, it’s very hard to see the difference between the walls and floors at a glance now, and nearly impossible to see the darkened explored parts outside your direct line of sight.

By: JMA

JMA — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:06:46 +0000

No, really. I am serious. You guys are the BEST roguelike around.

Thanks for all your hard work!

By: Tiedyemike

Tiedyemike — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:33:17 +0000

Desaturating the dungeon a bit I can understand, but does it have to be so dark? In a well-lit room, it’s hard to tell walls from floors.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:18:54 +0000

PANTS!

By: HANS

HANS — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:39:01 +0000

holy macaroni

By: hackum

hackum — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:34:23 +0000

Awesome as always!