Moonfell RPG

Forgot to post this here.
Sketch to finish process.

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Ah that's actually a good idea, thx!

Glad to help!

Forgot to post this here.
Sketch to finish process.

#pixelart #tutorial #wip #artshare #gamedev

I'm completely redoing the lighting so it's more dynamic than this one so it'll be some time, this version is already outdated 😅

Usually just photoshop, though for animation I used Aseprite

Can totally relate to this.

2d pixel art illustration concept art of a ruined overgrown ancient temple structure in a tropical island jungle, for the indie JRPG game Moonfell

New pixel concept for a location in my game 🌴

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Yes, very hard to resist!

I don't wanna spoil anything so I'd rather keep it a mystery 😁

Thank you Scott! 🙏

2d pixel art illustration concept art of a ruined overgrown ancient temple structure in a tropical island jungle, for the indie JRPG game Moonfell

New pixel concept for a location in my game 🌴

#pixelart #gamedev #godot

Love me a nice couch evening playing some Godot.

Testing my custom 2D directional lighting system☀️

Godot 2D lights out of the box aren't really fitted for top down games, so I decided to develop my own system using luminosity masks.

#pixelart #godot #gamedev #jrpg

I'm not using any native Godot lights, it's a custom system, but designed as a directional (just for sun/moonlight).

Dropshadows are just black copies of sprites, skewed based on the sun's position. They Ysort so they can cast over other objects, and multiplies onto luminosity to avoid stacking.

A bit tricky to explain the entire code for this, but the logic is to use a luminosity texture (modified grayscale version of the sprite) and use it as a mask on your light texture.

Looks so amazing and useful, not just for isometric stuff.
Can't wait to test this.

A milestone in pixel art graphics ❤️

The main light texture is controlled by luminosity masks assigned to every sprite. It determines which parts can catch light and how much.

I'll try to do a writeup sometime but the basic principle is to give every sprite a 'luminosity mask', which controls how much each pixel's RGB value can be affected by light textures.

Yup, every object has dynamic shadows that rotate with the time of day

I don't have a patreon but I'm sure I can do a writeup of how it works some time

Thanks! Took a bit to figure out how to implement but pretty happy with the results

Thank you :)

My game finally doesn't look flat anymore

Testing my custom 2D directional lighting system☀️

Godot 2D lights out of the box aren't really fitted for top down games, so I decided to develop my own system using luminosity masks.

#pixelart #godot #gamedev #jrpg

Flashbacks of... 👀

I agree that some storytelling or even characters for scale always improve a piece though, but yes sometimes its ok to just focus on the surroundings.
Thanks for the comments!

Ah yes, some storytelling always makes an illustration better.
I'm mostly making these as concepts for my game level environments though, so no Indiana in there 😅

Indeed!