Crescent Moon Village Fan Game/ROM hack level backgrounds

[cheat-master30]

I've got the sprites, now the backgrounds for any making fan games, hacks, comics or fan art based on the level:

Outside areas:

http://dsultimate.net/photoplog/images/1/1_CrescentMoonVillageBackgroundOutside.PNG

Background for inside areas coming soon.

[cheat-master30]

Updated background for outside areas:

http://dsultimate.net/photoplog/images/1/2_CrescentMoonVillageBackgroundOutside.PNG

[cheat-master30]

Nowhere near as good, but an inside area background:

http://dsultimate.net/photoplog/images/1/1_CrescentMoonVillageBackgroundInside.PNG

[mariowings77]

Wow, those look amazing. I can't wait till we start making that level O_O

[cheat-master30]

They're not 100% accurate, but they're probably better than the originals (the inside backgrounds in the originals had one painting that I couldn't get a sprite of, but hardly any wall decorations).

[turpinator]

You do realize those crescent moon village rips are useless, as it can clearly be seen that the background has layers and you would need to rip them separately from each other? (unless I'm completely wrong that they scroll apart from each other at varying intervals)

[cheat-master30]

Yeah, I ripped most stuff, but again, I can't rip all of it without an emulator. And turning on and off layers. Oh, and I've ripped each layer individually, I just layered them because just one layer is nigh on useless for the level theme (thank you Mr Genius on SMW Central who actually thought the bit people wanted for the backgrounds based on the level were the trees...

[turpinator]

What is the game for? GB? Because you can control the layers with VBA pretty darn easy...

[cheat-master30]

Oh, and one thing... I can't just have the layers (they're in another spritesheet I made), because these are for games and ROM hacks. Fan games in flash and things like Game Maker are kinda limited. They can't have layered backgrounds very easily. Mario World hacks are even worse on this regard, they can have two layers of background max, and that's with some form of ASM use. For most people, they get one bitmap type image max for their backgrounds, meaning this is as close as anyone can actually get to the backgrounds from said game.

But thanks for your critique.

[cheat-master30]

Quick chart for comparison:

Fan Game: Probably 1 background layer is about expected. No idea, need to do research on programs like Game Maker and the Games Factory here.

Super Mario World Hack/Lunar Magic: 2 layers. Three would probably require an expert, and making them scroll in a good way would require something like Mode 7.

Original game: Level has about 4 or 5 layers for outside areas. Only 1 however for inside areas.

[turpinator]

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying you could use them better if you ripped the layers, regardless of if you use them AS layers in the first place. In the process, you could layer them differently and make a totally different effect outta the same layers just by doing that.

[cheat-master30]

True. Remember though I'm going mainly off a mix of screenshots by myself and others here. I don't generally get involved in emulation (and it seems like a pain to do so), hence I'm usually at the mercy to what anyone with a screen recorder can get. Basically, this game has utter pain in the ass background scrolling.

[turpinator]

mmhmm, a'ight. You should try giving emu's a try though, they're easier than you think, and most good rips from any games are done that way and through tile viewers like tile molester. (shock and horror! Turpy is advocating ROMZ! :O)

[cheat-master30]

I'm kinda working on a Mario World hack.. kind of. But meh, I might in future, depending on whether the Spriter's Resource actually poses a threat to getting these sprites first.