spittnacid Posted October 8, 2012 Report Posted October 8, 2012 Before I get too serious about it just for it to be unwanted, I was thinking of redesigning all the ships from scratch using Maya to model and render but I would like some input. Is this something the community would be interested in? If so does anyone have any ideas they would like to see, or a theme of how the ships should look? If I go ahead further I will do all the possible work including testing them in game so all that needs to be done is replacing the png files (or lvz, not sure how the server works). Quote
spidernl Posted October 8, 2012 Report Posted October 8, 2012 Go right ahead. I've been waiting for someone with the ability to do this to make a new set of pretty ships. JabJabJab's making some ship models too, but odds are those are for Aphelion. As for the theme I'd personally like to see.. Try going with more detailed versions of what we have. Keep the warbird looking somewhat like a warbird in style, but make it look a bit more aggressive and.. better. Same deal for the rest of the ships, really. Quote
Cheese Posted October 8, 2012 Report Posted October 8, 2012 what you are doing wrong: fuck everyone elsemake the models, then say "look i made these" Quote
Arry Posted October 8, 2012 Report Posted October 8, 2012 I agree with SpiderNL.... and cheese's strategy for doing stuff.... Developement is full of people not coming through with promises.... so it's better to start your track record with "BOOM HEADSHOT". Quote
spittnacid Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Posted October 9, 2012 I agree with SpiderNL.... and cheese's strategy for doing stuff.... Developement is full of people not coming through with promises.... so it's better to start your track record with "BOOM HEADSHOT". I agree but no point in doing something for ppl that wouldn't want it... kinda a waste other than it being in my portfolio. Well with that said I'm not saying I am and not saying I'm not, as there are too many talkers and not enough doers in every gaming community I've been in, but I thank you for all the advice. Quote
Arry Posted October 9, 2012 Report Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) It's true, even if you talk developement for 10 years and never come through, Boom: Headshots are good any day cause it shows you spend those 10 years actually learning stuff, even if all your ideas wound up being too hard to finish. Ideas are always good, and I think new ships would bring a spark to our zone. Edited October 9, 2012 by Arry Quote
Cheese Posted October 9, 2012 Report Posted October 9, 2012 yeah, i probably wouldnt know shit about programming or networking if i wasnt awesome at this game these are useful, real life, irl skills Quote
spittnacid Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Posted October 9, 2012 Check out my super awesome warbird!!! https://www.dropbox.com/s/o17pglj7ydnnlh6/HSLULZ.png Quote
Cheese Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 thats an excellent start now make rolls then repeat x7 Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 ew, who rolls their ship? I started turning it off once I realized it was affecting my interpretation of bullets/bombs/dodging/manuevering..... Quote
cxc Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 i agree, i played before rolling ships, it came out and first thing i did was turn it off. I have no rolling ships, no stars, backgrounds. I dont even play with the sound on. Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 I still play with all that other stuff.... maybe that's y u pro & im not Quote
spidernl Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) I'll be honest here. While it does look like a ship, it's not quite what I envisioned when I said "Keep the warbird looking somewhat like a warbird in style", haha. I'll be honest and say it's not my taste either, and thus I can't say I think it looks good with a straight face. However, it's still a nice attempt and better than anything I could do. Edit: Hm, judging from the file name being 'HSLULZ' I doubt you thought it looked amazing yourself. Oh well. Had me fooled. Edited October 10, 2012 by spidernl Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) in real life If any of you wonder if brain reads the forums...... HE FRIGGIN READS THE FORUM, OK??!!!! HE JUST DOESN"T DRAW ATTENTION TO HIMSELF........ It's not facebook where he's gonna press "like" on everything he reads to let you know he read it.... Edited October 10, 2012 by Arry Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) thats an excellent start now make rolls then repeat x7 one might wonder if cheese actually meant rickrolls by rolls.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQ6sa9hbKQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQ6sa9hbKQ[/url] Edited October 10, 2012 by Arry Quote
spittnacid Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Posted October 10, 2012 I'll be honest here. While it does look like a ship, it's not quite what I envisioned when I said "Keep the warbird looking somewhat like a warbird in style", haha. I'll be honest and say it's not my taste either, and thus I can't say I think it looks good with a straight face. However, it's still a nice attempt and better than anything I could do. Edit: Hm, judging from the file name being 'HSLULZ' I doubt you thought it looked amazing yourself. Oh well. Had me fooled. Lol you know when i was messing with you yesterday about the recycling? I was also messing around drawing that. IDK I was just in a mischievous mood yesterday. The design is not for real. The REAL redisgn is still in Maya being worked on. I next got to figure out proper texture wrapping, animate the 360 rotation, render and compile the png etc etc. So I AM working on something, just gonna take some time. I do however want to, in the future, redesign ALL the graphics with a pixelated look. I know its graphical regression but I love pixel art and think it would be fun for my portfolio. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbev54mi1173dwf/warbirdwip1.png Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 I heard photoshop can make stuff look horribly pixelated pretty easy.... Quote
spittnacid Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Posted October 10, 2012 I heard photoshop can make stuff look horribly pixelated pretty easy.... Pixel graphics are hard to work with hence why you have to start huge and scale down... no real way to scale up without it being pixelated or blurry that's why im doing 3d models not just for a more 3D look and proper lighting. Quote
Arry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 Yeah, you doing it right bro, I was just noobing it up for those who think I know nothing.... Quote
spidernl Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 I like the model. Very fighter-like. Would love to replace our ships by a set of those! Quote
spidernl Posted October 12, 2012 Report Posted October 12, 2012 Not quite the look I'd personally be going for, to be honest. I'd prefer a more "realistic" look myself. Although that's hard with such low resolution images, of course. Quote
Psythe Posted October 12, 2012 Report Posted October 12, 2012 Although that's hard with such low resolution images, of course. That's why I was going to chime with with the suggestion to make'em look half-cartoonish like they do now. As in, more "2d": Keep the shape but flatten it a bit? This is a 2d game after all Quote
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