BACKGROUND BLITZ - Where's Jeff? (TROPHYS AVAILABLE)

[Frikker]

VOTING EXTENDED TILL 25th JUNE
Ok so my computer is out of order for a few days thanks to technical failure and I can't figure out how to link images on my ipad so im afraid you will have to scroll the posts to see the entrys.

VOTING WILL BE IN THE CATEGORIES OF :

CONCEPT
PLAYABILITY
ARTISTIC EXCECUTION
WHO HID JEFF THE BEST AND GETS HALF HIS LOOT OR GOES MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE PROBABLY

We had three amazing entrys by Grok , SinSin and Mandle but who gets your votes and why?

Voting will end on midnight gmt time on the 25th

trophys to follow I promise

Ok so Ive put a bit of a twist on this months BACKGROUND BLITZ..... If its too ridiculous then shout up and ill change it to something a bit more normal. But I had an idea so im going with it......

I am happy to announce the new BACKGROUND BLITZ:

WHERE'S JEFF?

Jeff, the master criminal (and full time horse) has just done his biggest bank job yet, and is on the run. The cops are hot on his tail and he needs somewhere to hide quick!
Thats where you come in.... Jeff needs to hide in your game and if you keep him out of jail, he will of course share half his loot with you, or just tell you that and then kill you later...pfft, criminals eh?

So, in true Where's Wally style (Wheres Waldo in other countries) design a background that will hide Jeff, his bag'o'swag and his lucky potato from the rozzers. You should be able to save the sprites as .PNG and they will have transparent backgrounds.
          

The rules: you must include all three sprites in your background. you can change the colours of them to suit but nothing extreme. you can rotate, scale and do whatever you want as long as it is not clearly cheating. If pixel art isn't your style then you can redraw them yourself too. No painting Jeff black and hiding him in a shadow or making him one pixel wide or anything like that
You don't have to go for the typical Where's Wally idea with loads of people, just come up with the best idea you can to hide Jeff and his stuff.   

There will be the usual voting categories of CONCEPT, ARTISTIC EXECUTION and PLAYABILITY but I will introduce a fourth category for who you thought did the best job of hiding Jeff and his loot

The deadline is 11.59 pm GMT on the 14th June and the winners will be announced on the 18th

You get the idea. Now, I hear sirens , so get going!

AS PROMISED, HERE ARE THE TROPHYS FOR OUR WINNERS OF FIRST AND JOINT SECOND PLACE

       

[cat]

Awesome idea! Let's see if I can come up with something.

[Frikker]

That's great Cat I was worried that doing something a bit different would not go down too well.
Good luck with your entry and hopefully plenty others will give this a go

updated the deadline btw as I forgot to put it in, see above .

[Grok]

[Haggis]

Grok, that is superb! It took me so long to find Jake. I love the way you've managed to reflect how busy the scene is in your picture. Bustling like a bustle.

[Frikker]

Haha! Awesome Grok thanks for participating with a great entry.

Oh and Haggis... JEFF told me to tell you that your house is his next looting target, since you got his name wrong. Lock your doors and hide your potatoes.
Oh and your money.

[Mandle]

Took me a good while to find Jeff in Grok's picture too!

I love the picture as well. The signs' font made me wonder about the town's name though:

"Comic Sans Pedro"?

[Haggis]

Oh i found jeff really quickly, but it took me ages to find Jake. Jake is always hiding. He tells me all his secrets...

Haha, seriously how did i get that wrong, i even checked it before posting! I'll put out my finest carrots.

[Danvzare]

I found all three almost instantly.
Jeff was a little hard because he kind of blends in with the background (the other horses), but he wasn't too hard.

Definitely a really good entry.
I can't wait to see the other entries.

[Tournk]

Jeff was a little hard because he kind of blends in with the background (the other horses), but he wasn't too hard.

Yep, all horses look the same . But yea, he was kinda easy as I saw him first. Finding his bag'o'swag was harder.

And btw, awesome entry Grok.

[Grok]

Glad that ye all liked my little picture, folks. Hope to see a lot more.

@Mandle
We the people of the little village of Comic Sans Pedro take a great pride in our hand lettered signs. Our best work is on the tombstones in our cemetery though. Just saying.

[Frikker]

"Here lies Mandle, a foolish man, went and bad-mouthed Comic Sans" .........

[Mandle]

@ Grok & Frikker: Hehehe...Made my morning!

[Frikker]

Did it make your morning enough to inspire you to give Jeff a helping hand and make him a background to hide out in? There's either half a bag of loot or a deadly backstabbing in it for you if you try , and come on we already got your tombstone sorted in the event of the latter so what you got to lose?

