Hey, the cover says "hobbit", but that's clearly a dragon!
Barts 25 Feb 2010, 7:30 am
@Deitrix: "Wasn't all done with the keyboard..?"
In this case graphics were generated as a result of sequence of simple graphic commands in Basic, as far as I can recall. You know, "draw line from 0,0 to 120,70; draw another line from 120,70 to 80,60; draw circle at…; fill with colour" and so on. It was very slow because of that – when player entered location with image, he (or she) had to wait for slow drawing to complete!
StickHead 25 Feb 2010, 11:19 am
Yep, when I did graphics on the Acorn Electron, I used to draw it out on graph paper and then plot the points using screen co-ordinates. For Speccy artists the real ball-ache must have been figuring out the colours, while allowing for attributes (ie only two colours [including white and black] per 8×8 character block)
StickHead 25 Feb 2010, 11:19 am
Yep, when I did graphics on the Acorn Electron, I used to draw it out on graph paper and then plot the points using screen co-ordinates. For Speccy artists the real ball-ache must have been figuring out the colours, while allowing for attributes (ie only two colours [including white and black] per 8×8 character block)
gnome 26 Feb 2010, 4:24 am
@ Deitrix: Actually these graphics were mostly programmed I believe, though I can't be absolutely sure. Oh, and it's lovely having you back in a more traditional blogging way
@ Rubes: Well, it's definitely something with hobbits in it I suppose. For an ueber program, I guess we'll have to wait for 3D Vespers
@ Ilya: Fair point! But Smaug is so adorable…
@ Barts: Ahh, thank you for clearing things up my friend. That was what I suspected myself.
@ Stickhead: You did Electron graphics? Please do show us… And I think I'll be attempting to use your technique pretty soon.
DEITRIX 26 Feb 2010, 10:29 pm
Simply amazing! These guys are truly in a league of their own.. Even a stick figure sounds tough.
I wonder if theres any art sites out there for them..?
gnome 27 Feb 2010, 2:50 pm
Oh, worry not. Most adventure game sites cover the classic Speccy text adventures. As for a site for the artists themselves, well, that's quite a brilliant idea… Don't think there are any.
24 Feb 2010, 3:17 pm
Man! I couldn't imagine doing the game art back then.. Wasn't all done with the keyboard..?
Getting back on blogger to do my updates and make it easier to blog with friends in such..
This is where I will be: http://deitrix.blogspot.com/
Just putting it together now.
-talk soon!
24 Feb 2010, 4:33 pm
Hmm, I wonder what a "super-program" is?
24 Feb 2010, 6:26 pm
Hey, the cover says "hobbit", but that's clearly a dragon!
25 Feb 2010, 7:30 am
@Deitrix:
"Wasn't all done with the keyboard..?"
In this case graphics were generated as a result of sequence of simple graphic commands in Basic, as far as I can recall. You know, "draw line from 0,0 to 120,70; draw another line from 120,70 to 80,60; draw circle at…; fill with colour" and so on. It was very slow because of that – when player entered location with image, he (or she) had to wait for slow drawing to complete!
25 Feb 2010, 11:19 am
Yep, when I did graphics on the Acorn Electron, I used to draw it out on graph paper and then plot the points using screen co-ordinates. For Speccy artists the real ball-ache must have been figuring out the colours, while allowing for attributes (ie only two colours [including white and black] per 8×8 character block)
25 Feb 2010, 11:19 am
Yep, when I did graphics on the Acorn Electron, I used to draw it out on graph paper and then plot the points using screen co-ordinates. For Speccy artists the real ball-ache must have been figuring out the colours, while allowing for attributes (ie only two colours [including white and black] per 8×8 character block)
26 Feb 2010, 4:24 am
@ Deitrix: Actually these graphics were mostly programmed I believe, though I can't be absolutely sure. Oh, and it's lovely having you back in a more traditional blogging way
@ Rubes: Well, it's definitely something with hobbits in it I suppose. For an ueber program, I guess we'll have to wait for 3D Vespers
@ Ilya: Fair point! But Smaug is so adorable…
@ Barts: Ahh, thank you for clearing things up my friend. That was what I suspected myself.
@ Stickhead: You did Electron graphics? Please do show us… And I think I'll be attempting to use your technique pretty soon.
26 Feb 2010, 10:29 pm
Simply amazing!
These guys are truly in a league of their own.. Even a stick figure sounds tough.
I wonder if theres any art sites out there for them..?
27 Feb 2010, 2:50 pm
Oh, worry not. Most adventure game sites cover the classic Speccy text adventures. As for a site for the artists themselves, well, that's quite a brilliant idea… Don't think there are any.