To be honest, I absolutely love the graphics in RSC, and continued onto RSCR. There are some things I would like to see updated tho, maybe you all feel the same or maybe not. But I wanted to start this little thread to at least start the discussion. By no means do I want to completely change the Classic and Nostalgic sprites we all know and love. But I do believe 17 years later, we can improve on some graphical type ideas and hopefully add content to our beloved game.
My First suggestion is a very basic one, that is the wood in-game, they are all one color.. Its not a terrible thing and its not a huge deal by any means but its a small change that might be really cool. I have made a couple different examples, one is just simply recolored, the other is a little bit of pixel editing with the recolors, please tell me what you think about this. I would love to extend this to the bows in-game and hopefully the animations shown on the characters.
Recolors
Reworked
*Reworked Keep Outer*
Which Maple Is better??
Bows with a reworked color scheme (2 Maples in the middle)
Based off Bow Grip Color
Suggested by BadBoy666
*More Subtle*
Bows With Grip Color Only
**RETEXTURED BOWS**
Regular Bow
Oak Bow
Willow Bow
Maple Bow
Yew Bow
Magic Bow
**So I was thinking today about another potential item that could add a lot of potential variables to the game, the Crossbow. I have a couple of ideas about this topic, the first being should it be craftable?, (all hypothetical talk btw this are just my thoughts about it), I can't entirely answer that question.. On one hand it would be awesome to see people with that upgraded weapon slot, but on the other hand.. that leaves no room for adventure, how it could be structured is the "limbs" of the crossbow are dropped by various mobs and then the Crossbow is able to be put together by a skilled fletcher, that I think is the most ideal way to structure the introduction of this "Improved" Item. I will also be adding upgraded bolts in a later edit, remember none of this is actually happening in-game, this is just to discuss and maybe produce some thought about what we could do as a community.
**Crossbow Mats**
**Bolts**
Variation #1
Variation #2(Feathers, have Bow Grip color resemblense)
**Cross Bows**
Bronze/Regular Shaft
Iron/Oak Shaft
Steel/Willow Shaft
Mithril/Maple Shaft
Adamantite/Yew Shaft
Runite/Magic Shaft
(No wood color is permanent, simply prototypes, I believe the colors should be selected entirely by those who enjoy the game, if there is any color palate that people think should be used please suggest it that would be awesome.)
The Next thing I will be attempting is Herbs, I think the idea of unidentified herbs is absolutely brilliant, they should all look the same and remain the same color, however when you identify them, they then could have a different color, because you cleaned them off and identified them as such. What do you think about this idea?
Herbs
Based off herb mixed with Vial
Recolor
From left to right, Guam, Marrentill, Tarromin, Harralander, Rannar Weed, Irit, Advantoe, Kwarm, Candantine
Don't have high enough levels to get Dwarf Weed or Torstol any help in-game is greatly appreciated.
*Staffs*
Magic, Air, Earth, Fire, Water
***RETEXTURED STAFFS***
Air Staff
Earth Staff
Fire Staff
Water Staff
Magic Staff
**Other Suggestions**
Bald Head w/ Beard - Suggested by Kizl
***PROTOTYPE SECTION***
**Guthix Staff**
I noticed the Guthix Staff is a regular staff?? Can't have that, let me know if you think this should be expanded on!
**Dragon Longsword**
Let me know what you think about this Dragon Longsword(This is the animation you will see in your hand when equipped)
**Dragon Chainmail**
Let me know what you think about this Dragon Chainmail (This is the image you will see when its in your inventory.)
Hope to hear some feedback,
Thank you.