WA3 Crowd Sourcing: Planet Views [Closed]

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Tue May 21, 2013 11:19 pm

Here's a third entry in the WA3 crowd sourcing project. I think this one should be a lot of fun just to play around with.

At some point in the game (not telling when) there will be some exterior shots of various planets. I've put together a little tool that allows you to try out different planet and (optional) cloud textures to see what this might look like.

Would you like to see your planetary/stellar creation appear in WA3?

If so, unzip the attached file in a directory, and play around with planet.jpg and clouds.jpg. If you don't want a cloud layer, simple make clouds.jpg all black.

The included example shows what e.g. a world like Barren might look like. This was just put together quickly, it's likely not the final version.

Planets don't have to be from the game (i.e. you don't have to make worlds based on the screenshots so far), so let your imagination run wild. I am not 100% sure how many and what types of planets (or other stellar objects!?!) I will end up using, but if you want to contribute, your planet might well end up in WA3 (with credit, of course).

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Tue May 21, 2013 11:23 pm

Deadline for this - Mid June.

With this one, feel free to post your entries in this thread, rather than emailing me.

Here's what an entry should look like: the attached jpgs of the planet and cloud texture (if used), as well as one jpg of the planet as seen from the program. (remember to attach them in reverse order, so that they show up in this order in the post - no big deal, but would look better)

For example... here's my example world:

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Wed May 22, 2013 12:04 am

Oh, wow! This will be fun...

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Wed May 22, 2013 12:42 pm

This is more of a test planet than anything, but it's still pretty cool!

Pawelec · Post by **Pawelec** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:09 pm

Whoooo! That's something I definitely have to participate in! I love making textures!

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Wed May 22, 2013 8:59 pm

jdl wrote:This is more of a test planet than anything, but it's still pretty cool!

Your planet.jpg's colored splotches look like smudged ponies.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Wed May 22, 2013 9:19 pm

StinkerSquad01 wrote:
jdl wrote:This is more of a test planet than anything, but it's still pretty cool!
Your planet.jpg's colored splotches look like smudged ponies.

Was hoping someone would notice.

Edit: I also just noticed the unintentional Bulbasaur that's on it too.

DEVINT · Post by **DEVINT** » Thu May 23, 2013 12:13 am

The Binary Planet XP

Its a planet of numbers shrouded in pixel fog

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:28 am

This one is a mysterious blue planet, comparable to Neptune or Uranus.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:05 am

Dude, that's awesome! (This was referring to SS01's planet, which was awesome.)

EDIT: Are multiple entries allowed? Because I kinda wanna play with this planet maker, despite my bad art skills.

Also, DEVINT's entry inspired me to take a different approach to the same concept. Observe:

Yzfm · Post by **Yzfm** » Thu May 23, 2013 6:23 am

After a bit of tries, and being inspired by SS01's project, there's another good blue planet:

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:23 pm

My first creation: a water planet.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:43 pm

That looks really nice LittleZbot!

You used the "dents" effect in paint.net, right?

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:59 pm

Yeah.

llarson · Post by **llarson** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:00 am

The Mist Planet

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:26 am

This one isn't very detailed, bu it looks good in motion.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Fri May 24, 2013 4:20 am

I'd put a lot of work into an idea that didn't look good and ended up making something really weird and dumb out of it, and to feel like my time wasn't wasted I made this volcanic planet. Enjoy???

EDIT: WHOOPS WRONG CLOUDS WHAT THE HECK

EDIT: Fixed.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:47 pm

I thought I'd try making one without the cloud layer.

It kind of looks like Jupiter a little bit.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Fri May 24, 2013 4:27 pm

I like.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:01 pm

A snow planet.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:27 pm

I seriously doubt that you'll use this, but for fun, I made a LittleZbot Planet. The Planet is my current avatar and the clouds is a previous avatar.

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Sat May 25, 2013 4:02 am

Was just messing around with maze and circuit geometry and difference noise, and this came out of it. This is some kind of artificial construct the Z-Bots made or something, which is rusting in spots.

Technos72 · Post by **Technos72** » Sat May 25, 2013 4:14 am

That's very impressive

llarson · Post by **llarson** » Sat May 25, 2013 5:34 am

*Claps*

popo · Post by **popo** » Sat May 25, 2013 8:38 am

Oooh, I love this new toy, had to have a go ...

popo · Post by **popo** » Sat May 25, 2013 8:59 am

and another one ...

dig 222 · Post by **dig 222** » Sat May 25, 2013 10:11 am

Not very good. Buuuut I tried. ._.

popo · Post by **popo** » Sat May 25, 2013 1:19 pm

Very cold planet ...

Pawelec · Post by **Pawelec** » Sat May 25, 2013 1:45 pm

OK, two of my entries, one being Earth-like forested planed, the second is Jupiter-like gas giant with no clouds.

If anyone would like to have a better quality textures of my planets I can send you PNG versions, as JPG images lose quality during uploading.

popo · Post by **popo** » Sat May 25, 2013 2:16 pm

I've got a jungly one ... not as fitting for the game as yours though ...