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Game development => Game design => Topic started by: Scarpia on January 13, 2004, 12:44:58 AM

Title: odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: Scarpia on January 13, 2004, 12:44:58 AM

hi all :)

i just surfed around these forums for a while again today, and wound up at odnorf's "dreams" project web site... and WHAT AMAZING SCREENSHOTS!! I've been toying around with graphics in Photoshop these past few weeks, and I'd really appreciate it if some kind soul (maybe you, odnorf? *s*) could help me out here:

* how was the 'dreams' head line created? what font is used, and how did you apply the spattered effect?

* the screenshots are _amazing_, how did you accomplish that effect? how many different image layers do you use, how is the glowing colors done, and again, the spattering - how IS that done? hmm...


Sincerely,

Scarpia [back from a loooooooong break in which I've moved to a different town, bought a beautiful new laptop and started my B.Sc. in Comp.Science]

Title: Re:odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: Mnemonic on January 13, 2004, 07:56:17 AM

Welcome back, Scarpia!

Unfortunately odnorf is in the army till november :( But he appears here from time to time for a few days and I'm sure he'll be happy to chat about Dreams :)

Title: Re:odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: Mnemonic on January 13, 2004, 11:29:36 AM

And as for the Dreams logo, AFAIK he printed it on a paper, then destroyed the paper in various ways, than scanned it back in :)

_{(I hope I didn't reveal any secret know-how :))}

Title: Re:odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: Nihil on January 13, 2004, 11:54:19 AM

I think I have a font installed that looks slightly like the one odnorf used - when I'm at home I look for it and send it via Mail if you want.

Title: Re:odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: odnorf on January 24, 2004, 02:46:44 PM

Thanks for you good words Scarpia.  :) (Although in my opinion those screenshots are not that good. They have been made in a very short time. I'll recreate them all when I'll finish the army.)

Let's start....
The font I used is just the famous and not very unusual "helvetica". I just destrroyed the font in the way Mnemonic described. (And NO, it's not a secret. It's a technic not discovered by me afterall.)

As for the screenshots.... I don't think that I can create a tutorial for that not because it's difficult but because I just can't. I am not home so I don't have screenshots and such to post as examples.

Oh... and I used from 20 to 250 layers in each image.

Offtopic: Damn... I have so many ideas for the backgrounds and especially how to create the characters and I can't work on them....  >:(

Title: Re: odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: Noga on August 13, 2004, 12:46:40 AM

I know how you must feel. I had same problem few years ago when I worked on game and week before release date duty comes. I never finished this game because after year in army I forget everything am working on.
Sry for my eng, I hope that you understand what I meant, dont stop your project and of course Foff army

Title: Re: odnorf's 'dreams' project
Post by: odnorf on August 13, 2004, 11:29:36 AM

Thanks. I won't stop this project. Actually I have never stoped thinking about it and now i have more ideas for it than before. Army has slowed me down, it hasn't stopped me  ;)