Any really old building is going to be so old it's public domain by now. The only thing you might run into is there are some buildings that are new enough to still be under copyright. I know photos of the Louvre with that (relatively anyway) new glass pyramind with it ran into some problems, for instance. The Eiffel Tower also tries to get away with protecting its image by copyright its lighting, so that if you take a ohoto you may not infringe upon the building but would, theoretically, on the way it's lit. Stupid, I know, but France is known for bizarre law cases.
A good roundup can be found on a photography site: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/building-architecture-copyright.145723/ As often is the case, the Wikipedia article on the topic seems to be written in such a way as to be useless for most readers. Writing by random collaborations of anyone who feels like writing something can do that.
My philosophy is that as long as everyone does it and there are no entries submitted outside of the announced time frame (well, can still do a submission that fits any given theme, just can win the challenge with that) that it's all fair. We're encouraging contributions, and it's a free use game art site, so whatever works for someone is OK with me.
I was big into Palm units around 2000-2001. I bought all the shades of Palm V and Vx devices, including clones and special editions. Silly. I trained their tech support lines during that brief period when they formed their own company and then their highly overinflated stock burst almost immediately and they couldn't afford US-based agents anymore. Too bad they didn't know what they were doing. They could have been big.
For those who didn't get it this time, it's just an exercise to get things done, and I know real life can get in the way. (I've got a batch of things I want to tweak before I get them up too.)
This didn't get a lot of publicity and perhaps didn't inspire those who did see it. I have something to get together and submit but it was last minute and not good for promotional purposes. I'll pollish it though. And if I can't be bothered to join my own challenge I can't blame anyone else for missing it.
Any really old building is going to be so old it's public domain by now. The only thing you might run into is there are some buildings that are new enough to still be under copyright. I know photos of the Louvre with that (relatively anyway) new glass pyramind with it ran into some problems, for instance. The Eiffel Tower also tries to get away with protecting its image by copyright its lighting, so that if you take a ohoto you may not infringe upon the building but would, theoretically, on the way it's lit. Stupid, I know, but France is known for bizarre law cases.
A good roundup can be found on a photography site: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/building-architecture-copyright.145723/ As often is the case, the Wikipedia article on the topic seems to be written in such a way as to be useless for most readers. Writing by random collaborations of anyone who feels like writing something can do that.
Love the concept on this. Takes a lot to add a new angle to a pixel tile.
That's the magic of CC0. Modify them to your heart's content and release the new versions here.
Looks like a few submissions... good stuff.
I played around with my interpretation of Dracula (and some friends) in https://opengameart.org/content/crypt-of-dracula-nes. I don't compete in the challenge, but I like the motivation to finish something.
My philosophy is that as long as everyone does it and there are no entries submitted outside of the announced time frame (well, can still do a submission that fits any given theme, just can win the challenge with that) that it's all fair. We're encouraging contributions, and it's a free use game art site, so whatever works for someone is OK with me.
Music always works for the challenge as well, but is a little easier to meet the theme this time around.
Nostalgic seeing that again.
I was big into Palm units around 2000-2001. I bought all the shades of Palm V and Vx devices, including clones and special editions. Silly. I trained their tech support lines during that brief period when they formed their own company and then their highly overinflated stock burst almost immediately and they couldn't afford US-based agents anymore. Too bad they didn't know what they were doing. They could have been big.
Congratulations to everyone who contributed!
For those who didn't get it this time, it's just an exercise to get things done, and I know real life can get in the way. (I've got a batch of things I want to tweak before I get them up too.)
This didn't get a lot of publicity and perhaps didn't inspire those who did see it. I have something to get together and submit but it was last minute and not good for promotional purposes. I'll pollish it though. And if I can't be bothered to join my own challenge I can't blame anyone else for missing it.
I think for the next one that we'll follow your suggestion: http://opengameart.org/forumtopic/weekly-challenge-surts-scraps-due-marc...
Groovy! 8x8 really reduces things to the essentials. I love this. And the download contains much more than what's in the preview.
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