Background Blitz - over. Winner: loominous

InCreator · Wed 21/09/2005 16:39:30

Drawing castles is quite fun, so this time, the BG blitz has

Theme:
Stronghold.
It should be as powerful and grand-looking as possible, looking as really unconquerable fortress. Not just some brick house with towers.

Size: 320x240 or larger

Restrictions: None!

Good luck!

IM NOT TEH SPAM · Wed 21/09/2005 17:18:03

Well, that was fast

My entry will be up in a minute
...Or as I'd like to call it, a Jiffy!

Corey · Thu 22/09/2005 14:46:26

This might be not so usefull as a BG... oh well it might as well be used for inspiration.
plz tell if its too dark.

InCreator · Thu 22/09/2005 19:03:31

This reminds me awfully much a level from Unreal Tournament...
But looks good!

Corey · Fri 23/09/2005 07:44:30

u are awfully right.. it is a screen od DM-Peak... thought im not joining the contest so it shouldnt matter

IM NOT TEH SPAM · Mon 26/09/2005 15:38:06

Here's one my brother made.

Sorry it took so long to put it up here... but oh well, whatever.

Corey · Mon 26/09/2005 17:51:34

hmmm who disurves to win. You or your bro??

IM NOT TEH SPAM · Mon 26/09/2005 17:56:50

He does. I knew that before i got here...
But he doesn't have an account on AGS, so I ask him to use his art and he says sure, as long as I credit him. So that's what I do.
He does all the artwork for me... or at least, all the artwork that looks presentable. Every good backround in the short game I'm making is his, and I still want to know how he made such a badass grass pattern...

ildu · Sat 01/10/2005 09:44:44

Wow. Voting starts tomorrow and there's only one entry by King_Nipper. And even that's not his own

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Tuomas · Sat 01/10/2005 10:11:24

Only one entry?!?!?! Now we cannot let that happen can we? last day, and I made itin too...

well now it's not dark because the dark chaotic forces retreated

Corey · Sat 01/10/2005 10:28:11

lol i think its dark because you didnt have enough time to color it better

IM NOT TEH SPAM · Sat 01/10/2005 16:46:09

This makes me sad. I only entered because I thought there would be more people...

Krysis · Sat 01/10/2005 17:07:03

Its never too late.

Corey · Sat 01/10/2005 17:22:33

its nice really only i think you can do much better thought

Ishmael · Sat 01/10/2005 18:05:35

Corey, sharing your opinions isn't bad in any sense, but your posting in here starts to seem like spamming to me...

Corey · Sat 01/10/2005 18:37:02

uhm why?? i just reply on the post in a normal way

Ishmael · Sat 01/10/2005 18:43:03

With about every second post being yours...

kec · Sat 01/10/2005 18:48:55

I dunno what to write

Traveler · Sat 01/10/2005 19:14:34

Here is my first competition entry:

loominous · Sun 02/10/2005 01:11:28

Horizontally flipped version, which has an interesting look (link)

A style experiment. The palette was inspired by "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", a movie with nice visuals, though not much else.

It turned out as a sort of mage fortress. I suppose the functionality as an ordinary background might be limited, especially after I added the left cloud which partially blocks a path leading upwards towards the plateau, but could work as an establishing shot for a cutscene or something.