Mapping Tutorial: Ship Tileset.

OK, this is going to be my first tutorial on here.  I will attempt to teach people how to make a ship using the RTP tileset.  I've seen Nouman's tutorial and the comments, so I figured I'd give it a shot.


OK, here we go.

Step One:

Start out making a new map, I made mine 40x50. Fill the 1st layer with the water tile.

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Step Two:

Next you'll want to make the front of the boat.  Switch to the 2nd layer for this.

(note you will have fool around with the tiles, its not a drag and drop, you have to make it a little wider)

You'll also want to try to remove the shadows on the right side of the boat. you can do that using this tile.

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Step Three:

Then you'll want to put the sides and rear of your boat on. I'm sure you've all noticed how the rear doesn't line up with the rest of the boat. So my fix to this is this.

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Now, you'll notice I switched to the 3rd layer for that one railing. 

So far our ship should look something like this.

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Step Four:

Switch back to the first layer and fill in the boat floor. 

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Step Five:

Now we'll start to add some sails. I also want some layers on my ship, just to change it up a bit. To do this switch to the 2nd layer.

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Step Six:

Now we need a place for the captain to steer the ship.  Let's add a little place for that. Do this using the 2nd layer for the area, and the 3rd layer for the wheel and stairs.

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Step Seven:

Now using the 3rd layer add items around the ship.  We're gonna need some lights, cannons, barrels, jars, maybe a life preserve or two, and some life boats if you wish.  Feel free to play around with the rest of the tiles as well.

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Step Eight:

Now add some people, and other events around the ship.  Here's the finished ship.

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Now I'll show you each layer.


Layer One

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Layer Two

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Layer Three

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Any questions/comments post here.  I'm hoping to do more tutorials, so any and all feedback is appreciated.

Pretty good, except, I've never been on a ship with a back like that.

Excellent! thanks alot man, I can get rid of my crappy one xD

Pretty good, except, I've never been on a ship with a back like that.

Nor have I, I just think it looks better than the back not lining up at all.

True. Maybe someone should fix that >_>
I'm on it!

True. Maybe someone should fix that >_>

I was thinking the same thing, except I've never attempted to edit a tileset.

Excellent! thanks alot man, I can get rid of my crappy one xD

Thanks Nouman, I'm in the tutorial index now.

Wow. I like this! I've never seen this kind of boat (like said) in a game, but I think there are ships like this in real life. The only thing I didn't like was the shadow on the front on the left, because it kind of curved. Could that be fixed? Or is the tileset just gay?

I tried to find a way to fix that, but this tileset is just really odd.  In order for the shadow on the left side to be right you'd have to use the drag and drop front end.  Which makes a really small boat.

Is this tut really that bad? 

no, people don't like to reply on stuff they find helpful. 80 views not bad for a new tut at all.

Guess not.   

112 views and 4 replies. I'm wondering if this is at least helping people?  Or are people just looking at it and going "WTF?!? oh ma gawd thatz horriblez"?

 

Ths tutorial is very helpfull, since I must do many ships in my pirate game, nad Im very bad on making ships

Well done. This will help me very much

Glad I could help. Thanks for the comment.   

This tutorial is really helpful. I especially liked the solution for the back of the ship, it was giving me problems too. Thanks!

Yea, that was one of the main reasons I did this tutorial, I read alot of complaints about the back of the ships not lining up.  That is a much easier solution that editing the tilset, seeing as how I've never done that.  Glad to know people are getting some use out of this.

This is pretty good, I like how the design is some sort of never before seen one. Maybe you should make a tut index once you've done more and get Nouman *hint hint* to sticky them for you =D

~Winged

Thank, this was extremely helpful to me, I've been having trouble with boats for a long time and this made a difference.

While posting in an old tutorial thread isn't going to hurt anyone, posting in a thread that hasn't been posted in for 2 years without anything more than a thank you isn't really necessary. Try not to make a habit out of it. :]