Creating a quality house plugin

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Hello, this is a guide on creating a graphically pleasing plugin.

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Every plugin should fit the style and palette. This will contain basic and advanced steps, feel free to skip some.


Basic Shapes
Start off by creating your building's basic shape. I already added grass lawn using Lobby's and Theo's texture. This fits most of the buildings.
Tip on shadows: Choose the leftmost wall color first. Look at darkness then. The rightmost wall should be 20% darker, while top - 15% lighter.
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Rooftops
Now, time for something that will make our house look like a house, a roof. I used dark chestnut for contrast. I also added a little dormer on the 2nd floor and a roofed porch below.
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Doors and Windows
Natural light is better, make sure to place some windows. I used 2D3F4F for that. I also incuded a white garage door and a chestnut main door.
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Details
Our house looks plastic. We would rather a concrete one, wouldn't we? Time to apply some slight noise to walls.
For roof, both noise and an 2-1-2-1 pattern. I've also added a driveway.
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Outdoors
The front yard doesn't look promising, does it? Some trees and plants would fit there for sure. Don't forget about security, add a tall and sturdy fence around! You can use ingame trees for this.
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Shadows
And, for the final and a very important step, add some shadows. I recommend 20% black.
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That's all for now, thanks for reading and feel free to ask :)
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Hello , i'm a French plugin creator from the beautiful Normandy Region :66:
I try to propose a large variety of quality plugins !
If you don't like my plugins , don't use them !
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That's cool and all but where are all the pickles?
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JustAnyone wrote: 10 Aug 2019, 20:15 That's cool and all but where are all the pickles?
Ahem*

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Thanks. Maybe they are having a party inside?
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You win this time.
I have more buildings that need lights muahahahaha
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JustAnyone wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 08:24 I have more buildings that need lights muahahahaha
pls no
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can you please provide this house in the plugin store. the house has become so beautiful. please please I also pay 60 diamonds. please I would like the house so much
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Andreas wrote: 18 Jul 2020, 22:10 can you please provide this house in the plugin store. the house has become so beautiful. please please I also pay 60 diamonds. please I would like the house so much
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I'm glad you like it :)
I might write some more graphic tutorials later, but I don't plan on releasing any of these examples. For now...
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What is the height of a story in TheoTown pixels?
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Between 7 and 8.
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where can I get the grass lawn texture you used in this tutorial?
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_Rock Fort_ wrote: 10 Aug 2019, 18:197isgut
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TanzaTheo wrote: 24 Mar 2026, 15:13
_Rock Fort_ wrote: 10 Aug 2019, 18:197isgut
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