Background Blitz - Jan 10th until Jan 24th

Started by raddicks, Sat 10/01/2009 11:27:42

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raddicks

Sorry about the late start,

Theme: Sci-fi meets history!

the world of science has advanced so rapidly yet the world is still living in the past. Make of it what you will, neo-victorian, steampunk, or something else!


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Voting starts 24th Jan 2009, unless more time is requested.
The voting will be done in these categories:

Idea - The underlying idea to the background. Doesn't
necessarily have to coincide perfectly with the theme of the
week, just strike you as interesting/amusing/inspiring; a place
you'd really enjoy visiting within a game.

Atmosphere - How well the image manages to evoke a certain feeling or mood.

Design - How well the elements in the image are designed,
such as landscapes, buildings, decorations, clouds, doorknobs,
etc.

Composition - How well the elements in the image work
together/are positioned in relation to each other.

Functionality - How well it would work when adding sprites,
including appropriate walking distances, a good angle for
character sprites, clever walkway solutions, easily understood
exits, etc.

Technique - How well the ideas are executed in form of
rendering.


All the best!

Jakerpot

Dont it have a colour limit? Frame size?



raddicks

Quote from: jakerpot on Mon 12/01/2009 01:36:30
Dont it have a colour limit? Frame size?

It can be lo-res or hi-res, no colour limit.

Tuomas

Sounds like my kind of woman ;)

Wait, we're talking backgrounds here?

raddicks

Quote from: Tuomas on Tue 13/01/2009 18:04:09
Sounds like my kind of woman ;)

Wait, we're talking backgrounds here?

careful, we don't get to pixellated do we?

InCreator

Quote...easily understood exits...
QuoteSounds like my kind of woman ;)

Akatosh

Just in case somebody's starving for inspiration, there are some French postcards from 1910 trying to predict what the year 2000 would be like... although there guesses weren't exactly accurate (apart from maybe the motorcycles, cranes, and rollerblades).

space boy

#7
Quote from: Akatosh on Sat 17/01/2009 15:35:22
although there guesses weren't exactly accurate (apart from maybe the motorcycles, cranes, and rollerblades).

Are you kidding? They predicted videophoning!
http://expositions.bnf.fr/utopie/grand/3_95b2.htm

Snarky

The videophone was actually predicted by Albert Robida back in 1883 (he called it the telephonoscope). Not that a lot of people actually use videophones even today.

raddicks

very interesting concept, the gun bikes!

Heres a short tutorial if anyone's stuck for doing gimmicky details

http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/diy_steampunk/

Akatosh

Quote from: space boy on Sat 17/01/2009 15:44:21
Quote from: Akatosh on Sat 17/01/2009 15:35:22
although there guesses weren't exactly accurate (apart from maybe the motorcycles, cranes, and rollerblades).

Are you kidding? They predicted videophoning!
http://expositions.bnf.fr/utopie/grand/3_95b2.htm

Oh, that's a videophone? I though they were recording sound for a movie or something...  :-[

cat


ThreeOhFour

A quick, crappy entry I made out of boredom:



The tribe shaman performing the daily boot up ritual in front of the all knowing oracle.

6 colours, for those who get excited about that sort of thing.

raddicks

great entries so far!

Is there anymore coming? would anyone need an extension?

bog

#14
here it is, my flintstones thing:


bog

don't wait for me, i already posted mine 2 days ago by editing my post


ALPHATT



Idea - cat

Atmosphere - cat

Design - bog

Composition - Ben

Functionality - Ben

Technique - Ben
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bog

Idea - cat

Atmosphere - Ben

Design - Ben

Composition - Ben

Functionality - Ben

Technique - Ben

raddicks

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