I know it's not quite on point with a resource that's gone 404 or an asset that needs something done to complete it, but, well as I say in the desicription, if mudskipper doesn't scream 'missing link', I don't know what does! :)
gotcha, I guess it just made me think Halloween because there are so many creepy, scary urban legends.
Definitely see the point about a palette theme not applying well outside of pixel art. Still think it would make a fun challenge, but understand if folks don't want to use a theme that's so form specific.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 11:30
oops, I somehow missed the fact that those were links, sorry about that!
@MedicineStorm: I think a link right to the itch.io page makes the most sense. That's the main page for the Jam. If there's a discussion thread (like there was last year), then we should just link back t
@chasersgaming: At the risk of making the wall of instructional text even taller on the Game Jam page, it might be nice to add a link to some of the recent art challenges, or maybe a link to a list of them (does OGA have such a list somewhere on it?). Just thinking of people that are new to OGA, or otherwise unfamiliar with how to browse all the challenge entries.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 10:37
of the ones I didn't recommend, I like 'Hobbies' the best, but I have a feeling that might lead to some very eclectic contributions, so if you're looking for something that might help feed into the Game Jam, my vote goes for Missing Link.
That said, Urban Legends is a great theme for fall (Halloween) and again I love Hobbies, so definitely bank for those for later use. :)
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 16:45
I maybe turning into 'Mr. Palette' but if you're looking for a theme that would steer the results towards assets that could be used together for the Game Jam, you could go with a palette as a theme. Like DB32 or NES.
Maybe 'Popular Palettes' could be the theme and the requirement would be that the work use one of a short list of popular palettes on OGA. DB16, DB32, NES, SMS all spring to mind. Am I missing one?
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 16:39
is the sidebar thing too small to put two lines:
Running Now: XYZ Art Challenge (link)
Coming June 1: OGA Summer 2018 Game Jam (link)
?
Just having the links would be huge even if there isn't room for much text around them.
I guess wether the game jam counts as an Art Challenge or not depends on wether you consider games art or not, so it's good with me, just don't ask Roger Ebert's ghost ;)
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 15:29
@chasersgaming: page looks great! Going white on purple was a great idea! With the checkerboard pattern back there, it kinda makes the whole page look like a jam label.
I don't know about you folks but all this purple talk has definitely got me dreaming of a Prince theme for next year's logo! :)
Gathering and working on assets beforehand seems somewhat like cheating but I'm not complaining. Getting different assets to look/work right together is definitely one of the challenges I ran into with last year's jam, so doing some of that work beforehand will definitely be a plus.
To be fair, I promise to post whatever work I do beforehand back to OGA at the start of the Jam so others can have access to them. If history holds, it'll probably be mostly be palette swapping and extra sprite poses. I'll either post the changes as comments to the original works, or if I end with a lot of stuff, I'll make a new submission out of it all.
Now that the page is up, should we get an announcement post up for the jam? Since folks can prep beforehand, it only seems fair to give them as much notice as possible.
@MedicineStorm: any chance of that super secret Jam announcement returning to the upper left of the home page (where I promise I didn't really see it before ;) Maybe I'm alone on this, but I definitely think Jam (and other) annoucements could pre-empt the 'Chat with Us' link for a while without huring anyone.
oh no! A friend just pointed out that technically I submitted my entry a day early!
So sorry, I didn't meant to cheat. I didn't even check the start time of the challenge, I just assumed that it was live once the link went up!
No worries, I have another 'Missing Link' project started so if Muckety Mudskipper can't compete, I'll try again with that one.
> I'm just sorting Me kids out there dinner
haha, definitley been there before, I feel your pain! ;)
Alright, my submission is in!
https://opengameart.org/content/muckety-mudskipper-sprites-and-tiles
I know it's not quite on point with a resource that's gone 404 or an asset that needs something done to complete it, but, well as I say in the desicription, if mudskipper doesn't scream 'missing link', I don't know what does! :)
gotcha, I guess it just made me think Halloween because there are so many creepy, scary urban legends.
Definitely see the point about a palette theme not applying well outside of pixel art. Still think it would make a fun challenge, but understand if folks don't want to use a theme that's so form specific.
oops, I somehow missed the fact that those were links, sorry about that!
@MedicineStorm: I think a link right to the itch.io page makes the most sense. That's the main page for the Jam. If there's a discussion thread (like there was last year), then we should just link back t
@chasersgaming: At the risk of making the wall of instructional text even taller on the Game Jam page, it might be nice to add a link to some of the recent art challenges, or maybe a link to a list of them (does OGA have such a list somewhere on it?). Just thinking of people that are new to OGA, or otherwise unfamiliar with how to browse all the challenge entries.
of the ones I didn't recommend, I like 'Hobbies' the best, but I have a feeling that might lead to some very eclectic contributions, so if you're looking for something that might help feed into the Game Jam, my vote goes for Missing Link.
That said, Urban Legends is a great theme for fall (Halloween) and again I love Hobbies, so definitely bank for those for later use. :)
I maybe turning into 'Mr. Palette' but if you're looking for a theme that would steer the results towards assets that could be used together for the Game Jam, you could go with a palette as a theme. Like DB32 or NES.
Maybe 'Popular Palettes' could be the theme and the requirement would be that the work use one of a short list of popular palettes on OGA. DB16, DB32, NES, SMS all spring to mind. Am I missing one?
is the sidebar thing too small to put two lines:
Running Now: XYZ Art Challenge (link)
Coming June 1: OGA Summer 2018 Game Jam (link)
?
Just having the links would be huge even if there isn't room for much text around them.
I guess wether the game jam counts as an Art Challenge or not depends on wether you consider games art or not, so it's good with me, just don't ask Roger Ebert's ghost ;)
@chasersgaming: page looks great! Going white on purple was a great idea! With the checkerboard pattern back there, it kinda makes the whole page look like a jam label.
I don't know about you folks but all this purple talk has definitely got me dreaming of a Prince theme for next year's logo! :)
Gathering and working on assets beforehand seems somewhat like cheating but I'm not complaining. Getting different assets to look/work right together is definitely one of the challenges I ran into with last year's jam, so doing some of that work beforehand will definitely be a plus.
To be fair, I promise to post whatever work I do beforehand back to OGA at the start of the Jam so others can have access to them. If history holds, it'll probably be mostly be palette swapping and extra sprite poses. I'll either post the changes as comments to the original works, or if I end with a lot of stuff, I'll make a new submission out of it all.
Now that the page is up, should we get an announcement post up for the jam? Since folks can prep beforehand, it only seems fair to give them as much notice as possible.
@MedicineStorm: any chance of that super secret Jam announcement returning to the upper left of the home page (where I promise I didn't really see it before ;) Maybe I'm alone on this, but I definitely think Jam (and other) annoucements could pre-empt the 'Chat with Us' link for a while without huring anyone.
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