SPRITE JAM (RESULTS IN!!!): PORTALS (Door Jam)

Cassiebsg · Mon 09/02/2015 16:05:44

Quote from: Mandle on Mon 09/02/2015 15:06:40
Crap...did I choose a lame theme for my one shot at hosting a contest???

I do! I do!
But I need to finish the BG blitz first... so I probably won't make the deadline. And it's not crap, it's pretty cool!

Matti · Mon 09/02/2015 18:21:32

Not very original, but I had to..

A warp tube for a 320x240 Super Mario jump'n'run:

Mandle · Mon 09/02/2015 23:31:48

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Mon 09/02/2015 16:05:44
Quote from: Mandle on Mon 09/02/2015 15:06:40
Crap...did I choose a lame theme for my one shot at hosting a contest???

I do! I do!
But I need to finish the BG blitz first... so I probably won't make the deadline. And it's not crap, it's pretty cool!

Sweet! I suspect you're just too busy with Valentines' romance, but...

Let's extend the deadline a tad! Let's say until February 18th!

And cheers Pindo and Matti for the awesome work!!! And thanks Cassie for the kind words as well: Cheered me up when I needed it

I<3Pindorama! · Tue 10/02/2015 06:40:34

MR.MANDLE...

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YEAH!
Now nothing will go wrong!

PACKING PROCESS

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- EH...

AIRPORT (Brazil)

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- I... I...
I QUIT!

CAPTURE

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FLIGHT

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- ZzZz

LANDING

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- ZzZz

DISCHARGING

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- UHH...

DRIVING TO THE CENTRAL STORAGE

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- Hmmm...that strange noise...

STORING

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- AAAAHHH !!!

COLLECTING TO DELIVERY (next day)

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- AAAAAAAAAHHH !!!

CHARGING FOR DELIVERY

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- WHAT HELL...!?

DELIVERY DAY

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- OH MY DOG!!!

DISCHARGING

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- HOLLY SH...!!!

GOODS DELIVERED

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- UAAAAAAHHHHH....

- NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

PINDORAMA FEELINGS...

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Henceforth I will be in C-TEAM...

UNBOXING

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MIRACLE!!!!

the souvenir is saved!

THANKS MR.T !!!

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Misj' · Tue 10/02/2015 22:05:24

Portals eh?

Quote from: Mandle on Tue 03/02/2015 13:17:32So yeah: Any damn thing you can go through to get into another area...Be it a door, window, magic mirror, trapdoor, hatch, secret bookcase/fireplace passage, wormhole, porthole, mouse-hole, ~~asshole~~, rabbit-hole, a hole you smashed through the wall yourself, or even books in a magical library that you can get sucked into (although I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to come up with a game based on that concept)...

Whatever the portal actually is is fine by me...

I'm pretty sure I can break the anything-you-can-go-through-to-get-into-another-area-rule.

QuoteIt's merely an embodiment of our basic desire to see what is awaiting us just beyond our range of vision...

I guess I can bend that rule. Because the player will not go through the portal, and there is also not really anything awaiting us just beyond...

QuoteSo if you are doing a normal human-sized door in 640x480 don't make it too huge or too small basically (and yeah I know about scaling and perspective but I doubt anyone is entering with a sprite 300 meters in the distance)

Ok...so...let's base this on the Curse of Monkey Island. The height of Guybrush is approximately 50% of the screen (~240px). Let's guess that he's 180cm long, that would make a single pixel approximately 0.75cmx0.75cm. My portal is 41 pixels wide so that would correspond to 30-31 cm. Yeah, that would seem about right. Although I guess the actual portal is only like 2 cm wide...but who's counting?

Oh yeah, screen resolution: 640x480. - But I drew it at 5x the final resolution.

QuoteIt would be wonderful if your sprite could be animated, showing the portal in action. You don't have to of course, but those who go the extra mile will achieve:

Ehm...sure. Why not...I mean: it's only a door right? - So I did fifteen very rough, quick, and dirty frames...because I don't have time to do anything proper. The result is usable I guess, but I should really have two to four times that amount of frames (and a lot more preparation and time).

QuoteOnce voting is opened every voter will be asked to provide their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd favorite choices...

