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How 4649 makes levels

This is not done, I'll update if I'm not bored.
I'm training English here too. I can't write Engliushhwell yeah

- How 4649 makes levels -
I'm lazy to make new levels so I'm writing this now. It's really easy way even you never make any levels with mini and art.
I'm saying about arts so I won't write so much. Thanks. I'm lazy to read.

▼How to draw▼

▼Generally speaking

There are several way to draw.
1: silhouette
2: watermark drawing
-Ref: "Drawing Dynamic Human Figures"

Take a look at this drawing. It's see through and can understand What 3D-shape it has.

Heres what I drew 2 years ago.
Yeah I draw too but it'll be the diffelent topic.

3: smth different way

For me. I use both (1,2,3) ways but Heres one important thing I consider:
What I draw is the mass.
Please think what you draw has the volume. Except drawing Effect or abstract images.
There are many thing to think: motion, volume, gravity, lighting, material, and more. I can't describe it. It'll be really long.

Bored to writing. Let's draw at first.

▼How to draw EVERYTHING

- How to draw EVERYTHING -

1. Know the 3D-shape of what you are drawing
2. Simplify the 3D-shape
- It's like replacing to spheres, squares, triangles, plates or something simple solids
3. Draw the silhouette
4. Shading
5. Details
6. Repeat 4-5 and done

▼How to draw Buildings

- How to draw buildings -

Like this:

▼Huge picture

Building in EE is like this:

▼Huge picture

Now you have cool square building.

- Advanced -

Look at this photograph.
This is a Japanese building called "goju no tou".
I'll imitate this in EE.

0.Decide color palette (forget to put pic)
1. Analyze the shape
- This consists of triangular pyramids and cuboids.
2. Draw the silhouette
-cuboids are painted blue, triangular pyramids are painted gray.
3. Shading
-Add drop-shadows and lighting.
4. Add details
-Add windows and some shapes
5. Repeat 3-4 and done

▼Picture of the process

▼How to draw Grass

- How to draw grass -

Take a look at the leaves and trees and simplify the shape.
I like this tree so I'll imitate this.

0.Decide color palette
-I'll use these 5 colors. Make it the cool gradation.
1. Analyze the shape
- Leaves seems like planes and triangles. Use imagination and think detailed shapes.
Mass of leaves looks like spheres and crushed spheres.
2. Draw the silhouette
-First of all, I draw it with darkest color.
It's ok even it looks like stains. Remember you are drawing spheres.
3. Shading
-Cel-Shading is suitable for pixel art.
If you are not good at thinking 3D, imagine you are playing with clay and making clays connect/merge or smth.
Don't forget to make contrast and natural shading.
4. Add details
-It was like a simple ball so I add shapes of the leaf at the each shading borders.
5. Repeat 3-4 and done

▼How to draw On the minis

- How to draw On the minis -

Heres what Nightmore made. Let's make it cooler with art.

0. Decide what kind of building / nature this will be
- Keep in mind that what you are going to draw. Cave or building or whatever.
1. Make the silhouette more unique
-Yeah squares are good but why not adding circles and triangles and many shapes.
2. Pick the colors you use
- EE has many vivid colors so I pick only 3 colors.
3. Draw the silhouette of parts
-Tbh I dunno what am I drawing but It'll be like some buildings maybe.
4. Shading
-I describe how to shade on "How to draw Buildings".
Add drop-shadow and hi-lights
5. Add details and shading, repeat
- Always details are later. However don't abuse details, I'll be messy.
It's already too many vivid colors in EE.
6. Check whether theres exploits or not
-Don't forget this always. Check stuck too.
7.Done

- Advanced -
Heres good example and bad example.

Good:

Bad(s):

Let's point out what is bad first:

1.Can't recognize what building this is
The buildings at bad ones, They are just squares. They even don't have roofs.

2.Too messy
The building at "Aftersapiens" (which the monster is drawn) , There are many windows or archs? I dunno what this is.
Theres no empty space.
Inane's sky(bg) is really good however I can't say the foregrounds are good.

3.No clearly separation
It’s important to clearly separate minis and arts
In good one, you can see the parts like this:

It's drawn politely for example: roofs winroom bg... and more.
I can afford to draw arts because minis didn't eat too much spaces.

