The CUBE

[paulk]

no takers? or simply no backgrounds working?

[RedBaron0]

I actually might give this a try, I'll have to download it later, but here's my thoughts.

The cube itself just has to fit into the black board theme now. mibi's right, the colors I believe are totally unnecessary.(except for the yellow in the center) Draw the connector lines so it looks like chalk. You've got some space, make the image a little bit bigger and add in some things we might see on a chalk board... other little shapes in chalk, formulas... things a mad scientist might write.

[RedBaron0]

Click image to enlarge.

Well here's what I got on this, I still have to fiddle with the legend, and the naming convention for the territories. I might just have the colored balls return just for naming, but it might not be necessary. We'll see.

[natty dread]

No, ditch the blackboard approach. It completely kills the 3d element, making the map really hard to grasp and confusing. I wouldn't play it like this.

The map needs some depth. Right now I see a jumble of lines and balls, not a 3 dimensional cube...

[RedBaron0]

Click image to enlarge.

Well here's what I got on this, I still have to fiddle with the legend, and the naming convention for the territories. I might just have the colored balls return just for naming, but it might not be necessary. We'll see.

Posting on the new page, more opinions please!

[natty dread]

One more thing... I think it might look better if each "layer" of balls was distinctly separated... So that there would be like 4 "floors" of a building... it's a bit hard to explain, I might do a simple drawing to show what I mean...

[RedBaron0]

I get what you mean natty, like having 4 pieces of paper next to each other.(or on top of each other...)

[natty dread]

Ok here's an example to show what I mean. If you divide the cube into 4 "planes" or "layers" stacked on top of each other, and make it so that the "planes" don't overlap, it will look much more clear:



You might even be able to omit all the vertical lines, and just note in the legend that vertices can attack vertices directly above or below, less lines = more clarity.

This would also help with the naming scheme, you could just name them by layers/coords: "Layer Z - X,Y"... for example, Layer 1 - A1, Layer 2 - B3, etc... Then, for example, "Layer 2 - A2" can attack "Layer 1 - A2" and "Layer 3 - A2", but also adjacent coordinates on Layer 2. It would make for easier understanding of the gameplay, IMO.

edit: oops, forgot the alpha channel from that image. fixd

[paulk]

The FONT I used can be found here for free:
http://www.windowfonts.com/fonts/ultra-serif-sf.html

Remember this?

[ghirrindin]

Seriously, the space theme with the astronaut floating around worked the best. If people are worried about thematic feasibility, then make it look like NASA or whoever is assembling a space station.

[ender516]

Seriously, the space theme with the astronaut floating around worked the best. If people are worried about thematic feasibility, then make it look like NASA or whoever is assembling a space station.

I totally agree, and I think natty's altered perspective does wonders for the clarity of the map.

[paulk]

Yes, natty's map suggestion makes it clearer to see the "top to bottom" planes but it makes it extremly hard to figure out the 2 other planes and the connections between all planes.
Plus it makes it a lot less "cube-ish".
But I am more than willing to look at an in-detail-map if one could be made available.
In the version provided many of the top to bottom rods are too close or even seem to be totally overlapping.

[natty dread]

Here's a more detailed map. Even put in some colours.

Click image to enlarge.

I made it 800x800, so it probably needs to be scaled down somewhat to fit the legend.

[RedBaron0]

You should jump in on this natty, I've got to withdrawal my participation to hang out in the "real world" more... sorry guys.

[natty dread]

Hmm, I might, but I have lots of other projects to deal with... So don't expect me to work very fast with this...

Also, not using photoshop, I can't do anything with the original .psd file...

[Blitzaholic]

nice job getting game play passed.

[a.sub]

Hmm, I might, but I have lots of other projects to deal with... So don't expect me to work very fast with this...

Also, not using photoshop, I can't do anything with the original .psd file...

if u need anything done with the orig PSD, including exporting all the layers as PNG files i can help ya there

[natty dread]

Hmm, I might, but I have lots of other projects to deal with... So don't expect me to work very fast with this...

Also, not using photoshop, I can't do anything with the original .psd file...

if u need anything done with the orig PSD, including exporting all the layers as PNG files i can help ya there

If you could also package them into a nice zip or rar file I could give it a shot

[RedBaron0]

Any luck natty?

[natty dread]

Well I haven't received the png files yet..

[a.sub]

Well I haven't received the png files yet..

i need the psd, where do i get it from?

[natty dread]

It was posted on this thread... a couple of pages back I think?


edit: here it is. http://123fresno.com/hypercube/hypercube24.zip

[a.sub]

ill get u ur pics asap

[a.sub]

as promised
http://www.mediafire.com/?vyitmixohn2

[natty dread]

thanks. I'll look into it