Bloodstained Graphics Discussion.

Add some fog... that was nice...



a comparison:

Also kinda shows that the less bright and happy it looks the better it looks. It's a demon castle, it should look spooky not inviting and that darker look looks great

I agree, keep the really nice colors but they should go for a moodier overall look like that image. Looks way more pleasing visually

When the background is darker, its dosen't look more as the 3d game. I don't like soooo the 3d style, like much more the 2d style from the first gameplay video. Hope they goes back to the roots.

i agree that color scheme gives that area a very unified look, i dont think a red fog fits the area but it looks like it could be used nicely in an area closer to water or outside, im really torn between the darker room, on one hand it is very moody and rthe grayer, more weatherworn stone would be perfect for the starting area, accompanied by a storm outside where lightning flashes occasionally and illuminates the room briefly, allowing all the exquisite detail to still show before the room fades back into darkness, while the lighter marble and rich wood textures would be at home in a library further inside the castle, where the lighter tones would work with the candles and to create more ambient light

i have the feeling the precise reason why this room looks the way it does and why it seems to be somewhat random is to mesh different looks together into a single room and see how the shaders will end up impacting the full game, i have the feeling theyve made other rooms with a similar mashup of assets and were just seeing one of them ^_^

I like wavetraxx's take. The original screenshots look too bright, too flat and not gritty enough. Anyway, I think the best reference would be Guilty Gear Xrd. I mean, look at this:

Yeah kinda shows that the shader is fine just needs slight adjustments. Darker colors, darker edges around everything, less of a tilt...and it'd be gold

As close to no tilt as possible. The preferred look is to try and get it as close to the sample video as possible. I think that was the perfect look for this game ( except the character model which has greatly improved since then)...

The look of what you did plus the darker background in the recent fix up to me looks really close to the sample, however like I said the tilt needs to be greatly reduced. If they did that, it'd honestly look almost perfect. Could the other 2 shaders be even greater? Sure, but such little changes can do much for what they already have.

Have you seen the new shading effects in Revelator? Sol's stage in particular has amazing shading, it looks nuts.