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Well this is my second atempt at map making,

Some stairs with a guard...
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( dont ask about the beacon and the machine shop... )

And part of some temple...
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( looks cool when playing it )

Give me a rating out of 10

the first one is ok but i dont get whats with the beacon machine shop or the archon, i like the second one but it has alittle too many sprites, but i still like it...

5 on first one 7 on 2nd one...

And of course 20 sprites covering up the blokyness. Otherwise it looks good.

its not really blocky...

but thanks

i will get ride of about 60% of sprites and show u


Temple Before - Temple After ( about 60% less sprits )
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Stair Before - Stairs After ( 70% less sprits )
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now?

Looks ok. And oviously the sprites on the staris (not the part attaching to the cliff) will blockyless. It is afterall one whole product. Try removing the sprites on the parts that attach to the cliff and see what happens

and people got mad at me for putting random trees in the middle of a temple?

i like the stairs going into the temple wall

I hate when people complain about sprites, they arnt bad, they are also there to make maps look good, thats their whole purpose.

Too much of a good thing is not a good thing.

Besides, when have you ever seen a tree/bush grow on a bridge/staircase?

In the jungle, old builds got cracks between them, and plants live in there, just look at temples in the jungle. Just compair some stuff without sprites and with sprites.

Well, The stair's are pretty decent for a beginner map maker, Just keep working on it and you'll master it

i like these, they didnt take much skill but still i think they would look cool in an rpg

The sprites are the only problem... mainly. There's a bit of blockyness.

i can really fix the blockyness because theres not tile to go in there

but thanks i will keep trying...

If you were to make the sprites look better in the blocky part's, Maybe no one will notice them

hmm ill try that...

but i cant see much blockyness

You seemed to cover up most of the stairs sides, you should try to create terrain to blend things together, rather then covering up things with sprites. People will make you famous for it!

It looks good, but there really isn't anything very special about a single fligth of stairs.
Try adding something else.

The second bunch that you did with reduced sprites look better. Good job man, just keep trying. What you should also do is disable cannons so you the blue fire with a unit visible.

iv got a new idea, i will try some of your ideas and try to blend what i can