2d Game Making > Where can someone get Free Tilesets?

Question

I have been scouring the internet for free tilesets that are open to you. I have found

1. http://lostgarden.com/ It does not seem very useful. There are a few things here and there, but overall not much to really make a game off of.

2. http://www.flyingyogi.com/fun/spritelib.html Spritelib is a little better it has some useful information, but is still the graphics are more in the 8bit variety.

3. http://reinerstileset.4players.de/ This is heavily stylized and its hard to have this match with any other free tile-sets available.

4. http://opengameart.org/ Check the licensing information before use, but it has things from all walks of life, including 3d.

All other sites I have found have just been rips from games and those are protected by a copyright and remain unusable. Right now I need simple objects to build the inside of buildings, but I have seem to have come up short in that area. I have plenty of things for outside of buildings, but nothing for in. I am hoping someone else has had this problem and has found a solution.

If not, I hope the information I have provided can help someone else in their conquest.

Answer 1

Recent TIGSource Assembly competition produced a lot of fine 2d sprities.

Answer 2

How about roguelike approach? If the content is good enough, someone will eventually contribute to your game with a 'graphical' tileset.

Nethack is a good example with Vulture's eye

Answer 3

You might find something useful here: http://www.molotov.nu/?page=graphics

Answer 4

not quite sure what type of look And feel you're going for but maybe look at microstock sites like istockphoto.com atleast there you get full copyright ownership for a few bucks per file.

edit: check out the vectors there not the photography

Answer 5

Some decent stuff here: http://opengameart.org/

Make sure you look at the licensing information though.

Answer 6

I know that this does not awnser your question directly, it is not a place for just downloading free stuff...

It is a forum instead, where people MAKE FOR FREE whatever you ask. Usually logo, but some may do sprite and tilesets too :)

http://nationofdesign.7forum.info/