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Creative Production => Critics' Lounge => Topic started by: Mr_Frisby on Fri 30/01/2004 04:37:32

Title: Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Mr_Frisby on Fri 30/01/2004 04:37:32
(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Pot_test.GIF) (http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Pot_test.GIF)

Just wondering if anyone thinks a background in sepia tones or monochromes would be intersting - visually - in a game format?

I just discovered I could do stuff in the above style so just wonderin' what y'all thought. - Kinda goin' for CMI but far more basic - basic pallete ect.

Thanx
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Scummbuddy on Fri 30/01/2004 05:18:51
I think it looks great so far. I'd love to see more.  Bring it!  ;D
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: ScottDoom on Fri 30/01/2004 05:34:08
I was thinking about making a game with a greyscale palette. I guess it would work. You'd have to make sure the play is able to recognize objects without their proper colors...
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Penguinx on Fri 30/01/2004 15:58:03
The type of drawing that I am best at is comic book style drawings. I've been meaning to do a Frank Miller-esque black and white, high contrast game for awhile. If I ever get around to it, I was going to make it a horror story along the lines of, say, a silent hill game.

I definitely think severely-limited palette games have a chance.
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: MrColossal on Fri 30/01/2004 20:54:52
2ma2 was also working on a game like that Penguinx [ps he's the one that made Permanent Daylight and Platformious and What Time Is It in case no one knows]

as for this image there really isn't anything to say about it, it doesn't look sepia toned to me it just looks like an orange pot. An entire background would have to be done not just a pot.
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Penguinx on Fri 30/01/2004 21:44:30
Cool beans, Mr. Colossal.

I'd like to see someone do it; as of right now there are about a billion things standing in the way of my games getting done. Most notably, my home PC's recent motherboard meltdown. Grr.
Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Mr_Frisby on Fri 30/01/2004 22:44:26
MrColossal : True, True - This is probably more a question for AGS talk n Chat but I wanna post some pics along the way too (saves two threads ya see).

Penguinx : Frank Miller - He do old farty Batman no? Dark_Knight?

Scottdoom : I made a game in with greyscale backgrounds for Nov MAGs and thort it looked good (Didn't win tho) you can check it out if ya want in the Nov MAGS thread -  http://www.geocities.com/monkey8myface/WNK.zip

Thanx for the replies.




Title: Re:Sepia_Tones? (someone_groans?)
Post by: Penguinx on Fri 30/01/2004 22:59:12
Frank Miller did, indeed, draw Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Good book, btw.