#tileworld

Renovating a small bathroom or a compact en-suite can feel challenging. When space is limited, every design choice matters. Fortunately, you don't need to knock down walls to make your bathroom feel bright, airy, and spacious—you just need to choose the right tiles.

If you are planning a layout refresh, here are three expert tiling secrets to visually expand a compact room.

1. Go Big with Large-Format Tiles

There is a common myth that small bathrooms require small tiles. In reality, using small mosaic or metro tiles creates a lot of grout lines, which can make a room look busy and cluttered. Opting for large-format porcelain tiles reduces the number of grout joints. This creates a clean, seamless surface that tricks the eye into seeing a much larger floor or wall area.

2. Embrace Light Colors and Gloss Finishes

Dark colors absorb light, making walls feel like they are closing in. To counter this, stick to a neutral palette of whites, creams, soft greys, or pastel tones. Choosing a gloss or polished finish on your walls is another excellent trick. The reflective surface acts like a mirror, bouncing natural light around the room to instantly boost brightness.

3. Use the Same Tile on the Floor and Walls

Visual breaks tell your brain exactly where a space ends. When you use one style of tile for the floor and a completely different one for the walls, you draw a harsh boundary line. By using the exact same tile—or a very closely matching color—on both the floor and the walls, you blend the transitions together. This creates an elegant, continuous flow that makes the entire room feel wider.

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Over the Xmas & New Year week I was able to get a lot of work done on the engine. Larger sprites such as trees are starting to work and combat is looking a lot better now (Just not visually but better in code and feel).

Had a few issues with the larger sprites being on the same Y axis and overlapping that I was having difficulty solving.   Thanks to a quick post on Reddit r/gamedev I was able to solve the issue by adding the X axis into the calculation. I seems obvious now but I spent a lot of hours thinking about it and just never clicked to also add the X axis into the calculation.

(pos.Y + pos.X/1000) / 1000 

Started work on combat for tileWorld.

At the moment it is very basic place holder combat system.

In this example the attack speed of the NPC is 2 seconds and a attack D8 is rolled, the player then rolls a D8 defense dice. defense value is deducted from the attack value if the result is 0 or less no damage is taken (a miss) else the result is deducted from the players HP.