Terraining Contest #1 - Gloomy

[Gilles]

I agree with void. But do not use mountains. Just make the city go farther back, that way it looks like a full city, not just a front.

 

[Childeric]

Thanks for suggestions. Updated it a bit so that the city fades into the distance more.

 

[~Void~]

Lol, everyone is using those house/tower doodads, I'm using them, Madsen used them, Frostwhisper used them...

 

[Gilles]

The update looks better! Well done.

 

[Volvox]

Here is another wip, i got rid of the 'happy' plants

 

[Childeric]

I like the atmosphere. Not gloomy so much, but definitely depressing.

My biggest issue is the plants/shrubs. Definitely too dark, making them contrast with the snow too much.

Also id thicken the fog a bit.

Great work so far though!

 

[~Void~]

I like the atmosphere. Not gloomy so much, but definitely depressing.

My biggest issue is the plants/shrubs. Definitely too dark, making them contrast with the snow too much.

Also id thicken the fog a bit.

Great work so far though!

Gloomy = Depressing :\

 

[Childeric]

Not gloomy as in, not dark or foreboding then. Sheesh. =/

 

[~Void~]

Gloomy doesn't mean dark, that's a common misconception. Gloomy just means dull, gray and dreary. It's a bit of a strange theme for a terrain contest, but pretty cool too.

Anyways, back on topic, here's my entry

Edit: Minor update.

 

[Childeric]

Wow, thats just pure awesomeness. Unfortunately, it isn't dull, nor dreary, nor gloomy, nor depressing in any way.

gloom·y /ˈglumi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gloo-mee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective, gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est.
1. dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
2. causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
3. filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
4. hopeless or despairing; pessimistic: a gloomy view of the future.

For example, there are rays of sunshine beating down on the city. The only real indication is that the sky is somewhat overcast, and I stress the 'somewhat'. Correct me if im wrong, but I don't think that's what this contest is looking for. Hopefully HT can clear things up. xD

Nevertheless, great terrain. ('-'d)

 

[Belgarath]

Not really gloomy, but rather just ... uncolourful? Gloomy would be something dark/unhappy/scary/brooding sort of thing, like a cave entrance, y'know. I have to think of some new idea, been watching Lost a lot. Prolly something based on a scene.

EDIT: Well, I thought about it, googled some Lost, and I found this really awesome picture. This is based on it.

Reference Picture

 

[Oziris]

Good job Belgarath it dosent look like the picture.~Void~ Wow thats just pure awesomeness but it is not gloomy :/

 

[Belgarath]

That's why it's a reference picture, not a "copy-picture". :3

 

[Oziris]

Hear is my terrain xD every terrain is gloomy hear

Pictures:

1:In that forest ther is a cemetery the Legends say all people buried ther pets ther! and if a human is buried ther the human will come alive and kill the one that buried him.
2:Every time a skeleton comes to this forest light will come from the end of the forest and kill all living things.
3:Ther was a city 10 milion years ago now look what it has becom and old swamp.
4:A scary forest of dead the legends say every 100 hundred years a Haunted ship comes and leaves strange it is.It most have a secret and people say ther is no one driving the ship that is really weird the mystery stands.
5:A haunted hous i wouldent go ther my self or with someone many people say that in that hous a family lived.The family was scary it self they had 3 kids 1 of them took a knife and killed the family then the kid killed him self people say that his family was torturing him.
6.In that glowing room was the death of the family
7.Something is glowing but i wonder what it could be??
8.A room in the haunted hous this is the glowing room we saw in picture 6 i dont get it how does the fire last so long if the family died 200 hundred years befor.

 

[~Void~]

What is with everyone thinking gloomy means dark? It doesn't, gloomy means like a rainy day, something bleak and maybe sad. But not dark and scary.

But anyways, I agree that the rays of sunlight take away from it. I'll fix that.

Anyways, here it is, more gloomified...

 

[Karzvitch]

Void that tileset is ugly wugly

 

[~Void~]

Should I change it to ashenvale or something? I just feel I've overused that and wanted to try something new :\

 

[frostwhisper]

Just add some variation to the main street of the city. It looks kind of bland right now.

 

[Oziris]

Did someone see my terrain? and read my story ? need comments

 

[Volvox]

I wish your story was as good as your terrain not original at all.

 

[~Void~]

Just add some variation to the main street of the city. It looks kind of bland right now.

I think he meant the grassy tiles. But what do you mean variation? I can't see tile variation on a road... 0.o

 

[Childeric]

Belgarath, that looks very 'Lost' like. Very natural looking feel. Love it. =D

 

[~Void~]

Belgarath, yours doesn't look gloomy either. In fact, it looks kinda mystical but foreboding, however not gloomy at all. It's too sharp. Also, the trees are too light for the midnight, there should be more shadow. But hey, it's up to you.

