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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Event id #3450 : C64GFX.com Loading Screen Compo 2024
No serious rules for this compo.
You can remake/remaster an old loading screen or create a loading screen for a game that doesn't already have one... or even for an imaginary game. NO RERELEASES - this must be new material.
Acceptable formats:-
- Multicolour Bitmap
- Hires Bitmap
- PETSCII
We will split the compo into those 3 categories.
NO FLI, no interlace, no raster bars, no sprite overlays, no animation, no music. No graphical changes or enhancements at all - keep it plain.
Of course you can use an initial fade in so long as it's fairly quick (less than 5 seconds).
Voting will be done on the new C64GFX.com voting platform. You can register for that now (just hit the "register" bar at the top). Please enter your handle as your username. Votes will only county from CSDb registered users on this compo - we will confirm with all voters if needed before voting completes.
Voting will run throughout the compo and for an additional approx 2 weeks. Don't save your votes till the last minute as I will close voting sometime between 14th and 16th October (ie. you won't know exactly when).
Votes will be kept private until the voting window closes - and will BE MADE PUBLIC after that window (down/up voters beware).
We'll use the squared-average formula again to work out final results.
Have fun :-) |
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rexbeng
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 37 |
I think we all agree that Raistlin's initiative with the gallery and the compos is amazing and was much needed. I am also pretty sure that he is open to suggestions about additional features. However, there should be no need for him to 'police' releases; it's up to the creator of a picture to supply all necessary info. So, this is mostly a job for the scene to consider.
@4gentE. With regards to references and how they are used. Hm. I think I might be missing the point, as I don't really get what is the difference between 'using reference' and 'pixeling over' when talking about pixeling images. Care to elaborate? |
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jmin
Registered: Feb 2024
Posts: 10 |
Gaslighting wasn't my intention, the arguments thrown around are just new/strange to me and (of course) an old hat for everybody else around, so sry about that.
As for the difference, I'm not an artist, I just like to push some pixels around until they fit. Albert (and other tools) allow loading up a reference pic and for what else could that be used as for pixeling over, especially when pixeling for a "loading pic" compo where turning artworks into pixels is key.
Guess, all is said from my end 🤗 |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4732 |
Oh no. Not again...
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rexbeng
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 37 |
Hahah! I do believe you need a new dolphin though. This looks too traditional for 2024. :D |
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4gentE
Registered: Mar 2021
Posts: 285 |
Quote:Care to elaborate?
No. |
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The Sarge
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 49 |
@Hedning. That dolphin is wired. |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4732 |
Quote: @Hedning. That dolphin is wired.
Are you going full Dolphin? Never go full Dolphin. |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Jmin: Ok, I think the confusion here comes from the term “reference”. I’m not an artist but I have worked with many artists - and designers - throughout my career .. and “reference”, “ideas board”, “design board”, etc were something that I heard about regularly.
For artists/designers (whether art, music or other), “references” are simply anything that they can use (“as a reference”) to help them with things that might not come immediately to mind. Photos of people running, for example, to help remind about arm and leg positions.. or pictures of animals so that you don’t end up drawing an owl with rabbit ears (the brain is a funny thing) etc.
So when people talk about “references” that’s at least what I think of. |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Apologies that voting was down for a while this afternoon… entirely my fault and I’m just showing that I’m a noob with web development here.
The technical bit: I got scared at how many database queries were being sent (the db is externally hosted and the host has limits…) so I “optimized” it. Then didn’t notice that the optimization had completely borked it.
It’s fixed now, anyway, and database queries should be back at a sensible figure :) |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Just 4-5 days left to vote now :-) … voting will close sometime between 14-16 October. The top spots are -very- close right now, #1 and #2 just swapped places with last night’s voting.
Every vote counts.
https://www.c64gfx.com/compo/3450 |
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