Create a background for a game that takes place in an extraterrestrial world. Include at least one distinctive feature to convince the viewer that this place is not Earth. It can be anything: fauna, flora, terrain formations, weather conditions, architecture or even different laws of physics if you can find a way to depict them.
Examples, references, inspirations:
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alien-world.png)
Trophies:
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-gold.png)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-silver.png)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-bronze.png)
Nice theme there, Kastchey, I think I'll be joining. ;)
Can't say I'm surprised that this kind of topic has caught your interest, Dual :)
Thanks and good luck with your entry!
Couldn't resist this one.
I give you:
FLOATY ROCKS
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m240/overcastproductions/BG_Blitz_AlienWorld.png)
First entry, great!
Also, updated the main thread with trophies.
Happy that the forums were back, I've decided to participate in the current blitz, and, given the theme, I thought I'd start by drawing some random squiggly lines and work from that. Word of advice - don't ever do that. :D
It took a while to make it into something at least relatively cohesive, but I'm happy I gave it a try - so here's my Alien world thingy:
(http://i.imgur.com/Liko4.jpg)
Looks like the squiggly line method worked out pretty well. :=
Just a little something entitled:
LANDING IS NOT AN OPTION
(http://www.castironmuse.com/shared/no-landing.jpg)
- Cogliostro
(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6008/alienworld4.png)
I'm not much of a background artist ... but here's my try.
Whoohoo, four entries!
Thanks for participating, everyone.
Does anyone need an extension? Dualnames?
I'm gonna try to whip up something today, if everyone is okay with that. Just give me 6 hours from this post.
Sure thing.
Definitely not the best entry. I wanted to spend some time on the tree, which means actually drawing it, but well, here goes, mostly photomanipulation.
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/JustLedZep/1-33.png)
In case it's not obvious there are two planets.
Awesome, thanks for the entry :)
If anyone else would like to post a last minute entry, I'll keep the competition open until tomorrow around this hour.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/331/4/8/planet_cash_by_oraxon-d4hif7o.jpg)
The intergalactic bankers who used this extremely remote outpost have been gone for 200 million years. Recent explorers nicknamed it "Planet Cash".
We have a total of six entries, thanks everyone for participating!
Voting categories as usual:
Idea:
Atmosphere:
Design:
Composition:
Functionality:
Technique:
Voting ends December 2nd, again around this hour.
Idea: Cogliostro
Atmosphere: Dualnames
Design: Cogliostro
Composition: Dualnames
Functionality: Ilyich
Technique: Ilyich
Idea: Derrick Freeland - it's a bit hard to read the idea here without the title, but it's definitely there and it's not just an Earth landscape with some extra moons thrown in. :)
Atmosphere: Dualnames - although it barely qualifies as an alien landscape (yeah, I know, 2 planets :D) or as a game backround ;), it's still beautiful and very atmospheric.
Design: oraxon - clever use of coin stacks as elements of the landscape. I only wish there would've been more of an aerial perspective going on.
Composition: Dualnames - simple, but precise and well defined composition.
Functionality: Cogliostro - it may not be a playable background, but it will surely make a very good cutscene.
Technique: Dualnames - because it's pretty :)
Idea: Derrick Freeland - Though I believe there could be a better expand to your idea, I think regardless, it's the least abstract of all the others, oraxon being second close.
Atmosphere: Ilyich - I just love that background
Design: oraxon - The whole coin stack deal, gave me a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy vibe, and kudos just for that.
Composition: DrewCCU - Despite I don't like the blue part of the picture, I really love the rest of it. Even if most likely that's just a randomly drawn thingie.
Functionality: Ilyich - Not sure who could draw a character there, most likely you, but I can see that scene work easily with a nice fishy-like character.
Technique: oraxon - Well, i believe any of the entrants could fit there, but oraxon has always surprised me with his entries, varying a lot in terms of how they were built.
Idea: Derrick Freeland - I simulateously see an alien landscape and a bad acid trip.
Atmosphere: Dualnames - You feel the chill in the air.
Design: Ilyich - Chaos evolves into order.
Composition: DrewCCU - I see the storm passing and the Fremen coming out, so Stilgar can chat with Paul Atreides - Assuming composition is is defined as: the background that does the most storytelling.
Functionality: Ilyich - Characters can *do* something in this room, the rest of us drew pretty pictures.
Technique: Ilyich - You started with random squiggles!
- Cogliostro
Idea: oraxon
Atmosphere: Dualnames
Design: DrewCCU
Composition: oraxon
Functionality: Ilyich
Technique: Ilyich
Idea: oraxon
Atmosphere: Ilyich
Design: Ilyich
Composition: Ilyich
Functionality: oraxon
Technique: Dualnames
Cogliostro ***
Dualnames ********
Ilyich ************
Derrick Freeland ***
oraxon *******
DrewCCU ***
Thanks for voting everyone!
Ilyich wins this: (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-gold.png), congratulations and happy hosting :)
Dualnames wins this: (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-silver.png),
aaand oraxon wins this: (http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/Kastchey/alienworld-bronze.png).
Thank you very much for participating guys, and for all six inspiring, atmospheric entries. Keep the spirit up, join the next competition! ;)
Yay, thanks! Nice trophies! :)
I'll try to start a new one soon.
Congrats Ilyich and everyone else.