Just once as reward?

Yes. Every Staff also the current Staff will get that.
Should be a cool Reward for Graal. Or is someone paying more ^^?

Hiring one more Level Artist.

RM2K/XP Experience required.

Attention!
 

Concept of the First Town is done.
I hope you like it. Elk is working on the outside tiles at the moment. We hope to release the first Town soon.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18369116/img/Sakira_Concept.jpg

awesome :D

Galdor you can also visit it in the Staff Threads on the Esteria Forums. Elk posted some things which may interest you

And also thanks for that idiot who always gives me Rep- ;)

Hiring one GANI Artist.
You can contact me on Esteria or via Forum PM.
Thank you.

Hiring one more Graphic Artist to assist Elk.
If you are interested feel free to contact me via Forum PM / AIM / Skype / MSN or in-Game.

Thank you very much.

Not sure where to post this as I don't want to derail your thread, but I'm not sure about how i feel regarding your movement system. Feels like the screen is lagging, and I feel like it would get your dizzy if you stopped and moved frequently (Ex: an event)

Also, you should probably copy Era and have it where players grab the doors. Maybe I am just use to Era, but your doors don't even open. I just walk by and all of a sudden I am inside a building. You could probably have a simple door animation made too which would be pretty cool. Just thought i'd tell you before you do all your doors that way xD.

Anyways, awesome tileset, and nice simple GUI.

Thanks for your opinions !
Yeah we planned something nice for the doors. Will come soon. You are probably on the old GMap. There is a new one which non-Staff cant enter.
At the moment we are using a simple GUI, but the new one will be more complex.

I'd like to see this town! Although, save yourself some time by doing the design in MS Paint with a key rather than an actual drawing of a town lol

It's a lovely tileset, the level artists you've hired haven't given it any justice; I'd recommend minimal detail in the grass so you can appreciate the lovely tiles!

I wouldn't mind playing around with the tileset for a bit too :)

Goodjob & Goodluck!

Won't be a drawing, just concepts :) what would be the use of LATs if it was like that, still trying to invent a way for perfect usability so LATs can work with the things...but it wont be tiles-consistant... problem is, there are not many LATs on graal that have architectural know-how.

I can fully understand and appreciate that; a lot of the work you've done (in great detail) is, I'm assuming, not completed yet (the tileset). It's great to have a guide for people to follow, but from what I've seen it looks as if you're developing the level yourself with illustrations and waiting for an LAT to just fill in the missing pieces.

Unfortunately the last person I've crossed paths with who can create something with an original concept and still in-corporate their own unique style is Crono; him and a small number of artists have the ability and skills to actually progress further than making a decent level.

GL nico with esteria.

Thanks though.

Sage (DeCeaseD) helps out now with minor Graphic stuff and assisting Elk, but thats only part-time. I would like to hire one more Graphic Artist to help out. He should be able to adapt to any style or format.

Here is some work done by Elk
He is doing an amazing Job on Esteria.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4158/unbenanntqy.png
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7826/unbenannt3t.png
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6...benannt2rm.png

Thanks.

That tileset is AMAZING, your LATs are really lucky.

I agree, the tileset is really, really nice :)!

My only issue is the stairs going down out of the room in the second image. It looks a bit awkward... But don't get me wrong, I love everything else a whole lot.

Oh my, that movement system is silk smooth. It's not fair that I can't look around more.

I'd offer help, but I don't think my crap is up to snuff.

You are welcome.

Elk is at the moment working on the GUI/Qmenu and another Graphic Artist handling the inside tiles. We hope to release something great soon.

Hello,

little Tileset update. Please tell me ur opinion/critism !

Thank you very much.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3150/previewcmk.png

new tiles have far to much contrast in comparison with the older ones. What's with the crappy lines too?

Blankets? and barrels look rather bad... it looks like you just took the original cabnit and changed it up in weird ways. So yea...it doesnt really fit together imo.

True the contrast is much different. Well another Graphic Artist worked on the objects so thats the reason why we have another colors there. Might change the colors later to match them up though.
Thanks for your post.

lol i love you

Those are supposed to be sacks right? Why are they pink?
If I recall this is supposed to be an Inn and a Tavern right? Wouldn't they serve food? Where's the kitchen stuff?
Also, what Clockwork said

Little Update: Upstairs right corner

And yes we will work on the contrast here.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6587/preview1v.png

I think ppl might be a bit too harsh on the tiles. I wouldn't waste time nitpicking certain tiles where that time could be better spent working on your player sprites and getting those to match the style and coloring of the tiles.

Oh my god.
Your tiles are extremely beautiful, and the level of detail in the level makes it look utterly jaw-dropping. For me anyway...
I would idle in that level just to get some of that eye candy. Great work!

Hiring Graphics Team
 

We are looking for 1 really talented Graphics Artist to work at Esteria.
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Previews:

Inside Tiles:
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7516/12857203.png
Outside Tiles we have so far:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8085/98201016.png
If you're interested, contact either myself or NicoX. Here's the contact info:

email: [email protected]
email: [email protected]

forums: NicoX
forums: Alpho

The outdoor tiles do not do justice to the indoor tiles.

Outdoor is going to be revamped like the insides.

Hello everybody.
We have some nice updates.

Fishing done.
Mining done.
Farming done.

We still lack in Graphic Artists. If you are good enough to compare your abilities to Elk's work then feel free to apply.
I am also willed to pay good Graphic Artists.

Looks like I might have to jump on and take a look :P When Skyrim finishes downloading.

That's because the outside levels are white outlined scribbles.

Updates:

Smithery Tiles 30% (in progress)
Outdoor tiles 10% (in progress)

Hiring one more Graphics Artists. I noticed that things are going slow :P

The old tileset was better by far. I feel like those tiles are part of one of those "mini" mmos that you can "create"

I also prefer the old tiles.
New tiles make everything look too small, especially when the character has that huge sword.

Overall the server looks very nice though.

There wont be huge swords, I'm overwhelmed by the huge amount of work that is required to do, including the planning beforehand.

Also, I lost my Wacom Pen, so it might take some time till I can pick this project up again.

I'll send you one :D