1st Annual VGBA Cup - Round 3

[Flexx]

Game time is over...

Description: Make a box for either the Nintendo 64 or PlayStation 1 that uses ANY five colors. GRADIENTS AND ANTI-ALIASING ARE NOT ALLOWED
Platforms: N64 or PS1
--->Due Date: Sunday, July 31st, 2011 AT 11:59pm EST <---
TAG: vgba11r3

Boxes will be judged by our secret panel. Leaderboard will be posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011.

Good luck guys, and happy designing!

-Flexx

FINAL NOTE: The submission rules for last round do NOT apply any more. Submit the boxes directly to me via PM; you may post your boxes starting August 1st, 2011.[/B]


Judging Criteria
Aesthetics: Does your box look genuinely pleasing to the eye, or is it just a jumbled mess of filters and images? (out of 10)
Creativity: Does your box use the same old tired layouts and filters, or does it have a bold and unique design? (out of 10)
Presentation: Does your presentation compliment, or detract from your overall design? (out of 5)

[Titan38]

Ooh, tricky one. Sounds like a good round, though.

[Thunderhead]

My apologies, but this will be my exit. I'm colorblind... I can't even tell what colors I'm looking at there, much less use them in a box.

[Masloff]

Not going do make the obvious: Sonic colors or Bit runner

[twoxT]

Ooh, I know what to do...

[tleeart]

My apologies, but this will be my exit. I'm colorblind... I can't even tell what colors I'm looking at there, much less use them in a box.

Damnit. This sucks.

As for myself, there's a good chance I'm doing a certain fighting game this round.

[Manuel_Alejandro95]

I'll do Batman.

[TheSlyder]

I don't understand how strict the rules are here. Is there any lenience (For example, anti-aliasing, gradients, etc.) or lenience in the shades (For example, would a lighter or dark blue than what's pictured count, or does it have to be eyedropper picked?)

Is it enough to say "There's brown. There's blue. There's orange. etc." and it be successful, or does it have to be those exact colors?

[Daemon]

I love working with colors, as you can see with my last four boxes. I've already got a great idea.

[RoarShark]

I don't understand how strict the rules are here. Is there any lenience (For example, anti-aliasing, gradients, etc.) or lenience in the shades (For example, would a lighter or dark blue than what's pictured count, or does it have to be eyedropper picked?)

Is it enough to say "There's brown. There's blue. There's orange. etc." and it be successful, or does it have to be those exact colors?

I'd really like to know this. Because it would dictate how go forward with this.

[tleeart]

I don't understand how strict the rules are here. Is there any lenience (For example, anti-aliasing, gradients, etc.) or lenience in the shades (For example, would a lighter or dark blue than what's pictured count, or does it have to be eyedropper picked?)

Is it enough to say "There's brown. There's blue. There's orange. etc." and it be successful, or does it have to be those exact colors?

That's what I don't get as well, and that will be the difference of whether or not most of us would have to custom the hell out of this, or if, like you said, we can point out the colors in the design using stock or somewhat edited stock images.

[Manuel_Alejandro95]

Gradients and anti-aliasing are allowed, but you're using (roughly) colours in the boxes above; they don't have to be eye-dropped, but I'm trusting all you to use your discretion when choosing the colors. Whether you make your own custom images or choose stock images are up to you.

Will using other colors part from these ones drop our scores down?

[Flexx]

Will using other colors part from these ones drop our scores down?

Using any other colours or straying too far from the colours above (not sure why you would do either) will negate the "Attention to Theme" score and you'll automatically lose 5 points from your box.

[tleeart]

Using any other colours or straying too far from the colours above (not sure why you would do either) will negate the "Attention to Theme" score and you'll automatically lose 5 points from your box.

I sense custom art on the horizon. Maybe I'm rethinking my strategy.

[Thunderhead]

This really wasn't thought out very well. There's too much room for area. Too much gray area. When Reed did his Five Color Comp, you couldn't use gradients, you couldn't anti-alias, and you could only use the five colors mentioned. This is far too vague to have such strict rules. I get the feeling even you don't know what you're looking for in this.

[Daemon]

How about we just use these ten colors, plus black and white, anything goes? Just no other colors.

[tleeart]

This really wasn't thought out very well. There's too much room for area. Too much gray area. When Reed did his Five Color Comp, you couldn't use gradients, you couldn't anti-alias, and you could only use the five colors mentioned. This is far too vague to have such strict rules. I get the feeling even you don't know what you're looking for in this.

I totally agree. The rules are very confusing, and not clearly laid out. I can see this could cause people to do something outside of what you may or may not be saying the rules are. Also, if there's custom work to be done, I don't think you're giving us enough time to carry out a good plan.

[Daemon]

B-but I already started work on my box!

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

I will try my hardest to get my box done, I only have 3 days to do it...

[Brettska99]

Good to know I'm not the only confused one. We need better rules. Or a different theme for Round 3 as it seems unfair to Thunderhead.