New Screen

[Jay]

Zelda : Ocarina of Time also used background images, similar to the ones you showed (with some 3d effect) I don't kmow how it's done in WinWaker, but i could imagine that it's done similar to Shadow of the Collosus, where they used backgrounds that MELD with the environment to provide photo-realistic landscapes in the game!!!

[steven8]

Thanks, guys!!

I took an actual photo that pretty much matched what I wanted the land outside the opening to look like, then made a TGA file that excluded the sky, so you would see my skybox above it.

[steven8]

I got the logo uploaded!! Ripway is a good site, but they've redone the site, and it seems to limited how soon you can upload another image. You can do six at a time, but I didn't have this one ready yet when I did the first one. No biggie.

[metal_head]

WOW,that's even better!

[steven8]

Thanks MH!

[metal_head]

hey,how did you do the stone aths in the ground?Their edges are transparent somehow.Did you use wall decals for this?

[steven8]

hey,how did you do the stone aths in the ground?Their edges are transparent somehow.Did you use wall decals for this?

Yep, it's a wall decal. I just made a black background, used freehand select with feathering, filled it with white for the alpha, then filled it with stone texture for the main bitmap.

[steven8]

Beginnings of my HUD. Health indicator:

[LtForce]

Ehm, a wizard hat as a health bar? Isn't that a bit childish?

[Jay]

Whoa that looks cool! ... Just wondering... To increase your maximal health attribute, do you have to collect wizard hats?

[Trougedoor122]

cool game, and the hud looks awesome

[steven8]

Ehm, a wizard hat as a health bar? Isn't that a bit childish?

Childish. Creative. I suppose the line could become blurred. No more childish, I'd say, than a game about wizards in the first place.

Thanks guys!

[Matte]

Original Health Bar, I like it I don't know about what the game will be like, but maybe it's a bit too green, unless there are alot of magical lightning effects, then it might be a good color. Keep on the Good Work!

[steven8]

Original Health Bar, I like it I don't know about what the game will be like, but maybe it's a bit too green, unless there are alot of magical lightning effects, then it might be a good color. Keep on the Good Work!

It's not easy being green. Thanks, Matte!

[Kiji8989]

lol. That reminds me of when I used to play Harry Potter on my PC. Your health bar looked like a lightning bolt. And the gate looks better btw.