The Noob webcomic

[Kitriana]

maybe we could have loubet create this for us? so we maintain the Genesis look...

[Arcon]

maybe we could have loubet create this for us? so we maintain the Genesis look...

We would have to pay for it, we wouldn't have if for 6 months I guess and I really did not like what we have on the Genesis site. I know I would never click on a banner for game that looked like that.

[gorboth]

The issue with size may be an issue, but I would probably just go with our top banner from the web page.

The fact that it is in black and white is something I get a lot of negative comments on. Frankly, I think it is one of the selling points because it looks utterly different from anything else out there. I'll investigate the implications of the pixel size situation and see what seems best.

G.

[Arcon]

The issue with size may be an issue, but I would probably just go with our top banner from the web page.

The fact that it is in black and white is something I get a lot of negative comments on. Frankly, I think it is one of the selling points because it looks utterly different from anything else out there. I'll investigate the implications of the pixel size situation and see what seems best.

G.

I like it that it is in black and white and the drawing style, I don't like that it looks like a new Civ game for a happy happy family. It says nothing about excitement, danger or anything else that genesis is, in my opinion.

But I shouldn't hijack my own thread.

[gorboth]

We could also use some of the artwork on the backdrop that Loubet designed for the "background" of the official client. That definitely shows the danger/combat/adventure/alignment variety the game offers. Unfortunately, it is not currently formatted for the banner size used by the webcomic. If any of our talented artists want to grab the graphics and whip up a banner based on any of Loubet's images, they certainly have full permission to do so (Cherek??)

G.

[Kitriana]

actually -- i could try my hand at that -- i know how to use photoshop decently if I could get the art in its original form and some direction on what people want.

[Kitriana]

Can someone give me the spec requirements?
What DPI does it need to be? What size/dimensions should the banner be?

Do we want several options?
I don't know how to make anything flash or blink -- I can only create a 2D flat image.
Can you tell me what exactly you want based on the existing art?
What kind of text besides Genesis existing text do you want it to say?

All of you guys seems to have great ideas and opinions -- lets hear them.

[Arcon]

https://www.projectwonderful.com/wecanhelp.php?id=3
here are some tips on banners/ads


https://www.projectwonderful.com/adtemplates.php

here you can see the sizes. I believe the "banner ad" is what we are looking at. 468x60
There is also a "skyscraper ad" 160x600

[Cherek]

My idea was to combine the "scrolling text part" with the Genesis graphics. So it starts with a few rows of text (white on black) that says "kill dragon" / "nazgul" / "whatever", then a few lines of combat scroll by, and the "end plate" is out website top banner with some type of "Play Genesis now"-text.

Obviously we could pick any part of our game for the text part. Anything that in a very quick way explains a text game. It could also be funny, like a joke on annoying syntaxes... we could have different text parts, but always end with the same end graphics.

Yes it would be animated, and I think it should be. Animated ADs are MUCH more noticable than a still image. And yes I too could help out with that.

[gorboth]

My idea was to combine the "scrolling text part" with the Genesis graphics. So it starts with a few rows of text (white on black) that says "kill dragon" / "nazgul" / "whatever", then a few lines of combat scroll by, and the "end plate" is out website top banner with some type of "Play Genesis now"-text.

Obviously we could pick any part of our game for the text part. Anything that in a very quick way explains a text game. It could also be funny, like a joke on annoying syntaxes... we could have different text parts, but always end with the same end graphics.

Yes it would be animated, and I think it should be. Animated ADs are MUCH more noticable than a still image. And yes I too could help out with that.

Try cooking one up, Cherek. If I think it represents the game well and feel good about using it, we most certainly can. There is no reason we have to limit this to just one person working on banners.

G.