Coloring Ball: Early 80s [Winner Announced!]

[Anke]

I really, really can't believe, that I'm doing this. Lurking is so much easier.
But this is such a great theme. I love the 80s. (The music and the films, that is. Not the fashion. Definitely not the fashon. It was awful.)

Since I can't draw anything beside geometric shapes, it's not exactley creative. But it does scream shameless ripp-off 80s. Or arcade, at least.


Here goes nothing:

[kconan]

...it's not exactly creative.

I hope you are kidding, as that entry is very creative.

[kconan]

Loosely based on a real conversation from the 1980s:

Me: Broke my new joystick playing Track and Field. 
Adam: Whatcha got?  Gravis, Atari, Epyx?
Me: JoyPro Radical To-The-Max Edition.  Snapped off the top handle from the base in a clean break, and some of the cheap paint job came with it.
Adam: You get what you pay for.  Anyway, I'm off to watch Cosby.
Me: Cool! I love that show!

[Hobo]

One of the things that always pops in my mind when I think of the 80s:

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/kl1N8d5.gif[/imgzoom]

[Cassiebsg]

Ahhhh geeezzz... now I need to think of something else for the round shape.

[Hobo]

Ahhhh geeezzz... now I need to think of something else for the round shape.

That's sad to hear I actually tried to draw a disco ball at first, but failed.

[Cassiebsg]

Oh, it's not your shape Hobo. No worries there.
It's the Pacman by Anke on the top of the page.

[Mandle]

Oh, it's not your shape Hobo. No worries there.
It's the Pacman by Anke on the top of the page.

I didn't actually think of pacman (and still no inspiration) but the moment I saw it I thought "Oh yeeeeaaaahhh...I wonder why it took so long for the circle to become pacman." It seems so obvious in hindsight. But sometimes it takes genius to see the obvious I guess...

So chin-up Cassie: I just called you a genius (and Anke of course)...

[WRK]

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/WR5WxEn.gif[/imgzoom]

[AnasAbdin]

Omg get busy for 12 hours and Boom! 5 awesome entries

Wow!
Monsieur OUXX your shape is amazing. It seems a pixel has slipped out but there is no problem as long as it's outside the shape

Anke I love your idea. It is screaming 80s games! I found a few pixels out of the palette. I can fix that no worries.

kconan your idea is cool But it seems you misinterpreted the rotation rule:
You can rotate the shape 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

so could you please do that?

Hobo your animation literally screams 80s with music! I love it, few pixels out of palette but I'll fix it no worries.

Cassiebsg who said there could be only one Pacman?

Mandle I'm still waiting

and finally WRK...
oh WRK.. please make this a game.

[Mandle]

Mandle I'm still waiting

...as am I my friend....as am I...

[Hobo]

few pixels out of palette but I'll fix it no worries.

Yes, it seems that converting to gif added another black for some reason, I took care of it.

[Monsieur OUXX]

Oh for god's sake, WRK, how do you manage to introduce warm lighting and cold lighting with ONLY 2 FUCKING COLORS? Can't you be NORMAL for once?

[AprilSkies]

I had so much fun making my entry for this comp!
Thanks Anas! The theme is so cool!!!!

here's my entry:

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



Also guys, SO GREAT ENTRIES!!!!

WRK: I agree with monsieurOUXX: HOW YOU MANAGED IT!!!! great job!

[AnasAbdin]

AprilSkies amazing entry!

[Mandle]

MY INSPIRATION CAME AT LAST!!!

What screamed the '80's for me the most it seems was the Cold War and the threat of global nuclear destruction:

[imgzoom]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/CCCP-USA02_zpsqmwsb6ne.png[/imgzoom]

As a teenager in the '80's I grew up with the constant fear that nuclear war would break out at any moment and we could only hope that the Russians love their children too...

I'm also glad that my inspiration did not come the day after this competition deadline ended...

[Tabata]

I won't tell you how many hours I pushed pixels around in this shape. 

Even I know the rules for pixel art I never used such a small colour palette. So I first had to look for some references and studied them. 
Short time after starting I wasn't sure if I can finish this piece at all because - regardless of the quality of the result - Iooking at the zoomed version gave me the feeling of my eyes going to bleed 

Well, but here we go - limited colour palette and shape should be okay (since GIMP took care of it ) and maybe there's even a little chance that someone recognizes, what game the scene is from that I took for reference - even I needed to adapt it a bit to fit in the shape.

[imgzoom]http://fs2.directupload.net/images/user/150424/u6rxomwn.gif[/imgzoom]

[AnasAbdin]

Mandle you did it! And a very creative one too

Tabata... I got goosebumps when I saw your name in the forum I was so looking for your entry!
It.Was.Worth.It
You made a sky, bushes, stars, stones and stairs (metal?), fire and light effect on wall... and people all in 4 colors!

[kconan]

kconan your idea is cool But it seems you misinterpreted the rotation rule:
You can rotate the shape 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

Oops, my fault.  I'd rather not go through the trouble and prefer the broken joystick at that angle, so let's call it an exhibition entry that can't be voted on.

And after seeing the latest entries, I'm feeling less competitive anyway.

[AprilSkies]

This is one of the most exciting COL-BALL comp I entered tho!
I love all the entries!