title screen needs C+C plz

ace monkey · Sun 30/04/2006 12:32:24

heres the title screen for a game im starting concept art for:

feel free to do paintovers and stuff - just dont copy this for use in your games

Sam. · Sun 30/04/2006 12:37:10

what is a phyco?

pslim · Sun 30/04/2006 12:38:19

Er, I'm wondering immediately if you meant "PSYCHO?" or if phyco means something I'm not aware of.

That color orange is a bit difficult to read against the grey background, particularly given that the font itself is not the most comfortable to decipher. I would suggest changing the color to make it stand out a bit more.

deadsuperhero · Sun 30/04/2006 15:06:26

actually, it would look quite cool if it was red bleeding letters on a grey brick background.

ace monkey · Sun 30/04/2006 16:18:27

heres a couple more versions with spelling corrections

( thnx pslim )

big brother · Sun 30/04/2006 18:17:40

Is the spelling supposed to be different every time?

Nothing says a rushed job like a typo on the title screen.

ace monkey · Sun 30/04/2006 20:34:35

it wasn't so much a typo just my bad spelling abillities.. but which version do you prefer? (ignoring the 'typo' on the first)

MashPotato · Sun 30/04/2006 20:49:35

ace monkey, the second version also has a spelling mistake... I think you want PSYCHO ^_^

Besides the spelling, I like the colour schemes of second versions better than the orange letters.Ã,Â Which one you should use might depend on what you're game is about.Ã,Â For example, I think the grey one would look better if there's a psycho on the loose in a hospital, and the brown one would look better if he's in the woods (or something).Ã,Â That's just my personal opinion, though ^_^

Damien · Sun 30/04/2006 21:16:50

One thing, when saving your work, please actually save the image as png (or gif) instead of just renaming the bmp. This will make your images' size 10x smaller without any visible loss in quality.

Nikolas · Sun 30/04/2006 21:21:53

Quote from: ace monkey on Sun 30/04/2006 12:32:24
just dont copy this for use in your games

Oh no! And I wqanted so bad to use it, but I won't since you asked me not to!

But anyhow: Critic:

I like the grey screen more than the brown one!

I'm not too fond of the font you use for "Phuco" and fix the typo please.

Other than that I like it just fine... In the standard that you seem to be there is not much to say, and I actually feel a little reminiscent of older games which is good so maybe leave it as it is.

Critic relaly works when you know where the creator wants to take things... I immediately felt like playing specturm here for some reason and this is not a bad thing! If you want something conetmporary or newer scrap it and start over. If you want a little older feel then keep it and feel really proud.

In other words!: I like it as it is! But depends on what you want to do!

Afflict · Sun 30/04/2006 23:48:58

dunno looks very rushed to me ... did you concept draw it before hand cause IMHO you just ran a bunch of filters on a grey background and then used some text and wrote over it...

Edit: To further explain to what I believe youve done is that you used a tile of some sort used the contour filter on it then used the ripple filter on it with a high wave integer short length integer and then slapped over the text.

I am sure I am not far off but really this is not much effort. IMO concept a more intersting looking title screen then make it.

ManicMatt · Sun 30/04/2006 23:58:12

The font style itself IS modern, but the background behind it is rather ancient looking. Although I like the fact that the outside frame looks like fingerprints. I'm expecting to see parallax scrolling backgrounds and sprites of spaceships taken from Uridian to appear.

Layabout · Mon 01/05/2006 03:05:57

Is there some question to as whether the villian is a psycho or not? From the title, it seems as though there is...

Is it based on the film at all... if not, i suggest you change the title...

sergiocornaga · Mon 01/05/2006 06:28:19

I liked Phyco... Maybe Phycho would be more accurate though. Psycho isn't exactly original.

ace monkey · Mon 01/05/2006 12:03:24

heres a brief outline of the game:

opening sequence: a flashback of somesort of accident from a 'dissoriented veiw'. he wakes up in a mentle asylum- he is being released and told his name is ****** (not sure what yet). anyway, long story short- he was a MIB agent but was involved in an accident that wiped out his memory of who he is and that he works for the MIB- but he does remember everything during his time working for MIB. The MIB think he will be dangerous and may expose them to the world. he is then put into a mentle institute where they make him believe that he has been dilusional. once out in the real world, he gets flash backs and things start to jog his memory and starts to wonder if he is who he's been told he is.

Ali · Mon 01/05/2006 12:13:20

The font is effective and the colours ork well, but I think you should choose a title that's easier to spell and doesn't have the Hitchcockian connotations.

There's couple of things you might want to think about with regard to that plot.

Firstly, is it believeable that a man could forget he worked for an agency while still remembering everything during his time with them?

Also, at no point during this gameshould the MIB threaten the lead character's life, because if they are prepared to kill him they wouldn't bother convincing him he was crazy.

Finally, your vision of the MIB seems to relate to the Will Smith film rather than the urban legend / conspiracy theory (in with the MIB were usually not human). Perhaps it would be worth inventing your own agency based on the MIB.

-Ali.

ace monkey · Mon 01/05/2006 12:28:35

in the accident he only forgets who he is, not so much what he's done in the past.