Forum banners

[SSH]

Anyone else think its time we had some new banners added to the mix? Some shots from games from the last two years?

[Hudders]

I thought this topic was going to be about banning people.

Consider me relieved and pleasantly surprised. 

[Andail]

Hudders, how stupid of you to think that.
You're banned for two months.

[Buckethead]

I wish I could say: "put my game on!" but I haven't really made any. I don't suppose Happy ducky adevnture is graphicly good enough to be put on. 

[Jon]

Maybe, art could be submitted, from Games or the Critics lounge.

[TerranRich]

Put my game on!

Oh wait, I gotta release something, don't I?

[Ali]

I've been thinking the same thing a lot lately. I don't want to sound like a late-comer snob, but I'm not particularly familiar with some of the games on the banners. I feel they could better reflect the quality games produced with AGS and I also think that they could show a good range of graphical styles with a consistently high quality.

[markbilly]

I've been thinking the same thing a lot lately. I don't want to sound like a late-comer snob, but I'm not particularly familiar with a lot of the games on the banner. I feel it could better reflect the quality games produced with AGS and I also think that it could show a good range of graphical styles with a consistently high quality.

Seconded.

[Gregjazz]

I've been thinking the same thing a lot lately. I don't want to sound like a late-comer snob, but I'm not particularly familiar with some of the games on the banners. I feel they could better reflect the quality games produced with AGS and I also think that they could show a good range of graphical styles with a consistently high quality.

Ouch.

Just kidding. Yeah, adding some newer banners to the cycle would make sense. Maybe adding games that won awards or nominations, or got "game of the month" on the games page?

[ManicMatt]

I always felt that the Mind's eye padded cell looked tacked on to that banner.

But yeah, probably time for a change.

[m0ds]

I've also asked CJ if he could update the front AGS homepage, with news & possibly a replacement for the two dated games on the front. He says he will do it at some point! The forum banners are great. Is it possible not to make new ones but to make additional ones, and cycle through even more than the 4 or 5 that exist currently? That'd be awesome.

[SSH]

Perhaps the design of the banners could be a competition in the C&A forum

[mätzyboy]

My SQL knowledge is limited, but wouldn't it be possible to manually formulate a query for each banner, so that a click on the banner image takes you to a page displaying those games? Not very convenient maybe... Just a thought...

[monkey0506]

I think that some of my script modules should be put into the banner.

New banners are always fun.

[jetxl]

My SQL knowledge is limited, but wouldn't it be possible to manually formulate a query for each banner, so that a click on the banner image takes you to a page displaying those games? Not very convenient maybe... Just a thought...

Some games have never been released.

[Ali]

I've been thinking the same thing a lot lately. I don't want to sound like a late-comer snob, but I'm not particularly familiar with some of the games on the banners. I feel they could better reflect the quality games produced with AGS and I also think that they could show a good range of graphical styles with a consistently high quality.

Ouch.

Just kidding. Yeah, adding some newer banners to the cycle would make sense. Maybe adding games that won awards or nominations, or got "game of the month" on the games page?

Just to be clear, I didn't mean that as a blanket criticism of the games that are in the banners. I just feel that there are games which belong there that aren't. Putting award-winning games in the banner is a very good idea, because it'll be drawing peoples' attention to games that have proven themselves to be remarkable in one way or another.

[blueskirt]

I agree, there were a lot of games in the last 1 year and half that earned their place next to Apprentice 2, Mind's Eye, 1213, 7DAS, Emily Enough, KQ2vga and co.

And I don't want to sound offensive but I'm not sure that games that have yet to be released belong on the banners, at least for now.

While we are on the subject, what are the games:
Between Apprentice 2 and Mind's Eye?
To the right of 1213?
To the left of Indy and the Crown of Solomon?
Between The Uncertainty Machine and Astranded?

[Pet Terry]

While we are on the subject, what are the games:

Between Apprentice 2 and Mind's Eye?: Woodlands (there's a demo available)
To the right of 1213?: RotN: Time Out (from the trailer)
To the left of Indy and the Crown of Solomon?: Err, I believe you mean the close-up of man's face? It was some game that got cancelled, if I recall right.
Between The Uncertainty Machine and Astranded?: Demonslayer 4.

Here's the similar thread from one and a half years back, by the way: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24319.0

[R4L]

Also, the Games Showcase could get a little update. Maybe have Sydney Finds Employment and The Infinity String, or something.

[Sektor 13]

I don't agree with the fact that only award winner should be put in banners, i think all ART that is good should be put in the banners, even from critique lounge... and i will try to make one out of that, or two