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[Neppy]

Octorockoncrack

Diamond Armor, a Crystal Shield, and an Icebrand. Seems like Link is staying cool, even in this heated chamber!

William

Link gazes with wonder through the shimmering midnight mist at the rising full moon as he reaches the top of Hyrule Castle.

Ventus

Man, I hate Mine Carts...

[The Satellite]

Octorockoncrack - It's a very ominous screen, very nice, and even the lava is nice and varied. Well done here.

William - My vote went here. Very nice design, good use of cloud cover, solid layout. I suppose the back of the base of the mountain is a little too straight; I would have moved that hill on the side up a tile or two, but otherwise, solid shot, it wins my vote.

Ventus - It's a good shot, but there's no real detail; the floor tiles on the lower level are all the same and it's pretty repetitive. Throw in a little variety, and it'll look a lot better.

[blue_knight]

I voted for Octorockoncrack, that is a very nice looking lava dungeon you have going there.

William - the screen is pretty interesting and I like the fog effect.

Ventus - it's funny how much that reminds me of Minish Cap even though the graphics are nothing like MC. The first thing I think is: "are the mine carts functional." If so, then that's pretty cool from a gameplay standpoint. Otherwise the layout is good, though I'm not a huge fan of the colors. It looks like a quest I would play anyway.

[judasrising]

My vote goes to Octorockoncrack really like that screen

[nicklegends]

Octorockoncrack. Nothing too special, but a solidly designed screen nonetheless.

[Russ]

William, for sure. As if the background weren't breathtaking enough, the screen itself is very well designed and looks to be pretty functional.

[Neppy]

I had to go with William this week. I liked all of the shots this week, but William seems to really have outdone himself here. Love the tiles, great screen setup. Love it!

[Cukeman]

I voted for William. He is going for something above and beyond typical screen design
achieving a sense of depth, height, space and moody atmosphere that is seldom seen in ZC.

[Octorockoncrack]

Of course I nulled, but man, William has a really, REALLY nice looking screen there. Of course, the epic caption helps too.

I don't think I've seen those castle tiles anywhere before, are they custom drawn? They look really nice. A bit square, but really nice.

I do like Ventus's screen, but there are a couple issues I have with it. Even though you're using most of the screen space, it still feels...undetailed. Taking another look at it, it looks to me like everything is on layer 0, which can easily make your screen seem flat. I also get the feeling that you have a better looking screen in this dungeon/cave that you could've used, maybe it's just me.

Then there's my screen. I don't really think I need to comment on my own work though, that's for YOU guys to do!

But, if anyone is curious, the formal name for that area is "Din's Realm".

Edited by Octorockoncrack, 12 January 2012 - 01:58 AM.

[Schwa]

I voted for William for its sheer inventiveness. The other two are good, but they're typical. William breaks "typical" in half like a twig and I approve of murdering conventionality in cold blood.

[Mitchfork]

I voted for William, but other than tileset choices I didn't see anything really unique about it. It has decent design but like many "epic entrance" screens it pushes everything too far to the bottom and you end up with a huge amount of negative space. That's sort of an unavoidable problem given the nature of ZC's screen size and scrolling, so it's not a huge deal, but it does prevent the screen from achieving really high marks in my opinion.

Octorockoncrack's was symmetrical and Ventus's was ho-hum dungeon design with some height errors.

[NoeL]

Voted for OoC. Nice palette, the lava looks awesome, and you get bonus points for using my dragon statue thing

William's is just too damn grey for me. I can't love it I also can't stand that tileset. So fugly.

[Red Phazon]

Voted for Ventus for having the most interesting things going on. I think the screen could be improved though with less straight edges, possibly some nicer colors or color variety, and more organization (looks a little bit chaotic).

[Neppy]

Octorockoncrack - 11 votes = 36.67%
William - 17 votes = 56.67%
Ventus - 2 votes = 6.67%

Total Votes: 30

William

Link gazes with wonder through the shimmering midnight mist at the rising full moon as he reaches the top of Hyrule Castle.

Congrats on a wonderful screen, William!