Archive for March, 2008

Coneria Plains

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

 Area:  ? X ?
Status:  75% complete (most maps through second pass)

Summary

The plains just east of the Coneria Forest surrounding the main city-town is where civilization begins to dissappear. In the original, there’s no civilization and monsters to battle. Here, on southern part of the plains, is a quiet little farm-village, which provides the foods for the Coneria citizens. Beyond that, you’ve got wide open plains. Expect to see several packs of wolves hunting through the tall grass. A lone Centaur (NOTE: Centaur’s are not in the original game, here they take the place of Madpony, which will be used as a derrogatory name for their species by the humes) has a small camp near the Northeastern coast of the plains. There’s also a decent sized outpost at the end of the forest path leading out from the castle at the beginning of the plains.

Farm

A view of the beachThe farmers are tough people. They have no defense from the Conerian military. One house was recently destroyed by the wondering beasts. At least they have a nice view and beach close by. At the very least…

 

 

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

 Other Images:

Image of the outpost

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

  Monsters

 This section will be updated in the future….

Coneria Forest

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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 Area:  ? X ?
Status:  55% complete (some maps through second pass)

Summary

Due to the castle and town being expanded on the map (the original, they were just icons you walked onto in the overworld), the forest is quite a bit larger. This the first place you’ll encounter some monsters, unless you run along the edge of the forest on the beach to the south. There are some residents who live in the deep forest too.

A view of the beachHere’s a small residence outside of the brick walls of the main Coneria area. This fellow lives in the northwest area, close to the cliffside and bridge leading to Pravoka. He’s pretty much a recluse, living off of fishing. It’s troublesome to find this guy’s house, just as he would have it. See the images below for a night view of his hut.

A view of the beach

I’ve been working on the coast line running at the border of the forest. There’s a few beaches, but for the most part, it’s simply cliffside and crashing waves. I’ve still got some shrubbery and seaweed to plant, plus adding the ambient creatures who live on its side. I’m getting better at blending the ground textures though.

A view of the beachThere are 12 large hills that act as walls within the forest to keep the area from being too open-ended. I’ve spent some time make them appear more natural. First, I apply randomly different textures at different oppacities (grass, buttercup flowers, darkgrass and ferns). Then, I add two different kinds of bush objects on areas where it isn’t too steep. Third, I walk around the hill placing rocks that blend with the dirt to give the hill some depth. Finally, I place rocks around the hill as if they had fallen off of it.

 Images:

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

A view of the beach

 

 

 

 

 

  Monsters

 This section will be updated in the future….