WA3 Crowd Sourcing: Game Icon [Closed and Winner Selected]
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WA3 Crowd Sourcing: Game Icon [Closed and Winner Selected]
Another crowd sourcing for WA3. As suggested in another thread, the game needs a good icon. An lord knows, I'm not very good with those (they've been very basic so far).
In fact, I will start this off by asking for some suggestions for a good (free, so folks don't have to pay for this) icon maker. Ideally the icon should be scalable (or come in different versions for different sizes).
Also, post suggested icons in a large size, e.g. 256x256 pixels. Keep in mind that icons should be clean and should look good scaled down to smaller sizes (if it's a just a blobby mess at 32x32, then you have too much visual info in your icon).
The selected icon gets its creator in the credit, and a free copy of the game as well.
Again, thank you in advance... I hope you guys don't think I'm taking advantage of you... I have to admit I'm just having way too much fun seeing what you come up with and can add to WA3, given that the game was a 100% solo project up to this point. Plus, it does shave a bit of time off the development.
In fact, I will start this off by asking for some suggestions for a good (free, so folks don't have to pay for this) icon maker. Ideally the icon should be scalable (or come in different versions for different sizes).
Also, post suggested icons in a large size, e.g. 256x256 pixels. Keep in mind that icons should be clean and should look good scaled down to smaller sizes (if it's a just a blobby mess at 32x32, then you have too much visual info in your icon).
The selected icon gets its creator in the credit, and a free copy of the game as well.
Again, thank you in advance... I hope you guys don't think I'm taking advantage of you... I have to admit I'm just having way too much fun seeing what you come up with and can add to WA3, given that the game was a 100% solo project up to this point. Plus, it does shave a bit of time off the development.
Last edited by Midnight Synergy on Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: WA3 Crowd Sourcing: The Game Icon
We're having fun too.Midnight Synergy wrote:I hope you guys don't think I'm taking advantage of you... I have to admit I'm just having way too much fun seeing what you come up with and can add to WA3, given that the game was a 100% solo project up to this point.
I think...
i should change my signature to be rude to people who hate pictures of valves
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Here is a basic botty on a rainbow field.
Made with IMAGICON.
Free from http://deviouscodeworks.co.uk
Can convert most any image to:
.JPG
.BMP
.PNG
.ICO
in sizes 16X16 to 128X128
Made with IMAGICON.
Free from http://deviouscodeworks.co.uk
Can convert most any image to:
.JPG
.BMP
.PNG
.ICO
in sizes 16X16 to 128X128
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Here is mine Scaled / Not Scaled
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Same here, it's free.tyteen4a03 wrote:I'm sticking with Paint.NET.
If anyone wants to use Paint.NET with this, simply download the program here:
http://www.getpaint.net/
and then download this DLL:
http://www.evanolds.com/dl/IcoCur.dll
Stick the DLL in the FileTypes folder that's in Paint.NET's root directory.
Size your canvas to 256x256 and draw away, then save-as an .ico. When saving, select the sizes you want built in the icon for automatic resizing by Windows... Hopefully this makes sense.
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I've managed to come up with 4 pixeled Icons.
All icons I submit are in .ico format and are ready to be put in the game.
Is there a deadline for this Patrick?
All icons I submit are in .ico format and are ready to be put in the game.
Is there a deadline for this Patrick?
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icons
Aha, I see the nice icons jdl created.
I was wondering if desktop icons can be animated, but upon some research,
I discovered that it takes special software to force Windows to animate them.
Oh well, that could have been a swell idea.
http://www.microangelo.us/desktop-icon/ ... -icons.asp
http://desktop-icon-toy.en.softonic.com/
I was wondering if desktop icons can be animated, but upon some research,
I discovered that it takes special software to force Windows to animate them.
Oh well, that could have been a swell idea.
http://www.microangelo.us/desktop-icon/ ... -icons.asp
http://desktop-icon-toy.en.softonic.com/
Re: icons
Yeah, the .ico format does not support animated images. Only .gif supports it.VirtLands wrote:Aha, I see the nice icons jdl created.
I was wondering if desktop icons can be animated, but upon some research,
I discovered that it takes special software to force Windows to animate them.
