{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/anael\/","author_name":"anael","cat":"LD #34","categories":["LD #34"],"comments":[],"epoch":1450509660,"event":"LD34","likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"83284","p_author":"anael","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"294022","p_title":"Back On Earth Making-of","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450509660","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"source_url":"2015\/12\/19\/back-on-earth-making-of\/","text":"

\"screen\"\n<\/a>\nI thought\u00a0I\u2019d do a little making-of for the art creation phase if you are interested.<\/p>\n

For this adventure game I wanted to try a different process\u00a0to create the backgrounds. I\u2019m not extremely comfortable\u00a0with pixel art, but I\u2019m used to painting in a traditional way, so I decided\u00a0to paint the backgrounds in high\u00a0resolution. I\u2019m using a custom painting tool that was originally designed for live-painting performances, it did the job well and fast.<\/p>\n

\"Paint\"<\/p>\n

Then came the problem of resizing, as you may know,\u00a0resizing down an image can be difficult if you want to keep a pixel-art feeling. You may use \u201cnearest filtering\u201d resizing, but it usually totally destroy the image. Or you may use \u201cbilinear filtering\u201d, but it result in a blurry image. For some time I was experimenting with a new way of resizing-down an image, here are some tests :<\/p>\n

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Here is the HD of the second screen\u00a0and the \u201cpixel-art\u201d filtered version\u00a0:\n\"sc02_HD\"<\/a>\u00a0\"sc02_LD\"\n<\/a>\nIt gave an interesting old-school vibe to the game, without loosing the sharpness, even after applying the CRT shader.<\/p>\n

You can play the game\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

If enough people are interested I can make a similar making-of about the programming aspect of the game and explain why programming in C is still relevant today.<\/p>\n

Thank you for playing and for the encouraging\u00a0comments on the game page !\nSee you around.<\/p>","time":"December 19th, 2015 7:21 am","title":"Back On Earth Making-of","title_was_empty":false}