 

[Belgarath]

Well, WC3 shadowing sucks, so I'm going to have to tint the trees darker. I'm probably going to IMG it as well, since it looks better big. I was focusing more on the "dark" sort of thing, since it can just be darkly shaded (night terrain yay!).
Yours is a lot more gloomy now, void.

 

[Childeric]

I like that fourth screenie Oziris.
The fifth looks to have a cool mist effect swirling around the mansion also. Good use of the cloud doodads.
Other screenies are plenty bland though.

 

[frostwhisper]

I think he meant the grassy tiles. But what do you mean variation? I can't see tile variation on a road... 0.o

Add another set of city-ish tiles along the middle of the road.

 

[~Void~]

Add another set of city-ish tiles along the middle of the road.

Good idea. But...

This contest is so awesome I decided to put my 1,000th post in it. Well not really. But I just felt like I had to share it with you all.

 

[Sabertooth]

Whipped somethin up for this contest.
An abandoned factory-like building.
The map file is Lgoomy. It supposed to say Gloomy.

Hope its not bad.

Screenshot

 

[Childeric]

Nice work. I like the use of the pipes. ('-'d)

 

[Gilles]

Void, I think you are using your light from above trick, no? (I sound French)
I suggest you just use normal distance fog for this. It isn't giving you the gloomy feel you want.

Oziris, I absolutely love that second one, but only in the small attached image. When blown up, it looks bad. But if you were to keep it small, and use for an avatar or something... <3.

 

[Belgarath]

Edit: Final entry, unless I find something rather interesting to change about it. Feedbackses?

He might be, Gilles. But, Void, your picture is really lacking something. Sure, city, bushes and trees, but ... it's a bit empty for such a huge thing. Especially the shrubs outside of the city aren't really fitting, they'd have SOME gardeners.
You're letting yourself go down.

 

[Gilles]

Looks cool? Not sure what to say. Nice job on the beam, it looks good,. Especially where it meets the ground, you added that glow.

 

[Belgarath]

I had to cripple the angled light for that glow
Anything else, anyone?

 

[Gilles]

You could have simply used the glow doodad.

 

[Parkietje]

After being out for a while, I descided that I might get my terrain of in time for the contest. Here some WIP's

 

[Childeric]

Heh more elven building doodads.

Anyways, I REALLY like the angle on the first screen. Excited to see how it turns out once you're finished.

 

[FamousPker49]

Lots more of the same buildings. Anyway, I think I like this better than my other W.I.P.s, but I could use some comments.

 

[~Void~]

Void, I think you are using your light from above trick, no? (I sound French)
I suggest you just use normal distance fog for this. It isn't giving you the gloomy feel you want.

Oziris, I absolutely love that second one, but only in the small attached image. When blown up, it looks bad. But if you were to keep it small, and use for an avatar or something... <3.

I used no light from above doodads. Just sky and fog.

Heh more elven building doodads.

They're just so awesomely gloomtastic! ^.^

 

[Gilles]

Huh, my bad then.

 

[Belgarath]

Almost forgot. Here's my map. I'm not sure if it has extra doodads, but they wouldn't have been used for that terrain.

Screenshot

 

[HappyTauren]

5 more days people! Tomorrow i will go through all posts and see what submissions are valid.

 

[jonadrian619]

Here's my terrain..

It's an old cemetery now darkened and resides within a dead forest..

 

[~Void~]

[RAINBOW]~FINAL SUBMISSION~[/RAINBOW]

I tried to fix everything people said was bad.
It looks better big

Link to image
Link to map -- password = hive

Basically, it's a city (you can clearly see the main street, but the rest are all hidden behind the buildings), and you're looking at it from on top of a hill a few hundred yards away, and there's a path leading through the forest to a wheat field.
On top of all this, it's raining

 

[Parkietje]

Some more WIP's

 

[Gilles]

Remember to link your map!

 

[Volvox]

Didn't like that winter theme, here is my new terrain. I called it the hellgate.

 

[Pyritie]

Those blizzard cliffs in the background look really bad, especially since they're bent like that.

 

[Volvox]

Dough i'm normally against them, i think they fit in fine, but yes, bent like that, they kinda suck.

 

[MasterStryke]

i join the contest and .. .wow the ultimate terraining map is very confusing, too much doodads^^


i hate this shit on hive , that my name is not complete !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my name is MasterStryke

how i can change the name?

 

[MasterStryke]

my pic for the contest, i hope the file is in the post