However heres bad one:


Greens are arts and pinks are minis.
Most parts are eaten by minis and theres no explanation of art.
and you can't recognize the difference between the parts of art and minis.

I said the sky at "Inane" is good because theres many explainations while theres no explainations of building.
The reason why building is bad is this: Most parts of building is just minis and wall.
You can't recognize clear silhouette of the building. Even the art parts.
So please keep in mind this:
Make the parts for mini and art

If every minis are too near, there will be  no space to draw.
Keep spaces to draw.

▼How to make minis▼

There are many way to make minis.
1. Memorizing
- You can do it over and over again If you know the method.
ex: Hold smth
2. Spike
- Similar to IWBTG.
3. Timing
- The minis that requires exact timings
ex: Hook jumps

Heres the methods "I" often use.
0. Make what you think is good
- If you are not attempt to make ppl rage.
1. Play worlds with good minis
- It's no use to play tortures if you are not going to make ppl ragequit.
Get ideas and inspiration from what ppl made.   This is used even the different topics.
You can know what is good / bad, likes and dislikes.
If you don't like hard minis and say "Extremes killed EE!!" with a loud voice, why don't you make easy ones yourself
(This way to think made a lot of rehash of minigames, stairs and other similar levesl??)
2. Don't make it too small.
- Somehow I don't make small minis. I dunno why so this is just my personally opinion.
3. Give it a try and find the next trail
- Imagine how you go through
4. Make it upside down and right side left or repeat it over and over again
- It makes mini the long and tight chal.

wow This is only texts. so heres levels which I love.

▼Favolite levels

There are many good worlds.
You may know more than me.

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▼Rules what I consider in EE▼

1. EE is 2D game
- Don't need to think 3Dish arts. It'll be collusion if you make too many 3D arts.
However It'll be great if you harmonize 2D and 3D.
If you ignore this and make 3D art, this will be happen:

What a disaster this is

2. Don't make eyerape with the "in game art"
- The minimap art is Addional. It's no use making eyerape arts even though the minimap is cool.

3. Make uniformity of difficulty (mini)
- EE is 2D Action Game. Not drawing tools. (or maybe yes?? I'll use smth diffelent tools if I draw hard)

4. Make contrast with lighting/shading

▼pPicture about 2 and 4

Always make art simple.

We don't care about such a small details. Maybe. Prob.

5.!IMPORTANT! Lack of color variety
EE has 350+ colors now(May/1st/2020) but it's too biased.

There are too many vivid colors and many same colors.
Grays are supported too much. However there are so few neutral tints. Only Tile pack supports them.
In addition, the gap is huge in colors. Oranges, grays and greens supports many however theres few reds, blues and purples.

Even lightest colors, there are some un-supported light ones.
Right-up corner pic is which yellow colors EE supports.
The summary is right-bottom corner pic. There are unsupported hues and huge color areas.
However EE has more fewer colors than this summary
One block per one colors. and EE supports these color-areas.

I can't point all problems. However it's ok because EE is not drawing tool. I guess.

This is more accurate.

6. Make levels short
It's in 2020 and few people now. There is no fever anymore.
Most people won't be absorbed in playing in the one long level that requires transcendental skills. It's only for pros.
If it was campaign they'll be because there are rewards.
Sadly, what we want is changed, I guess.

▼Rules what I consider about drawing▼

1. Near is Dark, Far is Pale
- People says this "Aerial perspective"
See "Raja Ink Union". It's the great reference to understand what this is.

▼Picture about it

2. Think what I drawing is 3D
- I said EE is 2D game. However you should think the shape what you are drawing is.
ex: If you are drawing planes, spheres, squares, buildings or whatever, imagine what solid it has. Don't look everything just a plane.

▼Picture about it

3. Avoid overusing vivid colors
- It'll be eyerape. Especially mineral blocks.
Tbh EE has many vivid colors. Blues in particular.

4. Don't spam colors
-Don't spray/troll/spam colors. Even you wanna do the half-tone dot meshing, make the pattern.
Even you make material of dirt, tree, clouds, waters or whatever. Make the pattern.

5. Try not to use too much colors
- Generally speaking, a pixel art has the limit of colors.
I uses 3~6 colors per parts except tiny ones.

▼Hidden image

Take a look at these color palette. Shading has the contrast.

These 2 block has different colors but theres almost no contrast.
It's useless. Avoid this.