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Free Repository for Tile Graphics?

Posted by Cliff on from the resources-for-game-coders dept.

Hentai asks: "I want to make a game. Specifically, I want to make a good, open-source computer RPG, with the same artistic style of the early Squaresoft sprite-pushers, like Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger. I can code well enough, and I can get artists to provide character sprite graphics (which will be open-source, too), but I need background tile graphics on the same vein and caliber as those titles. Web searches invariably lead to commercial or shareware packages, or 'free to the public' tile sets that are, frankly, abysmal. I just need enough quality tiles to start with, and will happily add any new derivations to the repository. Anyone know of a good GPLed tile package that could get me started?"

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  1. Crack.com's donatation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Search for Crack.com's Abuse. They open sourced their huge library of textures.

    It's not in the style you desire though - so -1, offtopic, I guess :(

  2. A way to create good textures is needed... by moncyb · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have a few pictures I took with my digital camera which would make very good textures, only problem is I don't have a good way to make the images tileable. GIMP's "Make Seamless" plugin sort of works, but has obvious visual problems. The Resynthesizer may work, but I haven't tried it for a while (when I did, it took lots of CPU time.

    There also need to be good texture editors. Some photo editing program where you can view the image in a tiled setting and edit it. I don't know of any. Maybe using the tile function in GIMP, editing it, and recropping the image will work?

    BTW, there used to be some public domain textures listed in gimp.org (called something like farm textures--they were taken from real photos), but I can't find them now...

    1. Re:A way to create good textures is needed... by crisco · · Score: 2, Informative
      In Gimp, Image, Transforms, Offset... and hit the button Offset by (x/2, y/2). Then use the clone tool with a feathered brush to smooth and retouch the edge transitions that form a + across the image.

      Although in cnosole style RPGs they probably want low res textures that all look nice together.

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      Bleh!

  3. texturey by redwood2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most of these sites feature lots of free content,
    but some of the really nice tiles are for sale only.
    try:
    presetcentral.com
    luxology.net
    and if you're looking for some 3d models
    turbosquid.com has a bunch and they're not THAT expensive, considering how long it would take to make some o this stuff by hand.

  4. tutorial on "Make Seamless" GIMP filter by ubiquitin · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want to make background tiles from other non-background tile images, read through the short Make seamless tutorial.

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    http://tinyurl.com/4ny52
  5. Free Stuff by i0wnzj005uck4 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've found the best places to look are on sites for RPG engines, like Verge. Generally there are links to sites with literally oodles of tile banks. You may also want to try DIV Arena and, of course, the Freecraft and FreeCiv projects, both of which offer free art assets.

    Hope this helps. Oh, done a google for SpriteLib lately? Or Ari Feldman?

    ... and I'm spent.

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    - Cloud