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You have no idea how long I've had this page's idea for. Specifically, the Dr. Viltigs bit. Seriously, like 6 years at least. Something small, but I'm very happy to finally have worked it into things.

Got a little faster with this tiny space, but at the same time I don't think it looks nearly as nice as the space plane interior. No matter, it's only for a couple pages. The prior pages had some background elements using my bumpmapped decals approach, but this one really lays them on. Tbh, I think the biggest issues is my inability to come up with an interest layout of them. They feel disjointed and poorly integrated into the space, for the most part. Except that entryway. I like that one.

The statue-like decals have a unique problem in that I couldn't find a satisfactory way to do interpolation of their pixels, leading to jagged height differences. Looks kinda like old voxel pics. This might be solvable by dividing up the figures into multiple, layered decals, giving each 'slice' a full 255 gradient range to grow height over. It would require a lot more coordination and a touch more setup, though. I still think I might be able to find a satisfactory means of runtime interpolation. I don't mind some jaggedness, as it kind of gives the feeling of a statue, but this is a little bit too much.