Graphics Wishlist

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Graphics Wishlist

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I'm putting together a list of graphics requirements to get some estimates on costs from some graphics designers.

This is an everything and anything list. So feel free to list current things as well as items/things you think should have graphics of some sort.

Current Job Description (feel free to post edits/revisions)
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Looking for a designer or several graphics designers to create a new and 'up to date' or 'modern' look and feel graphics displayed within, Space Merchant Realms (http://www.smrealms.com)

Background:
Space Merchant Realms (SMR) is a free multiplayer online text and tick based strategy game has been actively running since 2001 . You fly a ship of your choice and trade, fight, build planets and raid ports and planets. The main draw of the game is the ease of access and high competitiveness nature of the game. We're looking for the right graphics to bring in a new generation of players.

Links provided are of the existing images to give prospective bidders an idea what we are looking for.

This would include but not limited to:

- Main Site Logo/Main Page Design (http://www.smrealms.de/images/login/smr_banner_16.png)

- Player Race Photos - 8 races based on racial profiles as defined in http://wiki.smrealms.de/index.php/Manual:Races

- Splash screens for 'from space' view of planets, ports, ship yards/dealers, hardware stores, beacons (of protection), Federal Head Quarters, Underground headquarters (none currently available)

- Planet Attack Screen - This image is displayed when a team/fleet attack a planet. Would like 2 images, one depicting a single ship, one with around 10 ships. (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/planetAttack.jpg)

- Port attack screen, same idea as with planets, would like 2 images, one depicting a single ship, one with around 10 ships. (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/portAttack.jpg)

- Player vs Player attack screen, battle in space, 1 vs 1, and fleet combat (mutliple ships up to 10 each 'side').

- Death/Pod screen (trader has died, is in an escape pod returning to racial headquarters) - http://beta.smrealms.de/images/escape_pod.jpg

- Logoff screen (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/logoff.jpg)

- Planet Icons - Update + couple different types/designs (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/planet.gif)

- New Icons for friendly(green), enemy(red) traders (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/trader.jpg)

- New Icons for friendly(green), enemy(red) forces (Mines, Combat Drones, Scouts) (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/enemyForces.png)

- New/update icon for warp enterance (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/warp.gif)

- New/update of icon for Weapons shop (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/weapon_shop.gif)

- New/update Hardware shop icon (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/hardware.png)

- New/update of Ship Dealer icon (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/shipdealer.gif)

- New/update of Federal Beaon icon (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/beacon.gif)

- New/update of Underground icon (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/underground.gif)

- New/update for Racial headquarters (http://beta.smrealms.de/images/government.gif)

- Update goods icons. In order: Wood, Food, Ore, Precious Metals, Slaves, Textile, Machinery, Circuits, Weapons, Computers, Luxary, Narcotics, buy/sell(lables)(http://beta.smrealms.de/images/goods.png)

Above icons are displayed on 2 screens, 1 of which is illustrated here: http://beta.smrealms.de/images/local.png

- New/update Mail Notifications:
- Racial Council - http://beta.smrealms.de/images/council_msg.png
- Global (sent to all online players) - http://beta.smrealms.de/images/global_msg.png
- Personal Mail - http://beta.smrealms.de/images/personal_msg.png
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Re: Graphics Wishlist

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I would like to see background splashes for sectors. Ports, planets, open space, bars etc any and all locations. Uno would be like a space dock or something of that nature.

I believe Freon was working on something like that within CSS, but it would be cool if it was built into the game.
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updated top post again.
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I think we should try using stock photo sites for our graphics. They are very cheap and easy to use.

Background for warp sector (miniaturize and use on local map too): http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illust ... st=513b65a

Planet Defense graphic: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo- ... st=513b65a

Regular Space Background: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo- ... st=513b65a

Cool Animated Graphic of a shop docking at a space station/port: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-video- ... st=7faef5d

More animated ships and space/warp type animations: http://www.istockphoto.com/search/light ... 95#9f4d651

More Planet Pics: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo- ... st=787609d
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Jester- wrote:Another site on a search for Planets: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search ... =1&x=0&y=0
Appears to be free...

Jester- wrote: These appear to be free: http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?s ... yorall=all
Not free....

1 Download $19
5 Downloads $49
25 Downloads $229
12 Downloads $49 Small & Medium
JPEGs Only

Other options but those are basically your cheapest.
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If its just one download we need, why not spend on an epic picture?
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Re: Graphics Wishlist

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we're going to need multiple no matter how we look at it.. so its just a matter of figuring out what we want, were to get it and how much we'll have to pay. ATM id say look at the resources Jester provided, find some good images using my proposal as a base for what we are looking for.

Things like the background splash images could easily be done via the sites Jester posted and we can leave the more specific things to a designer. Means we get a good (or better product) for less $ in the end.
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Even things like taking a background planet image, we can probably work with a designer to have ships inlaid into it to meet other requirements.

easier then it being created from scratch completely.
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RCK, so would you like all of those images that you posted redone?

also would you like all images to be .gif ?
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