Mapping a desert and water-land

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

I'm having trouble in the game I'm working on right now. I need to map out a desert, a water-land, a cavern, and a chinese city. I'm pretty good at the city, and I have a system for making caves, I don't know how to do the other two, though. Could anyone help me out? I need the desert first, but the water-land is also important. By water-land, of course, I mean an underwater place. I...have no idea how to do that, or if it's even possible lol If not, what would be the best way to go about making an ocean-like map with land you have to go over? I know there are the bridges, but anything else?

[Joko 1]

you could make tiny semi islands like if underwater mountains where just barely sticking through? The bridges could also be connected to boat docks that are just floating in the ocean.

 

*edit* post a picture of what you're trying to get at so i can try to help you.

I'm not no expert but more then willing to help out in anyway i can.

Edited September 16, 2011 by Poopy Head

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

Well, I'm trying to make a version of this http://www.mariowiki.com/Muda_Kingdom Along with http://www.mariowiki.com/Birabuto_Kingdom - the desert. I have a tileset with Pyramids, I just need to know how to make a desert that could lead to the pyramid

[Joko 1]

I didn't really expect that but if you upload a picture of you attempting to make a desert i could give feeback on what to change and where... Give me a link to your tile set and i'll give it a go.

 

also you could watch these videos at the times i say to give examples of deserts.

 

this first one skip to about 4:58it has a sandstorm going on the whole time but is the only really deserty thing that comes to mind.

 

Youtube Video ->

 

 

 

also

 

Youtube Video ->Original Video

skip to about 6:58

what you could do if you go with a look kind of like this just without the tiles that move you like that is the walk down part have statues and in the center have a tiny piramid that's like normal caves/doors and when you walk into have you pyramid insides.

unless you want to build your huge pyramid. xD

 

*Edit* sorry for the bad typing i'm tired.

Edited September 16, 2011 by Poopy Head

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

Here's the tileset I'm using for the desert. It's the standard RMXP Desert Tileset with some egyptian stuff in it as well http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7636/egyptk.png