Rayman: Revenge of the Dark

[Adsolution]

Rayfan, I need to know. How on earth did you obtain the education to be developing such a high-profile fangame almost single-handedly?

What kind of education do you mean?

Also, I spent a few hours modeling a detailed palm tree model. The trunk isn't finished, but the leaves are:






And here's one of those night-time scenes we haven't seen in a while:



Yes, I know there's only one moon, but my double-moon texture (by Spanex) is on my hard drive that's in for recovery. I'm currently running on a backup from October.

[Droolie]

Well being GLaD keeps me alive when somebody might want me gone while testing some potatOS.

*potatoes

RayFan clearly didn't get all the Portal (2) references.

And you and Haruka clearly don't understand what ruining an annoying joke means.

Lol, I looked up "ruining an annoying joke" (with "") on Google for fun and it has no results. Even Google doesn't know!
Anyway, nice palm trees, although I think the leaves should be more at an angle of 45° away from the center of the branch instead of the 90°-ish angle you have now. That will allow you to put more leaves near the trunk so it looks more like an actual palm tree.

[Pusianka]

And here's one of those night-time scenes we haven't seen in a while:



Yes, I know there's only one moon, but my double-moon texture (by Spanex) is on my hard drive that's in for recovery. I'm currently running on a backup from October.

Me gusta, sehr! Mi bella! Nice pic! Kurde naprawdę mi się podoba!

[ikke471]

Rayfan where is this: "annoying joke" thou speakest of?
*like a sir*

[Adsolution]

Thanks Pusianka and Droolie! Here, I've improved them with your advice:

[Spanex]

If I may? While palm trees do grow upright, they also bend over like bananas. It would give the beach less of a copy-paste look.

Other than that they look grea-aaat

Edit: I think I may still have those twin-moons textures in my own drive. I'll look if they're there for you.

[Adsolution]

Thanks Spanex! Can you send it to me again?

Also yes, palm trees bend, I'll add some. But first, here's a pretty sunset:

[Rulez]

<3

[Adsolution]

Now because I'm too lazy to export these to the engine right now, here are some Max renders:





EDIT:

Coconuts! That's what I was forgetting.

[Shrooblord]

Those Tings at night time look really beautiful. I hadn't seen Tings as other things than just blue orbs before; now they really look like Tings!
Also, as you seem to be taking some advice on how plants grow their leaves, why not ask ViHart?


PS I like your sunset a lot, but maybe you can romanticise it a little more; make the colours even more expressive. You want the gamers to marvel at your sunset, right? Or maybe you don't want to draw any attention to it at all - in that case, you could even make the colours a little flushed.

[Droolie]

I really like that render right there. ^^
The leaves are still not right though. Right now the leaves look a bit stiff and the end of each branch looks quite weird. Real palm trees have leaves like this:

Notice the leaf at the end of the branch and the angle the leaves have in comparison to the main branch.
Once you achieve that effect, it'll look absolutely gorgeous.

Also, Shrooblord, I actually learned about that in class (uni) but that video explains it in a much more fun way. Thanks for that!

[Spanex]

I can't remember your email address. You mind PMing me so I can send you them?

Edit: sent

[Adsolution]

@Shroob:
Good video reference

@Drolpiraat:
Ah yes, the leaf at the end of the branch I was missing, and the angle should make quite a difference too!


Thanks again to Spanex! They look absolutely beautiful in the engine:

[Spanex]

A'magad they are gorgeous! I don't mind that you edited them. xD

If you ever need me to make you more textures, don't hesitate to give me a shout. I really enjoy making them for you!

[Shrooblord]

The moons look great!
It's odd how Rayman games change the appearance of their moons - Rayman 2 had a moon with a great big scar running along its side, while Rayman 3 had two identical, skewed moons, Rayman GBC had a moon with giant craters, etc. ...

[Adsolution]

A'magad they are gorgeous! I don't mind that you edited them. xD

Haha, the edits included fading the edges slightly, making the shadowed areas transparent (it blends better), removing the colour and turning up the contrast some (all fairly minor). But it's to be expected right? You can never be sure the first time how something will appear in the engine.

If you ever need me to make you more textures, don't hesitate to give me a shout. I really enjoy making them for you!

Really? I do have a couple requests for you then, the first being the texture for the model of this familiar shadow:



I'll PM you a sideview of the model so you can texture it accordingly. I think this will be quite a simple one.

[Spanex]

The moons look great!
It's odd how Rayman games change the appearance of their moons - Rayman 2 had a moon with a great big scar running along its side, while Rayman 3 had two identical, skewed moons, Rayman GBC had a moon with giant craters, etc. ...

Personally, I think it has to do with the development of the world. Things just kind of change, you know. I'd love to see that scarred moon. It sounds like it could have been something truly unique. I wonder why they scrapped that.

(It almost reminds me of that big chunk of rock floating in space, in a mmorpg called AION. I thought that was the planet's moon. Turns that the planet is actually torn apart into two halves and that "moon" was the other half. I actually thought that was a pretty neat concept.)

[Adsolution]

That makes me ponder, I wonder if I could, perhaps if I make another Rayman game, have some backstory behind the split moons.

Also Spanex, I'm just going to email you instead, it's easier.

[Spanex]

That makes me ponder, I wonder if I could, perhaps if I make another Rayman game, have some backstory behind the split moons.

Now that would be pretty sweet! You should finish the other one first though.

Also Spanex, I'm just going to email you instead, it's easier.

Alrighty! I just got news that I get a free day off tomorrow. I can have a good look at how I'm going to handle that texture then.

[Adsolution]

That makes me ponder, I wonder if I could, perhaps if I make another Rayman game, have some backstory behind the split moons.

Now that would be pretty sweet! You should finish the other one first though.

Really.

Also Spanex, I'm just going to email you instead, it's easier.

Alrighty! I just got news that I get a free day off tomorrow. I can have a good look at how I'm going to handle that texture then.

Awesome! I eagerly await some more of your amazing texture work.

In the meantime, here's the first screenshot of the Ice Volcano, looking at the sky. It's the fully developed sky scene from what you saw earlier:

(click to enlarge)


Yes, the clouds to move and the rain is pouring hard.