SotW 1 (winner is Plissken)

[Shazza Dani]

Sharon?

Are you SD?

Indeed.

[bobrocks95]

As a note to those interested:
The full version of Gleeok's caption!

And so one man, and a monkey, set off to save the future of Earth from a ruthless alien menace. We would've sent more ships, but due to the advent of the cheese-ray, over 90 percent of the Earth is now covered in cheese, and the budget for the development of a device that can use cheese as a form of super-efficient fuel has, very regretfully, been turned to cheese also. 0_o So one brave fighter sets out to confront the entire enemy fleet, outnumbered one billion-to-one. How hard could it be, right? ...Wait a minute; Oh Damn it! ...Monkey, Did you paint the spaceship pink again? Gah, you did, didn't you! ...Why don't we just put a giant bullseye on the thing with a big sign that says; "Shoot here to win"...Ugh...where did you say got your license from again?..The Internet? ..Earth is doomed.....

[Joe123]

Indeed.

Oh lol

ok =P

[erm2003]

Nice entries everyone! I am glad to see a lot of participation already. I really think Plissken's entry stands out this week. I love the colors you have going on there. That is going to be a very nice looking quest and I have seen a lot of great things coming from you. Keep up the good work.

[Pineconn]

Okay, I'm jumping in.

Plissken: I almost hate to jump on the bandwagon like Revfan forewarned, but I truly feel that this is the best screen. Clearly every detail was looked at, but don't include so much detail that it is overcrowded. But overall, the shot is very pleasant to look at.

Russadwan: Ever since they were introduced, I've never stopped hating those walls. The shadow is a bit dark, and the water... shouldn't it be blue (unless it's poisonous or something)? Blue water would add a nice bit of color to the screen so that it isn't all green.

Blaman: A little bland (probably mainly due to the tall mountain), but still a nice shot with lots of color.

Sam Atoms: A good shot for Game Boy graphics. I really like the palette for some reason; it gives the shot some energy.

Mighty Darknut: Not much to say, other than some details appear to be random.

Joe123: Having never played FFA, I can't really comment on this. As Revfan mentioned, there are a few perspective issues (I'm looking at the water/waterfall).

Gleeok: This shot looks really nice (especially the intricacy of the layers of clouds), but it isn't really SotW-material. It's just a backdrop and a few sprites.

[Gleeok]

First off; Congrats to everyone on getting Sotw started. There's some great looking shots here, and even a shot from Sam Atoms! I don't think I've seen one from you before. I still haven't made up my mind yet for the vote, I'm kinda stuck between Russ and Plissken. Great screens you two.

I'm mainly aiming at revfan here, but note that there was some confusion on the actual deadline, so consequently some shots were rushed.

Gleeok-Were those tiles ripped? If they were hand-drawn, thumbs up, though I'm hoping that whole game wouldn't be over a dark, cloudy sky.

Yeah, kinda half½ ripped, arranged, and redrawn. I thought zc needed some clouds that actually looked liked clouds. Feel free to use them. Might look good with some layering effects.




I'm sorry revfan, in your infinite aesthetic wisdom, that you don't like my clouds. Maybe I should use only three colors and make them poofy for you, but then you'd just say something like: "if I wanted cotton candy I'd go to the fair".

As a note to those interested:
The full version of Gleeok's caption!

Quote:
And so one man, and a monkey, set off to save the future of Earth from a ruthless alien menace. We would've sent more ships, but due to the advent of the cheese-ray, over 90 percent of the Earth is now covered in cheese, and the budget for the development of a device that can use cheese as a form of super-efficient fuel has, very regretfully, been turned to cheese also. 0_o So one brave fighter sets out to confront the entire enemy fleet, outnumbered one billion-to-one. How hard could it be, right? ...Wait a minute; Oh Damn it! ...Monkey, Did you paint the spaceship pink again? Gah, you did, didn't you! ...Why don't we just put a giant bullseye on the thing with a big sign that says; "Shoot here to win"...Ugh...where did you say got your license from again?..The Internet? ..Earth is doomed.....

And Pineconn, what the hell man? Is your copy/paste function broken or something? It's not that hard to do. I'm in disbelief that you could manage to somehow screw up my shot on purpose. So it's not the best shot by any means, big deal. It's not exactly a Triforce/dungeon ridden quest is it. You can't look at the shot and know what is going on like a screen with Link in it. No, you need an alternate way to glimpse into a tiny bit of the game itself, which might put the picture in a context regarding an actual plot....Alright dude, PM time, you and me; :)

[Pineconn]

PMed.

This is a screenshot contest, not a story/plot/caption contest. I don't know how you do it over at Pure, but here, votes can't be swayed by "lolol that capshun is teh funies." I am now limiting each caption to 50 words.

On a brighter note, I'm glad to see we got 10 11 13 16 votes in one day already.

[Beldaran]

I think I like the look of Plisskens a little better, but I'm intrigued by the idea and the ambience of russadwan's. So I voted for russadwans because I thought it was really cool both graphically and conceptually, despite the fact that I thought Plisskens was slightly better looking.

[Gleeok]

I too ended up voting for russadwan. That Screen is the most innovative use of ground tiles I thought. You can see the passing of time with the grass growing over the floor onto the water. Very nice. :)

[Russ]

You know what, I had this contest easily until Plissken made a last minute entry. Dang it, I was hoping I could win it easily. But now he has twice as many votes as I do. At least four people voted for me. :)