Also , BREAKING NEWS : The cops' top sniffer dog, Sniffy McSnifferson has picked up a fresh scent of smelly horse-shoes and they are heading into Comic Sans Paulo to check it out. jeff needs somewhere to relocate to quickly so who's going to hide him next?

[Mandle]

they are heading into Comic Sans Paulo Pedro to check it out. jeff Jake needs somewhere to relocate to quickly so who's going to hide him next?

[Frikker]

Arrghh

I can't believe that after picking up and mentioning Haggis' mistake, I went and did the same.
Please see below for list of desperate excuses.

It was late
I was tired
I hadn't eaten all day
Damn predictivw txtt
My dog died
Geez! Chiselling gravestone epitaphs is a demanding job that really drains you.
My Grandma made a surprise visit
I had the flu
Badgers raided my house
My Grandma died
Cheese
A black cat crossed my path
I ran over somebodys cat
The dog at my homework
Your Mum

[Cassiebsg]

But it is Jeff, isn't it? Or is it part of his disguise and now answers to the name of Jake?

Anyway, awesome BG Grok! I had some hard time finding the cash bag, but Jeff I found right away! I Think it's that gree shirt button that keeps distracting my eyes...

[SinSin]

I'm really, REALLY Sorry people but I felt compelled to do this!!       



Solution will follow on the deadline date..   ENJOY

[Haggis]

You fiend - I found all the 'originals' finally but now my eyes feel funny!

[Danvzare]

I found Jeff.. but no way can I find the bag-o-swag and the potato.

[Haggis]

Danvzare - my hint would be:

Spoiler

EDIT - probably less of a hint and more of a 'this is what you're looking for'

Spoiler

All the fake bags only have two ties at the top - the original has 3. All the fake potatoes have green bits on them (dirty mould) - the original has bits that are all black

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[Mandle]

I'm really, REALLY Sorry people but I felt compelled to do this!!       

Ah crap...I was just about to do the same exact thing...

[Frikker]

Great work Sinsin , I love that it looks like the entrys are all going to be completely different
Oh well Mandle, you will just have to come up with something else, you got plenty of time

Keep them coming guys!

Oh and I forgot to say , Ill make some trophys asap, however, my Jeff was the first piece of pixel art I have ever done so you will have to bear with me.....

[sketchess]

Hey Guys. How are ya all?
What a funny competition it is. Reminds me of my childhood and riddle kids magazines, tihi.

[Frikker]

Thanks Sketchess , you should put an entry in, theres still plenty of time

Speaking of entrys, hows everybody getting on?

[sketchess]

I think that's not happening yet, @Frikker.
Well, at least I managed to grant me my little wish of possessing a WACOM. Jey! All in all it was a turbulent past half year and it isn't quite over yet. You guys can squeeze your thumbs for me. I hope the last things will work out, too. Than and only than I am standing on two stable feet in the new country location.

And I can get rid of some new stupid German laws, carried away to far again. Really I don't know that's there or where's the problem. Life isn't that hard.

[Frikker]

Time is running out...... how are the other entrys getting on ( if there are any)

[Mandle]

Here's my entry:

After his last heist Jeff has put himself out to pasture...Can the law track him down in his natural habitat?!



Oh....and find the loot and the potato as well...

[cat]

Awesome! I've found them!

[selmiak]

*Puts on 3D goggles*

I foundz them!
Great idea Mandle!

[Cassiebsg]

My eyes hurt!

[Frikker]

Wow Mandle, that is certainly very tricky....to the point that I have failed ......

Ill keep looking though well done

Anybody else going to enter in the last couple of days?

Cat , I believe you said you would try, did you find time? No worries If you did'nt though

[Mandle]

Wow Mandle, that is certainly very tricky....to the point that I have failed ......

Hint:

Spoiler

It's a "Magic Eye" or "stereogram" picture.

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[cat]

Sorry, won't make it. But I think the topic was great nonetheless.

[SinSin]

Mandle.. Great magic eye man..

I used to love these as a kid !!

Gurok nice job dude!

[Frikker]

I Wont have time tonight to arrange the submissions for voting, so I will do them tomorrow night, that means if anybody wants to get any last minute entrys in, you have approximatley 22 hours from now before voting starts.....

[Frikker]

So err... nobody voted

Im going to extend the voting for a week then in the hope that we can get some votes for our great entrys. So voting will now end on Saturday 25th at 11.59pm GMT. Ill be away on holiday then but ill have my tablet with me to announce the winners

[Mandle]

We are voting for favorite only?

If that's the case my vote goes to Grok.

[SinSin]

You should really post a new comment to kick off voting man.. If you just change the title the topic does not go to the top of the list and no one will know of any changes

[Grok]

My vote goes to SinSin.

