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Topic: Improving the original? What to improve to do the game even better? (Read 98723 times)
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Clay
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I think I might give the Melnorme a try myself. That is, if Censored doesn't mind. I don't wanna step on toes, here.
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Draxas
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That probe looks fantastic, especially with that last round of revisions. My only beef (and it's a supremely minor one) is that the cross-piece doesn't appear to be rotating, as much as spinning 1.5 turns in one direction, then reversing direction and spinning 1.5 turns in the other direction. It lends it a different look than the one I expected, but isn't bad, per se. I'd guess it's probably a side-effect of looping the animation in a particular way.
The Trader... not so good. I can't shake the feeling that it just doesn't look right. The prongs on the nose-piece aren't pronounced enough, and the front side fins are too rounded and lack the "spikes" (or whatever they are) from the original sprite. Worst of all is the black bands, since I definitely feel they should be less "paint" and more "groove." It particular, the front section of the original looks as if it should be segmented, with furrows running inbetween sections of the ship where the black bands are. Also, I like the highly detailed texture, but it gives the ship a "hodge-podge" sort of look that seems to run counter to the original intent; after all, a salesman won't make much of a good first impression if his ship looks like it's cobbled together from scrap metal.
As always, take my criticisms with a grain (or entire shaker, as appropriate) of salt. My depressingly minimal artistic talents would certainly never allow me to do any better.
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Vux_Brush
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lol, my university was less time consuming....Fine arts, but allways one did well the drawing exams, was safe, so not more extra work at home...not much, that is. And after all they gave me a title...I had been drawing like 27 years (so I don't count childhood , or just half of it. ) so is more like one have to do little to pass... Anyway, is my saying: you pay sooner or later..if u study a lot, and suffer, later you get better jobs...i had to suffer AFTER getting out the university...
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Vux_Brush
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euhm, he has no time now with University , he just said ...
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guesst
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Yeah, I know. But if he's anything like me he won't let a little thing like education get in the way of dinking around.
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Vux_Brush
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haha
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^Nytro^
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hey, this thread is sinking down in the list as no new progress is going on the ship redrawing field.
or is there?
we ordinary people can't quite know, so please you artists, share us with any new stuff or thoughts. even if there's no new complete ship. It'll be nice to know that we'll still, after all, see all the ships re-done soon.
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Deus Siddis
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Yea, don't lose you're momentum. You've all made great progress on this.
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Clay
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I'm afraid I don't have quite the drive I did at the start. I do have a half-finished version of the Melnorme. To Censored's credit, it's a lot harder than it looks. When I finish it up, I'll post it.
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guesst
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Let this thread die. (What did I just do?!!)
When someone has something new that can start their own thread, as opposed adding more to the most popular off topic I've ever seen.
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Vux_Brush
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But the redoing of the ships would actually make into a game (be it the oficial or another already functional one(at least melee working))?
I don't ask for the quality. I have seen many with a load of quality, surpassing all expected.
here are many valid ships. IMHO is been a very productive thread.
But I had understood this thread all is about fan art, but wont actually make into a game..I can mod in 3d or 2d into any other game comunity, but only if my art makes its way into the game, at least, and if I like a lot the game, then small collaborations can happen. But if all is closed to existing old art(which have a lot of sense in today's Urquan Masters, as is using old res for all, this ships are probaly whole screen size...and the rest of graphics will be seen really weird when put aside new ones), no motivation 
I have done recently like a pack of ships for $, recently. So, doing one for free to add to my portfolio wouldn't be so much of a waste.
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