I'm getting old...I remember - in the old days - when the SpriteJam was a non-voting contest. I don't know why, but I always enjoyed the Background Blitz having votes, and the SpriteJam having a jury of one (the person who's running the Jam). I miss the old days

Anyway...you've read (read: scrolled) through all this, so I guess it's time to show some sprites:

My portal:

Opening animation:

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Slow Opening animation (10x slowed down)

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SpriteSheet:

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Portal final frame (portal fully open) 200%

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and finally:

QuoteBut I also believe that they can provide valuable resources for game developers to tap into, especially with something as basic to adventure games as "doors". I really hope that this theme can provide sprites that the community can actually plug into game projects (credited properly of course I also hope)...

Sorry, no. I'm very particular about my work, and no, you can't have it because it's mine, all mine...sorry.

Cassiebsg · Tue 10/02/2015 22:17:31

Quote from: Misj' on Tue 10/02/2015 22:05:24
Sorry, no. I'm very particular about my work, and no, you can't have it because it's mine, all mine...sorry.

But, but, but... it's already on my HD!
And even if I delete it, it will still be there! Oh nooooo!! The browser is the real portal!

Once you open a page all info on it gets sucked into your HD and will remain there FOREVER!

(laugh)

Mandle · Tue 10/02/2015 23:47:31

ROFL Pindo: I love the deceptively tiny package that arrived for me. I had no idea Mr. T worked for FedEx. How the heck did they hide the fact that the job involves flying from him?! Oh wait, they flew all the time in the show and he never saw it coming. Also: Did you actually print out a copy of that invoice and burn it or is that a digital composite? I honsetly cannot tell. Cheers for the souvenir mate! I will add to top post as soon as I can find the time to open all those windows again...

Misj': Amazing entry: If you don't already have a job at Disney/Dreamworks maybe you should consider applying?! And yeah, it seems that a lot of my guidelines are a bit useless once the creative geniuses we have around here do their own takes on the theme, but that's fine too and even better if we can be as pleasantly surprised by those new perspectives as we have been so far! As for the voting thing: I don't think it's a rule change as such. I just kind of assumed the the host should choose the method of deciding winners. I prefer voting as it gets the community involved and maybe more people will view the amazing work being done. If future hosts want to use the host-as-judge method again then I'm fine with that. As for you wishing for your work to remain your own property: That's totally cool, and I will add that factor to the first post.

I<3Pindorama! · Wed 11/02/2015 01:40:26

You like it !!!!
Phew ... so it was worth paid those $ 275 bucks.

The inspiration for this souvenir comes from own AGS community and obviously the software that precedes it. This place, as the books of some writers, are literally linked to fantastic universes that drag us... i think that absolutely no active member leaves to stamp in your essence a fascinating character's book. I feel my eyes getting caught in the tentacles of yours artistic works that appears arise from "nothing" (images, words, games) even when it occurs slowly is so captivating and hypnotic that is impossible to escape ... and after all still echoing like the whole process was a single and whipping flash.

The theme "Portal" was a wise and emblematic choice... congratulations, Mandle!
As said Cassie whatever happens here turn our bowser a gate to multiple universes. Particularly i'm enjoying all the works that are emerging, each carries a peculiar point of view that interconnects with other views to form a only VIEW... as rivers flowing into a vast ocean.

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On the issue of vote i think that is a very constructive discussion and would also like to say my point of view...

I don't see any problem with multiple voting or just a single judge. I particularly prefer multiple that for me is like sharing a delicious cake with everyone rather than prove it alone (see, is just how I feel) but... when i hosted the last contest I took care to read such rules in order to know if the "solitary vote " was mandatory:

Quote* Sprite Jam: Draw the sprite / sprites that fits the theme and size / color rules of the current event. Normally it's up to the host to decide who the winner is, and the winner will be the host to the next contest.

The text suggests that in the end it is a matter of choice ... and as traditionally it already have been presented in a way, i chose to present another perspective regarding the votes and the score. I didn't with the intention of break or deny the rules , it was actually something very similar to the work of Misj (congratulations, man!) that is in my opinion a way to embrace the rules and challenges. The rules are "doors" and not "walls", the key is the creativity ... each way of thinking is a different key to be used in the same door, but that will open up to different places with new experiences ... and new experiences are always welcome when they present to us new angles and perspectives. The main rule about this contest leave open all other possibilities of choices (one vote or many) ... somehow in this aspect i consider the SpriteJam the most democratic of contests.

Mandle chose this path of free will and the next winner will also make him/her choices without any kind of imposition... may be return to the old way, maybe this "new way" happen again or maybe appears a really new and unexpected way? Who knows...

