Pixel Skies
A downloadable asset pack
Pixel art skies with many different styles and colors. Designed more towards a NES style, although it also can be used in almost any pixel game which has a sky background in it.
Most of the backgrounds are connected from both sides so it can be looped perfectly with a parallax effect.
Just like in the pictures, there are some types of skies ready to use of different moments of the day cycle. Also, all the skies has a sharp and a blended variant, so you can choose them according your preferences.
It also includes some more pallettes in case you like more another color pallette, or even make your own color pallettes.
The pack also include the .psd files so you can easily adapt them to your liking.
Take a look at these examples of very known games to see how a nes style game may look using this backgrounds.
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oh wow these are stunning. and nostalgic!
i hope you dont mind a technical question, bc i am rather rubbish at colors - if i were to make moon phases, do you suggest a step over in hue or in reducing brightness? or both? to make the shadow. i know enough to simply keep the moonglow in place, but creating a shadow that still shows the moon's features means i'm moving the pixel colors over... somewhere. in the palette.
So glad you like it.
Answering your question, it depends on the pallete your are using. The more colors in your pallette, the more easy will be for lightning and shadowing; however i would recommend steping over your color pallete.
I share with you this example:
In both second and third row, i just reused the same colors that my pallette already have. (Of course, you can adapt it to your own pallette).
In the case i want, for example: the second row style but the shadow to be more darker. Beacuse that's the most "dark gray" that my pallette have, i would need to add that new color to my pallete and "reorganize my pallette".
Hope you find this answer helpful!
Regards.