Background Blitz :: ending 5th May :: [WINNER ANNOUNCED]

Daniel Thomas · Fri 18/04/2008 11:24:22

Topic: Castle/stronghold/fort - May it be old/new/modern/future, an entrance to one, a paitningof one, one made out of sant or inside one.

Rules: AGS restrictions

Votes starts 2nd May unless someone asks for more time.
Have fun and good luck!

ThreeOhFour · Sun 20/04/2008 03:17:16

Wooohooo first entry again!

TheJBurger · Wed 23/04/2008 18:57:11

I have been playing a lot of Oblivion lately.

edit: touched it up a bit.

ThreeOhFour · Thu 24/04/2008 01:59:06

Awesome!

(as per usual

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riseryn · Fri 25/04/2008 16:40:09

My image

Questionable · Fri 25/04/2008 19:21:04

Quote from: TheJBurger on Wed 23/04/2008 18:57:11

I have been playing a lot of Oblivion lately.

edit: touched it up a bit.

Burger, I need to know the process that created that! It's gorgeous!

lord_hellfire · Wed 30/04/2008 15:09:37

My entry.

Small keep, used mostly as lookout point and base for troops patroling surrounding area.

Daniel Thomas · Thu 01/05/2008 21:14:59

another 24h to go, any one needs more time, let me know.

Traveler · Fri 02/05/2008 03:33:33

~~I'd like to get 2 more days, if it's OK with others. This time I have a chance of finishing my background so I'd like to enter.~~

First of all, many, many thanks to Zyndikate for granting the extension time - I wouldn't have been able to finish the image without it. It was a lot of work and I hope others will think it was worth it. Without further ado, let me present you the very first stronghold... on the Moon!

The player would be confined to the area within the laser fence and specific closeups would be shown when reaching an important site (like entering the comm center or going to the solar panel block.) In case someone is interested, here is the exact location on the Moon: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7859/moonbaselocyl8.jpg

Daniel Thomas · Fri 02/05/2008 15:30:07

Surething, voting 4th 23:59 unless someone asks for extension (you can just pm)

Daniel Thomas · Sun 04/05/2008 20:03:55

extended for another 24h, voting the 5th at 23:59.

Daniel Thomas · Mon 05/05/2008 23:15:21

ops, another 24h asked for, lets vote around 6th 23:00 (gmt+1)

Let it be the last one guys.

loominous · Wed 07/05/2008 00:15:39

A sort of scholar's castle, of greek/weddingcakish design.

Here's a mockup, to show how it might work with a sprite included:

Daniel Thomas · Wed 07/05/2008 00:21:52

Voting started!

One vote in each category:

Idea - The underlying idea to the background. Doesn't
necessarily have to coincide perfectly with the theme of the
week, just strike you as interesting/amusing/inspiring; a place
you'd really enjoy visiting within a game.

Atmosphere - How well the image manages to evoke a certain feeling or mood.

Design - How well the elements in the image are designed,
such as landscapes, buildings, decorations, clouds, doorknobs,
etc.

Composition - How well the elements in the image work
together/are positioned in relation to each other.

Functionality - How well it would work when adding sprites,
including appropriate walking distances, a good angle for
character sprites, clever walkway solutions, easily understood
exits, etc.

Technique - How well the ideas are executed in form of
rendering.

Voting will last 48 Hours, 8th around 23.59(gmt+1).

Eggie · Wed 07/05/2008 00:37:11

Some of you people frighten me with your abilities...

My vote goes to JBurger, I love the atmosphere.

EDIT:
Thingies:

Idea: Traveler
Atmosphere: JBurger
Design: Loominous
Composition: Loominous
Functionality: JBurger
Technique: Loominous

ThreeOhFour · Wed 07/05/2008 12:35:31

All my vote are belong to loominous.

Excellent, excellent work.

Andail · Wed 07/05/2008 12:50:47

Loominous, really good job, man.
Almost a bit overworked for a game background, but it's damn beautiful.

Burger, great job as well

miguel · Wed 07/05/2008 13:09:34

Idea: Loominous
Atmosphere: JBurger
Design: Traveler
Composition: Loominous
Functionality: JBurger
Technique: Loominous

Brad Newsom · Wed 07/05/2008 13:20:56

My vote goes to Loominous. Id love to see a game just like that. Its visually impressive.

JBurger comes in a close second for me.

loominous · Wed 07/05/2008 13:27:25

Thanks!

Quote from: Andail on Wed 07/05/2008 12:50:47
Almost a bit overworked for a game background

Ironically, it's the quickest one I've done so far - though I guess that isn't saying much, as I usually tinker with my stuff for quite a while (this one took about a day).

I think what might give it a "worked" look is that I put in some details in the focused parts, as well as in the far away regions, where instead of just fogging out with a few mountains, I scribbled in some details that gives a fairly realistic and "worked" impression, even though they were very roughly n quickly done. Which goes for 75% of the background really, which isn't in focus. As you know, as long as it's the right value/colour in the right place, we'll buy pretty much any scribble. And this one is 75% scribbles.

Edit: corrupt sentence