Sierra Template Background Contest - CLOSED!

Started by CaesarCub, Wed 28/06/2017 14:24:27

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CaesarCub

The Template Background Competition.
A.K.A. - Not the Background Blitz.

As some of you may know, we are making an updated Sierra Template for AGS.
We already have the icon bar and nu-Roger defined.

Now it's time to have a nice background, so Roger is not floating in the darkness of space.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/7Q5NLzR.png[/imgzoom]
Doesn't he look lonely there?

Your task is to create a nice background for our friend.

The specifications:

  • The background must be done for a 320x200 resolution.
  • Roger should fit in it without having to scale him up or down.
  • There is no thematic restriction, but Roger should not feel too out of place.
  • There is no color restriction

For reference here is one image of Roger:

[imgzoom]http://www.tulevik.eu/ags/roger_blue.png[/imgzoom]

Te deadline is July 24, so there is lots of time.
Please keep the specifications in mind, since this background will be used on the Sierra Template.

Winner: Selmiak

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/z8i22Q7.png[/imgzoom]


Nixxon

Nice! Can we do a scrolling background? Eg. 440x200?

selmiak

as long as roger doesn't look too out of place this should be no problem.


CaesarCub

I can't wait to see what great stuff you'll come up with guys :D

Mandle

Man, that template is sooooo cool!

With a neato background added I feel this new look alone should draw more people to the AGS engine!

lorenzo

I'm working on a background. I don't know how it's going to turn out, since I'm not very good at drawing low resolution stuff.
I love the new template, by the way!

Nixxon

@ Lorenzo. Damn! I thought I might have had a chance to win this one. There goes that idea... ;)

lorenzo

I made two backgrounds, because I wasn't happy with the first one and... I'm not really happy with the second one, either.
I don't know if it's allowed to have two entries in the same competition; if it's not, I'll remove one.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/OXLtqL4.png[/imgzoom]
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/zIhIJ5y.png[/imgzoom]

Nixxon: wait until you hear about my Advanced Pixel Art Techniqueâ,,¢, which consists of drawing a big picture and then resizing it to fit 320x200. Can't get any more advanced than that!
I hope you manage to make an entry, I'm curious to see what you come up with!

Nixxon

Jesus dude, they're gorgeous!! I particularly love the first one.

Bugger the technique... If the glove fits! Simply amazing.

I feel like scrapping my attempt altogether now lol. Well done sir.

CaesarCub

Nice entries Lorenzo!

Come on everyone! Let's have some more before the contest closes! ;-D

dactylopus

Those backgrounds are beautiful, lorenzo.  Nice work!

Mandle

Lorenzo... That first background... I need to play that game!

lorenzo

Nixxon: thanks! I wasn't sure about my backgrounds, so that's a relief. Now, go finish your entry before the 17th! ;)

CaesarCub, dactylopus: thank you! :)

Mandle: (laugh) If I ever make such a game, you'll be the first one to know! ;)

Danvzare

Quote from: lorenzo on Fri 14/07/2017 10:10:12
I don't know if it's allowed to have two entries in the same competition; if it's not, I'll remove one.
The more the merrier. :-D

By the way, I love that first background.
I really want to know what's behind that door as well.

selmiak

@lorenzo:
these 2 backgrounds are really cool, I like the first one better. Nice vibrant colors and an interesting scene that is easy to read, me likes! ;-D


but seriously, can we have an extension please? some 1-2 weeks maybe?! we have 2 entries by one person, come on, there can be more!

well, this is how far I got with my stuff and I have no time for painting this weekend and little time at the evenings through the week :P
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/euCxM9j.png[/imgzoom]

Nixxon

Oh well, here goes....

Could use some pixel tidying.

[imgzoom]http://mechanicalbat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sierratemp005.png[/imgzoom]

horusr

Nixxon: Wow that is good! Only problem with that is there is an issue with left road. Bottom line becomes top line and it is hypnotizing!

eri0o


Nixxon

@hirusr. Thanks mate, yes I think you are correct! There are a few compositional issues that I'm not entirely happy with. I need to discipline myself in the process of thoroughly planning out my scenes before I hit the colouring stages.

I might throw up a revision if I have time between now and the cutoff.

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