Going in for the kill…
Almost there…
Arden’s Vale has survived one round of beta testing and help up pretty good, but with a lot of room for enhancements. The next thing I’m up against is backgrounds, which stinks, because I’m not an artist. I need at least three brand new backgrounds for an introduction and ending cartoon (that’s the economy-sized version), but would like five if I can swing it. But even more importantly, I want to really spice up some of the existing backgrounds. For example…
Here’s the force field screen. It’s not terrible, but I twitch every time I look at the rocks or notice that there’s nothing behind the field but the castle.
The unedited background of the same. Yikes!
Here’s through the force field…
And the not-inside-the-game counterpart.
My least favorite: the treasury room. The stuff in the back is pretty cool, but the rest of the room is pretty lame.
Same idea.
I’m going to try to get some help for the artwork, especially for the intro. If I can, then I’m awfully close to finally finishing this thing!
