Indeed. It sounds like it would be very 'me' as far as some of the humour goes - I don't think you're alone there :-). BTW, did you end up fixing those camera problems you had?

Nice city! Did you thought about the city boundaries yet? I wonder what you sollution is going to be....

I know that you cannot walk everywhere, but still, don't you think that some places can't hide the boundary ?! For example if you go on top of one of the buildings or inside at the 2nd or 3th floor...

Those screens look great! One pic of a stair reminded me of a nice level of Splinter Cell!

The overall style is pretty good!

Thanks, I appreciate it.

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Nice city! Did you thought about the city boundaries yet? I wonder what you sollution is going to be....

I know that you cannot walk everywhere, but still, don't you think that some places can't hide the boundary ?! For example if you go on top of one of the buildings or inside at the 2nd or 3th floor...

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To keep the player from wandering into areas of the city I don't want them in, I'll just have a brief, scripted sequence, along with an invisible unpassable block, that will keep them in their place.

One trick to hide the edge of the city would be to place a slope that is higher than the view and then flatten it out and build a bit past that. This can give the illusion of depth and hide the border. Another trick is to place a short wall at your edge and then place sprite trees behind it to obscure what's beyond the wall.

Super early test shot of where I'm headed in terms of style(visually, not the level itself). Just thrown together and uses all of 3 textures(black, white, dark gray..different grays will be introduced along with minimal detail here and there). JPGing banded it up nice and ugly.....much higher contrast in game.

This fits my personal design style like a glove...high contrast, minimalism....the player model will match very closely the look of the head graphic on the game site...and it'll blend in perfectly when the textures and lighting get finalized(like I said, these are only quicky test shots). This game will play with shadows and siloheutte in a clever way(but I need stencil shadows first ).

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A more advanced state..ignore the guard model and I've bumped it from 3 to 12 textures used(black, white, 10 shades of gray). Still haven't bothered adding detail to them, either, but it'll be very stylized.

Usually, big, round spotlights are not the way to light, but in this instance it is exactly how to approach it. When combined with areas of more subdued lighting, it gives a nice sharp contrast as you walkabout. It actually looks pretty cool in the areas where it's further refined. The light will have visible sources, of course, complete with exaggerated flare effect....give me time.

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Film grain implemented and undergoing refinement...adds a ton of atmosphere.

I've also stumbled upon my geometry style, and this has actually added a whole new layer to the project. There will also be a more realistic set of levels, as well. I can't be specific, but it'll be a really cool trick if I can get it to work properly.