Jun 20
Ripples
It’s amazing what a few tiny water ripples will do for a scene.
Water effect heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. Their water effects aren’t quite appropriate for this game, but their approach to handling water totally got me thinking in the right direction, so kudos to them! Also kudos to Alex May for suggesting I look at Wind Waker again for water inspiration.
Apart from this, I’ve managed very little development work today; been busy with a few other non-computery projects. Should be back onto MMORPG Tycoon later this weekend.
June 20th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Oh, Wind Waker has some of the best graphics I have seen. The style is perfectly developed, very expressize, and also timeless. They will not get dated by increasingly powerful hardware, because they are perfect the way they are. Realistically shaded games tend to have glaring limitations if you look hard enough, but simple art styles can be very pleasing and don’t have the same flaws.
Another game with good art direction is Homeworld. Their ship designs use lots of artsy lines and styling, so things like texture resolution and shaders don’t have as much of a negative impact on the intended look.