Hi all,

I've spent the last several days designing and re-designing these sprites/objects, and I think I finally found a decent style that works out pretty well. However, I would like some feedback before I progress much further on design, and any criticism would be great! Don't be afraid to be honest!

The game setting is that everything is either a cube or a rectangle and metallic in nature (hence the shading and 3D-ish effects), but I'm wondering if anything could be improved in the slightest. I'm still a little unhappy with the way the land tileset has turned out, but I like the clouds, trees and and fences pretty well.

First, this is a video that shows the previous style I had. I found it too busy, and it distracted the player more than anything. Yes, I stole the Mario sound effects - don't worry, they won't be in the actual game. I just used them for testing purposes.

The fences look quite good but they misleadingly appear to be foreground objects; consider replacing them with obviously soft decorations, like flowers and tall grass.

I like the cleaner new styler better than the previous one. Well done, looks like it could become a quirky little game :) The only thing I notice is that the clouds, while nice and minimalistic, kinda look like place holders, or not as refined as the rest. Maybe build them from a few smaller blocks to give them more of a cumulus-shape, to really accentuate that they're clouds. Just a suggestion :)

The fences look quite good but they misleadingly appear to be foreground objects; consider replacing them with obviously soft decorations, like flowers and tall grass.

Yeah, I'm thinking about ditching the fences and replacing them with pretty much what you suggested. Though I may keep them for a few things, and maybe I will make them foreground objects that the player passes behind in a few levels.

the gradients look nice. *thumbs up*

Thanks! Those were actually what I was most concerned about, I wasn't sure if the gradients would be an accepted style.

I like the cleaner new styler better than the previous one. Well done, looks like it could become a quirky little game The only thing I notice is that the clouds, while nice and minimalistic, kinda look like place holders, or not as refined as the rest. Maybe build them from a few smaller blocks to give them more of a cumulus-shape, to really accentuate that they're clouds. Just a suggestion

Thanks! And yeah, the clouds are kind of placeholder at the moment, I like your idea on how to improve them! My other plan was to just stretch them differently, but that wouldn't work out very well if I kept them as part of the tileset instead of separate objects.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

EDIT: Ok, I've some revisions!

I edited the clouds, and while I'm happy with them, I feel like I could do a better job still. Below is a screenshot that features them. I actually have two screenshots, and I want your opinions on which looks better - the "light" version of the land, or the "dark" version. First up, light!




And now the dark version!




I'm honestly leaning towards the dark version, just because I like the contrast better, but again, any criticism is welcome!

I decided to go with the darker tones. It looks more like dirt than the lighter variants.

I took your suggestion, and made some slight changes to the outlines of the objects.



I think it helped quite a bit. :)