Lego tileset 1.3 available for download

[Colorful Arty]

I am currently making a Lego tileset for NeoLemmix, and I want some input on what to add. I am definitely  making blue, red, yellow, green, orange, purple, white, black, dark grey, and light grey pieces for the final product and I want to know, should I add more colors? If so, what colors? Adding more pieces for each color will be easy via updates, but adding new colors could be problematic due to the arrangement of the pieces in the editor.

Also, if anyone has any specific pieces or ideas for what the exit should look like, please let me know. In the case of the former, a photo would be helpful.

Here is what it looks like right now.

[namida]

In regards to the adding further pieces, I don't know how closely you've been following the development of the experimental version with the new file formats, but for a while now it's used names instead of numeric indexes for pieces. So, even if the list does end up a bit cluttered, it'll only be temporarily until we move to the new version (I still can't put a timeframe on when this will happen, sorry; but we're getting closer - graphic sets and replays are now 100% new-format-based ). As such, I wouldn't consider it a huge issue at this stage.

Overall, this graphic set looks very nice! However - is the gray part above the lemming meant to be an entrance? It doesn't particularly stand out as such, at least in a screenshot.

[GigaLem]

How bout designing a Lego Exit?

[Colorful Arty]

The grey piece is the trapdoor that the lemmings pop out of, and yes I do intend to make a lego exit. The rock one is just a placeholder for now.

Do you have an idea on how to make the trapdoor stand out more?

[namida]

As a general rule, go for something with a similar shape (and perhaps animation, even) as the standard trapdoors. You can't go wrong with that. Perhaps make the top part out of lego. (possibly a similar style to the Xmas trapdoor - some lego construction on the top, and a normal window on the bottom?)

[Wafflem]

You can make the trapdoor also look like the one in the Lix Marble set. I'm not sure if you've downloaded Lix yet, but if you have then you should be able to see the animation of that trapdoor. Or, you can see it in GigaLem's Phantasmal 6 "This is the Wrong Engine" in Resident GigaLems 0. The trapdoor there seems to have that Lego-y feel to it.

[GigaLem]

The grey piece is the trapdoor that the lemmings pop out of, and yes I do intend to make a lego exit. The rock one is just a placeholder for now.

Do you have an idea on how to make the trapdoor stand out more?

I was thinking, add some studs to the the door, and the bottom of lego pieces to be on the other side of the door

[Colorful Arty]

I have a (tentative) exit and entrance made for the tileset. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to make an animated .gif of them without MASSIVELY dropping the picture quality, so these are the best I can do.

[Gronkling]

it'd probably be a good idea to make the entrance/exit a colour not featured in the terrain like white or pink or orange or something to make it stand out more, looks like a nice graphics set though ^_^

[Colorful Arty]

The first version of the Lego tileset is now available for download! It contains 10 colors of legos (blue, red, yellow, green, orange, purple, white, light grey, dark grey, and black) and all of the basic pieces needed to build just about anything (close to 200 terrain pieces). It also has the typical entrance/exit, pre-placed lemming, pickup skill, and water, and it also has a locked exit with buttons, fire traps, and a custom background as an object to distinguish the black pieces better against the background. The objects tend to be light blue in color so as to distinguish them from actual terrain. The only problem thus far is the lack of steel. I'm still trying to find a way to make terrain that is obviously steel while still keeping with the lego theme. Ideas on how to implement this are appreciated, as well as suggestions for future bricks to put in.

This terrain pack will be updated in the future (simply adding new pieces and object, and not deleting or rearranging them). The next update will have more pieces, teleporters/receivers, updrafts, and some sort of Lego spear trap. Let me know what you think!

[Wafflem]

Thanks for doing the Lego tileset. I haven't looked through it thoroughly, but from first glance it looks good!

For the steel Lego pieces, perhaps you could color them in a very similar scheme to the Metal tileset? (note that the metal pieces with the gray border around them are the steel pieces).

[Colorful Arty]

The problem is, ALL of the pieces have a border around them to show you how many pieces there are. Right now, my best ideas are legos facing toward you the player (since they have the dot pattern steel is known for having) or making them look metallic in coloring (like silver or gold legos).

[Minim]

A third idea I just came up with is to take the border away and replace it with a cross. This should easily disguise a steel from a non-steel piece, especially if you put them on the dark-grey blocks.

[Colorful Arty]

You mean something like this?

[Minim]

That's exactly what I meant.