just wondering

smokealot · Fri 30/04/2004 04:03:44

hey i was just wondering why there isnt many realy cartoony projects here like day of the tentical style or same and max or like leisure suit larry 6
that type of style

theres lots of amazing artwork on here but its eather really realistic or its like the oldschool sierra style with lil blocky dudes nothing really cartoonish
the latest thing iv seen is that guys thread about the monkey island fan game thats the first thing iv seen thats really like a cartoon....just wonderin

Gilbert · Fri 30/04/2004 04:19:20

There're many such games, eg.
Permanent Daylight
Earwig is ANGRY!
Rodekill
etc etc.

Just browse the games page and watch the screenshots.

Ali · Fri 30/04/2004 11:22:37

I think the reason many people lean towards sierra-style characters is because the visual conventions are more straight-forward and thus easier to reproduce in those games than in games like Day of the Tentacle.

If you draw a room with all straight lines and one or two point perspective, it will look quite like an old sierra backdrop. If you draw a room with wobbly lines and confused perspective it quite possibly won't look anyhting like DOTT.

But Gilbot's right, there are a load of games that have succeeded in a more cartoony style.

Davis · Fri 30/04/2004 23:36:11

Yeah, what s/he said. LucasArts style==hard to draw.

Meowster · Sat 01/05/2004 00:03:00

I disagree.

Lucasarts style = Easy to Draw
Sierra style = Ridiculously Easy to Draw.

Anarcho · Sat 01/05/2004 00:04:57

That's wierd, it always seemed to me that people here like to draw in the lucas-arts fashion with wacky dimensions. I also thought that it would be easier to draw that way...but i've only ever done a few backgrounds in that style.

DanClarke · Sat 01/05/2004 00:07:08

im trying to make my characters in a very lucas kind of style, my BGs have my own personal touch to them though, so theyre not quite as 'twisted'. In terms of design, i dont think anything comes close to the lucas games creativly.

LordHart · Sat 01/05/2004 01:48:57

My backgrounds are heavily influenced by Sierra I think, especially some of the earlier backgrounds I did. Its mostly because I grew up playing the Space Quest games, and love that style, and also because I first started working with SCI Studio...

Rave · Sat 01/05/2004 23:33:15

Quotetheres lots of amazing artwork on here but its eather really realistic or its like the oldschool sierra style with lil blocky dudes nothing really cartoonish

Your kidding right? No offense to the artists of AGS, but I have yet to see a game produced by AGS with realistic images. Not that I believe its easily possible, expecially because most of the images for games are produced on simple paint programs. So unless you take actual photographs for backgrounds and spirits (which I think a few people did, but I am afraid I didn't bother to play those games) it doesn't look realistic. Which, I think, is not really a bad thing.

Ben · Sun 02/05/2004 02:54:32

By "realistic" I think he just means normal proportions, and no distorted perspective..

Anarcho · Mon 03/05/2004 04:51:19

exile was pretty realistic...not by current tech standards, but in the way that PQ3 or something was realistic looking.

MrColossal · Tue 04/05/2004 00:17:46

there's my game that I've been working on for a long... long time...

it's pretty cartoony

http://www.agsforums.com/games.php?action=detail&id=299

I hear tell it'll even be done some day!

Davis · Tue 04/05/2004 01:21:08

Quote from: MrColossal on Tue 04/05/2004 00:17:46I hear tell it'll even be done some day!

Yeah well, we'll see. And what are you doing posting instead of working on it? GET BACK TO WORK

smokealot · Tue 04/05/2004 01:22:21

sweeeeet thats exactly the type of thing i was talkin bout that game looks like its gonna be pretty awesome, u should consider ading speech tho that would make it wicked, i could record some voices for u i have sounde forge and a pretty good mic

Kweepa · Tue 04/05/2004 12:03:00

Quote from: MrColossal on Tue 04/05/2004 00:17:46
there's my game that I've been working on for a long... long time...
...
I hear tell it'll even be done some day!

Are you kidding?
I thought you abandoned that ages ago!
Don't tease us!

MrColossal · Wed 05/05/2004 02:00:49

No I didn't abandone it. I don't abondone my babies, I sell them into white slavery.

But yes, the game is still being worked on, I'm just very very slow...

It'll come out and then you can play it and tell me how awesome it would have been 3 years ago