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esteban

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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #60 on: March 17, 2013, 12:04:49 AM »
The poster boxes are goofy.  They should've just made square ones.


TELL ME MORE about this poster. As Keranu said, it perfectly captures the days of yore (which I love)...specifically, who created the artwork I see (zombie-cum-alien-cum-little-shop-le-horrors).

Anyway, the presentation in the poster is spot-on perfect (to my tastes, anyway) as a tongue-in-cheek homage to a past era.

TELL ME MORE. I love hearing about the process of designing/creating this stuff (source material/iterations/revisions/etc.)

Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #61 on: March 17, 2013, 12:20:14 AM »
The main image for the poster is one I originally painted for Inferno, it seemed appropriate to use it on this. The cheesy retro 80s triangles were something I seem to remember from old adverts somewhere so they seemed perfect to get that feel along with the cringeworthy strapline.
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« Reply #62 on: March 17, 2013, 02:45:32 AM »
The main image for the poster is one I originally painted for Inferno, it seemed appropriate to use it on this. The cheesy retro 80s triangles were something I seem to remember from old adverts somewhere so they seemed perfect to get that feel along with the cringeworthy strapline.


Triangles + vibrant color + fun = 80's

I love the painting. LOVE IT!

Not that I have seen it in detail, in its entirety, mind you.

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« Reply #63 on: March 17, 2013, 03:19:31 AM »
The main image for the poster is one I originally painted for Inferno, it seemed appropriate to use it on this. The cheesy retro 80s triangles were something I seem to remember from old adverts somewhere so they seemed perfect to get that feel along with the cringeworthy strapline.


Triangles + vibrant color + fun = 80's

I love the painting. LOVE IT!

Not that I have seen it in detail, in its entirety, mind you.




http://sunteam.deviantart.com/art/Inferno-357682467
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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #64 on: March 17, 2013, 04:21:51 PM »
The main image for the poster is one I originally painted for Inferno, it seemed appropriate to use it on this. The cheesy retro 80s triangles were something I seem to remember from old adverts somewhere so they seemed perfect to get that feel along with the cringeworthy strapline.


Triangles + vibrant color + fun = 80's

I love the painting. LOVE IT!

Not that I have seen it in detail, in its entirety, mind you.




http://sunteam.deviantart.com/art/Inferno-357682467


HOT DAMN ON RYE! Literally. That is what I see in the painting. THANK YOU.

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« Reply #65 on: March 18, 2013, 06:40:31 AM »
Got mine too. I received today, and comes with the  CD!  :dance:
Good music! Huge map! Dash button! Strategic Puzzle!
Great game!

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« Reply #66 on: March 18, 2013, 06:43:04 AM »
Got mine too. I received today, and comes with the  CD!  :dance:
Good music! Huge map! Dash button! Strategic Puzzle!
Great game!


Yay!

Glad at least one person likes the tunes so far.

Also, the unlucky test copy recipient was discovered, so noone has to worry anymore. :D
[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
[Fri 19:33]<Opethian> l;ol huge dong

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« Reply #67 on: March 18, 2013, 06:51:36 AM »
Glad at least one person likes the tunes so far.
Man, the first notes are Indy Jones, that likes everyone.
or at least it should.

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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #68 on: March 18, 2013, 06:57:35 AM »
:D  Yeah, I thought it was funny, so I left it in. 

OldMan removed it from the loop though, because I think it annoyed him after awhile, lol.
[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
[Fri 19:33]<Opethian> l;ol huge dong

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« Reply #69 on: March 18, 2013, 07:40:25 AM »
The music makes me laugh; and I mean that in a good way. I find myself humming along with it because it's pretty fun.

Anyway, I had my kid play this the other night. He's five and really getting into video games. I've had him play other "old-school" games like Bomberman and Bonk, and he's been pretty enthusiastic about them. But when he discovered that he could try to beat my high score in Pyramid Plunder, suddenly the game became even more appealing for him. He's now playing it with purpose!

Poor kid, though... Right now, the high score table looks like this (After the few stock initials, of course):

JAL
EAL
EAL
EAL
EAL

He just can't seem to knock his old man off the mountain quite yet!

Speaking of of the high score initials, I noticed "ARK" in there. Is there any significance to the other initials?
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« Reply #70 on: March 18, 2013, 07:57:22 AM »
They're people who earned highscores during testing. :)
[Fri 19:34]<nectarsis> been wanting to try that one for awhile now Ope
[Fri 19:33]<Opethian> l;ol huge dong

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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #71 on: March 18, 2013, 08:33:40 AM »
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OldMan removed it from the loop though, because I think it annoyed him after awhile, lol.

Mostly because it didn't sound right looping back to the indiana jones homage.
But yeah, it got pretty annoying/jarring.

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Speaking of of the high score initials, I noticed "ARK" in there. Is there any significance to the other initials?

All of the 'real' scores (ie, not even thousands/hundreds ) are real people who played the game.
Most of the others are people I know.
But no one made the high score table on suicide mode, so that's just an ad :)

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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #72 on: March 18, 2013, 01:30:19 PM »
The Music has grown on me, actually every time I play it I enjoy it a bit more.
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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #73 on: March 18, 2013, 02:27:20 PM »

cross posting for  awesome thanks man!!

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Re: The "I've got my PYRAMID PLUNDER" Thread
« Reply #74 on: March 20, 2013, 03:33:14 PM »
game arrived, havent heard or seen anything on my MSR, GRRRR!! :)  game looks great, and that poster is sweet, wishing  i had of gotten that aswell ;)
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