LF scifi title screen background

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  1. jay13
    #1 Source
    Hello,

    I can do most of the editing I would need to do myself, but... for this one I'm having a hard time finding a suitable base image. So I'm wondering if anyone can help me.

    What I'm looking for.

    • Dark theme. Not a lot of color, not very bright.
    • In some way obviously scifi. A window out into space from inside a craft, for example, would be great. But any way that clearly indicates we're in the future and in a tin can.
    • Screen visible, dark (but not off) and large enough to overlay text onto. Using the previous example, perhaps a monitor that's part of the craft's controls. But any alternative that achieves this...
    Anyone happen to have come across or know where I might find a suitable background image to make my title screen with?

    And failing that... really just any 16-bit art of a space station or spacecraft I could probably work with, anyone know where to find that sort of thing?

    Thanks!
  2. Cadh20000
    #2 Source
    A good space scene, minus the spacecraft elements unfortunately, is "Universe.png" found in the VX Ace RTP's "Graphics" > "Titles1" folder or the "StarlitSky.png" found in the VX Ace RTP's "Graphics" > "Parallaxes" folder.
  3. Sharm
    #3 Source
    Opengameart.org has a lot of space stuff, especially if you're looking for some nice 16 bit ships. As a bonus the licensing info is really clear so you don't have to worry about accidentally using something that isn't actually free to use.
  4. jay13
    #4 Source
    Cadh20000 said:
    A good space scene, minus the spacecraft elements unfortunately, is "Universe.png" found in the VX Ace RTP's "Graphics" > "Titles1" folder or the "StarlitSky.png" found in the VX Ace RTP's "Graphics" > "Parallaxes" folder.
    Yeah, and I can find plenty of star/nebula pictures... But I'm trying bring the player into the scene. Something that conveys a first person view, for a sort of "I'm here in the game"/"I'm in spaaaaace!" effect. Well maybe not that cheerful but you know

    That's the hard part x.x

    Sharm said:
    Opengameart.org has a lot of space stuff, especially if you're looking for some nice 16 bit ships. As a bonus the licensing info is really clear so you don't have to worry about accidentally using something that isn't actually free to use.
    I spent some hours on their site earlier tonight... they've got some nice sprites but I didn't really find anything suitable as a title screen background.
  5. Cadh20000
    #5 Source
    If I had Photoshop on the new comp I'd use one of those starscapes as a base and do up a monitor or porthole for you, unfortunately I don't and the old comp is...toast.
  6. ??????
    #6 Source
    Sharm said:
    Opengameart.org has a lot of space stuff, especially if you're looking for some nice 16 bit ships. As a bonus the licensing info is really clear so you don't have to worry about accidentally using something that isn't actually free to use.
    I will have to check that out ^_^

    Thanks for the info :)
  7. Cadh20000
    #7 Source
    I hunted down the disk and installed Photoshop on the new comp. I used the "Universe.png" from the RTP as the space-view in the monitors and threw the rest together quickly. Is it okay for what you need?

    Spacecraft Bridge: Spacecraft bridge.png