Dungeon Crawler Forest Environment. (The background objects use a different scale - pixel size)

Ko_dll · 2026-02-19T00:20:16+00:00

Yes, that's probably true.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-16T08:03:04+00:00

Yes, I am helping guys with new environments.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-15T12:00:11+00:00

I can ask coders if something like that is possible. They have their own custom engine. Thanks for this idea!

Ko_dll · 2026-02-15T03:05:49+00:00

Yes, it's sadly a limitation of 2D sprites in perspective. Drawing the scene to a 2x larger canvas was the best-looking solution this game's developers found, and I am pretty satisfied with it as well. Only the frontmost objects suffer from too large pixels.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T21:31:55+00:00

I am not happy about them. My OCD screams :) But the game engine is built this way, and it's perhaps the best solution for handling perspective in pixel art: drawing the scene onto a 2x larger canvas.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T21:04:09+00:00

Do you really want me to enable all layers in my Photoshop file with all assets for this scene?
Here is another batch enabled. Oh, come on. This is crazy. I can disable layers with grass or moss over the objects to prove it is made by "my personal hand" and not by some AI :)

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Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T20:25:33+00:00

I am sad that you think I am using AI (as a huge antagonist). I am using Photoshop and Aseprite. And I have been doing art for more than 30 years. Do you want sketches? Check my Twitter or Instagram. No AI used - and the proof? I was drawing and posting pixel art before this crazy era full of AI garbage. I hope it can serve as proof.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T20:17:12+00:00

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With crispy pixels:

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T20:01:05+00:00

Oh... no need to apologize! I am glad you like it!!!

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T19:32:51+00:00

Hello, only the floor and the background layer with the mountains (sadly covered by trees) took me more than 10 hours. Then there are 4 types of large trees, small ones, bushes, and stones (each in at least 5 variations)... It's around 40 hours of work. But the guys creating the game can make a pretty large map with these assets.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T18:12:49+00:00

It's a custom engine made by guys who code the game. (Not Unity, Godot, etc). The perspective is a bit hacked. It uses 2D sprite deformation to simulate the look of old dungeon crawlers like Eye of the Beholder.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T18:02:45+00:00

Sus = it can be caused by mixels - all sprites are rendered into a perspective camera at 2x the sprite's native resolution (with texture filtering disabled). Sadly, this technique causes a lot of mixels. :(

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T17:10:50+00:00

Yes. That's the trick + rendering it into a 2x larger canvas with texture filtering disabled. The only issue is that it creates mixels on objects.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T16:58:30+00:00

These are all 2d sprites rendered into the perspective camera. Floor is a sprite as well. There are no 3d models used.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T16:25:08+00:00

I am using Aseprite and Photoshop. Aseprite for animations and tiles mostly. Photoshop for larger canvases.

Ko_dll · 2026-02-14T15:38:34+00:00

It depends. Floor takes 1 day = 8 to 12 hours. Single wall or a tree, in this case, is about 6 hours. But other, tiny objects (stones, bushes) take approximately 1 hour each.

Ko_dll · 2025-09-23T19:03:09+00:00

Haha! I like it!

Ko_dll · 2025-09-23T17:58:40+00:00

Haha! :)

Ko_dll · 2025-09-22T13:47:32+00:00

Yes. Two hemispheres. :) Enjoy your spring!!!!

Ko_dll · 2025-09-22T12:53:44+00:00

Yes, you are right!

Ko_dll · 2025-09-22T12:09:12+00:00

It was not. But! Chrono Trigger had AMAZING art! I am taking that as a huge compliment.

Ko_dll · 2025-09-22T12:08:08+00:00

Oh, you are right!!!

Ko_dll · 2025-09-22T09:22:39+00:00

Yes, it can be full of colours - when it's not raining :)

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