Author Topic: Side Art & CP Overlay Sample (Read 4215 times)

froggerman · « **on:** April 10, 2004, 12:30:43 am »

Well my Illustrator Trial is just about to run out.

I think I might have gotten a little carried away with it, but here are the CP overlay and Side Art that I came up with. Comments are welcome.

First the CP.

Those little white holes on the top row of the overlay are for a spinner, 2 4-way joysticks, 1 converted flight stick. On the bottom row there are 2 8-way joysticks. The large white hole in the middle of the bottom row is a trackball.

This used to be a TMNT 4 player cabinet, although when I got it had been converted to an early version of Golden Tee Golf. That is why the control panel is so large.

froggerman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2004, 12:31:38 am »

And now the side art.

cyberphox · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2004, 09:31:09 pm »

Badass!

walls83 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2004, 10:07:26 pm »

very nice but...

Im not to keen on the characters on the side art.. but thats just me

froggerman · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2004, 10:48:47 pm »

Quote from: walls83 on April 10, 2004, 10:07:26 pm

very nice but...

Im not to keen on the characters on the side art.. but thats just me

That was a big questions for me. I have them all on a single layer and can easily 'turn them off'. It looks very clean without them...I thought perhaps too clean. I appreciate the comments.

DarkKobold · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2004, 10:06:48 am »

What if, instead of characters, you used vectorized versions of the in game ghosts? It would give that authenticity feel.
Otherwise, I love it!

SuperRabbit0 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2004, 03:00:08 pm »

Quote from: DarkKobold on April 11, 2004, 10:06:48 am

What if, instead of characters, you used vectorized versions of the in game ghosts? It would give that authenticity feel.
Otherwise, I love it!

I was going to suggest the exact same thing. I think that would look excellent, and really give it that retro/classic feel....

Nannuu · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:53:20 pm »

That looks great! I would also say to use the originall game ghosts. Are you going to have the bezel continue the blue and pink lines around the monitor?

froggerman · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2004, 12:37:55 am »

I hadn't really thought about a bezel yet. The cabinet has a 25" monitor with one of those plastic bezels that fits against the tube. When I got it it didn't have a bezel infront of the plastic bezel. It is a good idea however. I will have to take some measurements and see how much room I have. I should have more than enough to continue the stripes.

I am going to start tracing some ghosts to see how they look. There were some good hints in another thread on how to do this.

froggerman · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2004, 02:38:31 am »

Here is an updated version of the sideart incorporating some of your changes. Thanks for the great suggestions.

SuperRabbit0 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2004, 08:38:08 am »

I gotta say, I like that *much* better. Looks very cool! Great work!

BobbyG66 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2004, 12:06:18 pm »

That sideart is perfect, don't change a thing!

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2004, 06:05:30 pm »

The only thing I think you should do is add the actual pacman fruits and what not up to the keys. Maybe show 2 or 3 keys at the bottom. Otherwise it looks VERY cool. I like the fade from 1 to the other.

J_K_M_A_N

walls83 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2004, 06:22:51 pm »

Good stuff man. that looks so much better.

PRINT IT!

froggerman · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2004, 11:15:10 pm »

Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on April 14, 2004, 06:05:30 pm

The only thing I think you should do is add the actual pacman fruits and what not up to the keys. Maybe show 2 or 3 keys at the bottom. Otherwise it looks VERY cool. I like the fade from 1 to the other.

J_K_M_A_N

You wouldn't happen to have a screen shot that shows the actual fruit up to the key would you? I have looked around and I can't find one and I sure can't get that far in PacMan!

Witchboard · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2004, 09:39:41 am »

I found this on google, but I don't think it's the original. I remember the keys going horizontal, not vertical, but it's been a long time. For some reason, I rembmer the keys being gold also. Hope this helps regardless.

http://www.cis.rit.edu/~sdlpci/Software/turacoCL/examples/sprites.png
http://roger.trideja.com/arcade/images/pacman-fruit.gif

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2004, 05:00:51 pm »

Just use the cheat and you can start on any level up to the 2nd key. I think you should use all symbols though the keys. If you are on the second key, it only shows back like 8 things. I think you should use from cherries to keys and paste them all together. If you can understand what the hell I just said. I attached a file below to show what I mean. Just cut off however many keys you want to make it fit correctly.

J_K_M_A_N

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2004, 05:05:00 pm »

And what it might look like.

J_K_M_A_N

froggerman · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2004, 09:25:38 pm »

Cool! Thanks for the information. I hadn't looked at cheats before.

FractalWalk · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2004, 06:41:17 pm »

Wow. That is so cool, I'm going to have to steal it!

Minwah · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2004, 05:19:06 pm »

Awesome work

If I may add my 2 pence, the only thing I'm not keen on is the little characters on the CPO, that is probably just me tho. Aside from that I really like the CPO

froggerman · « **Reply #21 on:** April 18, 2004, 05:35:49 pm »

Yes, I am afraid that the little guys are being banished from the CP as well.


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