How to make badass awesome backgrounds for your AGS game.

Jakerpot · Sun 14/02/2010 23:26:30

He already done that ProgZ...

*Teach us again!

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Cluey · Mon 15/02/2010 00:26:12

Give this man a doughnut.

My backgrounds are now 10x better! All thanks to lens flare and gradient maps!

Dualnames · Mon 15/02/2010 00:28:03

I used to put lighting but now I realize i was only spelling it wrong!! That explains all the fuss about rain/snow plugin in the forums, I've always wondered about.

Jakerpot · Mon 15/02/2010 00:34:26

Actually, the proportions are wrong...

Look how badass my background is using scalling. The table look awesome too.

Domino · Mon 15/02/2010 01:13:41

BAMMMM...now you got doors.

Matti · Mon 15/02/2010 01:17:28

And now the lensflare:

I think we all learned something here!

Jakerpot · Mon 15/02/2010 04:51:14

It stil need some improvement... Let's add some texture! (no photoshop here)

Wonkyth · Mon 15/02/2010 12:08:49

Hmm, you guys have had fun while I've been away!

tzachs · Mon 15/02/2010 12:46:08

Wow, nice bg Jakerpot!
I hope you won't mind, I did some small touch-ups based on what I've learnt from Babar's tutorial, and I got this:

I feel that my art has really improved after reading this thread, thank you so much!

Jim Reed · Mon 15/02/2010 13:13:11

Jakerpot, you fool, it's all about having as much perspective circles as you can!

Yor Tabl3 Sukz!!1

Jim Reed · Mon 15/02/2010 13:14:12

Yes, UR Tabl3 sukzz ass!!

Jakerpot · Mon 15/02/2010 14:47:33

Now scale it as i done.

Tuomas · Mon 15/02/2010 14:57:28

I really don't get it. I trid to follow your instructions and got this:

Then I tried multiple vanishing points, like you said, but still got this:

Here's my bg after some cool lens flare effect

:S

Intense Degree · Mon 15/02/2010 15:28:42

(This thread has cracked me up!)

NO NO NO!

I am FED UP with this "advice" from so called "artists" given on this site. Seriously, there are some good things about the examples above, but you're missing the MOST OBVIOUS first steps that are NECESSARY to produce any MODERN GAME that anyone who isn't a complete idiot would be interested in.

1. Resolution

Hi-def is the only way to go nowadays, everyone knows that lo-def is just for people with no talent. I recommend a resolution of 2048 x 1536 MINIMUM as you need this at least to draw anything approaching a half decent background.

2. Perspective

This is for beginners and idiots only. Did Michaelangelo cover the sistene chapel roof with lots of coloured lines before he painted all those naked people? NO HE DID NOT.

You don't need lines, just guess.

3. Texture

Nothing beats a good bit of photoshopping for texture and/or gradients. However, if you don't have Photoshop, just use the spray tool in paint.

Beautiful.

4. Characters

People always want to know which art program to use for characters. The only one worth considering in my opinion is Google image search. I mean, why bother doing one yourself when you can rip it yeah?

Here is our player character in situ.

Obviously, because of our advanced hi-res awesomeness some re-scaling may be necessary. Remember, never bother drawing your sprites to scale, just rescale them by resizing the canvas or you can do it using walkable areas.

See, it's come out beautifully.

The next step is to post in the critics lounge to wait for praise and adulation. If anyone tries to suggest that there is room for improvements or tries to offer any "advice" to "improve" what you have done in any way just shoot them down and ignore all of it.

JOB DONE.

8)

Jakerpot · Mon 15/02/2010 18:54:39

For those that don't have PS, i made an exclusive and awesome lens flare in paint, so you can use it in your backgrounds!

And always, ALWAYS, save your background as JPEG!!!! You know you want an ultra high definition background, so don't forget that!

Buckethead · Tue 16/02/2010 09:09:14

I tried to take all your critics into account (thanks alot for them)

Anything I can still improve?

Jakerpot · Tue 16/02/2010 16:10:16

The shading. You DO NOT HAVE SHADING!

InCreator · Tue 16/02/2010 18:05:33

omg, now I realize how wrong I was doing everything.

But this tutorial, it helped alot!

I erased every game I wanted to release tomorrow and were working on for last 7 years and started from scratch!

See you after another 7 years!

Danman · Tue 16/02/2010 19:41:01

I like this tutorial made me realize that I am actually a Dam good artist at least to people on drugs.

Babar's tutorial just was so simple. I just couldn't figure how to do the lines was just too hard.

Babar · Tue 16/02/2010 19:44:05

Quote from: Buckethead on Tue 16/02/2010 09:09:14
I tried to take all your critics into account (thanks alot for them)

http://f.imagehost.org/0482/bestpicevar.jpg
Anything I can still improve?

No. That looks to be in the running for most incredible game in the universe, ever. Just finish it. Seriously.