Background Blitz: The Bridge 2-15 Feb: Winner Announcement

scourge · Thu 02/02/2006 19:35:29

Okay, here is the topic (i went far back in background blitz history but couldn't find something like this_.

Topic: The Bridge

Colours: 256

Res: 320x200 OR 320x240

That's it, do what you want with it.

inspiration ...

Voting: (thanks to Loominous for the system)
Voting will take place on the 16th and 17th of February. Please give one vote in each of the following categories:

* Best Idea - The underlying idea to the background. Doesn't neccesserily 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.

* Best Design - The style of the picture, architectural, landscape design, best mood, most evocative etc.

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

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

Venus · Thu 02/02/2006 22:10:09

Why did you change the topic? I already started working on a forest...

MarVelo · Thu 02/02/2006 22:33:48

I'd like to know what that image is from???

scourge · Fri 03/02/2006 00:16:40

Quote from: Venus on Thu 02/02/2006 22:10:09
Why did you change the topic? I already started working on a forest...

sorry about that, but there was already an 'enchanted forest' in a previous background blitz. I had this guilty feeling someone might have already started on the forest ... sorryÃ,Â 8) I viewed at previous comps too late

I can't remember where i got it ... hmmm, long time ago.

theatrx · Fri 03/02/2006 05:49:43

I'm sorry. I'm new to this. What are we supposed to do again? I did a search but nothing came up.

Gilbert · Fri 03/02/2006 05:53:39

Draw a background (following the rules), that's it.

Snarky · Fri 03/02/2006 15:19:33

What happened to the thread for the previous Blitz? I thought I'd link to it to let theatrx see, but it doesn't appear on the board any more.

Ashen · Fri 03/02/2006 15:25:56

Previous Blitz
You can get to it through Darth's previous posts (or anyone's that posted in it, obviously), but for some reason it's not on the board. Same thing happened with the coding comp I hosted before Christmas..

strazer · Fri 03/02/2006 15:38:27

For some reason both of them are the very end, the last page of the Competitions and Activities board.

Mordalles · Fri 03/02/2006 21:06:08

and funnily enough, both of them were won by buloght!

. . .

suspicious . . .

Sam. · Fri 03/02/2006 22:21:13

my feeble entry. i had much fun making this.

Its called "under the bridge".

This is where Old Man McGee Lives, he was kicked out of the hostel, and now has to live here. Alone.

Mordalles · Sun 05/02/2006 00:03:04

i did this pic for a game im busy with. although, the pic is far from finished. but i wont be working on it for quite while, so i'll enter what I have now.

it's just a normal background pic, so no big idea behind it. and the water bothers me immensely.

2x

Gilbert · Sun 05/02/2006 04:48:12

Quote from: strazer on Fri 03/02/2006 15:38:27
For some reason both of them are the very end, the last page of the Competitions and Activities board.

But hey, if you guys just want to locate the more recent activities, why not just use the Hall of Fame ? $:-\$

Mr. Mozzarella · Sun 05/02/2006 22:21:35

Quote from: Zooty on Fri 03/02/2006 22:21:13
my feeble entry. i had much fun making this.

Its called "under the bridge".

This is where Old Man McGee Lives, he was kicked out of the hostel, and now has to live here. Alone.

this was my first idea ... now I have to think of somthing else :

DanClarke · Sun 05/02/2006 23:44:33

I was going to colour it but decided on a tonal piece instead. About 45 minutes in total.

ildu · Mon 06/02/2006 00:04:59

Oh my god. That's it for me. But what's the tent-shaped thing in the background?

DanClarke · Mon 06/02/2006 00:16:24

Quote from: ildu on Mon 06/02/2006 00:04:59
Oh my god. That's it for me. But what's the tent-shaped thing in the background?

Thanks

it's a ship.

scourge · Mon 06/02/2006 01:20:29

Zooty, great work! Love the idea.

Looks awesome Mordy!

Dan, That's really good! But you must colour it, it's very sketchy and concept artyÃ,Â

I'd love to see something like that finished!

More ENTRIES!!

Sektor 13 · Mon 06/02/2006 18:02:17

Cave bridge.... i just draw it for my new game and competition

scourge · Mon 06/02/2006 20:07:41

Quote from: ildu on Mon 06/02/2006 00:04:59
Oh my god. That's it for me. But what's the tent-shaped thing in the background?

ildu: you are the most active member in the background blitzes without entering?? When will you honour us with an idlu masterpiece??

sektor 13: that's brilliant, of course.

ildu · Mon 06/02/2006 23:05:01

Quote from: buloght on Mon 06/02/2006 20:07:41ildu: you are the most active member in the background blitzes without entering?? When will you honour us with an idlu masterpiece??

