Discussion/Progress) Can we build it?

[Elfren Eve]

Good stuff right here, id like a lot of new world war weapons and stuff

Wished we could do weapons.

[Kamiroo Wolf]

Wished we could do weapons.

We can do melees...but maybe next time for guns D';

[Kyle Kol]

Now that the poll's been closed and it's most likely going to be a shop, I have a theme.

Summer
-Surfboards (They still haven't been added to the game?)
-Boats (The idea may have been abandonned and turned into a rental, but sailboats could be 4-directional like surboards and skateboards)
-Location in Pirate Zone at the unopened shop?

If anyone wants to elaborate on that, feel free.

[Victor]

Wizards item

[Kamiroo Wolf]

So here are the most popular ideas I have been able to determine thus far:


1.Mall(where everyone gets to have their own small personalized shops. Up to a cap, of course.)
2.World War Shop
3.Medieval themed shop
4.Safari

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Alright, so:

UglyMelee.png

^This is my first melee since I came back(it has no specific theme or look whatsoever on purpose, just a random melee) and I was planning on using it for my useless wares shop. I am aware that the diagonal sprites are blurry and look TERRIBLE, but that's why I posted it. Anybody got tips on how to make your diagonal sprites less blurry? My problem is that I always try to rotate the image to save time but as you can clearly see it doesn't seem to work out the way I want it to. I tried manually creating a diagonal version of the melee but that only looked worse than the blurry vision.

[Kyle Kol]

So here are the most popular ideas I have been able to determine thus far:


1.Mall(where everyone gets to have their own small personalized shops. Up to a cap, of course.)
2.World War Shop
3.Medieval themed shop
4.Safari

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Alright, so:

UglyMelee.png

^This is my first melee since I came back(it has no specific theme or look whatsoever on purpose, just a random melee) and I was planning on using it for my useless wares shop. I am aware that the diagonal sprites are blurry and look TERRIBLE, but that's why I posted it. Anybody got tips on how to make your diagonal sprites less blurry? My problem is that I always try to rotate the image to save time but as you can clearly see it doesn't seem to work out the way I want it to. I tried manually creating a diagonal version of the melee but that only looked worse than the blurry vision.

To turn my items diagonal, I use multiple layers. An underlayer to use the rotate tool and paste the newly-turned item onto and a top layer, the top layer is the layer in which I take the original colors and trace over the blurry, rotated image. Hope the dual-layer trick helps you.

While I'm at it, I have some speculation on the 5 options for shops we have.

Sports
This theme seems reasonable, it would add new items to the game that we haven't gotten to see in Era (soccer balls from classic, new basketball furniture, etc.)

Medieval
For some reason, in a land full of guns, cops, and gangsters, I feel thta knight would be far out of place. Not that a horoscope theme fits as well, but medieval just seems way too far out of the domain of Era.

Bookworm
I'm having a hard time visualizing this one. A library? I would have a book item? Could I actually read the book like a newspaper? Would it be a lot of furniture? There's only one possible melee: A book.

Horoscope
I actually did take a liking to this. Masks, horoscope blades, horoscope outfits, etc.

Safari
This theme would fit well at a zoo and give us binoculars and an excuse to get an Indiana Jones hat in the game. Binoculars? A way to scope out areas some distance away from you? That would sure change how player scout bases.

Anyone care to explain the bookworm theme to me or comment before I vote?

[Storm M.]

4. Nerds'R'Us(Geeky items like an in-game calculator you can do math on, big glasses, hipster bodies, arcade themed items, pac-man or some other 8-bit pets)


^ someone posted that and I didn't really want to use "nerd" as the theme, sounded kind of mean xD

[Kyle Kol]

Put that way, I thin I actually like that one. Thanks!

[Kamiroo Wolf]

4. Nerds'R'Us(Geeky items like an in-game calculator you can do math on, big glasses, hipster bodies, arcade themed items, pac-man or some other 8-bit pets)


^ someone posted that and I didn't really want to use "nerd" as the theme, sounded kind of mean xD

I'm proud to be a nerd tbh but I guess a diff name could be chosen x3

[Kyle Kol]

Maybe a note next to the name would help. It's a very good theme, but "Bookworm" is a bit vague and seems like we're trying to build a bookstore or library. I guess I can't think of a fitting name that's not "nerd", though.