Weekly Challenge: Starter Set (due Feb 21)
This week's challenge is Starter Set.
Many novice programmers want to jump right into game programming, but even tiny games require tons of programming. I often recommend that programers' first games be clones of simple old-school games (e.g. Tetris, Space Invaders).
I think it would be fantastic if OpenGameArt housed matching sets of art to make small games like this.
Some excellent ways these art packs could be used:
- Novice programmers learning game programming on their own
- Professors can use our art packs in their Intro to Game Programming courses
- Great sets of art for 48-hour game contests
So let's do this! The goal: try to submit a good set of art that someone could use to pretty much make an entire old-school game (e.g. all the necessary sprites, or all the sound effects, or all the music).
Some simple games that would be good for inspiration: Pac Man, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga, Missile Command, Tetris, Bejewelled, Breakout, Rogue, ... or think of your favorite classic game! Of course, we will not accept entries that are copyright infringement! Be inspired by these old games, don't rip from them.
- Tag your entries: Weekly Challenge, Starter Set
- Entries are due Feb 21, 2011
Side note: if you're a programmer and you want to request a Starter Set, please post below!
This isn't complete enough for the challenge, but here's a kickstarting idea.
http://opengameart.org/content/spaceship-360
A modern Asteroids remake would look handsome with these sprites!
For an Asteroids-Pack you may rip/scale/rotate these to make a complete Asteroids Game Starter Kit:
explosion gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/explosion-with-alpha
explosion gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/explosion
explosion sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/explosion-somewhere-far
explosion sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/rockbreaking
shot sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/4-projectile-launches
shot sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/bombexplosion8bit
shield/collision sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/space-ship-shield-sounds
dead/gameover sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/random-sound-effects
menu sfx: http://opengameart.org/content/various-sound-effects-from-rubiks-race
big asteroid, mine and alternate explosion: http://opengameart.org/content/asteroid-explosions-rocket-mine-and-laser
small asteroid and shot gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/particle-effects
background gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/galaxy-skybox
background gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/4-large-planets
background gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/space-background
background gfx: http://opengameart.org/content/planets-pack-8
story/intro bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/history
victory/credits/outro bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/xeon-theme-remastered
happy bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/techno-geek
intense bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/space-music
tension bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/gi-i-dark-ambient-techno
danger bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/gloomy-musictechnoambient
stressless bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/the-core
arcade bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/attack
melancoly bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/through-space
desolate bgm: http://opengameart.org/content/tragic-ambient-main-menu
ship: http://opengameart.org/content/spaceship-360
Guess I just made an Asteroids DIY pack ;)
With other backdrops and ships you could make a shoot'em'up.
Hi,
this is my submission to this challenge:
http://opengameart.org/content/space-starter-kit
It's a starter kit for a Galaga style game.
Two nice entries for this challenge!
http://opengameart.org/category/art-tags/starter-set
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Is there any way we can we extend this beyond a single contest and still encourage people to submit sets of artwork?
I think the concept of abstracting a genre of a game is universal enough that it shouldn't be limited to just one week.
Extending the contest might be unfair to those who have already submitted, but maybe it could be repeated?
Anytime someone wants to submit a Starter Set, contest or not, it will be wildly popular and useful on OpenGameArt!
Sorry, I should be more clear. I didn't mean to extend the contest (although I won't discourage another one), but to still encourage the submission of 'starter sets' because the idea is so universal.
pfunked has the right idea.
The completion of the contest, should not be a reason to discontinue creation of starter sets. In fact, it should be encouraged. I'm just not sure how.
Maybe we could add an own section for complete game packs / starter sets in OGA 2.0 to encourage people to submit such packs?
It took me a bit longer than the alotted time period, but since people were asking for more after the contest ended i figured i should finish this up anyway.
http://opengameart.org/content/isometric-tile-starter-pack
Excellent work CruzR: your starter set got the most votes! Here's hoping to see some games use this great set.
http://opengameart.org/content/space-starter-kit