Terraining Contest #2 - Mountains

[Just_Spectating]

i think he meant, in more integral values.

 

[Sabertooth]

Oh...not in...height, but in quantity.

Let me try that a bit, it'll cover a lot of the ground at least.

EDIT: Nope...I don't think it helped too much.

 

[varsaigen]

Volcano was just to see if I liked it, but I think I'm gonna stick with the original mountain.

I may just wind up keeping it plain.

There are already two volcano submissions. One of them is my pompei one.

And the trees loo great from a distance but upcloes it looks like a tree farm.

 

[Sabertooth]

Hello there WIP #5.

I might change the buildings and stuff, but I think the platforms work.

 

[Karzvitch]

I must say.. What the hell!? Give the ground some detail! You say "the bare rock gets the point across".. What would any art look like if the artist had that attitude?

It's not a bad concept, but get some detail in that rubber mound.

 

[Cham[p]ion]

Saber is having my babies.

 

[varsaigen]

Saber is having my babies.

Yeah...... right... So, when are they due?
lol

 

[Sabertooth]

Saber is having my babies

Am not.
I added trees to the post with the floating things. Good/Bad?

 

[Gilles]

Sabertooth, good to see you at the Hive! : )

I like this latest. The trees look much better now! Much much better.

 

[Sabertooth]

Ty, Map Resource Moderator Gilles.
=X

Puttin this to rest for now...Unless I think of something else to do.

 

[Karzvitch]

You should make the trees a bit smaller and add them behind the floating thing also, I just have the thought that the floating things should show great size in comparison to the trees, while at the same time showing the mountain's great size. I'd say cut the trees by 25% of their height and put more of them in. It does look better now though.

 

[Gilles]

Ty, Map Resource Moderator Gilles.
=X

Puttin this to rest for now...Unless I think of something else to do.

I wouldn't stop now. The mountain could still use something on it.

 

[Sabertooth]

Oi, but I can't think of anything to put on the mountain itself. I mean, I can try just treeing up the whole place...
But otherwise, that was my main problem.

 

[varsaigen]

lol, just a thought, if you gave up now:
1) IO have a better chance of winning.
2) there would be no point in entering if you don't improve your terrain.

 

[Belgarath]

Saber, add snow dribbling down the mountain
I liked the first concept with the pillars a LOT more.

 

[Pyritie]

The rock face needs something else so it isn't just a big blob of tile.

Suggestions:
- add a few shrubs
- Scale some rock doodads down so they're flat, then put those on the sides with pitch/roll set to maximum
- Pillars?

 

[Volvox]

When i said that the bushes grow higher then the trees, i meant that the bushes grow higher on the mountain(well, at least on mediterranean mountains) so on the bottom of the mountain you have loads of trees and bushes and as you go higher, you have more bushes and less trees. The only problem is, no mediterranean mountains are that high.

 

[NearbyHermit]

So,can we still join?There is some time until 17 June

 

[Nbah]

You can join at any time. As long as you post your final terrain before the deadline.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Ok,so I'll start to work right now.
I'll stick to an Exodar Mountain theme

 

[~Void~]

MadseN said he is going to update it. Anyways, I agree that the only part that makes it awesome is the glow coming from inside the cave =)

So here is my first WIP, very early stages, it will not look much like this when I am done! =P

Also, I will probably edit the tileset =)

 

[Hawkwing]

Very good, though the waterfalls and the water don't blend well, like always. You should tint the water blue or replace it with the water doodad.

 

[Sabertooth]

lawl.jpg
Lookin nice, Void.

And I said don't count me out, Varsaigen =P

EDIT: Tried integrating the pillar concept, I might toss out the floating things because of the pillars thing.

 

[varsaigen]

don't worry saber. I never counted you out. I have made a lot of changes to my terrain. So now, I have 2 versions of the same one. My terrain is growing.... >

 

[Cham[p]ion]

Ooo void. Dunno how much i like the actual terrain, but it has a really good feel to it... i dont know if that makes sense, but it's a good thing. =D

 

[NearbyHermit]

Well,nice terrain Void,as Hawking said,you should tint the waterfall in blue.
Sabertooth,this sample of terrain is wicked,it looks like Final Fantasy.

 

[~Void~]

I'm going to get around to that soon. The first screenshot was just a basic outline.

Here is my second WIP. Still not even close to done yet =)

 

[NearbyHermit]

It is better than the other.Congrats on the variation of trees

 

[Sabertooth]

Im liking it...but you're gonna make the mountain more visible, right?

it looks like Final Fantasy

O rly? I thought it looked more like pokemon.

 

[~Void~]

The one in the back? Why? It's just a background =\

 

[NearbyHermit]

Hehe,it looks like Final Fantasy,mostly.But it has a touch of Pokemon

 

[Sabertooth]

Well, it's just the fog masks a lot of it and at first I thought it was just a big fogged background. I was under the assumption the mountain had to really stand out. =P

 

[frostwhisper]

Well, it's just the fog masks a lot of it and at first I thought it was just a big fogged background. I was under the assumption the mountain had to really stand out. =P

Your assumption is correct.

Void, a highlight on the mountain is a necessary step you must undertake to fit the theme in my opinion.

 

[Gilles]

In my opinion Voids new one doesn't show mountain quite enough. The old one sure did though. I would accept the new one though. He'd get a low score on theme.

Just my humble opinion... wait my opinion is all that matters! Oh how I love being conceited.

 

[NearbyHermit]

It isnt just your oppinion,he would lose a handful of points if it doesent point ot the mountain.

But as I see at all of you guys,you make a terrain,then you add a big mountain in the background to fit the theme.But a moutain is something different,in my point of view.

 

[[Death]]

Each contestant must create a terrain that somehow relates the theme mountains. This could be a terrain of a mountain or a terrain that highlights mountains in the background.

...

Judging Criteria

• Overall appearance
• Creativity
• Relevance to the theme
• Technical (the skill involved in the terrain)

The rules SEEM to imply that mountains should at least be of some importance. Yours is just... well, there.

And then 4 people answered before I could >: (


Also, I'm joining. And no, I won't win. Hopefully I remember to make the terrain and turn it in on time...

 

[frostwhisper]

Not me. I made my entire terrain in the mountain. Front, back, even more back. Everything ^^

 

[Sabertooth]

But as I see at all of you guys,you make a terrain,then you add a big mountain in the background to fit the theme.But a moutain is something different,in my point of view.

You run into problems like me if you start with a mountain, sometimes. So sometimes it's smarter, development-wise, to fit the mountain in towards the end. But making it a prominent part of the terrain needs to be done as well.

 

[frostwhisper]

Considering the fact that one can basically add a mountain to pretty much every terrain background, I believe that having this specific theme would imply doing just that: making the setting a mountain with all its characteristics: steep slopes, summits, you name it. Then make it look good. That is what I think should be judged in this case.

 

[~Void~]

That's lame as hell... I didn't realize the theme was "a mountain" as much as just a place "in the mountains".

 

[Gilles]

That's lame as hell... I didn't realize the theme was "a mountain" as much as just a place "in the mountains".

As long as your terrain does make the viewer think of "in the mountains", that's fine. I said I would accept your last WIP, but it didn't have the same obvious theme of mountains as your first one.

frostwhisper, I said highlights mountains in the background. That means they should stand out. I don't think Voids background does, but his overall terrain is (to me) obviously on a mountain.

 

[frostwhisper]

Well... hate to break it to ya, mate, but ya know there are... mountains... in the mountains.

EDIT: Lol, the WIP made me think "winter forest with dead trees" however not mountain. So yeah, I strongly advise you to put a highlight on it.

 

[Sabertooth]

Just decrease the fog a bit or move the mountain forward so it's more obvious that your in some sort of pass leading into a mountain.
I didn't mean to spark this whole thing =X

Edit: Curse you frosssst

 

[Gilles]

Well... hate to break it to ya, mate, but ya know there are... mountains... in the mountains.

I don't follow you.

EDIT: Lol, the WIP made me think "winter forest with dead trees" however not mountain. So yeah, I strongly advise you to put a highlight on it.

That's true, but to me it still looks mountainous enough.

 

[Sabertooth]

I don't follow you.

If you're "in" the mountains there's bound to be other mountains around you.

 

[Gilles]

If you're "in" the mountains there's bound to be other mountains around you.

Alight, but I don't see frosts point.

 

[frostwhisper]

That's lame as hell... I didn't realize the theme was "a mountain" as much as just a place "in the mountains".

Ya see, Gilles, he be making a distinction between a mountain and a place in the mountains, which are basically the same explained through my theory which Sabertooth confirmed.

<3

 

[Gilles]

Ya see, Gilles, he be making a distinction between a mountain and a place in the mountains, which are basically the same explained through my theory which Sabertooth confirmed.

<3

I still don't see your point. Void was simply saying that he thought he could make a terrain of an area on a mountain, and that it didn't need to show a whole mountain (ie sabertooths terrain).

 

[frostwhisper]

Ugh....... k .

 

[varsaigen]

Sabrtooth, How did you get the upside down arches. I am just asking for future reference. My terrain for this competition doesn't need anthing upside down.