I'm gonna swoop in for no reason & coincidence, sorry If I come off perhaps rude to some people;
Regarding resources; for which maker are we exactly speaking of? Or Engine? I'm confuse, is It RMXP, Or is it RMVX (Ace) that we're talking about?
TILESETS
The creation of games lies in the framework, without tiles it is nothing. I truly feel that with a complete, custom tileset, even a lazy bum such as myself can create a game in full, all you need then are the characters, some fringe resources, and your keyboard.
I'm a bit lost on that 'framework' your speaking of on tilesets, your saying custom & exclusive tilesets made by an artist? I agree that even a custom and new tileset would excite a person to make a map, but if their lazy in the first place, I don't think even a custom made can motive one to do so in the first place if they didn't try with what they have before, It's just how I've seen it, but I don't know you so, maybe it'll make you do a full one.
As silly as it sounds, I'd like to see more professional sprites. It's seems hard to find good new sprites some days, at least that aren't just edits of existing resources out there.
Define professional, professional sprites as in ones you rip from another game? That's kinda what I get from your suggestion, but I feel you mean Sprites made by people that are custom made & look professional.
How many of us have made games using actual custom sprites that weren't either made from a generator or kinda choppy looking around the edges?
Most of us I guess (Myself included)? Does that also include sprites done by other spriters that share these? But I get what you mean, new sprites are always fun to play with after all.
With that said, personally I'd prefer to see a ramp up in graphic assets. More specifically on some custom tilesets (keep in mind that DLC tilesets have earned money, if that's a better incentive for you) and battler sprites. I'd like to see more humans in battle. Ones that don't look/feel as a generic enemy like a thief/soldier; how about a villager? A human holding a boomerang? A human equipped with a saxophone?
Man, the amount of combinations of facework, clothing and equipment you can come up with is amazing.
Making custom Tilesets (or Any Medium of Art) for Money only is never good, it's boring, and there's no motivation on doing it, To make it it takes passion and loving on doing it, even thou sometimes one does things than one doesn't enjoy making, but making sprites can get tiring, and usually all amounts of 'possibilities & combinations and Ideas' that come flowing at your head that sound fun, don't sound that fun at all to someone working on it, Suggestions are good, but sometimes, it's simpler to sprite a thief than a guy throwing a boomerang, and it takes dedication for it.
We have enough medieval tiles as is, why is that the most voted option? I'd like to see giant trees, giant beanstalks, theme parks and outback tilesets.
Your view versus the voted option speaks otherwise thou, and Giant Trees & Beanstalks fall also around the Medieval theme.
Any tileset that meshes well with the RTP is okay with me! As long as it's not futuristic (I mean I wouldn't mind, but it wouldn't be very useful to me at the moment).
Not to step on your boots, but the Artist wouldn't care if you minded or didn't use it at all if you didn't ask for it in the first place. :/
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I'm curious, you guys speak of Custom Tilesets, Sprites And Graphics, Aside from knowing Yuyubabe & Dr.Mc, and pardon if I don't check much this side of the Forums, but who are the other Spriters In here in RMRK, that, for what I understand from this, would be willing to Sprite & make these Graphic Resources to share? Who are these Regulars that I've somehow missed?
I'm sorry if I'm coming of as insensitive and I dunno, whatever you find that angers you, but I ask and reply because I'm simply, curious and worried about it.