Background Blitz: panoramic scenery (OPEN)

[Creamy]

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Do you feel like spicing up your game and adding some motion?
Why not try a panoramic shot?
You can even make it loopable for a full 360° effect.







This month, we want you to show us a room that's been designed with panning in head.
It can be anything from a ride in car to a first-person perspective view.
Any picture meant to be used with the panorama module is fine too.
And it doesn't have to be horizontal panning.

Deadline: April 30th

Entries will be judged on the usual suspects:
- Concept: Is it a creative interpretation of the theme that also tells us something about the world in which it takes place.
- Playability: Does it have clear walkable areas, things to interact with, etc?
- Artistic Execution: How well was the chosen style executed? - What's the feeling of the place? - Does the image convey the wanted atmosphere?

Off to work!

[ildu]

Awesome – great topic! Gonna try and enter this one. Already getting some ideas... .

[brushfe]

I've never done an AGS challenge before, but I'll definitely try to enter! It's a fantastic idea!

[Misj']

Oh great...scrolling-backgrounds. It's like drawing multiple images for the price of one.

Well, at least I do have an idea that I really want to try and is completely different from the last scrolling background I did.

[Creamy]

Oh great...scrolling-backgrounds. It's like drawing multiple images for the price of one.

I had second thoughts about this topic for this very reason. But I went for it anyway because panoramic backgrounds are awesome.

And I know that you will not say the contrary.

[brushfe]

This is my first AGS contest submission and a sneak peek at my first AGS game... I'm still getting the hang of Dee Dee Murray's art style, but I appreciate her work even more after trying to emulate it!

[Creamy]

Nice use of the EGA palette.

Color me intrigued about that first game.

[Misj']

@Creamy: My entry is moving along. But I already know I'm probably going to need an extra week to finish it. I'll try to hit the deadline, but might require an extension.

[ThreeOhFour]

This is my first AGS contest submission and a sneak peek at my first AGS game... I'm still getting the hang of Dee Dee Murray's art style, but I appreciate her work even more after trying to emulate it!

This is awesome.

[Creamy]

@Creamy: My entry is moving along. But I already know I'm probably going to need an extra week to finish it. I'll try to hit the deadline, but might require an extension.

I've added an extra week.

[Creamy]

Last day for submission tomorrow.

[brushfe]

Last day for submission tomorrow.

This is lovely! The perfect place to start an adventure. Perhaps that sailboat just arrived in the harbour, and with it, trouble...

And the composition is fantastic! Is there a place to see more of your art?

[Creamy]

Thanks, I drew it last week in situ. It should have been more panoramic and painted but I got lazy

I post some stuff on Deviantart from time to time.

[Misj']

Unfortunately I'm not the fastest illustrator; so I had to take my time.
An scrolling backgrounds are - well - bigger. But I'm out of time, and that means it's finished.
And here's my entry.



Story: You play as Nynke. A Frisian huntress. One day she returns from the hunt to find her village in flames with her only family (her sister) gone. So she sets out to save her. Later on the huntress finds out her sister was sold as a slave to the Shackled Queen. And what started out as a personal story might actually save the world.

I kinda envision this as a dark-fantasy/black-comedy. Hence the muted colors (but I also added a more vivid version for those interested).

Image 100%:

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Image 50% (vivid colors):

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Inspiration:

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I wanted to do something different. So rather than a scroll in X or Y I decided to scroll in Z while also zooming-out. Also, I kinda liked the top-down map from Conquest of Camelot:

So I ended up with both the entrance to and a top-view of the castle. And I had to connect these two. So to make my life a little bit easier (because I simply didn't have the time to do anything better) I decided to use the foliage from the trees to move to the forest and then to a view from above. I probably should have added an additional tree in the foreground to make the effect a bit clearer...but again, there was no way I was going to hit the original deadline with this idea (thank you Creamy for the extension) and I didn't have time to adjust the composition to make the second tree work.

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Ps. Our cat turns 20 years old this Saturday, so naturally he has to be in the image.

[heltenjon]

@Misj' With such great art, I wasn't expecting to find my favourite part in the written note. 

[brushfe]

@Misj' Stunning work! Your style is wonderfully unique. And this scene really makes you want to find a way into that castle!

And three cheers for Camelot