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Hey Danubian,
it depends on the angle you have towards the castle and -of course- if the back wall has the same height as the front wall. If it has the same height and its at the same level of elevation as the point of view, you wont see it.On a side note:
Actually I am using a “fake perspective” for all the buildings. All interactive buildings (and the stronghold) are painted as if point of view and object are on the same level of elevation, wich wouldnt be possible in reality. I leave out the foreshortening.
Reason for this is that the buildings will appear on random spots within the village so I have to paint them in a way that they always look okay, no matter where they are placed.
It’s a bit difficult to explain, but I hope you get what I mean :)This is what the real perspective might roughly look like:
Cheers
Hehe I know what you are talking about :)
It was poking fun at you regarding the horned helmets.The crested knight helmet will be the only horned helmet I’m afraid. But there is more crazy crest stuff.
How about a knight with a castle on his helmet? Here you go!
So, I wanted to know: when we enter a noble’s castle in-game, will their banners be floating on the town screen as well as the world map?
The Banner will definitely fly on the worldmap, so you can see what Faction controls the Settlement or if it is independent.
In the Village screen there will also be a clear indicator of the Settlements allegiance. In what form exactly remains to be seen.The current state fo the Settlement will be represented for the most part by the attached locations. If all of them are lying in ruins, the settlement is doing poorly.
If this isnt obvious enough we will think about more visual clues for the settlements current condition.I cant give you more village art right now, but heres a little teaser for the human factions:
(HOLY MOLY that IS a horned helmet!)
In the screenshots Psen has posted, we can clearly see the differences between the towns / forts / etc. But can we notice that on the worldmap at a glance? That’s what I’m asking.
Hey,
to clarify this: At the moment there are 6 Types of settlements subdivided in two basic categories.
Type 1: Military: Motte-> Small Castle -> Big Castle
Type 2 Civilian: Townhall -> Mayor Hall -> City Hall
You will see what exact type of Settlement it is on the worldmap.
What we wont have is different “looks” for each of the 6 Types. There will be overpainted versions for the snowy regions (snow on the roofs etc).
The settlements on thw rodlmap will look different depending on the amount of houses surrounding it and the attached locations.
When you enter the settlements the village screen may be very diverse, depending on the avalaible interactive buildings.I know sometimes its hard to understand why we are so strict regarding anything that is not “make or break” for the game. But if we dont leave everything out that is not 100% neccessary this project would totally fail with just the 3 of us working on it.
Out of curiosity, do you have any more sweet town screen art samples to show us?
As I go back and forth between village screen and worldmap graphics to create a consistent look I do not yet produce a lot of “final” graphic assets.
That means: Everything still Work in Progress :)
Two things for these images: In the swamp I didnt add any interactable buildings, that wont happen in the real game.
In the snow I want to overpaint all assets accordingly, with snow on the roofs etc.A small castle in the swamp:
Motte with Bailey in the snow:
