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[MSchwaa]

It was pretty cool coming back from school to see your first version up. It really looks superb. I would comment on all the things I love, but it would take too long, So I guess if there were two things I must commend you on it would be the cobble and bookshelves. As for the planks, they are superb as flooring, but for those who use them as the outside of their house, it looks a little out of place. Anyway here are my thoughts on what can be improved

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Flaws -- Not really flaws, but possible improvements

I. Stone Texture: I think the stone should not necessarily clear, but the speckled look, don't love.

II. Iron Ore: Overall, the physical ore shapes look great, simple and creative, but the iron ore seems a bit to greenish, kind of lime in color. A more beige or brown
color or alternatively a silver"y" color would suit iron better.

III. Mossy Cobble: While it is not the most common material to find, it is still recognizable, and personally I think surrounding each cobbly brick type thing (I think you know what I mean) there should be moss or ferns coming out of it, rather than the moss being scattered randomly
throughout the block.

IV. Sand and Sandstone: First of all I would prefer a darker shade for each of these textures, and secondly I think that the sandstone should do away with the blur. For stone it seems fitting and reasonable, but I just don't see the need for such glare on sandstone.

V. Grass: I feel it's extremely important to get the grass right, and honestly i'm not sure if it's perfect. I don't love the such perfect side grass (not dirt portion of grass) and I'm not overly fond of the diamond pattern, but none the less it is a quite fitting texture to the pack.
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Final Conclusion: 9 out of 10 | 9/10

Your pack is impressive and one of the best looking packs i've seen period. I've probably looked at 150 different textures, searching for that best one and yours is competing for that title. It is unique, creative, and keeps that minecrafty, fun and comical feel that all textures should.
I'm eagerly awaiting the items, and gui textures, not to mention to see your mob textures (they'll probably be hilariously entertaining). Your work is superb and as said earlier, I think that your cobblestone, bookshelves, and crafting supplies are what claim your pack's soon to be fame.

Great work and Sorry for the Long Review!

Sincerely,
Schwaa

[Sphax84]

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

I. Stone Texture: I think the stone should not necessarily clear, but the speckled look, don't love.

I'll probably create an alternative. But originally it was drawn to let it be as simple as possible.

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

II. Iron Ore: Overall, the physical ore shapes look great, simple and creative, but the iron ore seems a bit to greenish, kind of lime in color. A more beige or brown
color or alternatively a silver"y" color would suit iron better.

I chose this greenish color because the iron ore in reality is greenish.
However, it's a comicbook style so I can probably use any color I want. I'll create an alternative in light brown or beige.

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

III. Mossy Cobble: While it is not the most common material to find, it is still recognizable, and personally I think surrounding each cobbly brick type thing (I think you know what I mean) there should be moss or ferns coming out of it, rather than the moss being scattered randomly
throughout the block.

I totally agree. I'll change this one to another.

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

IV. Sand and Sandstone: First of all I would prefer a darker shade for each of these textures, and secondly I think that the sandstone should do away with the blur. For stone it seems fitting and reasonable, but I just don't see the need for such glare on sandstone.

Hum. I didn't want the sandstone to looks like the cobblestone because you can find the sandstone in the nature under the sand... Currently I like a lot this sandstone as a compressed sand like a slab... but I'll see what I can do about this.

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

V. Grass: I feel it's extremely important to get the grass right, and honestly i'm not sure if it's perfect. I don't love the such perfect side grass (not dirt portion of grass) and I'm not overly fond of the diamond pattern, but none the less it is a quite fitting texture to the pack.

I've already planned to create an alternative for it.

MSchwaa, on 13 June 2011 - 08:13 PM, said:

Final Conclusion: 9 out of 10 | 9/10

Your pack is impressive and one of the best looking packs i've seen period. I've probably looked at 150 different textures, searching for that best one and yours is competing for that title. It is unique, creative, and keeps that minecrafty, fun and comical feel that all textures should.
I'm eagerly awaiting the items, and gui textures, not to mention to see your mob textures (they'll probably be hilariously entertaining). Your work is superb and as said earlier, I think that your cobblestone, bookshelves, and crafting supplies are what claim your pack's soon to be fame.

Great work and Sorry for the Long Review!

Thanks for your review. I'll try to use all the feedbacks to update my texture pack.

[twistmental79]

I love this pack so far. My current worlds have been designed with doku's pack so they will stay that way but this pack is getting it's own world that will be looney toons inspired. Cant wait to see more from you.

[Posty2k3]

I've been using the Minecraft 4 Kids texture pack for the longest time... and haven't found a texture pack I like more than it, until now. I love this texture pack except for a few things. The wild grass and grass/dirt textures are about the only things that I wish there was an alternative for. I love the sandstone and cobblestone, as well as the overall look to the entire texture pack. Somehow, the very stylized and cartoony look works really well with Minecraft.

Overall, I think you're off to a great start.

[UberZeus]

Great pack, you should get a picture of it with the texture pack test track by copperdomebodha. I can't wait for the 256 and 64 sizes, and improvements on the textures.

[Sphax84]

UberZeus, on 14 June 2011 - 02:02 AM, said:

Great pack, you should get a picture of it with the texture pack test track by copperdomebodha. I can't wait for the 256 and 64 sizes, and improvements on the textures.

I'll do that.

About the 64x and 256x, I'll release them as soon as I get the items finished.
I'm currently working hard on them and I've done so far the compass, bow, arrow, swords, pickaxes and shovels.

[ASDFMINER]

ITS.... ITS.... AWESOME! cant wait for 256X256 TEXTURE (unless my computer cant handle it)

[Ciel2510]

Aww my computer can barely handle x128.. thats fucked up :\ guess ill have to wait for x64 T_T

[IcedPotatoe]

Really smooth texture pack, I love it. Can't wait for the full version

[BalkondeurAlpha]

Yay! There is a release!
Pity that my screen has a resolution of 1024x768. Everything looks quite ugly.

edit: Oh, and the iron ore, is that uranium or something?

[Sphax84]

BalkondeurAlpha, on 14 June 2011 - 01:04 PM, said:

Yay! There is a release!
Pity that my screen has a resolution of 1024x768. Everything looks quite ugly.

edit: Oh, and the iron ore, is that uranium or something?

Why do you say everything looks ugly ? O_o
I'm testing my pack with a resolution of 1600x900 and it looks good...

About the iron ore, I wanted its color to be more like the natural iron ore (which is greenish). But I understand that it's not a good idea so I'll change it to a basic beigeORsilver color.

[BalkondeurAlpha]

Sphax84, on 14 June 2011 - 01:10 PM, said:

Why everything looks ugly ? O_o
I'm testing my pack with a resolution of 1600x900 and it looks good...

About the iron ore, I wanted its color to be more like the natural iron ore (which is greenish). But I understand that it's not a good idea so I'll change it to a basic beigeORsilver color.

Well, with another 128p texture pack, everything looks ugly, but with this one it seems to be fine, fortunately.
I didn't know iron ore was greenish, but I like it!

[Sphax84]

BalkondeurAlpha, on 14 June 2011 - 01:38 PM, said:

Well, with another 128p texture pack, everything looks ugly, but with this one it seems to be fine, fortunately.
I didn't know iron ore was greenish, but I like it!

Look at this : http://www.hiwtc.com...02/16/21634.jpg

The iron ore could also be redish or blackish - but not beige/brown/silver.
I'll quickly do an alternative color for it (beige or silver - don't know right now).

[BalkondeurAlpha]

Sphax84, on 14 June 2011 - 01:43 PM, said:

Look at this : http://www.hiwtc.com...02/16/21634.jpg

The iron ore could also be redish or blackish - but not beige/brown/silver.
I'll quickly do an alternative color for it (beige or silver - don't know right now).

Yeah, I saw that, I immediately googled for "iron ore" xD

[Lerrok]

My criticism is that I don't like the grass very much, it just seems like diagonal lines on the floor to me.

[Sphax84]

Lerrok, on 14 June 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:

My criticism is that I don't like the grass very much, it just seems like diagonal lines on the floor to me.

Most of the critics are about the grass and the iron ore and some about the dirt and stone. So I've already planned to make an alternative for them (maybe by replacing them).

[Trekrz]

bump

[JSmoove98]

Amaaaaazing pack! Just please make the wildgrass taller.

[Sphax84]

The version v0.2.0 is out!

See "Changelog" and "Done" sections for more information.

[Posty2k3]

Sphax84, on 14 June 2011 - 09:53 PM, said:

The version v0.2.0 is out!

See "Changelog" and "Done" sections for more information.

Awesome work! This is easily becoming one of my favorite texture packs. The grass in this version is excellent. The only texture I'm not really a fan of is the smooth stone. But even then, it's minor.

Great work