[Cassiebsg]

My vote goes to Grok also. Really lovely BG!

Runners up: Mandle, cause that would be an interesting idea for "hiding" hotspots, objects and characters... even though I would never be able to play that game, since I can't see these.

[Danvzare]

So err... nobody voted

Im going to extend the voting for a week then in the hope that we can get some votes for our great entrys. So voting will now end on Saturday 25th at 11.59pm GMT. Ill be away on holiday then but ill have my tablet with me to announce the winners

We were supposed to vote?
You never told us!

Anyway, my vote goes to SinSin.

[Mandle]

since I can't see these.

All you really gotta do is find two points that look the same, usually about 2-3cms apart horizontally, and cross your eyes until they overlap, and then make your eyes pretend they are looking straight ahead...

It's kinda like when you're close to a wire fence and your brain gets confused over whether it's closer or further away than it really is because of the repeating pattern...

[Cassiebsg]

Oh, I know the theory, but 95% of the times I try, I just can't see it anyway.

[Mandle]

Oh, I know the theory, but 95% of the times I try, I just can't see it anyway.

Cassie is a cyclops: Confirmed!

[Frikker]

I changed the title to include "Voting" , and then updated the first post to include the voting rules and voting deadline. I assumed that would have bumped the thread up but maybe not? I also posted the comment about extending the competition deadline on the 18th so that had already bumped it up the night that the voting should have started. Nevermind , im new to all this


As for voting rules, I posted the categories for votes on the first post with the rules, but if you guys just wanna vote for fave then its up to you.

[Cassiebsg]

Frikker, you should keep in mind that most of us, only read the last post (and no, updating/editing a post won't bump it nor will it show on the "new posts since you last visit" list), so it would have been a good idea to have also added the voting categories on your "bump: let's start voting now!" post.

Here are them:
CONCEPT Mandle
PLAYABILITY Grok
ARTISTIC EXCECUTION Grok
WHO HID JEFF THE BEST AND GETS HALF HIS LOOT OR GOES MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE PROBABLY Mandle (not that I could find Jeff in Sinsin's either, but that's because I gave up even before I started. ).

[Mandle]

Ahhhhhh...yeah I'd forgotten how the voting here works so:

Revoting:

CONCEPT: Sinsin
PLAYABILITY: Grok
ARTISTIC EXCECUTION: Grok
WHO HID JEFF THE BEST AND GETS HALF HIS LOOT OR GOES MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE PROBABLY: Sinsin

[Danvzare]

CONCEPT: Sinsin
PLAYABILITY: Grok
ARTISTIC EXCECUTION: Grok
WHO HID JEFF THE BEST AND GETS HALF HIS LOOT OR GOES MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE PROBABLY: Mandle (I most certainly couldn't find him.)

[Frikker]

Ok sorry ,and Thanks CassieBsg for clearing it up. This is the first forum comp I have ran

[Grok]

I too missed there were categories so here is my complete vote;

Concept: Mandle
Playability: SinSin
Artistic execution: SinSin
Best hiding: SinSin


Nice idea for a competition Frikker. Would have been nice with a couple of more entries, but there you go. What we did get was very different approaches to the task which is interesting.

[SinSin]

My votes are as follows

Concept: Mandle
Playability: Grok
Artistic execution: Grok
Best hiding: Mandle

[Riaise]

CONCEPT: Sinsin
PLAYABILITY: Grok
ARTISTIC EXCECUTION: Grok
WHO HID JEFF THE BEST AND GETS HALF HIS LOOT OR GOES MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE PROBABLY: Mandle

[Frikker]

WELL DONE EVERYBODY!

A great competition and dammit I made a bronze 3rd place trophy for nothing.....

Im on holiday at the moment so Ill put up the silver and gold trophys when I get back but I can happily announce:

Joint 2nd place goes to Mandle and SinSin with their headache inducing , super tricky submissions
--INSERT SUPER AMAZING SOLID SILVER JEFF HEAD HERE--

But our winner is Grok with his artistically brilliant scene of Comic Sans Pedro/Paulo/some mexican name beginning with P lets not split hairs Mandle....
--INSERT SUPER AMAZING SOLID GOLD JEFF HEAD HERE--

So take it away Grok , oh and Jeff is on his way around to your house now With your bag of loot, which looks suspiciously big, empty, black and zips right along its length......

[Grok]

OK. I'll give this some thought and then come back with a topic for the next blitz.

[Frikker]

No worries, Im back from Holiday tomorrow so ill put your trophys up at the weekend .

[Frikker]

GROK , MANDLE AND SINSIN , here are your trophys as promised , let me know when you raed this and get them as I will mail them to you if not. Well done again!

GROK - 1st Place  :

SINSIN and MANDLE - Joint Second place :