CHALLENGE 8/30/2010: Modern Day RPG
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Topic: CHALLENGE 8/30/2010: Modern Day RPG
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 8/30/2010: Modern Day RPG
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 12:00am
CHALLENGE: Modern Day RPG ../p/23612.htm - Phones
wants you to make a one screen mock-up of an RPG that takes place in
the real world in modern times (eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Ends_with_You - The World Ends With You or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Protocol - Alpha Protocol ). So no knights, no magic or anything
of the sort. CHALLENGE RULES
CHALLENGE JUDGING
CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
CHALLENGE VOTING/pixels/poll.asp?id=1205' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!CHALLENGE AWARDSThe Modern Day RPG pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:/pixelart/55770.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Dress Sense by /p/21881.htm' target='_blank'>robnoyce /pixelart/55769.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Mockup #004 - Escape from Hell City (GB Mono) by /p/925.htm' target='_blank'>-DE- /pixelart/55781.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Serrated Companionship by /p/23474.htm' target='_blank'>inphy Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! /pixelart/55754.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The Boss! by /p/28127.htm' target='_blank'>weezllane /pixelart/55786.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Tactical Romance RPG by /p/26953.htm' target='_blank'>alcheim /pixelart/55767.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The essence of life by /p/10999.htm' target='_blank'>robotic76 /pixelart/55709.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Special Ops mockup by /p/18884.htm' target='_blank'>PanicBomber /pixelart/55760.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>MMOdern day RPG by /p/29399.htm' target='_blank'>N008573r /pixelart/55788.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>It's gonna be LEGEN... (wait for it)... DARY! by /p/24804.htm' target='_blank'>[balder] /pixelart/55773.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>zoo escape rpg by /p/25032.htm' target='_blank'>d-muerte
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Posted By: Mr Blu
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 6:55am
| Well. Not to be this guy but. Are you okay with drug references? |
Posted By: binoal
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 8:14am
| ok, sorry if this is a noob question, but im new here. Does it actually have to be a game, or just the graphics for a game? |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 8:30am
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@Mr Blu - I suppose, it depends on what it is; it should be ok though. @binoal - just the graphics. ------------- |
Posted By: Mr Blu
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 8:56am
| I figured I'd ask if I went in that direction. Its not going to be someone shooting up or anything. |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 9:44am
| Can it include elements from a more distant past that are still known today? Like maybe one of the party member being a 60s looking Hippie and the other one being an 80s movie action hero. |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 10:17am
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Well, it sounds like you're just starting to look for loopholes here. There should still remain a heavy indication that the game is actually set in a contemporary setting. Clearly a game about people who are acting in a movie about the 60s or pretending they're from the distant future wouldn't be appropriate for the challenge. The challenge idea seems to be about showing a game set in the here and now, rather than avoiding the topic and trying to shoehorn in irrelevant ideas. Knowing you, it will be about the Beatles - am I right? So, basically, the answer is probably not - unless of course it is absolutely crystal clear that it is indeed set in modern times (10 years, as per the challenge description). ------------- |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 12:40pm
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Nah, just some random smelly hippie.
Because every good game set in present time needs hippies. Like Earthbound. Which I think was set in present time. But since its an old game, its now the past... Oh well. XD |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 3:22pm
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Originally posted by lucas_irineu Nah, just some random smelly hippie. A liberal? lol Modern day...Hmmm. How about a bunch of hunchbacked, arthritic, nearsighted, zombie-like characters texting each other? Oh wait...that's 10 years from now.  ------------- |
Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 5:58pm
| wait are we aloud to have monsters? who are the main characters supposed to fight without monsters! |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 9:30pm
I'm not sure if monsters would be 'realistic' enough for this challenge, but I'm sure your allowed to have enemies of some kind. For example, instead of having a group of goblins or something as an enemy you could have a gang of street punks you have to kill  . Use look at the brief in the first post and use your imagination. |
Posted By: PanicBomber
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 12:21am
ive been working on something like this. |
Posted By: Antifarea
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 4:40am
| We don't need to include any fantasy element to get this done, and done good. It can be any modern day theme as realistic as real life. Rpg doesn't necessarily means you have to fight people, you could make an rpg that consists of selling stuff, etc. It's up to you, really. Here's an easy idea, my treat to you people: cops against mafia criminals. |
Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 10:37am
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I have (what i think is) a good idea. But some people may not agree with the content, so here it is. If anyone has MAJOR issues with it, I can find something else to do. This will pertain mostly to americans.
