rensoup #876 Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Faicuai said: Just a bit more middle-eastern / "persian" decoration (like a couple of sexy dancers around the edges) and that should make it stand out! I've got 4 missiles left so I'll be happy with a simple frame! 1 hour ago, Eyvind Bernhardsen said: Ooh, I like it. Since we're picking bikeshed colours though, would it be possible to use a proper curly apostrophe (’) instead of the prime (')? I'll see what I can do 😏 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRaven81 #877 Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, rensoup said: And here's another test, probably the last one, as I think I've got all the pieces to work on the final look. 1 hour ago, rensoup said: I've got 4 missiles left so I'll be happy with a simple frame! If you want to go for a simple frame, I would suggest a maroon/purplish color - like the vest of the Prince in your avatar, perhaps. I think that would fit well with the gold and blue colors. What do you think? Edited June 2, 2020 by TheRaven81 added idea example 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIX #878 Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, rensoup said: I've got 4 missiles left so I'll be happy with a simple frame! I'll see what I can do 😏 ..that's my cue ! just one frame inverted horizontally.. come on @rensoup fit her in 😉 7 2 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRaven81 #879 Posted June 2, 2020 For @Jacques, and anyone else who might be confused my colored frame example is just that - just an example, to show the color that I was speaking of. I'm not suggesting he actually make it that way. He's free to make it however he likes. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Stephen #880 Posted June 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, TIX said: ..that's my cue ! just one frame inverted horizontally.. come on @rensoup fit her in 😉 How do you do that with a strip of 8 pixels? I don't mean technical details - just fantastic art skills! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_The Doctor__ #881 Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 9 wide * how tall + motion + our imagination = what we want to see ! nice use of the dress to help define the feet! Edited June 2, 2020 by _The Doctor__ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faicuai #882 Posted June 2, 2020 58 minutes ago, TIX said: ..that's my cue ! just one frame inverted horizontally.. come on @rensoup fit her in 😉 VERY nicely done... but shorter skirt, please! 3 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heaven/TQA #883 Posted June 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, Faicuai said: VERY nicely done... but shorter skirt, please! Not 2020... #metoo 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIX #884 Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Stephen said: How do you do that with a strip of 8 pixels? I don't mean technical details - just fantastic art skills! ..she is actually 10 pixels wide, but she is just for fun so I went wild 😍 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_The Doctor__ #885 Posted June 2, 2020 See now having her dance next to the intro screen text would have rocked, just sayin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rensoup #886 Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, TheRaven81 said: f you want to go for a simple frame, I would suggest a maroon/purplish color - like the vest of the Prince in your avatar, perhaps. I think that would fit well with the gold and blue colors. What do you think? I actually meant a real frame made with missiles, it's not fully defined yet... wait and see! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rensoup #887 Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, TIX said: ..that's my cue ! just one frame inverted horizontally.. come on @rensoup fit her in 😉 nice 😄 Not sure it works with the serious tone of those texts... but maybe for a loading icon (if I have the memory!) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pseudografx #888 Posted June 2, 2020 How about going for the same chroma in the whole screen and only use different luma? That way you'd only need 1 player (or all missiles) for the colouring. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_The Doctor__ #889 Posted June 2, 2020 Maybe she can dance as an outro having been rescued and all ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mathy #890 Posted June 2, 2020 Hello guys 5 hours ago, Stephen said: How do you do that with a strip of 8 pixels? 5 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: 9 wide * how tall + motion + our imagination = what we want to see ! 3 hours ago, TIX said: ..she is actually 10 pixels wide, but she is just for fun so I went wild 😍 Very thin ice here guys. You know how women are when it comes to their figure/size. Sincerely Mathy 1 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_The Doctor__ #891 Posted June 2, 2020 I tried so hard to avoid getting in trouble, I kept her a size small... whatever shall we do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacques #892 Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, pseudografx said: How about going for the same chroma in the whole screen and only use different luma? That way you'd only need 1 player (or all missiles) for the colouring. I think colour-wise it's better (apart from unfilled/contour "m"), because it feels "warmer" and not that arctic Not sure if rensoup's latest preview is final colour scheme, but mixing warm colours of 1st letter with cold rest is a bit odd, overall it feels way too cold and reminds just a bit darker Atari Basic colours of background and letters: ...which also reminds XXL's early WIPs, which were missing colouring: So yeah, brown/gold would be an improvement Edited June 3, 2020 by Jacques Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irgendwer #893 Posted June 3, 2020 Just played a bit with my text routine and the "Aladdin"-font: test.xex 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rensoup #894 Posted June 3, 2020 21 hours ago, pseudografx said: How about going for the same chroma in the whole screen and only use different luma? That way you'd only need 1 player (or all missiles) for the colouring. That's back to square one really, pretty much like the original... I tried it too and I much prefer having a big colorful char. The focus is on the text, so that's where I chose to spend those PMGs... the big char looks almost hires even though it's just regular PMGs overlapping... I'm quite happy with it. So that leaves me with 4 missiles but that might just be enough to pull off the look I'm going for... 13 hours ago, Jacques said: So yeah, brown/gold would be an improvement I guess we'll forever disagree on colors... not sure they're final anyway. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rensoup #895 Posted June 3, 2020 23 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: Maybe she can dance as an outro having been rescued and all ? I don't know if you're serious but I've still got the cutscene stuff to do and that's another big job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rensoup #896 Posted June 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Irgendwer said: Just played a bit with my text routine and the "Aladdin"-font: test.xex 7.47 kB · 3 downloads It's got a certain appeal... not sure it would work that well with flickering as the lines are slim... reminds me that MrFish suggested that I use dorovar for the ingame text... don't have the space for it but maybe for those text screens... 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacques #897 Posted June 4, 2020 9 hours ago, rensoup said: That looks pretty cool. Irgendwer's proposal was missing a bit on readability, here it's both readable and fitting Persian style well 🙂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irgendwer #898 Posted June 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Jacques said: That looks pretty cool. Irgendwer's proposal was missing a bit on readability, here it's both readable and fitting Persian style well On A8 screen, it would look like this: 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rybags #899 Posted June 4, 2020 Ideal would be about midpoint between the two. The later one has too little bulk in the body and too much tail on things like f and y. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irgendwer #900 Posted June 4, 2020 Just for the sake of it a (very rough and quick) mock-up of the scroll-like look. PMGs (with HPOS changes) could be also used to speckle the paper. Test.xex 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites