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Pixel Art Normal Mapsby ~martyisnothere

Designs & Interfaces / Game Development Art / 3D Game Art / Environments & Props / Exterior

Inspired by Minecraft [link] I tried making some pixel art normal maps. The technique used to make every modern video game look wrinkly and warted, but repurposed for 3D pixel art. This would allow for dynamic lighting, such as the sun moving across the sky or the player walking around a mine while holding a torch.

If I spent some more time on making nicer looking blocks, I think this would be a very successful technique.

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~31883milesperhour Jun 14, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

simple and awesome.. pretty amazing that the NRMLs can maintain a bump at pixel res.. awesome

~Mercenary-Artist Nov 22, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Addition of normal maps would kill that game.
So many draw calls...

~martyisnothere Nov 22, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I can't speak to how the Minecraft engine actually works, but I don't believe that it would be necessary to consider each block as an individual object. With a texture atlas, nearly every triangle in the game could be put into a single buffer. Or whatever memory allows.

But I'm still a novice programmer, so I could be missing something obvious.