I'll be doing a scene from a game with the backstory as such: You were 14 years old when you witnessed the devastation of September 11, 2001. However, you unlike your peers saw this to be a government sceme. you needed proof, so you decided to hack into the CIA. well, long story short you failed, and winded up in jail for 3 years, and got out because they needed the space for a serial killer. You haven't given up hope though. Your Insticts were magnified by the governments harsh actions. Now in 2004, you set your 17 y/o mind to work. Start your quest into the world, gathering intel, equipment, and skills necessary to overtake the governments defenses. and you go about the game upgrading your equipment and skill levels, hacking into home networks, then into small buisinesses, then into banks, and finally into the government, progressing the whole way. I have an idea of what will be in my piece, and how it will pertain to the story, i just need to know that nobody will hate me for it. |
Posted By: PizzaEnergy
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 9:05pm
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Originally posted by StepDragon
I have (what i think is) a good idea. But some people may not agree with the content, so here it is. If anyone has MAJOR issues with it, I can find something else to do. This will pertain mostly to americans. I'll be doing a scene from a game with the backstory as such: You were 14 years old when you witnessed the devastation of September 11, 2001. However, you unlike your peers saw this to be a government sceme. you needed proof, so you decided to hack into the CIA. well, long story short you failed, and winded up in jail for 3 years, and got out because they needed the space for a serial killer. You haven't given up hope though. Your Insticts were magnified by the governments harsh actions. Now in 2004, you set your 17 y/o mind to work. Start your quest into the world, gathering intel, equipment, and skills necessary to overtake the governments defenses. and you go about the game upgrading your equipment and skill levels, hacking into home networks, then into small buisinesses, then into banks, and finally into the government, progressing the whole way. I have an idea of what will be in my piece, and how it will pertain to the story, i just need to know that nobody will hate me for it. Sounds like a Shia LaBeouf movie. |
Posted By: lilpocketninja
Date Posted: 31 August 2010 at 10:29pm
 W.I.P. VEEERY rough W.I.P. The concept is an RPG of my college. I'm doing it in DS format because I wanted to make a menu screen as well but if I run out of time I may shave the bottom. On the top screen you can see http://www.jhharchitects.com/index.php/projects/45 - Colvard Student Union (pic used for reference, highly modified to make it recognizable at this scale) as the backdrop. Box in the upper left (which will probably be MUCH smaller once I actually start pixeling it) will show two bars: AP (Academic Points) and FP (Fun Points). On the bottom screen is your basic menu. You've got 3 player characters (myself and my friends) with a box showing the fullbody shot of the selected student along with his/her names, stats and class (In this case it would be Banah - (STATS) - Slacker). In the box to the right are some typical college student items (textbook, cellphone, mac book, DS, empty wallet, and student ID card) to be used for various tasks. Below that is a sub-menu directory though I haven't decided what goes there. Not much to crit image-wise but tell me what you think of the concept? Thanks! ETA: and I'm thinking of going with a c64 palette though suggestions are welcome. |
Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 12:57am
| i think a macbook is not a typical college student item... |
Posted By: lilpocketninja
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 5:34am
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Originally posted by StepDragon i think a macbook is not a typical college student item... o.O have you been on a college campus lately? Since two of the three people being used as characters have one, I'm going with it. |
Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 2:33pm
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1 sorry, not trying to start one.
2 yes, i was last year, and i was a graphics major. I'm taking a break, but i was there long enough to notice that only 1 person i knew had a macbook, out of the hundreds of people there. Back on topic, nobody seems to have an issue with the subject matter for my piece, so i'm gonna start it. and HOPEFULLY get it done this time. |
Posted By: KittenMaster
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 2:59pm
| A macbook would make it extremely apparent that a game takes place within the last decade considering how established their product image has been for the past several years. |
Posted By: inphy
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 12:44pm
Here's what I've been working on. There's still boatloads of work to do. |
Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 11:59pm
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I LOVE IT, dude i don't know about other people, but i rarely see iso in that resolution and i love it. keep it up!
EDIT: Response to vvv "argh" vvv (not worth wasting another post and risk being kicked by a mod, so i'll use one i already have) Money's not really an issue, its more about value and ability. I'm from an area which (in general) hates macs. and (USUALLY) for the price of a macbook, you could get a laptop twice as powerful, or a desktop 4x as powerful. so its just not considered. |
Posted By: argh
Date Posted: 04 September 2010 at 5:02am
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I'm a music major, but ALL the art/design majors at my university have a macbook. It's ridiculous. And my school is by no means a rich-folks school (Germany = free education *hooray*).
Sorry to go off topic, but it is hard to believe that there are people not considering a macbook a typical students item. |
Posted By: alcheim
Date Posted: 05 September 2010 at 5:59pm
This was a fun challenge. but the 32 colour limit makes it a bit challenging. Here's what I ended up with.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 05 September 2010 at 6:58pm
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Looks nice, but you have some readability issues. Maybe ditch the very
darkest red since it hardly shows. Or the darkest blue which is hardly
used at all.. Is middle green even used anywhere but the plant? I think its possible to ditch and change a few shades so the walls are not red which is what seems to make it all hard to 'read'. Use the link in my siggy and test your image in the challenge specs one. You have 41 colors you gotta fix it :(...time is ticking. Most of the extras are in the sprites and loose pixels here and there and sorting out the blues and the greens will fix about 6 of them too.  ------------- |
Posted By: alcheim
Date Posted: 05 September 2010 at 7:24pm
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...Unfortunately I can't do much pixel editing here at work to improve readability. I've resubmitted it with the reduced colours so hopefully it'll still qualify. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 05 September 2010 at 7:36pm
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Use the challenge checker in my sig to be sure all items pass or it will not be entered, k, good luck :)
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