Cloudscape theme

[Tedium]

Hi,

I've made a theme and would like to post it. It's called cloudscape .
Here's a screenshot :

To install the theme: unpack the archive in ~/.meandmyshadow/themes/Cloudscape/

I've got a question.
What license should it have?

Feedback is welcome.

[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

Thanks for contributing, it's a very nice theme.

I've got a question.
What license should it have?

That depends on what you want.
I recommend you look at the Creative Commons licenses.
Choose one, and place it in a LICENSE file and put it in the archive.
The opener the better, so try to avoid NoDerivs and NonCommercial.

BTW, if you settled on the license could I use this theme to test the addon manager?

[Tedium]

Hello Edward_Lii,

I've decided to go with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
And yes, you may use this to test the addon manager.

So this is the license:


Thank you and good luck on testing.

[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

I've decided to go with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
And yes, you may use this to test the addon manager.

Thank you very much!
I've just committed the addon manager to svn, more information here: http://forum.freegamedev.net/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2116

EDIT: I've added a new block to the game, a notification block.

Thanks again!

[acme_pjz]

It looks awesome!

[Tedium]

Thank you acme_pjz .
I've added Notification Blocks to my theme.

Edit:

I also provided Edward_Lii with a Notification Block for the default theme.

[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

I've changed some things regarding themes so you'll need to adjust your theme again, sorry.
The %DATA%, %THEMES%, etc.. can't be used any more.
The reason for this is to make the theme files easier to read and to make no difference if a theme installed in the userPath or the dataPath.

I've attached the changed file.

[Tedium]

Thank you Edward_Lii,

I've replaced theme.mnmstheme .

[Tedium]

The current walk animation has only 2 frames and a proper walk cycle contains at least 4 frames: Forward Contact Point, Passing Pose1, Back Contact Point and Passing Pose 2
Here's my attempt at a walk animation next to the old one. (I know the arms aren't moving but It's still WIP )

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[MCMic]

I think the number of frame in the animation should be decided by the theme.

[Tedium]

I've improved the animation for the player character and his shadow.
- Better walk animation (see animation below)
- separate jump and fall frames

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[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

I've improved the animation for the player character and his shadow.
- Better walk animation (see animation below)
- separate jump and fall frames

Thanks, it looks great.
Do you mind if we make it the default theme of V0.2?

[Tedium]

No I don't mind.
I would love to see my theme being used as default !

[Tedium]

I was experimenting with the menu. Here's my new levelselect next to the old one.

It's only a mock-up. BTW I think "default" written under "default" is a bit silly .

[MCMic]

Nice!
The uglier thing in MeAndMyShadow is the main menu, especially the font used, the "H" of help is really out of place.
Could you work on a main menu look, font and title image?

[Tedium]

Thank you .
I'll try to improve the title menu, but I am not experienced with fonts .

[Tedium]

I think I found the reason for that ugly "H". The main menu isn't making use of the Comic Book font ! In fact, the whole main menu has a different font !
Here's the old main menu:

Here's the old main with the Comic Book font (title is still the same):

[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

I think I found the reason for that ugly "H". The main menu isn't making use of the Comic Book font ! In fact, the whole main menu has a different font !

Your right, I'm afraid I don't know which font the entries in the main menu use.
Perhaps you could do a complete overhaul and also change the font?

[Tedium]

The main menu looks ugly because it's dull and empty. We should find a replacement for the Comic Book font.

[MCMic]

You should use the Comic Book font for the menu IMO since it's use in other menus.
You should make a pretty title image.
And the rectangle around menu entries should not have a side in common with the one around the next menus entries, if you see what I mean. (The mouse over effect)

[Tedium]

My work so far:

[MCMic]

Seems better.
Maybe the character and its shadow should appear on the main menu decoration?

[Tedium]

Wouldn't it be cool if the characters walked across the bottom of the screen ?
Update, smaller buttons:

[Edward_Lii]

Hello Tedium,

Wouldn't it be cool if the characters walked across the bottom of the screen ?
Update, smaller buttons:

That could be done, the default theme is already loaded so rendering them isn't impossible.
I've added it to the tracker for the next release (0.3).
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/meandmyshadow/ticket/10

[Tedium]

Good work Edward_Lii !
I've edited some more graphics. See the attachment.