Re: [pygame] Free Graphic Tileset / Automatic Use of "Coast" Tiles

[Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Schnee wrote:
> What if I assumed that "sand" in slot (1.0,1.0) 
> meant that there was sand at _that exact point_?

That's an equivalent way of thinking about it. Use
whichever works best for you.

> the Circle tileset includes only whole-tile, fade-to-north, 
> fade-to-east, and fade-to-northeast corners as standard, with an 
> irregular supply of concave pieces

Sounds like you're meant to use mirroring to generate
the rest of the orientations.

> fill in the gaps 
> automatically using pygame.transform.

Another possibility would be not to use tiles at all,
but render the landscape with OpenGL and blend between
different textures. As a bonus, you'd have a head start
on the 3D version of your game. :-)

--
Greg