BACKGROUND BLITZ: No Place Like Home - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

[Grundislav]

Wow! Great entries!

One more day left for anyone still working on theirs!

[Blondbraid]

I had an idea, but sad to say I haven't found the time to work on it.
However, the other entries this time are top-notch, really professional looking!

[Tycho Magnetic Anomaly]

I have faith in you Rocchinator! Been anticipating your background ever since your first post.

[Dream]

Rocchinator, good luck finishing today! I hope to see it.

[Rocchinator]

I Have to be honest because of work and other things this week couldnt add more details as i like too but still wanted to be able to show it. I hope next time i can do better with more time. So here is my entry

A Plane Crash survivor House with a close view to the shore... very close

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/RyTt9Rt.png[/imgzoom]

[Rocchinator]

By the way here in Argentina its still 30th of May. Hope I could get into. Amazing entries everyone.

[DBoyWheeler]

Wow!  Rocchinator's entry has kind of that LucasArts feel to it... like maybe Indiana Jones or something... or that Amazon Queen game (I forget whether or not that's LucasArts, but that game had the Lucas appeal to it).  Well played.

[Nixxon]

Nice one Rocc@ lovely pixel part and looks super fun to play!

[Grundislav]

Okay! You guys have your work cut out for you, there were some great entries!

Remember to vote for Concept, Playability, and Artistic Execution

So, here are your choices:

[imgzoom]http://fractalscapes.net/-DUMP/004C.png[/imgzoom]

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/RyTt9Rt.png[/imgzoom]

Good luck to all participants! Voting is open until June 3rd.

[Tycho Magnetic Anomaly]

Rocchinator, defiantly worth the wait, just wonderful... I adore your attention to tiny details and the piece in general really makes me feel nostalgia for the classic point and click styles... top job!

Voting for the entries in this contest is going to be tough for me, need to digest this over a couple of days, but congrats to everyone for getting their works in, and best of luck! 

[Rocchinator]

@Nixxon @DBoyWheeler @Tycho Magnetic Anomaly Thanks guys for the feedback i really apreacite it. I love all your entries so many styles and concepts. This is going to be difficult. Good Luck everyone!

[DBoyWheeler]

My votes:

Concept: Rocchinator (amazing how a castaway can recycle stuff from his close brush with death to make the best of his lot)
Playability: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (it gives me the Space Quest 6 feel, and so much to interact with too!)
Artistic Execution: Hard choice here, but in the end, I pick Nixxon (it reminds me of the Pumpkin Treehouse from King's Quest 7 in a way... and that's good)

[Rocchinator]

This really hard...

Concept: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly For me it looks there lives a mostwanted professional hacker. It has a DANGER atmosphere everywhere.
Playability: Nixxon In this case Its a small place but seem that the character can do lots of research and experiment with objects in there.
Artistic Execution: Dream Very Unique Style I like the warm medieval look to it. i will totally have dinner there and hear bards songs by the fire.

[dactylopus]

So many fantastic entries in this contest, and they could fit into multiple categories.  It's definitely hard to choose.

But that's my job here...

Concept: Rocchinator
Playability: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly
Artistic Execution: Dream

Well done, everyone!

[Tycho Magnetic Anomaly]

Yup this one is so tough for me that I have been considering putting the names into a hat, but that is just lazy so I need to just figure this out some other way. I think what makes this vote so particularly hard is the variety of styles, they are all so very different, and each of them has their own merit when taken individually.

I also notice the voting on this is a little different to the colorball contests, just to be clear is this how it works:

Concept:= equivalent of 1st place
Playability: equivalent of 2st place
Artistic Execution: equivalent of 3st place

OR

are each category separate so at the end there are a 3 lists of top3's for each category? thus 3 1st winners, 3 2nd place winners, and 3 3rd place winners?

[SilverSpook]

My bad guys, I just realized I uploaded a way-too-huge version of my background which probably is tough to see.  Just put up a smaller one on the first page.

Great work everyone!  It is a pretty tough choice here, all the pros have come out of the woodwork!  I would say, they should all do MAGS to help with the participation, but I myself am also too swamped to get to it. :O

Here's my votes:

Concept: Nixxon
Playability: Rocchinator
Artistic Execution: Dream

@Tycho: As I understand it, each vote you get in any category counts as 1 'point'.  Whoever gets the most points wins.  I.E. let's say this happens:

John votes:

Concept: Background 1
Playability: Background 2
Artistic Execution: Background 2

Jill votes:

Concept: Background 3
Playability: Background 1
Artistic Execution: Background 2

Jesus votes:

Concept: Background 2
Playability: Background 1
Artistic Execution: Background 2

Background 2 gets 5 votes, so they win 1st place

Background 1 gets 3 votes, so they win 2nd place

Background 3 gets 1 vote, so they win 3rd place

etc.

[Tycho Magnetic Anomaly]

ah right, gotcha!  makes sense now.. cheers for the heads up on that

[Riaise]

Concept: Rocchinator - I love the idea of the survivor making the plane their home! It works really well.
Playability: SilverSpook - I can imagine the protagonist having to rummage around in this room, trying to find clues or some specific object.
Artistic Execution: Misj' - This one is really difficult because so many of the backgrounds look amazing, but I just love the animated feel of this entry.

Well done to everyone, though! Really fantastic entries all around. I wish I had more votes to give!

[Tycho Magnetic Anomaly]

Concept: SilverSpook - I am a Massive fan of anything post apocalyptic, Your background has really hit a spot with me.
Playability: Rocchinator - Very game ready, tons of detail for the adventurers mouse to explore and click on, Love it.
Artistic Execution: Nixxon - Oozing with confidence, consistency, composition and character, and so well executed.

Some words on the other wonderful entries:

Dream: I live in Ireland so this makes me feel really homely, Very delicate detailing, wonderful color balance and very distinct style.

Grok: From looking around the forum I notice your works keep on getting better and better and better. I really love your sort of punk/grunge/noir feel. There is something just right about the minimal colors and splashes of vibrancy. I really feel that given enough practice you have so much potential. I really look forward to seeing how your works evolve over time.

Misj': What can I say? its spectacular, as I am sure you know, perhaps perfect for the image subject, it emanates professionalism and quality in every respect. Alas, to my understanding it was the fact you had your awesome character included in the composition which was a factor why I felt I could not vote for it. Keep up the amazing work.

blur: It was by sheer luck I spotted your late entry on the first page. It is a dam pity because from what I can see from your start this could have been a very sweet entry. Again its the tiny details that attract me, and I love isometric in general. Please finish this off if you get the time.

Just well done everyone, what a contest.

[Dream]

It's a difficult choice, all the entries here are really great and I'd love to see games made with them.

Concept: SilverSpook - The setting tells a story immediately and it's immersive.
Playability: Rocchinator - There's a lot of things a player could do there.
Artistic Execution: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly - Plenty of detail, good use of color, and pretty lighting.