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Thanks all.  The sky is a problem and illustrates the problem of 'cheating'.  After the filter, the sky came out as completely white.  I wanted it to look dark, so I just painted in the gray.  I'll spend sometime working on my paint skills and see what I can do about this sky.  I'm looking into photo sprites and will post some examples when I've got them up.

- Greg

I originally posted these in the Games in production forum, but I violated the posting rules by not having 2 actual game screen shots.  Sorry I'm a noob.

I guess what I'm looking for is some criticism about using this technique.  I think it looks good and fits well with the theme of my game - a detective mystery.  But I wonder if people would rather see sophisticated hand drawn backgrounds.

To make them I just used a FilterForge comic effect on an existing photograph.  Feels like cheating it was so easy. 


Intro screen
http://mustang.millersville.edu/~perceptron/dutcherintro.png

First 'room'
http://mustang.millersville.edu/~perceptron/screenshot.png


- Noobie Greg

Here are two screens from my first game.  To make them I just used a FilterForge comic effect on an existing photgraph.  Feels like cheating it was so easy.  Am I going to have issues with these?  They seem to work.  I guess if I can't get a photo of one of my rooms first, then I'll have to create from scratch and I'll never be able to duplicate this look.


Intro screen
http://mustang.millersville.edu/~perceptron/dutcherintro.png

First 'room'
http://mustang.millersville.edu/~perceptron/screenshot.png


- Noobie Greg