Well, usually I do start them, but they always become too ambitious a task and they're left undone. But the good thing is I've been able to implement one or two of them in my projects. I began sketching for this one as well, but it was overrun by another inspiration (which actually proved to be quite a good thing

). I'll be announcing my game soon, so you'll see something then

. Needless to say, I love the blitzes whether I enter or not.

biothlebop · Thu 09/02/2006 18:52:01

You are standing on the bridge-like construction outside the service entrance of the crab-people's palace.
Sadly you do not have the time to admire the view or the gorge below you since you have to flee for your life. Next time you might think twice before poking a crab with a crown on it's head in the eye.
>

Mordalles · Thu 09/02/2006 19:41:54

whoever is going to win this comp (im looking at you, sektor and danclarke), please host a "Paintover Monkey Island 1 background".

that way we have a whole monkey island 1 remake, thx to buloght's sprites.
it could work. think about it. hehe.

Revan · Tue 14/02/2006 17:06:26

here you go.....

vict0r · Tue 14/02/2006 19:32:31

lens flare!

scourge · Tue 14/02/2006 19:53:39

Cool, more entries! Thanks guys

Looks awesome!

About 1 more day to go.

Totoro · Tue 14/02/2006 20:49:17

Sam. · Tue 14/02/2006 20:57:05

Quote from: Mordalles on Thu 09/02/2006 19:41:54
whoever is going to win this comp (I'm looking at you, sektor and danclarke), please host a "Paintover Monkey Island 1 background".

that way we have a whole monkey island 1 remake, thanks to buloght's sprites.
it could work. think about it. hehe.

jipped!

LilBlueSmurf · Wed 15/02/2006 05:22:29

Eh, kind of a quicky, but turned out better than I thought

scourge · Wed 15/02/2006 08:41:27

quicky = how many hours?

Nice work!!

Revan · Wed 15/02/2006 10:14:26

Quote from: vict0r on Tue 14/02/2006 19:32:31
lens flare!

yeah..... just drew it in.......

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 15/02/2006 10:43:18

Totoro - 'twould be an intriguing game that would use that image as a background!

Totoro · Wed 15/02/2006 11:46:51

Thanks

I thought about a game where you play something really small, for example a bacteria,virus or some microorganism who is responsible for cold and flu - and of course it wants to take the bridge from one human organism to the other

LilBlueSmurf · Wed 15/02/2006 21:21:43

Quote from: buloght on Wed 15/02/2006 08:41:27
quicky = how many hours?

Just over an hour, I cheated on the clouds with a filter for the base.Ã,Â Lots of stuff in there was done in quick ways rather than 'painting' or pixel by pixel.Ã,Â Examples: Ropes = Lines with noise filter, bridge=basic shape, with quick strokes of color in the general direction of the boards, then a couple quick erase strokes for missing boards.Ã,Â And like I said, it turned out better than I expected

Edit: (Someone asked so...) Grass=green+noise filter+"chicken scratch", Water=Gradient+Noise+motion blur+painted details, Yes, bridges are mirrored, Path=brown+noise+painted details, Cliffs=Painted rough+edge enhance+dup layer edge traced and overlayed+painted details. Think that was all.

scourge · Wed 15/02/2006 22:36:13

Well it's marvelous stuff lilbluesmurf!

I won't be around for midnight, but you guys can vote as soon as the clock strikes 12

biothlebop · Wed 15/02/2006 23:33:13

freaked out. I looked at that picture and saw drowning people, trying to pull themselves out of the waves.

scourge · Thu 16/02/2006 09:04:48

voting open

Nikolas · Thu 16/02/2006 11:19:30

Best Idea - Tottoro of course! Brilliant

Best Design - Dan Clarke! The house, the road and the little bridge. Innovation and a great idea and design.

Best Functionality - Sektor 13. Brilliant. The entrance, the exit and bridge. No scaling really neede, so just perfect for me.

Best Technique - Littlebulesmurf. Not only he/she (no time to look at the profile) provided the BGs but gaves as a thorough explanation of what he/she did.

Kinoko · Thu 16/02/2006 11:32:50

EDIT: Whoops, I can't read. Okay, seperate catagories, eh?

Best Idea - I agree, Tottoro.

Best Design - I vote for Biothlebop... I love gloopy, stringy looking rock, and the colours are interesting.

Best Functionality - Sektor, I think... like Nik said, no scaling needed and it's all very clear.