I FORGOT:

The burning Ticket it's just a digital effect...
No ticket was wounded in this joke!

Monsieur OUXX · Wed 11/02/2015 08:09:01

I might join if I have some time this weekend.

Mandle · Wed 11/02/2015 15:57:17

Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Wed 11/02/2015 08:09:01
I might join if I have some time this weekend.

It would truly be my honour if you did

Mandle · Wed 18/02/2015 00:30:22

Well, it's the 18th where I am, so I figure the current deadline has about another 36 hours to go allowing for timezones and also the time I get home from work tomorrow to officially start the voting.

How's everyone coming along?

I<3Pindorama! · Wed 18/02/2015 01:05:16

Hi, portalkeeper!

I will put my portal today!

But I think (particularly) that the great "trip" (when possible) is the turnover of minds/portals...
Despite be sure that I would not repeat the same previous luck... as was the host of the previous contest, I would like to be out of the official competition. My intention is just give to me the honor of participate in this exciting contest.

Mandle · Wed 18/02/2015 01:10:05

Quote from: I<3Pindorama! on Wed 18/02/2015 01:05:16
Hi, portalkeeper!

I will put my portal today!

But I think (particularly) that the great "trip" (when possible) is the turnover of minds/portals...
Despite be sure that I would not repeat the same previous luck... as was the host of the previous contest, I would like to be out of the official competition. My intention is just give to me the honor of participate in this exciting contest.

Well, how about your entry competing normally but, in the event of a win, the second-placer hosts the next contest? So, in effect, you basically just waive the hosting. I'm sure it has been done before when someone was too busy to host or unable to for other reasons.

I<3Pindorama! · Wed 18/02/2015 01:19:17

Well, if this comes to happen, I think it can be done of this way then.
No problema to me ... but anyway i already left warned.

Cassiebsg · Wed 18/02/2015 15:06:15

Unfortunately my portal isn't cooperating, so I won't make the deadline (yesterday I thought I finally had it cooperating, but it didn't.

So I'll have to work a bit longer on that one, but... I'll try and make something up with a new idea I just had today.

Hopefully it'll give you all a good laugh if nothing else.

Mandle · Wed 18/02/2015 16:03:49

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Wed 18/02/2015 15:06:15
Unfortunately my portal isn't cooperating, so I won't make the deadline (yesterday I thought I finally had it cooperating, but it didn't. So I'll have to work a bit longer on that one, but... I'll try and make something up with a new idea I just had today.
Hopefully it'll give you all a good laugh if nothing else.

I don't mind waiting for the original another day or so if everyone else is cool with it...

Cassiebsg · Wed 18/02/2015 20:55:36

I promise I'll post the original portal once is done, but it wasn't that interesting as a sprite, the environment was/is though. But don't delay the competition on the name of it.

Anyway, here's my cheated sprite (yes, I stole the model from roca.com, and it's a real life toilet! probably more fitted to this thread though: something toilets

EDIT: Realized I forgot the faucet... fixed.

I<3Pindorama! · Wed 18/02/2015 21:32:13

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Hahahahahahahaha !!!

UNEXPECTEDLY FORMIDABLE !!!!
Cassie ... for me you've won !!!

Can we philosophize about it too much ... just to have an idea, there is a philosophical current (very seriously) who advocates a theory that the act of defecation was one of the elements responsible for the human evolution. They consider that the man did not have much to do at such times and then his imagination flowed without the basic concerns about survival ... well ... to me it makes some sense.

BUT T ... wait a minute ... hey, Cassie ... when was that you had this fantastic idea?

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Cassiebsg · Wed 18/02/2015 21:44:34

Today... reason why I didn't had time to model one on my own...

But inspiration come from the above mentioned thread...

However I had something more like this in mind (starting min 1):

(Discusting/gross warning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrWlHRT-18

I<3Pindorama! · Wed 18/02/2015 22:15:20

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Wed 18/02/2015 21:44:34

However I had something more like this in mind (starting min 1):

(Discusting/gross warning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrWlHRT-18

At the time I didn't knew... but the toilet from my secondary school apparently was imported from there.

Well...
I will put my entry in soon...
Cause before i need to go... to the... the... er...

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PORTAL!

I don't know why ... but to say that I just will put my artwork
after going to the "PORTAL" does not sound very good.

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CU, Cassie...