Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Nice I like my sheep on Wazd's grass. I'll do my wolf tomorrow, and get it posted. I love to see my work in action.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Thanks for the suggestion of OS sounds - we'll go with that unless Annie fancies the task of recording her sheep.

The 'top down' sheep (God's eye view) are seriously sweet. Looks like we may be approaching having a basic level one coming together. :D

Brilliant work, people. You may all Safely Graze.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Making a top down wolf is kicking my butt. Anyone want to have a try at it? I just can't get it right.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

still no wolfs?
I made a couple of frames of a sneaky one (a running wolf would be unfair for the heard).
It would need some interpolation to make the animation a bit smoother but could be a start:
the animated gif:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/...d9f46203_o.gif
and the usable transparent pngs
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/...d0fe1bfa_o.png

and on the field:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/...b5ea5c0c_o.png

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

The grass/wolf/sheep combo is looking fantanstic. Any way to get the wolf in svg format?

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

not a problem, beside the 'feather' of the shadows and the line styles (easily to fix the first in photoshop). Ill post the svg somewhere 2morrow (someone have opened a garage project?

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Oh wow! We have grass, pens, sheep and wolves. That's just awesome guys!

(Is it time for a group hug yet?)

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Wolf matches my Sheep and Wazds grass really well have a garage project started at https://garage.maemo.org/projects/sheep-dog/ garage is really slow right now I hope the upgrade comes soon. Everyone working on the project request to join project and I'll add you.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

how do they look scaled down slightly, the ui will be really cluttered with them so big.
incidentally, install "variations on rockdodger" from one of hte maemo repositories

it is written in SDL and uses accelerometer to have a controlled spaceship and lots of rocks around
ie a similar style of game engine to what we are proposing

worth a look

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

I was thinking the same, the wolf is a vectorium lupus so is used to be streched, + the entire thing reminded me a bit of the Dino Dini 'Kick Off': an alternative to scale down the sprites could be to make the field bigger (something like 2x2 screens?) ; that would need real men developers to manage the panning and a 'radar map' but would look better on screenshots ( ;) ). An alternativa approac could be to zoom in and out but that is a completely new world of complications. Let me finish my coffee and Ill move on a computer for the svg wolf

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Great graphics!
I think that for the engine I will go with electric charges, so the sheep will be attracted and scared by various 'charges' and will move according to the sum of the vectors. This way they will be moving towards the point of local highest potential.
Having that, it should be simple to incorporate all the proposed solutions, i.e. accelerometers, touch control, running dog control, different species etc.

Comments about this, before I get to work? :)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

hmmm how about head to head on 2 n900s o_O
thats for another thread tho ;)

panning and zooming is easy, however liqbase doesnt support polyfil routines yet, someone would have to write them, or use bitmap scaling as an alternative

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Too much 'encouragement' and the sheep fall over for a 'snooze' until the shocks wear off?

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Is it just me or is this discussion starting to sound like the inside of a Jeff Minter realilty? All we need now are Llamas or some Camels and the picture would be complete!

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I vote for bitmap scaling
AFB was right: garage is down... Any other acceptable fileserver/service alternative that will not hurt the community sensitivity?
Meanwhile I attached the svg here.
still not psychedelic enough...

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Just a thought, what about parallex scrolling? The desktop supports it so I am sure that will be part of the hardware acceleration instruction set. You could combine the multi-screen and radar elements with a defender style wrap-around for play area.

For 'mechandising' how about a theme? :) Change the haptic feedback to a smapled 'baaa'?

(Time for the medication again I think!)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

I think we just need to give garage a few days to get upgraded. For not just share stuff here.

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Here is my attempt in Blender3D, the sheep is very basic and it looks more like a duck
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4613/herder.jpg

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Lovely pens, though!

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Any news on whether our sheep are coming homeward one by one... anyone heard any sheep bells across the lonely air yet?

(Damn, these Christma carols are infecting me!)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

christmas bump!
i've got a sheep on here, i couldnt make anything rotate as required (i still cant do everything i need) but rotation helps.

theres a sheep on this video which explains things quite well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z51-vCa0_Q

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Baa... I feel seasick! Baaa... stop turning my world around! Baaa!

It's great. Your sheep is almost as good as mine, though. :p

Thanks Lcuk.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Not quite the game you were after but it did seem vaguely relevant and highlights this worthy cause once more: Shhep Dash...

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Oh yes, I have wasted many hours which I shall never see again playing that one, too.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

This is shaping up to be an interesting One - keep it up!

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

We may have gone quiet, but I believe we are stiil gestating lambs in a few corners. This project is not yet ready for the mint sauce. ;)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

I was playing a Wallace and Gromit board game last night with my family... those were seriously cute sheep. I kept thinking of you lot.

How are we coming along?

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

watching lcuk's video i'm hoping even more, that QT get replaced by liqbase in maemo6... ;)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Anyone (@andrewfblack ?) could do some multiframe (4-5) sheep and maybe dog? Some generic head/tail movements.

Also, could someone artistic give me a tip how to make those sheep (seen from above) look like running instead of sliding (as they do right now)? Should they movement be jerky, should they rock side to side or anything else?

Thanks!

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

when I get to work tomorrow I'll work on some head moving up/down and side to side, and tail shakes. Dog/Wolf shape was kicking my butt but a few links back in a wolf with movement. Maybe that person could do the sheepdog as well. I think rocking would be best better then jerky.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Would it help if I posted a top-down photo of my dog, if I could get him to co-operate?

(He probably won't - the moment you pay him attention he sits for food!)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

haha yes Kathy :D

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

It took me 20 minutes to get a half way top down of my dog. I'll give it another try if no one steps on to try it.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

I tried with Murph. He kept sitting and hoping to get fed treats. I'll try sneaking up on him when he's standing by a food bowl or something!

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Thanks for all the efforts with dogs, I know it can be hard :)

Could someone maybe make a juicy grass icon, seen from above? Something similar to this, rather (but from above). Preferably round, radius of about 40 pixels.

Thank you!

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

Grass seen from above - maybe clover leaf?

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

how bout a top down pic of my fluffy hamster :P hybrid sheep game lol

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

@smegheadz, we shall be happy to accept everything that is even remotely possible to herd :)

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

i could take a pic of him on a white sheet to make it easier to cut him out.
could also take a few pics of his cage(without the bars) so you have a hamster enviourment idea. herd him into his wheel or little house haha.

Re: Artists and designers - I need help: sheep!
 

We should use some of RevdKathy's bears. :D

-jkq