Best Technique - I'm not sure if I'm judging the right thing, but again, biothlebop. I love the technique he used for the bridge as well as the mountains in the background.

scourge · Thu 16/02/2006 11:36:20

kinoko, i assume you vote for him in every category?

Kinoko · Thu 16/02/2006 11:38:08

I corrected myself

Corey · Thu 16/02/2006 15:07:13

Quote from: Nikolas on Thu 16/02/2006 11:19:30
Best Idea - Tottoro of course! Brilliant

Best Design - Dan Clarke! The house, the road and the little bridge. Innovation and a great idea and design.

Best Functionality - Sektor 13. Brilliant. The entrance, the exit and bridge. No scaling really neede, so just perfect for me.

Best Technique - Littlebulesmurf. Not only he/she (no time to look at the profile) provided the BGs but gaves as a thorough explanation of what he/she did.

same...

Mordalles · Thu 16/02/2006 19:26:53

Best Idea - Sektor 13

Best Design - Sektor 13

Best Functionality - Sektor 13

Best Technique - Sektor 13

really just an magnificent background all round.

Afflict · Thu 16/02/2006 19:46:17

Best Idea - Dan Clarke

Best Design - Dan Clarke

Best Functionality - Sektor 13

Best Technique - Littlebluesmurf

Really impressed with Dan Clarke, very interesting design too!
Sector 13 great pic
And of course Littlebluesmurf with that great explenation and BG.

Totoro · Fri 17/02/2006 10:42:03

Of course I just adore that background with the two women and the bridge between their nose... but wait, that's my backrground

So here is the official Totoro-voting:

Best Idea: biothlebob
Best Desing: Mordalles... I like that red atmosphere, it's spooky.
Best Functionality: Mordalles
Best Technique - Sektor 13

gameboy · Fri 17/02/2006 11:51:24

Best idea: Sektor 13
Best design: Lilbluesmurf
Best Funcionality: Sektor 13
Best technique: Sektor 13

ildu · Fri 17/02/2006 12:49:04

Best Idea - The award goes to DanClarke. There weren't so many unique ideas in this blitz and I didn't want to give the credit straight to the craziest one (Totoro

), so I chose Dan's image. It portrays a different style of a bridge in a playful and appealing manner.

Best Design - This goes straight to DanClarke. What can I say? Although it's not in a finished state, it still oozes great design. Very moody and pretty.

Best Functionality - Going to Sektor 13. Sektor's image was one of the few backgrounds that could be identified directly as adventure game backgrounds. Very functional, but a little too dark.

Best Technique - The winner is LilBlueSmurf. This looks like a unique technique and the end-result looks great. I'd like to see a larger version of this, or even a whole game with the same style

.

scourge · Fri 17/02/2006 23:48:10

OK, after voting

Best Idea winner: totoro
Best Design winner: DanClarke
Best Functionality winner: Sektor 13
Best Technique winner: lilbluesmurf

OVERALL WINNER: Sektor 13 with 13 votes

...
second DanClarke with 6 votes

Please host a new one Sektor

ildu · Sat 18/02/2006 03:06:09

So was the next one supposed to be the SMI remake background blitz? Anyways, I'd rather Sektor chose whatever he wants to for the theme.

Sektor 13 · Sat 18/02/2006 08:28:40

Huhu thanks, wasn't sure i would win as some great backgrounds were presented.

Well I know that Mordalles wanted MI "background remake" for the next competition.
I already noticed that new thread was opened (after Mordalless post) for MI style background, so i don't see the point making another one. Hope there are no hard fillings.

Thanks again for votings...

I will start the new thread as soon as i check old ones..

Sektor 13 · Sat 18/02/2006 08:48:02

PLEASE READ BELOW:

While i was trying to make a new competition I found out that my picture didn't comply with the criteria, i have more than 256 colors, i decreased colorst to 256 now, but still, my picture didn't fit the rules so i think it should be disqualified !?

in 256 colors:

mwahahaha · Sat 18/02/2006 09:10:45

You won, so why the hell would you bring that up? It doesn't really matter I wouldn't think.

Bartimaeus · Sat 18/02/2006 09:22:04

I wouldn't worry about it man, congratulations on the win.

scourge · Sat 18/02/2006 09:33:11

I think Mordy was joking, you can choose whatever you want, sektor. You won and you deserved it, now start a new one

Sektor 13 · Sat 18/02/2006 09:55:24

ok, thanks.

Background Blitz: The Bridge 2-15 Feb: Winner Announcement

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