THE DRAGON'S LAIR @viktorthegreat - Tumblr Blog

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My name is Viktor, and I make games about weird people in weird situations. ⤵⤵

Links to accounts on other places can be found on my website. ⤵⤵

i really just do my own fuckass thing.

@jjankwwave <- my jankwave blog

@viktorwave <- my aesthetic blog

@metalroach <- my photography blog

proudly anti-terf, anti-transmed, and anti-zionist. ACAB. BLM.

#my old pinned was from 2022 so

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“We wish we were fish” (2004)

clementine-kesh

a critique that always irks me a little is when people say a fictional gay male relationship is actually being written as a lesbian relationship, like first of all what does that even mean and second of all a good chunk of the time it seems like people are only saying that because the men are emotionally vulnerable with each other

clementine-kesh

many out there, even among my fellow lgbtqs, seem to hold a “hotcock” view of gay relationships

zerodrame

lovepaint

#video #flyshooter #animation #2d animation

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felidays

evil mental condition

viktorthegreat

today i will be showing how i take a map from 0 to 1

I start here... the humble blank room. I already did all the boring stuff like laying down the lines and filling the floor a long time ago and I'm not gonna redo it but basically grids are your friend. Know the tile size and how tiles are laid out, it's absolutely crucial for smooth map making...

Using the power of my grid and also assets from other already finished maps, I start to pack as much space as possible with shapes. I try not to make too many pinch points, I want the player to be able to reach most places without issue. I also make sure to draw all my furniture on a new layer instead of directly onto the wall/floor layer.

After some time, I filled in all the colors and did my simple shading. In terms of detail, I always tell myself "do whatever you want". If I feel like it needs more, I'll give it more. Now that the map is ready, I use my grid to capture tiles that I want to appear 'above' the player for that 3d layering effect. I put them on their own document and set everything up. Now I'm done! I'll just playtest to get a feel for my new space and...

Oh no.

I don't like it. Sometimes too-strict adherence to the grid makes things look downright bad. Thankfully, I put all my furniture on its own layer so moving things is easy. I'll move some of the pieces around and change the way I think about the 3d objects. Unfortunately, for a character that's 2 tiles tall, I can't have any 3d layering on objects that are less than 3 tiles tall, otherwise their heads get chopped off.

You can barely tell the difference here besides the couch, but in-game, it's like night and day. But one last thing.

Clutter and garbage. Honestly, I feel like it still needs more. But I've run out of ideas of what to put. Maybe a small shelf by the couch, maybe a bookshelf in place of the garbage can on the diagonal wall. And every shitty breakroom needs a vending machine. It also looks especially empty with no people there.

And just for reference

Here's my grid. Now go make a video game.