The mock-up looks pretty sweet....

Cheers, but yes your suggestions are great. The tachometer was just slapped there as some sort of "mock" GUI, though you are right about speed etc not really mattering... it's going to be a very arcade style multi player shooter... I like the idea of using gauges as ammo counters though, thats kind of cool. I am also toying around with the idea of having fuel, and being able to get in and out of your car to raid wrecks of other cars to steal fuel and ammo etc.

Anything else you want to add just feel free to post here... and if you get lonely in terms of a project, I have some spots available for helpers!

Cheers Again!

~Sol

Viewing the example image, my only real suggestion is maybe using a new layer to do some overlays? You could have a brown fog slowly creeping over everything, or whatever.

Ignore me if you hate the idea lol.

No no sounds like a great idea to me... just wondering what impact it might have on performance though, as there are already LOTS of tiles on the screen... The craters are overlays as well as the water... its animated overlaying a "sludge-looking" layer with an additive filter. Some smog or smoky residue might look really cool though! I might even make it like swamp gas rising out of open manholes or something?

I also haven't added in all the details, like burnt-out old cars on the side of the road, road boundaries, old broken trees etc... I might keep adding to the mock screen shot as I make more graphics until it looks more like the final output

Great idea though! This is the kind of suggestion I was looking for. Got anything else?

There are a lot of websites out there that host royalty-free textures, a good one being:

CGTextures.com

Combining rust, broken concrete, leaks, etc over the top of a building picture using layer blending will give you a good effect, and then you just paint some of the more specific damage in yourself and it will probably be pretty convincing.

O.O

Why did I not know about this site before?!?

I love you.

BTW, here is a quick "mock" screenshot of how the game will look when it's done... mind you it was thrown together VERY QUICKLY so it will no doubt be changed somewhat... but this should still be a fairly good indication as to what you should expect!

(If photobucket would let me upload that is... oh well standbay it will be here eventually!)

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/soldjahboy/GFX-Library/Mock-Gamescreen.jpg">

Good luck with the photo adventure!

Cheers, though I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I'm going to do about making the building textures... It's not exactly easy to find some post apocalyptic buildings to take sample photos from, so I may end up having to photoshop some textures from scratch D:

Oh well, I guess I have plenty of time... seeing as I'm pretty much gonna wait for Construct v1.0 before I get too committed on the coding side of things... gives me plenty of time to source/create graphics.

> What's most "curious" to me, is that he seems to have just taken those images off a porn site lol. The girl I mean, the other stuff is from stock photos.

>

That's what I thought too, so I guess the next question is how is it we both realize it's from a porn site?

This thread is all kinds of awkward now

Menus are looking pretty good, maybe just feather the edges around the chick so it doesn't look so cut out.

Hehehehe you guys read to much porn!

And yes, I will be fixing the edges... already kinda said that She was nice and cut out perfectly, but then I ran a few art filters over her and the edges went all "blech"... will fix later, not really a priority at the moment though as I would really like to start getting a texture library put together. I need to take my camera out with me on my day off and start snapping!

This law allows for bully tactics... Cpt, you made the illustration of the guy that owns the rights to "You are my sunshine" even though he had nothing to do with it's creation... but he obtained that right fair and square right? Now, becuase someone who is "stronger" doesn't like the sound of that, they come along and just take it for themselves.

This bill is a big problem... not so much for you and me... but for a LOT of people, this could destroy thier lives.

Wow that looks great! Even got it working online too from the looks of it? I never really did have much luck with the old MOO objects...

And LOL, I just realised this is basically the "spaceship" version of what I'm working on... but I think this game is aimed more at the MMORPG side of things, where as mine is more deathmatch... looks damn fantastic though! I love space games...

LOL... whoever said making games was fun....

THEY ARE RIGHT!!!

What's most "curious" to me, is that he seems to have just taken those images off a porn site lol. The girl I mean, the other stuff is from stock photos.

I've never had so much fun surfing for porn in my life... you are right, but I was looking for something fairly specific and it wasn't easy to find :O

As I said though, she's currently in a "placeholder" state... expect changes to an extent for the time being.

Well.. she could at least put a miniskirt on

She's got shorts on :O

They're just.... REALLY short XD

Her current state can be classified as "placeholder" as there are modifications I need to make to her before she is really suitable for the game... and yes, as PixelThief said, she's the host of the game... In the long run I was planning on getting a model/actor to take some photos and do some voice acting, but I will see how this turns out before diving too far into the ol' wallet.

I have also been working on a "mock" screenshot to show how I plan on making the game look "in action". Hopefully I'll get time to finish this off today and post it up so you can see what I'm up to and possibly provide some feedback.

Cheers guys!

~Sol

the seemingly naked chick seems out of place. also it looks horribly photoshopped in. but the title screen is the sh*t!

Yeah she's my "game host"... I am yet to integrate her properly into the image so shes more seamless... the background is likely to change for the options and help screens as well... just trying to get a feel for how it's supposed to look. Ignore the chopped edges for now and imagine she's less "stuck on" looking for the time being.

Here is the updated title screen with the new font and menu items, as well as the options screen and help/instructions screen (minus text).

Let me know what you think!

Title

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/soldjahboy/GFX-Library/Title-new.jpg">

Options

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/soldjahboy/GFX-Library/OPTIONS.jpg">

Help/Instructions

<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/soldjahboy/GFX-Library/Help.jpg">