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Creative Production => Critics' Lounge => Topic started by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 17:51:42

Title: Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 17:51:42
i need some help,

this is the background im currently working on for my game and it looks crap.

i dont know what else to add and to be honest im pretty damn bored, i jus dont see where my game is going and dont have to effort to draw this bg..

ahh well, edits are welcome

(http://img18.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/apartment.gif)

cheers

-OSC

Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: HillBilly on Wed 03/03/2004 18:02:25
A quick edit in suggestion on what you can add:

(http://stickthemepark.com/hbw/ImagesHost/BG/quickedit.PNG)
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 18:06:18
Thanx Hillbilly,

i'm just not enjoying making this game :( but i quit too many projects  :P

ahwell

cheers again

-OSC
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Mage on Wed 03/03/2004 18:39:55
if youre not enjoying this and if you are not almost finished then quit. it has no sense making something unless you enjoy it/ have to/ getting paid for it :) anyway hillbillis edit can give you ideas of filling the room. just one more thing : add foreground it really adds that *something* to a room.
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: kaaZ on Wed 03/03/2004 19:04:53
there ya go, another quick edit....just to keep ya motivated...

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/OSCbg.png)

comes free with yoda mask...

Cheers!

kaaZ
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 19:24:54
lol thanx kazz, looks real nice.

i kinda took what mage said into consideration ... and ive now finished a 320 background of a ocean in about 20 mins  :-\  the thing is tho it atachally looks good, and i have a really cool storyline idea ... and ... and.

well ive probally quit about 5 projects so far and i really should stop it, but i keep playing other ppl's games and realising how lame my art looks:P ah well , i'll put it down as practice.

thanx again guys

-OSC
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: HillBilly on Wed 03/03/2004 19:31:26
DON'T stop. Belive me, your art is way better than most AGS games I've played. If you finish it, it's probably gonna go in the "Good game graphicss" slot.
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 19:56:45
hillbilly, im thinking ...
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Mage on Wed 03/03/2004 20:00:13
oh yeah, i forgot to mention that if you don't have anything better to do don't stop :) (and you shouldn't stop unless it is a REAL pain to do these backgrounds)
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Wed 03/03/2004 20:19:36
[color=AA0000]DON'T STOP[/color] ... Or I will hunt you down and force choke you with the dark side!!

Too many 'games with potential' get put on hold or cancelled!

I stalled for a few weeks on JP & Cosmo.  I felt it wasn't going anywhere.  Then inspiration hit one night and I couldn't stop working on it!  (pissed my girlfriend off in the process!)

Stick with it ... in the end you'll be happy!  (And so will those of us in the community looking forward to this game!)

hang in there man.  Oh, and as was already mentioned, don't hesitate to ask for help ... that's what the community is for ;)

~ d
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 20:23:54
heh ^_^,

thanx loads darth *OSC gets to work*

yey!

-OSC

*edit*

absolutly love the avatar darth, scared the bejeevas outta me when i saw it was animated  ;D

Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 20:36:29
ok so ive worked on it a bit, and incorperated some of your ideas.

this is the current result

(http://img18.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/apartment.gif)

i need a couch/sofa facing the tv ... and takers?

lol anyway thanks for all the inspiration

-OSC
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Wed 03/03/2004 21:04:04
Thought I'd give it a stab ... I tried to match the style you've got going.  If nothing, hopefully it'll give you some idea of what you want!

(http://www.twin-design.com/ags/help/osc-help01.gif)

Hope it helps!

~ d
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Chicky on Wed 03/03/2004 22:07:32
yeh,

nice chair darth ;)

im kinda tiered, i'll do some more work tommora

-OSC
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: kaaZ on Wed 03/03/2004 22:16:49
Wow this is becoming a cewl background !...love the additions...good thing you got rid of the yoda mask ;)) I didn't like it either...Gimme a yell if ya need more help on yer backgrounds...
Title: Re:Help me with this background...
Post by: Nixxon on Thu 04/03/2004 06:17:22
It's a very good BG Chicken,
I know that feeling all to well, when your initial reason for making the game in the first place is replaced by the redundancy of having to "make" it. We all strive for the moment in which me make the little icon, pack it, upload it and watch the thread fill :P (not that i've ever gotten that far lol). Try to ditch those conceptions of forfillment and replace them with the actuall game making process whether it be the next BG you'll work on, the sound track, characters, script etc. etc. Your work will improve as a result also (not that it doesn't already kick arse ;))
Don't be discouraged, and don't rush your work.
Keep hammering man, this one looks sick :)
Nixxon -