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Title: Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Nightfable on Fri 06/06/2003 00:54:44
I have to say that I'm really awful at game scripting and programming, I'm working on a short MI2 demo to in the hope that I will get a little better at it. Haven't even worked out the cursor and GUI yet, it's like raw chinese to me, lol!

Here's a few before/after screenshots of the first room:

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/screenshot4.jpg)

This is the original MI2 screenshot I captured, it's a little stretched but I needed it to be this size for my game resolution.

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/screenshot5.jpg)

And this is the retouched version. I tried to smooth it out a little and I redrew Guybrush just the way I think he should look! Any comments, please let me know!

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/guybrush01.jpg) (http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/guybrush02.jpg)
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: BOYD1981 on Fri 06/06/2003 01:30:33
 :o that looks pretty damn spectacular
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: TheYak on Fri 06/06/2003 01:35:17
I love it!  Excellent cleaning up and detailing the image.  Very nice.  Guybrush looks quite a bit like I think he ought to.  Maybe he should be a tad goofier, but then again, in MI2, his nerdiness wasn't really in his apparel.

As far as the image, all I can thing of that's even slightly criticizing it is that it bears the slight blurriness of the resizing process in areas.  It could be slightly more crisp, but it's all a matter of opinion, I suppose.

The only thing I'd change about him would be seeing if I could fit in enough detail to make his blazer look too large on him.. like it was handed down from a sizeable pirate.  Other than that little thing (which is just personal preference), very very nice.  
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Ginny on Fri 06/06/2003 03:06:40
 :o :o :o :o :o

Wow that's beautiful! I esspeccially like the "water"", the rock, and the wooden thingy on the far left. It all looks so smooth! :)

Guybrush looks great aswell, though he does need a little more sillyness. :)

I would love to see how it all turns out. Up till what part are you planning to use MI2 as a traning camp, lol?
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Nightfable on Fri 06/06/2003 03:33:50
Thanks for the good feedback, I'll make Guybrush's blue coat a little longer, but how could I make him look more silly? Should I make him smile? :)
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Bob The Hun on Fri 06/06/2003 03:54:44
Just make Guybrush's coat a little longer, and nothing more.
He doesn't look silly in the original picture, so no need for him to look silly in a remake.
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Nacho on Fri 06/06/2003 08:22:24
There are some Hi definition screens of MI2 at scummbar.com (If the page works again), you could use them.

I love your work, make me be the first to know when you finish the game.

;D
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: danny* on Fri 06/06/2003 09:13:39
 :o :o :o
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Proskrito on Fri 06/06/2003 12:26:57
WOW!! Did you make that with any spcial technique, or just pixel-pushing??
BTW, in monkey island 2 there was a guybrush closeup, just if you want for reference:
(http://usuarios.lycos.es/golfapagina/otros/guybrgrande.gif)
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Synthetique on Fri 06/06/2003 13:10:02
looks like a 2x filter to me..
but nice anyway..
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: BOYD1981 on Fri 06/06/2003 13:22:34
(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/guybrush01.jpg)
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/nofeetBOTB.jpg)

hmm...
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Hobbes on Fri 06/06/2003 15:33:24
This looks stunning! Can't wait to see this thing animated and all that... keep it up!!
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Eggie on Fri 06/06/2003 15:41:47
Never looked so good.
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Scummbuddy on Fri 06/06/2003 16:35:52
Yes, could you please fill us in as to the technique you used to create these?
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: 12431 on Fri 06/06/2003 16:52:15
what can i say. I'M STUNNED! you should definately make a remake.
(making one of monkey island 1 would be cool to, but if you have to much work to be done, i won't push you).

PS: you should make his hair a littlebit more messy, but not to much.
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Vel on Fri 06/06/2003 17:19:54
I think that someone should remake Indy 3 first. It was a very original game, but because of the crappy interface it didn't receive as good grades as FOA.
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: 12431 on Sun 08/06/2003 15:16:56
I agree
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 - Smudging Tutorial
Post by: Nightfable on Wed 18/06/2003 03:09:31
I drew Guybrush, inked him, scanned him and finally edited him in Photoshop (used the smudge tool for the background - nothing fancy). It's really hard to actually get a good result with a paper scribble, I will not continue with the Monkey Island remake so anyone that wants to use my smudged background and Guybrush is welcome!

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Here's a tiny tutorial on what exactly I did to smudge the way I did.

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/001tut.jpg)

To start off, I'm using Photoshop 5.0, any versions is okay because we're only using the smudge tool.

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/brsh.jpg)

I picked brush size 9 because it's small enough to keep your details intact and big enough to get rid of those nasty pixels.

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/002tut.jpg)

Make sure to brush along the lines and shape of your background or else it might end up like this...

(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://lovelymaiden.0catch.com/003tut.jpg)

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Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: on Thu 26/02/2004 21:30:26
Majorly impressed! It works very well and the updated style is brilliant. Thats a talent! Nice art.

How is the demo going?
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Thu 26/02/2004 21:44:12
the last post was 6 months ago ffs! :P
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 - Smudging Tutorial
Post by: MrColossal on Thu 26/02/2004 21:50:52
Quote from: Coffee Lady on Wed 18/06/2003 03:09:31
I will not continue with the Monkey Island remake so anyone that wants to use my smudged background and Guybrush is welcome!

LEARN TWO READDS!!
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: LGM on Thu 26/02/2004 21:51:07
m0ds must be REALLY bored.. Or stupid
Title: Re:Monkey Island 2 (remake?) screenshots
Post by: Andail on Fri 27/02/2004 13:52:24
Nice digging, Mods...too bad she said the project is abbandoned half a year ago :p

To stimulate currently running projects, I'll lock this to make the first page of this forum less crowded.