23 January 2008

Quest complete: RPG map tileset

I can consider complete my quest for a RPG map tileset, 50 images are done (outline and full color), uploaded to my clipart collection and to the Open Clip Art Library (look at the cartography tag).

[rpg map sample]

Now is the time to sit back, relax, upload some samples in various places (like here), annoy people with that and maybe think at the next step, which should be something different. Or should I do more pieces for the set, considering I have a long list with additional ideas? This is a good think to think about while sitting back.
[rpg map sample]

I don't know how transparent is from those clipart images how much I miss the time when I used to fight orcs and be happy about that. I guess it's quite obvious (is a long time, about an year and a half).
[rpg map sample]

PS: the samples above are JPEGs, the PNG version was to big in file size, so I had to use lossy compression (with high quality), but load the JPEG, change the extension and will get either PNG and SVG.

Posted by nicu at 6:10 PM

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7 comments:

  1. Unknown9:45 PM, January 23, 2008

    Nicu,

    As always, this is brilliant work. One comment and one question.

    The comment: you misspelled "wishing" in "wishing well". :)

    The question: what FOSS games can use this tileset currently? Any?

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  2. wtogami12:44 AM, January 24, 2008

    Nice art! Have you considered contributing art to Wesnoth?

    http://wesnoth.org/
    They could always use more great art of this style.

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  3. nicu8:52 AM, January 24, 2008

    Thanks for the correction and thanks for paying attention (it shows you really liked it).

    As for what games... I didn't have any particular game in mind, this is why I made them as clipart and not as a contribution to a particular game. I wish I knew a FOSS game where they would fit... (I am a big fan of the "Heroes" series).

    Wesnoth... they fit as a general theme (fantasy) but don't fit as particular style, Wesnoth use a pixelated style and my graphics are vector, another type of surface (the same is true for a lot of other games like Widelands and such). Back at Wesnoth, as I know it, the game does not need such a large variety of buildings, it have castles and villages and I believe this is all.

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  4. Anonymous12:51 AM, February 24, 2008

    Nicu,

    I just wanted to say 'thanks' for the great map icons. I've added them all into my Fractal Mapper install, and it's made my mapping life a lot easier.

    Keep up the excellent work!

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  5. Anonymous11:17 AM, March 02, 2009

    Of course the originals were already clipart, but you could have given some credit ...

    http://www.clker.com/search/map+games+rpg+playing+role/1

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  6. Anonymous11:18 AM, March 02, 2009

    sorry, I meant to say "public domain clipart" not just "clipart"

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  7. nicu12:10 PM, March 02, 2009

    @Andy Burns: WHAT???? The images are Public Domain because *I* published them so..., all of them are my *original* creation, what you see on clker.com are images taken in bulk from openclipart.org.

    I don't make any fuss for not being credited as the author on clker.com since the attribution is not required by Public Domain dedication, however, it would be nice and polite for them to do, or at least mention somewhere, anywhere, on the website: images from "openclipart.org".

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