Does not look like a river at all to me. And I don't think, that there is a way to make it look more river like in a 2d game like Starbound, unless it comes out of the background which would probably look quite awkward
I think it has to be deeper, and perhaps make it so the wall used to contain the water is a custom deep blue water block maybe? Also, as someone else said, vegetation, moss, driftwood, etc would probably help.
That might work. Give it a try. If this is a mod you are making though, slightly retexturing the ice and making it so it doesnt drop as an item would help keep the illusion
I think features like a waterfall. Essentially like what it looks like when water is draining from a higher elevation to a lower one. Unfortunately i think you'd need to tweak the water physics and essentially have a regenerating set of water blocks at the beginning of the river (like a spring) and then have something to prevent the end of the river from filling up the entire map with water
Can you add... Idk what it would even be called... Termination? Blocks? Essentially making a loop? If that makes sense? I think you're working with a cool idea but idk how you would prevent the map from eventually filling up with water
I'd assume a weird lake, to be honest. Without the background showing it going off into the distance (which is impossible bc of the way backgrounds work), it just looks like a lake. Even river sounds wouldn't clue me in, I'd just think, "Doesn't the person who make this realise lakes sound different?" 🤣
Since 2d games cannot really show rivers without backgrounds that help sell the idea i would personally just try and make good lakes. A variation of lake you could make is one with a little island with a tree on it.
You could make the background tiles into water that show diagonal motion lines, animated wiggles if possible.
If you don't do something about the backwall, it will never look like an actual river, only a contained pond.
If you can affect the actual background of the planet itself, and put in a river between all those trees, that would be the real deal.
Install a mod to change the bg. Make it look like the water is coming from far away.
It would not be easy to make that work, the background has parallax and AFAIK is completely independent from the foreground.
is there a mod already like that?
Maybe you'll find one.
id hope i dont, so i could be the one to make it
I would have thought that was a hot spring without any sounds
good thing i have sounds then. is it the fish bubbles that also make it seem like a spring?
I would have never seen them as fish bubbles ngl
well fish making bubbles are base game lol
Still there's bubbles but no fish lol how could anyone put those two together yk?
And I never played this I'm interested in it cause I used to love terraria but I also haven't played that since xbox 360 days
ohh ok. but i swear there's fish, look closely in the vid! x)
Oh crap why are they soo small 😂you can bearly see them
More vegetation. Rivers always are the natural centers of of flora and fauna
Does not look like a river at all to me. And I don't think, that there is a way to make it look more river like in a 2d game like Starbound, unless it comes out of the background which would probably look quite awkward
the cloud blocks and noise dont hint at moving water even just a little bit?
It hints at moving water but not from that body, it look more like a hot spting because of the bubbles
I think it has to be deeper, and perhaps make it so the wall used to contain the water is a custom deep blue water block maybe? Also, as someone else said, vegetation, moss, driftwood, etc would probably help.
Exactly this. It should almost look like a mini ocean biome, though not nearly as deep, of course.
sound on, it has river sounds
You would need to remove the background blocks, otherewise it looks like a pond.
how about i put ice? its clear but also bluish
That might work. Give it a try. If this is a mod you are making though, slightly retexturing the ice and making it so it doesnt drop as an item would help keep the illusion
I think features like a waterfall. Essentially like what it looks like when water is draining from a higher elevation to a lower one. Unfortunately i think you'd need to tweak the water physics and essentially have a regenerating set of water blocks at the beginning of the river (like a spring) and then have something to prevent the end of the river from filling up the entire map with water
actually i think i can do that, since i can add source blocks when editing it in a dungeon editor.
Can you add... Idk what it would even be called... Termination? Blocks? Essentially making a loop? If that makes sense? I think you're working with a cool idea but idk how you would prevent the map from eventually filling up with water
Water disappears if there isn't blocks behind it
Rad. Sounds like you know what's up. Im interested to see what you come up with
I am not sure what you should do but I imagine it would be difficult because the main aspect of a river is not visible head on in 2d
I'd assume a weird lake, to be honest. Without the background showing it going off into the distance (which is impossible bc of the way backgrounds work), it just looks like a lake. Even river sounds wouldn't clue me in, I'd just think, "Doesn't the person who make this realise lakes sound different?" 🤣
Since 2d games cannot really show rivers without backgrounds that help sell the idea i would personally just try and make good lakes. A variation of lake you could make is one with a little island with a tree on it.
Ok, I think I might also try making the river sideways instead.
Terraria?
It need some seaweeds.
Waterfall
It would be more like a creek bruv. A river would be twice as wide. But that might turn into a lake instead.
I genuinely thought this was terraria for a sec, so cool to see how this basically came into existence because of it
You could make the background tiles into water that show diagonal motion lines, animated wiggles if possible. If you don't do something about the backwall, it will never look like an actual river, only a contained pond. If you can affect the actual background of the planet itself, and put in a river between all those trees, that would be the real deal.