CONTEST: Want to work on something that'll be featured on the SMBX website?

Postby **Witchking666** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:04 pm

thanks for the feedback, gonna fix the coin and ? issue right away. Still though, the wood does loop correctly however I do understand I should in fact move it to the left one block.

RhysOwens · Postby **RhysOwens** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:03 pm

4matsy wrote:I attempted a couple of sky levels:

Sednaiur's tiles, I see.

Postby **Witchking666** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:25 pm

I fixed the most screens and decided not to use the sky one, it was just bad. I fixed all of the errors enjl mentioned and I think it really did help.

Spoiler: show

Also, should we send the screens to joey aswell.

Snessy the duck · Postby **Snessy the duck** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:17 pm

Here's my SMB1 styled forest entry using Sednaiur's SMB1 expanded forest tileset! I think it turned out pretty well imo!

PixelPest · Postby **PixelPest** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:24 pm

witchking666: 2nd, 4th, and 5th screenshots could still use more coins for sure.

Snessy the duck: I think the grass fill is a little excessive and needs to be cut down. Some more coins on the left side would do well too

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:27 pm

I agree on the grass for snessy's screenshot, but the coin placement isn't lacking in any of the screens you pointed out imo

Snessy the duck · Postby **Snessy the duck** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:28 pm

PixelPest wrote:Snessy the duck: I think the grass fill is a little excessive and needs to be cut down. Some more coins on the left side would do well too

Thanks for the tips! I'll make a new version asap!

Edit: Done!

I cut down some of the grass, and added some more coins! Tell me what you think!

Edit 2: Fixed the black stripe on top of the image!

PixelPest · Postby **PixelPest** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:31 pm

Enjl wrote:The coin placement isn't lacking in any of the screens you pointed out imo

I completely disagree. There isn't a good spread in any of them; just a single clump in one place. Because of that, I think it looked better without them. A spread of coins across the screen would look much better

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:42 pm

PixelPest wrote:
Enjl wrote:The coin placement isn't lacking in any of the screens you pointed out imo
I completely disagree. There isn't a good spread in any of them; just a single clump in one place. Because of that, I think it looked better without them. A spread of coins across the screen would look much better

I shifted the screenshot by 480 pixels and lo and behold - the second coin cluster is completely unneccessary and doesn't add anything but noise. The paratroopa adds enough to the bottomless pit to make the area around it feel alive.

Snessy the duck · Postby **Snessy the duck** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:48 pm

Hmm... should I remove the 2nd coin row then? Also, what do you think of my screen in general?

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:54 pm

It looks nice overall. I'm for removing the 2nd row of coins but I suggest you wait for a third opinion before changing the screen again.

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:15 pm

I'd also recommend removing the left row of the coins, the clash with the treetop is noticeable.

Overall, all of you are doing a really cool job!

Snessy the duck · Postby **Snessy the duck** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:31 pm

Ok, I removed the 2nd row of coins, and I think this will be the final version of the image! Thank you all for your consteructive criticism!

PixelPest · Postby **PixelPest** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:34 pm

I still think it looked better for sure with those three extra coins

Postby **Witchking666** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:12 pm

PixelPest wrote:witchking666: 2nd, 4th, and 5th screenshots could still use more coins for sure.

I disagree since this is litteraly one and a half screen. having like 10 coins in such an area would be overkill in my opinion.

TLtimelord · Postby **TLtimelord** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:06 am

witchking666 wrote:
PixelPest wrote:witchking666: 2nd, 4th, and 5th screenshots could still use more coins for sure.
I disagree since this is litteraly one and a half screen. having like 10 coins in such an area would be overkill in my opinion.

What you have is fine.

Snessy the duck · Postby **Snessy the duck** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:37 am

PixelPest wrote:I still think it looked better for sure with those three extra coins

Yeah, but there were more people saying it didn't look good than people liking them, so I removed them.

Postby **ElectriKong** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:31 pm

OK, I know this is not SMB3 but is it still acceptable?

Postby **Witchking666** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:47 pm

King of Eterity wrote:OK, I know this is not SMB3 but is it still acceptable?

I mean, zlaker made two SMW styled screenshots and Joey didn't critisize it. So I guess.

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:02 pm

King of Eterity wrote:OK, I know this is not SMB3 but is it still acceptable?

Consider how it looks like when offset by 480 pixels:

The coin pattern isn't a bad idea, but I feel like it would look nicer if it was symmetric to the ground it's hovering over.
Also I think the ceiling could be a tile higher. The narrow passage looks a bit a lot cramped.