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http://www.mediafire.com/?hxljo5v11im

I really should think up names for my games.

unfinished http://www.mediafire.com/?njhxncinjzd
Finished http://www.mediafire.com/?9idmcx93ugu

Is it time for a SHAG?



**(Stickam Hourly Adventure Game contest)**

[Graphics:]

My votes are:

Graphics: Ghost
Representation of chosen AGStickamer: Ghost
Storyline: Bicilotti
Overall:Bicilotti

http://www.mediafire.com/?c3jvmmb1fgm

My Ags scripting knowledge is pants. Maybe I should of left more than 20mins to script... Might of got half o what I wanted to do finished. Still I was over the hour by about 10mins so I lose

Will this thread ever get moved?

Gentlemen, I wasn't going for a "fish-eye" look. Just I wanted to try and bend a few lines to give it character. Although saying that google has shown me some nice pictures of streets taken with a fish-eye lens. Still I think it would ovr complicate things. Still no update yet, maybe later tonight...

@Paper Carnival:
Thank you for you suggestion, however I don't like how the buildings would be going through the camera/viewer, also it takes up a lot of room. I would rather still see both sides of the street. I am presently adding a little crossing to use up some of the space.

@yarooze:
I don't totally understand what do you mean by bending the windows and doors. I have already kind of bent them. Just I kept all the x-axis lines straight and just bent the y-axis and z-axis a little. Originally it was just bent on the z-axis to show there was more of a hill. But I felt that I should ad a little more character to the rest of the buildings. Giving the idea that they are "resting" on a slope.

I am starting to regret the bending of the lines as it is over complicating a background. Maybe I should make a straight line one point perspective version. 

Good evening

Hey thank you all for you comments. I have noticed them, just I would of liked to have an update to show you but I haven't had much time the last few days.

1st backgound:

Looks good. It isn't really a useful view but it could be, if most of those buildings could be entered by the character or if it would be a cutscene. But I think the street is taking away too much space. You should either make the sidewalk larger or add a pedestrian refuge island. And try to make the buildings look a bit different (not only in terms of color).

Well this wasn't going to be a place of a lot of interactivity. Basically a "map" room, to get you A to B, only the first 3 buildings were going to be accessed by the player. Also I was going to scale the character when it walked further up the path. However thank you, before I didn't realise how much space that road took up.  I may put in a pedestrian island or crossing to break it up a little. And I was going to add some more detail in the buildings and a little more character but that is what was taking so long.

2nd background:

It's a bit too simple for my taste, especially the trees green area (is it called leaf?). Some shading and some more colors would help. But since it's only a cutscene image I can't say if you should use that in your game. You should show us an in-game background in that style.

Yeah well it was all mostly really simple plain colours and this seemed the most finished out of the lot. Although I see what you mean about adding some depth.

First one does work for me. Once the other buildings are detailed like the nearest and there is some street detail it'll look good, the fisheye style is fine. Feels like the city goes on forever, and actually the empty streets make it kind of eerie, could be a good thing if you are going for that.

Yeah well I want the city to give the impression that a lot of things are going on else where. But I wasn't aiming for an eerie atmosphere. Maybe I should add more detail as in structures or cars etc to fill the background up a little.

The second looks more odd to me because the bands of light coming out of the sun radially suggest that it's a lamp hovering over the horizon. In a landscape, when the colour of the ground changes with distance it's generally due to fogging, which means colours get less vibrant, whereas you have the opposite. I like the cutout style of the tree, if you want it to be a more interesting focal point you could add some more details and volume on it, trying to maintain the original feel. When you have strong bands of colour in an image they can be broken up in a way that suggests the texture, could work on the ground. Anyway here are some of those ideas in practice.

Thank you for this in depth analysis. I have trouble with shading: when it is necessary or not, how bright or how much contrast, defining shape. Originally everything wasn't shaded in this background, but I wanted to add another shade to the clouds which lead to the grass. And well I wasn't happy with the shading on the grass anyway. Thank you a million for your paint over. I love the shading on the tree and your adjustment of the overall colour. However this was going to be the kind of title screen and intro/outro cutscene background so I don't want to make it too complicated.

I must say thank you for your kind words SSH and Bicilotti.

I will put up an update eventually, but I think I need some practise on some other backgrounds, or finish WQ. Still my question is still out there, which do you prefere? Although I believe that my simple style is too simple 

Amazing! Congratulations! Well done!

Well I have never been that great at backgrounds. I just either make them too complicated and spend forever adding detail, or I make them too simple and you don't understand what is going on. Also I have trouble matching up a background style with my character style.
So basically I want is some feedback on my style and are these Backgrounds usable/playable in an Adventure game.

This was going to be in a game that I posted help for last time in the CL forum. Basically I spent ages working on it, so much I that I gave up. I used perspective, but bent it a little. A little experiment which I think I pulled off. My aim was to show that is was a large city and that the space it took up seemed powerful and intense.

This was going to be for Sylvr and I's OROW entry which is uncompleted. This would be the loading screen and cut screen image. This is my most recent Background. I am not happy with the shading and making sure that the eye focuses on the tree.

Basically I wanted to show both sides, Simple and complex, and to get an opinion on which I should work on towards. All I am really asking is what would look good in a game and what would be my style. I am also working on another project "Whale's Quest" which you can see some screens of in my blog, but the backgrounds are just a gradient of blue so it isn't much to comment on, or worthy of adding to the post. Although if you would like to give feedback on that too it would be welcome.

Still I would like any feedback that is possible, good or bad. I am just looking to improve

Ok then

Aww
I leave for an hour or so and the room dies  :'(
Man, stickam is soo buggy anyway. 

Where did everyone go? Where did the room go?

I totally agree, I think the thread should be moved. Just I don't we should deter rooms or any other AGS online gatherings being made. Just it is a pain in the arse that Stickam will not keep a room open on the same url, so that is why we need to keep posting links.

I don't see what else we can do.

OMG guess what day it is!!!

YAY! First trophy!

Sorry if I went too out of the box, and I did remove a couple of pixels of the outline... "My Bad"

Bring on the next one

[Edit:]

I have an entry in the works. So if it would be possible, if I don't post by 12pm, to keep the comp open a little longer? I will edit this post with my entry.

Edit:



Man I wish I will pass my driving test

http://www.stickam.com/member/loadChatRoom.do?roomId=655415

Stickam kicked me  :'(

Ok so "AGS Naked Time" is not allowed as a room name, while AGS sex is...


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