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Do you like caves with non-black backgrounds? |
No, it's ugly |
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69% |
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Yes, sometimes if it's a dark-ish colour |
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23% |
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Yes, I like all sorts of bizarre colours |
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7% |
[ 1 ] |
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Sendy Member

Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 186 Location: Square Wave Heaven
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: The Great Colour Question: Do you like non-black backgrounds |
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I like to use them here and there, but I avoid them if I want the caves to have a 'classic' feel. I also find it works best with dark colours - brown, grey, red, etc... _________________ Watcher Kitty is always watching... |
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RTADash Member

Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 414 Location: USA (in Ohio)
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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I picked no, because I think it's ugly. I like to pretend that colors 1 and 2 don't exist...that takes care of all my problems . _________________ Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
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Sendy Member

Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 186 Location: Square Wave Heaven
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:22 am Post subject: |
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I used to do that religiously, too. But I decided to experiment with it in one of my games. I just made sure the colours didn't clash or were too bright.
Here's one of them:
This level was inspired by Arno, by the way  _________________ Watcher Kitty is always watching... |
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RTADash Member

Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 414 Location: USA (in Ohio)
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: |
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Well...the BG's not too bad, but I'm not a big fan of the border color - It just kind of ruins that "darkness at the end of the screen" feeling.
[Edit] Now that I look at it more, it kind of makes the cave look like it's underwater!  _________________ Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
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Sendy Member

Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 186 Location: Square Wave Heaven
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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You have a point with the border thingy, actually... Maybe I'll try putting the borders back to black.
Yeah it does look underwater . In the Crazy Light CK there is a bubble element so you can actually make really underwater-looking levels  _________________ Watcher Kitty is always watching... |
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Sendy Member

Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 186 Location: Square Wave Heaven
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: |
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The colouring misses that black bit inbetween the stats and the playfield. That's another reason to take it out I guess. _________________ Watcher Kitty is always watching... |
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RTADash Member

Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 414 Location: USA (in Ohio)
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Sendy wrote: | Maybe I'll try putting the borders back to black.
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Try making the border blue, just like the BG. I might look really good! Too bad I can't edit my vote now...  _________________ Boulders are round.
Fireflies are square.
I need to find
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Arno Site Admin

Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 2443 Location: netherlands
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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I picked 'No', because most of the times I find it ugly, and it may disturb the character of the cave set by the usual 3 colours.
Also in my own games I hardly use any background/border other than black. Only for Santa's Boulder Dash Party I've used a few blue background colors to get an impression of daylight.
Bordercolors I would never use unless it's black or the same as the bg color.
[Edit] The underwater-look is a nice idea. Or even better when combined with the Atlantis graphics set, or the new underwater-graphics set that I'm still planning to release some day.... _________________ ---- Boulder Dash Fansite ---- |
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Simon Member

Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I voted 'no' because I don't like non-black background colors in BD at all. One exception may be a kind of underwater look, but then I'd prefer a black border and just a dark blue background. |
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ravenxau Member

Joined: 20 Sep 2012 Posts: 22
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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I voted 'no' - the black background lets you concentrate on the important things that aren't black. Also, traditionally Arcade games had black backgrounds (Space Invaders, Pacman)... but now i'm showing my age  _________________ Currently Playing:- Boulder Brain
So many caves - so little time. - System:- Frodo emulator on Android Tablet |
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paul_nicholls Member

Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 108 Location: Tasmania, Australia
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