seanaltly said, July 29, 2008, 10:43:37 amHere's a link to a slideshow of all the new character portraits:http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/seanaltly/?action=view¤t=aec0b8c6.pbwThe actual in-game portraits look smoother than these.In a word: Awesomesauceomgepicwin! ...err I mean awesome. Nice portrait designs, I see great originality.
ignore the layering issues for the power bar/guard bari will be coding the power/guard bars into into the individual charactersfor full game puposes, so before that there will be a release of updated characters (if sean feels like it)
I think the lifebars would look much better with all that bevel on them. Also there a bit monotone, a bit more colors wouldn't hurt.
Woot final design for the lifebars and the power/guardbarsignore them being backwords and ignore the fontBig thanks to Anjel for the powerguardbar design and to Suitman for the lifebar designNew versions aboveOld versions belowAs of now these lifebars are very basic, with the only intersting thing about them being the timer, ive had suggestions, but i couldnt get them to fit with what i was going for, anyone want to help or suggest something?New version aboveOld version belowSuggestions listened to so far ditch diagonalsSuggestions tried, add wires or roots at the end of em (sorry didnt work out right)
The timer has me thinking of pistons. But I say you should have a sort of futuristic look, like have the smallpics be their current movements, if that is even possible.
Running Wild said, February 20, 2009, 02:37:05 amPower/Guard bar looks too boxy I think.From the V1 of the game.I don't like diagonal lifebars either. Custom portraits please, with a special shape.Also, why not code the lifebars into the characters, to allow gradient color change for example ?
God's Anger said, February 20, 2009, 09:40:09 amRunning Wild said, February 20, 2009, 02:37:05 amPower/Guard bar looks too boxy I think.From the V1 of the game.I don't like diagonal lifebars either. Custom portraits please, with a special shape.Also, why not code the lifebars into the characters, to allow gradient color change for example ?person that helps me with that stuff is too busy nowRunning Wild said, February 20, 2009, 02:37:05 amToo gaudy looking, and I'm not liking the name font either. Power/Guard bar looks too boxy I think.stuff your complaining about is from version 1.0
What are your plans exactly, because it really looks like an alpha design. Missing outlines, additional borders and lines to make it crisp, etc.If you want to make nice stuff at the end of the lifebars, I'd suggest to do some vectorization, which will give cleaner results than what you'll be able to sprite.
honestly it is just an alpha design, i just want to have suggestions on what to do next as im not to sure on what i should do. The thing is we had a bunch of complaints about the previous lifebars, so i thought id work on em this time, unfortunately im not the best of people to think up design ideas
So, I've been watching Heroes lately, and when I started watching the Sylar part, I couldn't help but remember this project's intro storyboard. It's a pretty cool concept all in all, the story and background I mean. New York city, night, cloudy skies, It's all pretty cool.Now IIRC the guys were all submitted to experiments and were being held in tanks with green fluid. How about incorporating the green tanks into the lifebar design? Or even a more cybernetic look (I'm thinking MGS) of the display, black, green, square boxes, diagonal shapes just to continue horizontal or vertical lines, like the Printed Circuit Boards.Also, I think you guys should ditch that gray/blue font thing, I really disliked it, looks pretty "generic photoshop font", needs more personality IMO. I think it's pretty awesome what is being done, and there's a lot potential to be reached.
CCI [walt] said, February 20, 2009, 04:04:41 pmAlso, I think you guys should ditch that gray/blue font thing, I really disliked it, looks pretty "generic photoshop font", needs more personality IMO.this a hundred times this
I fiddled some with it.I also made a bar code which changes the color of the bar.But it looked a weird with diagonal lifebars (even the little diagonal thing in the end of the bar fucked it up).
