Tuesday, February 16, 2016

New Logo :-D

So, the site has a new logo.... Let's take a look...



Hey, why is your gun bigger than mine!?! Haha, I used a really small glue gun. Also I didn't think about how busy the background behind me would be. But in the green I kinda like it.

The colors are an obscure homage to the IBM PC CGA color palette 0. The much more common CGA palette was palette 1 with the cyan, magenta, black and white, like this:





But, there were some games that used the yellow, red, green and black palette.

Inspiration from stuff like this:











Obscure, I know. 

That's why we are the Retro game club, not the Call of Duty 15 gameclub    :-D

Let me know what you think. Modifications can be made if necessary  :)

8 comments:

  1. That's cool! I wonder how it would look with the more aggressive palette 1. Maybe I'll try a few palettes (like I'm curious how it would render if I actually map an actual CPC or NES palette, when I'll have time anyway).

    Yeah, this thermal past gun has a capacity for a life time!

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  2. I'd be interested to see what you come up with. I'll send you the source files I worked with and you can go from there!

    Crazy thing, I had to make the resolution of my image match the resolution of yours. I eyeballed it (guessed) and got it to the exact pixel without having to do any precise adjustments. Crazy :)

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  3. Well, here's another attempt...

    http://organicio.altervista.org/alterpages/files/cyan-magenta-fixed-balances-with-logo.png

    See what you think. I tried the "more aggressive" as you said CGA palette. I also tried to reduce the detail in our faces with several filters.

    It's hard to reduce the detail while still making us recognizable as people though :)

    Still interested to see what you come up with.

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  4. I like it one more, it's more old school. :-) I might try something from here, when I get a chance (probably after a few days).

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  5. OK, I put it up as the logo for now until I get something better from you :)

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  6. Here's my attempt

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/w62azfvx5tc76nt/RGC-logo-3.xcf?dl=0

    I've added retro game shots so it's very clear what this is all about, and a third unknown person to convey the idea that others can join.

    Here's the Gimp file in case you want to hack it

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/w62azfvx5tc76nt/RGC-logo-3.xcf?dl=0

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  7. How confusing, here's the png file

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fxrk3j7wkfewd97/RGC-logo-3.png?dl=0

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  8. Very nice! I love it.

    It's official, I made it the new logo.

    But I have one question, what game is in the bottom right with the orange columns? I don't recognize that one.

    OOHHH I see what you did, you put games from my upbringing on my side, and from yours on your side. With both versions of Contra/Gryzor, very cool.

    Is that Ketsui in the lower left past Super Ghouls & Ghosts? And what shmup looking games are cut off on the far right of your side?

    Very very cool!!!

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