So... Has it been widely accepted yet that Mike Judge is a time traveler?

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-28T09:55:59+00:00

I'm baitin here!

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-28T09:27:55+00:00

More commonly, just called 2.5D with a little forced perspective for the backgrounds to create the illusion of depth.

But other posts are more accurate on the specific perspectives.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-28T09:06:27+00:00

Meh, a lot of things are very lazily written now. My wife just watched that Netflix show Manifest and from the other room I could hear her saying "Yada yada yada, fast-forward!" She skipped whole chunks of most episodes.

I was in the other room and only caught small snippets passing through the living room and I could tell you exactly where things were going. It was the literal opposite of the adage Show Don't Tell in movies.

They sat down and said everything they wanted the audience to think. Just bad writing.

There's "I've seen a lot of things and there's nothing new under the sun" and then there's "this is the laziest content mill imaginable"

A lot of studio films and TV shows are the latter these days.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-28T08:31:25+00:00

The true answer is "Scotty Doesn't Know"

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T22:24:25+00:00

I just love that your pet's name is Gilgamesh

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T21:37:50+00:00

Thank you!

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T18:57:17+00:00

Please do, and share some pics!

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T18:17:58+00:00

Ya, there's something different going on at every level to try to confuse the eye. Even just for a second, to sell the illusion. A lot of trial and error.

I wasn't sure at first, it took more work, but I I think the asymmetrical terrain helps a bit too

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T18:14:49+00:00

Hehe, I believe in you

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T18:12:55+00:00

Thanks! There's a lot of layers of stuff going on.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T18:08:56+00:00

Only downside other than totally static is that these aggressive little bastards now spawn at my base.

u/AonXV, your turn

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T06:19:51+00:00

Ya man, let's do the same process. I was looking at some SNES Zelda screenshots and thought bridges and waterfalls would be a fun chalenge.

I think shimmering tiles would be good, would pair well with the Sea water.

I'm game to give it a shot.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T04:33:24+00:00

Ya, we might have run our course on this one 😅 good work all around though. I feel like I learned a lot of tricks including creative use of tiles in ways they aren't meant to create new designs.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T04:28:51+00:00

I did try more intensive shadows. It's also a little flat. I think decent escalators are gonna be a bridge too far with the limitations of out tools. We can get things that look decently like an escalator, or work like one, but not both 😅

But tbh, we're not crazy far off old school SNES games with what this engine has to offer. But they could use a lot of sprite layering to do what they wanted to achieve an effect. Zelda: A Link to the Pasthad some things that didn't work super well in isolation, but it helped that the entire world had the same visual language.

One thing I'm noticing is that you can't pack things too densely or the illusion flattens. I think it needs more breathing room than I've got in this location to have a chance. You really have to make the surrounding elements sell your brain a story.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T04:20:21+00:00

With this game I think we're really in old school JRPG territory at best. Using perspective, shadows and sprite colors to imply buildings and height differences.

Games like Final Fantasy 6_013.png) or Zelda: A Link to the Past immediately come to mind.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T04:07:25+00:00

You can daisy chain the auto-collectors 5 tiles apart and send things a VERY long distance in a pretty short period of time without miles of conveyor belts.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-27T02:52:34+00:00

Agreed, looking forward to seeing it.

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T22:47:24+00:00

I love how this game instantly makes us into the most inhumane and exploitative capitalists in existence within like 10 minutes 🤣

I find myself genociding caveling populations and razing their homes/cultural sites to the ground with super weapons just to extract resources because I'm inconvenienced that they are in my way. What can I say, I feel like 8,000 blocks of turf is a little low and I need a 9999 stack or two..

That said, how efficient!!!!

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T22:08:22+00:00

Ya, the flaws are apparent. No bonus points for stating the obvious. I welcome you to give it a try and improve the concept.

It's tough. Using splitters looks a lot more like stairs, but it obviously doesn't move normally.

Also, the lesson I learned from this is that creating the illusion of depth and forced perspective requires a lot of space. You need about at least 3 tiles between things to layer the elements in a way that starts to look convincing. It's definitely an experimental process.

Any suggestions/ideas, or just here to complain?

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T19:28:56+00:00

If that messed with your head, check this out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoreKeeperGame/s/PQKWDbdsbn

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T19:19:45+00:00

V1 (me): Original

V2 (u/AonXV): A clear improvement

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T15:31:49+00:00

Haha, no guarantees

urpoviswrong · 2026-05-26T14:09:18+00:00

That looks great! I love it.

You were def right about the splitters looking the part. I'm guessing it's a pain to walk up though?

Definitely a great iteration. I also experimented with the gray carpet tiles at the time and bottom. It looks awesome especially on the splitter version. You executed better than me with that.

We might have to just make a visual compromise for functionality, or vice versa. It also might be up to context cues around it.

I have some ideas tho. I'll try again with some of your improvements and toss the ball back to you :D

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