04-14-2007, 02:40 PM
@sam skelton,
Sure sam, just send them over and I'll take a look.
@Semi-Native,
Thanks. This brick set will be up in a few weeks. Snow and all. A technique I'm working on is to create the bricks first and then use them in the background graphics (screens). Take a look at the lava screen. Same thing. I think it just makes everything work together to create an environment.
This is my opinion but I think that limiting Jack to just run around in a mansion or castle doesn't add the feel of adventure to the game that can exist. Not knowing what's around the corner (as long as it's not a cheap death) adds to the thrill of MM. We can go out and
And that is why I offer up so many screenshots. There is a very exciting contest coming up and if you have the tubes of paint (custom graphics/screens/new software to support them) you're only limited by your mind.
Hopefully these images stir up ideas in everyone. As an FYI Ghosthunter was inspired by an old war movie called Where Eagles Dare. Good inspiration is all around us!
Enjoy,
Joe B
Sure sam, just send them over and I'll take a look.
@Semi-Native,
Thanks. This brick set will be up in a few weeks. Snow and all. A technique I'm working on is to create the bricks first and then use them in the background graphics (screens). Take a look at the lava screen. Same thing. I think it just makes everything work together to create an environment.
This is my opinion but I think that limiting Jack to just run around in a mansion or castle doesn't add the feel of adventure to the game that can exist. Not knowing what's around the corner (as long as it's not a cheap death) adds to the thrill of MM. We can go out and
paintwhole new worlds to explore, challenge and enjoy. Instead of just painting still lifes we can be surrealists, or impressionists, or pointillists (my apologies to the well schooled in art forum members out there if I got the names wrong). And as in art there will be those who really appreciate one particular form over another. The more mansions I build the more ideas I have for new mansions. What slows me down is having to create the graphics behind them.
And that is why I offer up so many screenshots. There is a very exciting contest coming up and if you have the tubes of paint (custom graphics/screens/new software to support them) you're only limited by your mind.
Hopefully these images stir up ideas in everyone. As an FYI Ghosthunter was inspired by an old war movie called Where Eagles Dare. Good inspiration is all around us!
Enjoy,
Joe B