What style of graphics would you like to see in Avernum 5?

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Author	Topic: What style of graphics would you like to see in Avernum 5?
moonear Infiltrator Member # 5410	written Wednesday, April 26 2006 06:56 Profile #25 modified quote: ...the Exile trilogy's graphics BETTER than a4's ? Are you people all clinically retarded? -------------------- "Dikiyoba ... is demon ... drives people mad and ... do all sorts of strange things." "You Spiderwebbians are mad, mad, mad as March hares." Posts: 687 \| Registered: Wednesday, January 19 2005 08:00
Dintiradan Guardian Member # 6670	written Wednesday, April 26 2006 08:07 Profile Homepage #26 JV did promise that A5 would have a different type of premise than A1-4 did. No more save-the-world-from-the-supervillians. Still, I can't see anything beyond A5. And since I never got any of the Geneforges, and so don't mind recycled graphics... A4 > A1-BoA > E1-BoE -------------------- (Dodges barrage of rotten fruit.) Posts: 1509 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00
Zeviz Nuke and Pave Member # 24	written Friday, April 28 2006 14:04 Profile Homepage #27 I agree that A4 utilizes much more advanced graphical engine and is more modern. However, the best graphical engine in the world is useless if you don't have the graphics to put into it. Exile and Avernum series and BoE/BoA have a large number of graphics made by professional and amature artists. Avernum 4 doesn't. And it shows. My opinion on the graphics is that their primary purpose is to tell me what objects they represent and to provide the atmosphere for the game. A4 graphics fail in that respect. Drakons don't look like Sliths and Shapers don't look like Avernum adventurers. Big circles on the ground don't look like traps. (At least not the kind of traps used in RPGs/DnD.) The captain of the guards shouldn't have a bucket of white paint dumped on him. (Or whoever dumped that bucket of paint would be in a lot of pain. :) ) And so on. A4 could have the best graphics of any Spidweb game if Jeff hired several professional artists. Since he can't afford that, I'd prefer to see Spidweb games with an engine whose graphics Jeff can afford. Either Avernum or Exile style graphics are fine for me and while I personally prefer Exile-style graphics, it looks like majority prefers Avernum. [ Friday, April 28, 2006 14:05: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Friday, April 28 2006 18:05 Profile Homepage #28 I was recently depressed to find out that a friend of mine who is an art major offered the provide art for spiderweb, even just donating it, since he is only a student. They didn't tell him that his art wasn't the type or style they were looking for; they told him they don't need any art. Period. Insane or what? -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Bomber BANNED Member # 6432	written Friday, April 28 2006 19:17 Profile #29 Avernum Trilogy Graphics Obviosly. -------------------- I hate you all Posts: 165 \| Registered: Friday, October 28 2005 07:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Friday, April 28 2006 20:22 Profile Homepage #30 quote: Originally written by Bomber: Obviosly. I usually don't ask rhetorical questions, only to get legitimate responses. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Khoth Post Navel Trauma ^_^ Member # 67	written Friday, April 28 2006 23:04 Profile Homepage #31 -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Thralni Master Member # 5977	written Friday, April 28 2006 23:06 Profile Homepage #32 quote: Originally written by Dintiradan: JV did promise that A5 would have a different type of premise than A1-4 did. No more save-the-world-from-the-supervillians. Still, I can't see anything beyond A5. Hmmm... save-the-world-from-the-superheros perhaps? imagines finally playing a vahnatai group -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 \| Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00
Divals Apprentice Member # 7050	written Thursday, May 4 2006 05:32 Profile Homepage #33 quote: Originally written by Niemand: I was recently depressed to find out that a friend of mine who is an art major offered the provide art for spiderweb, even just donating it, since he is only a student. They didn't tell him that his art wasn't the type or style they were looking for; they told him they don't need any art. Period. Insane or what? At least they got back to him... I never got a reply when I offered my services. =Divals -------------------- thousands are sailing the same self the only self self willed the peril of a thousand fates a line of infinite ends finite finishing the one remains oblique and pure arching to the single point of consciousness find yourself starting back Posts: 4 \| Registered: Wednesday, April 19 2006 07:00
radix malorum est cupiditas Lifecrafter Member # 6403	written Thursday, May 4 2006 10:18 Profile #34 Jeff has said time and time again, he never takes art, storylines, etc. from fans. He doesn't want the potential lawsuit. -------------------- ??? ?????? ???? ????? Posts: 883 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 19 2005 07:00
Zeviz Nuke and Pave Member # 24	written Thursday, May 4 2006 10:23 Profile Homepage #35 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: Jeff has said time and time again, he never takes art, storylines, etc. from fans. He doesn't want the potential lawsuit. That shouldn't stop him from buying the art for a one-time payment of 1$. And by the way, according to his webpage, he is still looking for artists. :) http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/come_aboard.html [ Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:24: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 12:36 Profile #36 He added the improved chitrach graphics that someone here posted to A4, didn't he? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Croikle Shock Trooper Member # 125	written Thursday, May 4 2006 12:59 Profile #37 Yes, though that was probably because of the huge outcry about clawbug chitrachs. I suspect that right now he'd prefer to have Linda make A5 graphics, as that's much cheaper and leads to uniformity. As we approach the release date (still far in the future, of course), he may find that there are certain things missing and try to find outside art, but I'm sure he'd like to avoid it for as long as he can. That said, I'd be happy to try my hand at more Avernum graphics. ;) -------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. Posts: 256 \| Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00
Archmagus Micael Agent Member # 4506	written Monday, May 8 2006 09:33 Profile Homepage #38 While I can't make the graphics (tried blender a bit but killed myself on it), I'm sure there are loads of spidwebbers that can. If they made a collection of graphics to put into the games, and then posted them here, the whole forum can "outcry" about them. JV will take the graphics, he's proved that by taking the Chitrach' graphics. So please just make the graphics anyway, and then we can all work together to find a way to get JV to put them into Av5. We can't do anything of the sort without any graphics. - Archmagus Micael -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 \| Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00
Croikle Shock Trooper Member # 125	written Monday, May 8 2006 14:33 Profile #39 Ok, that sounds fun. I've got a lot of free time coming up in a week or so, so I'd actually be able to work on such stuff. Any graphics that the community would be especially interested in? Oh, and if expense is an issue, I'd certainly be happy to provide anything I make quite cheaply. This is still a hobby, not a profession, though credits and completed work could be quite useful in the future. Plus, the honor of improving one of these games is worth a lot to me. I still smile when I encounter my chitrachs in A4 (except when they're eating me, of course). -------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. Posts: 256 \| Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00
Student of Trinity Electric Sheep One Member # 3431	written Monday, May 8 2006 14:40 Profile #40 Taking some nice fan-made graphics on the odd rare and isolated occasion is one thing; systematically filling out Spiderweb graphics with donated art is another. If it doesn't look good and contribute significantly to the games, it's not worth doing. If it does, at some point people are bound to start feeling funny that only Jeff is getting paid for the games. If by then people have come to expect a lot of nice donated graphics in his games, Jeff is in trouble. So I don't expect he wants to start down that road. I do think the Chitrachs have worked out very well, so perhaps we may see more one-off contributed bits like this. But I don't think donated graphics can ever expand much beyond that. [ Monday, May 08, 2006 14:43: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 \| Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 8 2006 15:22 Profile #41 I think this would work on a strictly Jeff-asks Jeff-recieves basis. He asks for one or two nephil graphics, say, we provide, done. But, then again, I can't speak for the man himself. Whaddya say, JV? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00