Hill Top Zone

Well I think the shading off it doesn't help its design either. Its far too realistic and gritty. The highlights and shadows need to be distinct. I think the pressure gauge is an awesome idea though.

Here is the door I did back in May.

Now even though there is a texture kind of applied to the metal blocks, the highlights and shadow colors still have priority to it doesn't look out of place.
I screwed up on the resizing of the sprite though, you can see how my highlight is jaggy when I sized it down.

 

I don't think we should have lava passing through the door. It doesn't make sense because the second the door goes down, it already has the red circles, even before any lava is present. MDM, while the door you created may suit the aesthetic more, the design itself is very bland, and the sheen looks very unnatural. I don't care if we use my idea or not, I simply want the best design.

In any event, I was curious what the one I was working on would look like in-game, I did it with MS paint as I am at work. The texture does look too realistic presently, I think.



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Here is another one with less contrast

 

It still looks too much like a flat watch band, no matter how it's stretched.

Really, there's millions of other possible designs... Why try mimicking such an unrelated thing?

 

It looks like shit and it doesn't make sense.

 

By all means, please submit a more related direction. I'm just being stupid I guess...

This is what turns people off from submitting. PLEASE Chimpo, show me what makes sense and isn't shit, TO YOU.

I'll just stop trying. Some of you people need to either step up, or else stop shitting on other peoples concepts.

 

By the mighty Test Object shall I drop this off here:

 

He's right, though. It looks awful, and nothing like the original door in the least bit. Not to mention it really clashes with the rest of the HD assets.

 

What if they're actually warning lights that were meant to designate that you're entering a "no going back" area/trap?

I've noticed a few times that when one of those doors close, it means something's going to happen (the rumbling and the floor moving up for eg.). So it's obviously Robotnik's idea to trap Sonic in, and hope the hedgehog gets squashed.

So maybe we should reflect the context as to why the door looks like it should - that it's an event that's going to happen to stop Sonic from escaping it.

So I was thinking more along the lines of warning lights flashing round? Perhaps we could change it to some kind of pulsating light spiraling around or something.


...But then again, they wouldn't close the danger area off AFTER Sonic's been through it (the other end of the 'hazard').

 

I too had envisioned it this way. I think you mean a version of this, ya?

 

Now that is a top down view of a standard siren correct?

Because, any way you go about the siren idea, I think it will need to be totally different from the sprite. That many sirens crammed on the door just isn't going to work design wise in reference to the sprite.

 

Never said yours wasn't a real concept son. I just said it was terrible in the most blunt form possible. Everything that can be said about the piece has been said. It looks like it came from a watch and it clashes with everything else. I have nothing nice to say about it and I don't think you can make it work.

I like the idea of having sirens on the door, but I don't like the fact that it replaces the lava tube and the number of them.

 

Why thank you for the constructive input Chimpo. I agree, it does look too much like a watch, but it was worth a try. For what its worth, some people did seem to like it. Personally, I would also like to see another direction. What do people think about the idea of removing the "segments" all together? Maybe it would be better if it looked like a solid piece, or what about if it even had a lever on the opposite side, which sprung up to reinforce it? Just ideas... I cannot wait to see, some "real" concepts others put forth, as very little has been done on this door in the last few months.

 

I'd like to submit these concepts for scrutiny. I thought those lights were just lights as eye-candy for the player. Warning lights, sure, but nothing fancy. Just some ordinary gray warning doors. And they're not as realistic to keep that cartoony/flash game look.



Unfortunately it's not rastar or vectorized...just PowerPoint concept. Here's the file for anyone who wants it

 

That made me think: What about having the squares be individual windows through the door? I guess it makes about as much sense as the warning light/siren idea, and you could relate the two if you really wanted to try a logical explanation.