Oh well, that could have been a swell idea.
http://www.microangelo.us/desktop-icon/ ... -icons.asp
http://desktop-icon-toy.en.softonic.com/
If you bothered to copy and paste this signature, or zoom in, to make it possible to read, then I wasted 5-10 seconds of your life.
My (probably not the last) entry - the spaceship icon. Proper .ico files for both XP and Vista/W7 are in the .zip archive, the screenshot is only for preview.
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- Vista/W7 icon looks the same as XP one when scaled into smaller size.
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Some nice entries so far. One note - try to keep it to a single image (e.g. a single space ship or z-bot or star etc)... for example the one that jdl sent with lots of little things looks nice in the larger format, but watch it in a "details" view and it's just some blurry pixels. (not picking on jdl specifically, of course, just using his last icon as a good example).
Clean lines, good contrast, that seems to work best.
Clean lines, good contrast, that seems to work best.
So far, graphical wise, the spaceship looks the best. I like the spaceship one, but in my opinion, I think something to do with Planets or Z-Bot's would look better for Planet of the Z-Bots.
If you bothered to copy and paste this signature, or zoom in, to make it possible to read, then I wasted 5-10 seconds of your life.
The second project by me, based on my Gas Giant planet render. Again, screenshot for preview pruposes and .ico files in the .zip archive.
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D-P, but I made another icon (Z-Bot this time!) during my dizzy car journey on a typical hole-over-a-hole Polish road. It felt like playing Twister onboard of a Viking ship.
Anyway, enjoy the icon!
Anyway, enjoy the icon!
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The planet one looks really good, that's the best so far that fits into the game in my opinion.
However, the larger scale icon of the planet looks a little bit blurry.
Why do you have separate icons for Windows XP and Vista/7 anyway?
By the way, if any of you guys have Photoshop, you can get this plug-in that allows you to open and save files as .ico format...
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icof ... EADME.html
However, the larger scale icon of the planet looks a little bit blurry.
Why do you have separate icons for Windows XP and Vista/7 anyway?
By the way, if any of you guys have Photoshop, you can get this plug-in that allows you to open and save files as .ico format...
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icof ... EADME.html
If you bothered to copy and paste this signature, or zoom in, to make it possible to read, then I wasted 5-10 seconds of your life.
The .ico format was revised and upgraded in Windows Vista. New .ico standard allows large scale icons (256x256 px), while in XP max icon size is 48x48 px. There are also few more minor tweaks, so I decided to upload both .ico files to avoid compatibility troubles.md wrote:Why do you have separate icons for Windows XP and Vista/7 anyway?
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Okay, yeah, I thought it might have something to do with that.Pawelec wrote:The .ico format was revised and upgraded in Windows Vista. New .ico standard allows large scale icons (256x256 px), while in XP max icon size is 48x48 px. There are also few more minor tweaks, so I decided to upload both .ico files to avoid compatibility troubles.md wrote:Why do you have separate icons for Windows XP and Vista/7 anyway?
If you bothered to copy and paste this signature, or zoom in, to make it possible to read, then I wasted 5-10 seconds of your life.
About the blur in planet icon: this can be easily fixed.
EDIT: fixed, see my post below.
EDIT: fixed, see my post below.
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I am having trouble getting these down to a viewable 32x32.
The .pngs look good though!
The .pngs look good though!
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variation of the other one.
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3rd variation
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My second icon: Wysp in space. And after this, I'm going to (attempt to) make .zip files for both my icons. On another note, what's the deadline?
EDIT: I investigated a little, and now I don't think I'll need the .zip files. But is a .png enough?
EDIT: I investigated a little, and now I don't think I'll need the .zip files. But is a .png enough?
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I've remade Gas Giant icon: relighted and some blur fixed, however it won't be better due to the renderer engine.
Also about the .ico format: XP perfectly supports Vista/W7 icons, it only cannot use the high resolution icon and uses 48x48 instead of 256x256, but it works perfectly.
Also about the .ico format: XP perfectly supports Vista/W7 icons, it only cannot use the high resolution icon and uses 48x48 instead of 256x256, but it works perfectly.
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