Style updates topic

Started by namida, July 10, 2021, 09:44:43 PM

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namida

Please post in this topic any time you make an update to a style, or release a new style, that you would like added / updated in NeoLemmix's style manager. This may include re-posting if you believe an update request was overlooked.

Rules about posting
1. You must attach the style to your post, or link to another post where it is attached. Do not use a share link from cloud storage like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. (This is due to multiple cases in the past where link mixups or sync errors or some other reason, with such links, has lead to the wrong versions of styles getting into the Style Manager.) If a single style is too large to attach, PM me or ping me on Discord and we'll figure something out.
2. You must attach the entire style, not just the things that have changed.
3. If you're submitting multiple styles at once, you may do so in a single post, and may pack them together in a single ZIP (or RAR, 7z, etc) file. (Note that the wording here is "may", not "must". In particular, if you're submitting multiple styles at once and the combined size is too large, just split the styles across multiple posts.)
4. Posts in this topic will be purged from time to time. Do not rely on anything you post in this topic, staying here. Any posts that aren't to submit an update (or me notifying that updates have been accepted) are likely to be deleted immediately and without warning.
5. To avoid doubt, you do not need to be the author of the style to submit it. However, please do not submit a style if the author has explicitly said they do not want it to be submitted.

Rules regarding the content of styles
1. Submitted styles must follow the typical style naming conventions. This means: The style's name should be all-lowercase, and should contain only letters, numbers and underscores. The style name should start with your username (or an abbreviation thereof), followed by a single underscore, followed by the style's actual name. (For example - the Tree style by myself is named "namida_tree".) If the style is a videogame rip, you may (but don't have to) use the name of the game/series it's from (or an abbreviation thereof) instead of your username in the style name.
2. The names of folders, and of any metainfo files with fixed filenames (eg. alias.nxmi), must also be all-lowercase. (No, this does not matter on Windows, but it may matter for people who are using emulators or emulator-like software on other OSes.)
3. Your style must actually be a style, and not just a collection of images. This rule will be handled with a "duck test" / "I know it when I see it" type approach as this really is one of those things that's hard to explicitly define, but easy to identify when actually seen; but in particular a red flag would be whole-level-as-one-piece type images (especially if there's many of them, and even more so if the only style / all styles you've submitted are like that) that are incomplete (eg. non-transparent background, need to mix with normal pieces to produce a useful result) or contain many unnecesserially large elements. There will be a lower tolerance here when the images are AI generated.
4. To avoid doubt, the use of AI is permitted provided that what you've produced using it is a style, and not just a collection of AI images.
5. I may at my discretion refuse a style even if it follows all of these rules, for example if I feel that the style is particularly low-effort and/or it is patently offensive. (Cartoonish gore / violence, or curse words, will not be considered "offensive".)
(6. It is recommended but not required that all your piece names are all-lowercase and contain only letters, numbers and underscores.)
My projects
2D Lemmings: NeoLemmix (engine) | Lemmings Plus Series (level packs) | Doomsday Lemmings (level pack)
3D Lemmings: Loap (engine) | L3DEdit (level / graphics editor) | L3DUtils (replay / etc utility) | Lemmings Plus 3D (level pack)
Non-Lemmings: Commander Keen: Galaxy Reimagined (a Commander Keen fangame)

92Dexter11

Hi, I have an update to dex_circuit. Let me know if there are any issues.  :thumbsup:

namida

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Updated to here.

@92Dexter11: I have fixed it myself this time, but please note that the correct names for the terrain/object/etc folders are all lowercase. You had them instead starting with an uppercase letter. This doesn't matter on Windows, but might make your style not work correctly for people playing on Linux or Mac via "emulators" (and even more so, could be a concern for future ports/clones or associated tools that can natively run on those OSes).

I have also in general rewritten the topic's rules. Nothing is actually new (aside from clarifying the above regarding names); they've just been rewritten to (hopefully) be more clear - in particular, to be clearer on what exactly the stance on AI is (and to clarify that the prohibition on "image gallery" type styles would still apply even if the images weren't AI generated but otherwise ticked all the same boxes that made those styles an issue) - as well as putting a few unwritten but widely-abided-by rules into writing.
My projects
2D Lemmings: NeoLemmix (engine) | Lemmings Plus Series (level packs) | Doomsday Lemmings (level pack)
3D Lemmings: Loap (engine) | L3DEdit (level / graphics editor) | L3DUtils (replay / etc utility) | Lemmings Plus 3D (level pack)
Non-Lemmings: Commander Keen: Galaxy Reimagined (a Commander Keen fangame)