We are kindred in this. I just wish there was an option for adding a dusting of snow to the castle walls. Please post more pics as you finish stuff and remember, we will be able to share the tiles without any modding in about two months. That should be enough time to finish.

I think you are wrong Heavenfall. It doesn't matter what kind or how many items you use, because it will only be visible when you zoom way close and even then, it is only displaying a small portion of your town. This is some I would like to test in the future though.

Good to hear . . . two months must be enough

and i loaded the core kingdom_apiary, it has a lots of elements either

my favorit, the nordic apiary, fear the honey-hungry bears

Yes, it does matter. Whether or not it's being show, it's still in memory. And regardless of how many of -your- objects are on screen, it still has to play nice with every other object on screen. And you have no idea how demanding the scene will be. So the cleaner your object is, the better it'll work in tandem with everything else.

For an extreme example, imagine putting a gold coin on a table under a shack. Due to the shack, at no point will the table or coin be visible. The game still has to keep those objects in memory if only to cull them from view. 

Steampunk hut / possibly workshop, ended up with a bit too many moving parts

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1843/elemental1283458278.jpg

@heavenfall,

I like your style. I would, however, suggest that you allow your tiles to protrude at least a half tile out from your main tile. When you piece them together in the game it will look more organic and less blockish.

Nice!

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7435/elemental1283463307.jpg

Power Plant. Got some nice emitters on top pulsating with darkness. The idea was for the "left" tower to be broken, but I can't get it to look broken. To get an idea of the size - a little fella standing straight up is about one third the size of the gate-prop.

Now that I look at it, I really gotta replace those fountains on top of the towers.

Maybe silly question after making some tile, but what does the yellow star do in the right bottom menu?

There are still some mysteries in the forge. As things stand, you have to either place a piece several times at first to achieve the same size or do it manually each time. I like to create at least four of every large object I want to use and keep the extras on the side as a pallette. I think an update or two could fix things so that you need only click a previously made piece in order to duplicate it, but that is a longs ways off I suppose.

I really like it. I do think it looks a bit too "I'm building this hut", though. Maybe remove the planks in the finished version?

Just finished a more whimsical high level Merchant Tile:

http://screencast.com/t/ZjdmOTNjOGYt

http://screencast.com/t/MDNmY2FlNT

http://screencast.com/t/NWNjMjVhYjQ

i would like to make a trip there and buy something

i think that wasnt a short time to make that tile