Author Topic: BACKGROUND BLITZ: Nighttime - WINNERS ANNOUNCED! (Read 4555 times)

Snarky · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 May 2018, 08:56 »

Quote from: Cassiebsg on 20 May 2018, 10:19

I just made a sequence for my MAGS game, and thought it could fit well in the theme (or as well as a tangent can be ).

Quote from: VampireWombat on 24 May 2018, 21:36

Alright, here's my entry.
Not too creative, but it's what I was inspired to make.

On my screen, these might almost be the same entry: an almost entirely black square (give or take a bite in the top right corner). To actually see the content I had to do this:

Spoiler: Show

VampireWombat · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 May 2018, 12:32 »

Ack. At that brightness mine looks horrible. I can see at the left where the previous version of the background was (the moon looked horrible after I cropped it).
And the sky looks horrible being brighter...

Snarky · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 May 2018, 14:25 »

There are flaws, but at this brightness it looks like something, rather than just darkness.

Hobo · « **Reply #23 on:** 25 May 2018, 15:36 »

Quote from: Snarky on 25 May 2018, 14:25

There are flaws, but at this brightness it looks like something, rather than just darkness.

It really depends on the screen settings, both entires looked fine enough for me, maybe a little bit too dark, but after your edit, Cassiebsg's pic doesn't actually look like a night scene to me anymore.

Creamy · « **Reply #24 on:** 25 May 2018, 18:39 »

Thanks Snarky. On my phone, I couldn't see anything either.

Cassiebsg · « **Reply #25 on:** 25 May 2018, 18:59 »

Hey, blame Babar. I asked him if it was too dark and he said no.

I'll add some night light then (and no, mine isn't a decided night scene... it's just a room with no light

)

Edit:
Is this better?

I added a window and a "moon".

Pinback · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 May 2018, 07:40 »

@cassiebsg Looking MUCH better!

lorenzo · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 May 2018, 08:50 »

Time to vote!

Entries:

1. Mouth for war

2. Kastchey

3. Cassiebsg

4. Pinback

5. regularryan

6. VampireWombat

Voting categories:

Concept: your background should tell us something about the place you have depicted.
Playability: does it have clearly defined walkable areas, things to interact with, etc?
Artistic Execution: does the image convey the wanted atmosphere? What's the feeling of the place?

Voting ends on the 2nd of June 2018.

Cassiebsg · « **Reply #28 on:** 27 May 2018, 09:37 »

Concept: Kastchey because dark cellars/dungeons are cool?

Playability: Mouth for war (there is a lot to play with and investigate in this BG

).
Artistic Execution: Pinback with runners up Kastchey (very different styles, but they are both very good! I place Pinback 1st for the "wow" effect.

)

Mouth for war · « **Reply #29 on:** 27 May 2018, 10:14 »

Concept: Pinback
Playability: Kastchey
Artistic execution: Pinback

Honorable mention: Cassiebsg, I really like your bg. It looks awesome!

Kinkilla · « **Reply #30 on:** 27 May 2018, 11:12 »

Concept: Cassiebsg
Playability: Mouth for war
Artistic execution: Kastchey

VampireWombat · « **Reply #31 on:** 27 May 2018, 13:14 »

Concept: Kastchey
Playability: Mouth for war
Artistic Execution: Pinback

TGames · « **Reply #32 on:** 27 May 2018, 15:24 »

concept: Pinback
playability: Mouth For War
artistic execution: Kastchey

Pling! · « **Reply #33 on:** 27 May 2018, 17:37 »

~~concept:Pinback - at first I thought I was looking through smoke rings on a space station, but that's solid rock, right?! Nontheless, stunning place~~
edit:
Concept: Kastchey - The concept of this place as a background for an adventure game is great - gothic fullmoon castle ruins romance, plenty of possiblitities for characters and interactions; are there vampires lurking, is their a cult meeting, werelords, traps, artifacts - no matter what, the tension is conveyed perfectly with the limited use of colour and the inspiring design, just a little more work on the blank grey parts and maybe an animation of bats flying past and boom - a background ready for a game
Playability: regularryann - nice and simple, countless ways to interact with a phone
Artistic execution: Pinback - heavy metal; I wonder when you discover the colour blue, though

~~honorable mention: Kastchey - impressive atmosphere, bold stairs and overall great piece of art. That pit immediately gave me prince of persia chills~~

edit: I gave Kastchey my vote for best concept, so no need for an honorable mention anymore

PS: Congrats to Lorenzo for a great Blitz, the theme got me inspired to open a painting program again after 10 years or so, this is what I came up with after far too much experimenting with good old MS Paint: https://imgur.com/a/rJCDfZM

selmiak · « **Reply #34 on:** 27 May 2018, 18:43 »

Concept: Mouth for war
Playability: Kastchey
Artistic Execution: Pinback

lorenzo · « **Reply #35 on:** 28 May 2018, 09:58 »

Quote from: Pling! on 27 May 2018, 17:37

PS: Congrats to Lorenzo for a great Blitz, the theme got me inspired to open a painting program again after 10 years or so, this is what I came up with after far too much experimenting with good old MS Paint: https://imgur.com/a/rJCDfZM

Thanks! That's great, I'm glad you liked the theme! And that's a cool background, I wish I could include it in this competition.

Hope to see you in future background blitzes!

Kastchey · « **Reply #36 on:** 28 May 2018, 23:37 »

Concept: Pinback - Love the outworldly dystopian feel. regularryan as a close second, this background looks just like a lonesome, slightly creepy roadside should.
Playability: Cassiebsg - Very nicely detailed, I can easily imagine playing a rat in this location and interacting with the bars, the straw, the water dispenser, the cage door etc. Would love some additional details hinting what kind of a room the cages are in (a pet shop? a lab? a home rat farm?).
Artistic execution: VampireWombat - If lightened up a little so you could actually see what is in the picture, it is an enchanting and slightly melancholic view. This would work beautifully as a background for an abstract, fairytale-ish game.

And I second what Pling! said, it was a great theme lorenzo and I'm glad it ended with an equally great turnout.

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That pit immediately gave me prince of persia chills

Hey you're right! It never occurred to me, but these pits must still linger somewhere in the long forgotten scars that nightmarish game left on my elementary schooler's psyche :>

dactylopus · « **Reply #37 on:** 29 May 2018, 00:21 »

Concept: Cassiebsg
Playability: Mouth for war
Artistic Execution: Pinback

Riaise · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 May 2018, 13:26 »

Concept: Kastchey
Playability: Mouth for war
Artistic Execution: Pinback

lorenzo · « **Reply #39 on:** 03 Jun 2018, 18:20 »

RESULTS

On 1st place we have... Pinback! Your background rocks!

On 2nd place we have... Kastchey's beautiful but scary cellar!

On 3rd place we have... Mouth for war's lovely moonlight background!

Thanks everybody for participating! It has been really great to see all these different interpretations of the theme!

Unfortunately, I have been having some problems with my computer lately and I couldn't make any trophies. Sorry

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Author Topic: BACKGROUND BLITZ: Nighttime - WINNERS ANNOUNCED! (Read 4555 times)