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Brian

09-11-2006, 04:47 PM

Alright, people, time to show us what you've got! Mike has been working on this for quite some time, because he has, in the past, received many questions about when and how fans can create and submit board ideas beyond the merely general theme suggestions. Below you'll find links to graphs you can access and print, letting you design your own board ideas in a manner similar to the way Mike does his. I'm sure results will be a bit...sketchy at first (pun intended), but we have every confidence in the brilliance and creativity of our fans.

http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_example_thumb.gif
Here's an example from Mike (http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_example.jpg).

http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_normal_thumb.gif
A template to get you started. (http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_normal.gif)

http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_mini_thumb.gif
Smaller boxes for greater detail. (http://www.blitwise.com/forum_pics/sdxb_coloring/coloring_mini.gif)

So get started! We look forward to seeing some of your ideas!

Zwaken

09-11-2006, 06:57 PM

Aliright, I'll try to make an interesting one!

Argh! I'm having a hard time with doing this! I may not be able to make one at this rate!

Brian

09-11-2006, 08:56 PM

Wow...giving up after only...7 minutes? :)

Neko244

09-11-2006, 09:11 PM

Wow...giving up after only...7 minutes? :)

Hehe, well noticed. :D

PhantasyStarHero

09-12-2006, 12:25 AM

Yay, first image on this topic.

Board name: Red vs Blue
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Phantasystarhero/Awesome/super_dx_tank.bmp

Zwaken

09-12-2006, 01:32 AM

Wow...giving up after only...7 minutes? :)

Well...1rst of all, I don't have paint (something that i'm used to) so I down loaded Gimp 2.0. I don't know how to use it though. 2nd of all, My drawing skills aren't that good. Last but not least, I can't think of any good ideas for a board. Sorry I can't give any ideas, but ideas that don't involve drawing I'll be glad to help with!

Was It Me?

09-12-2006, 01:39 AM

You can print the template out and just color it with colored pencils. It's easy! :)

Then, you just scan it in...

PhantasyStarHero

09-12-2006, 04:04 AM

It's actually tougher than it looks. My picture (three posts up) almost took two hours to make. :(

Was It Me?

09-12-2006, 11:27 AM

Hmmm. I made one in 15 minutes...

Zwaken

09-12-2006, 12:19 PM

You can print the template out and just color it with colored pencils. It's easy! :)

Then, you just scan it in...

That would be easier...Thank you, Was It Me?!

PhantasyStarHero

09-12-2006, 02:45 PM

hmmm, maybe it's cause mine was "graphically improved" that it took longer.

Everlast

09-16-2006, 07:32 PM

PhantasyStarHero do you use Photoshop to make those pics? Because all I have is Paint and it sucks. But I do have a scanner! :)

Zwaken

09-17-2006, 05:01 AM

Hmmm. I made one in 15 minutes...

Where is it? Did you post it? *looks for the post* nope. Please post it, I want to see it.

Scooter

09-17-2006, 06:51 AM

I don't have pictures, but I do have three ideas for board packs:

1. Classic Video Games: I got this idea from the Tetris and Blinky boards in DX-Ball and the fact that this whole game is based on the Breakout concept. It would be really cool to have an entire board pack like this--Dig Dig, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Centipede, Frogger, Space Invaders, etc.

2. Sports Logos: Football helmets, hockey shirts, basketball shirts, and baseball caps or shirts all in the right colors for each team and with the team's logo on it. There could probably be a separate board pack for each sport, and it would probably be easier to stick with pro teams because there are way less of them than there are college teams, unless you really want to go all out.

3. Flags of the World: This idea also came from DX-Ball--the American flag board. The title should be self-explanatory.

The only bad part about the first two is that you may need to get permission to use the video games and sports logos because they are most likely copyrighted.

Was It Me?

09-17-2006, 02:02 PM

Where is it? Did you post it? *looks for the post* nope. Please post it, I want to see it.

It's not that great. It's a great concept, but it's only version 1.0. :)

I'll post it after I scan it in later today.

John Brooks

09-18-2006, 02:48 PM

That's a sweet thing (Red vs. Blue), It rocks!

PhantasyStarHero

09-18-2006, 04:00 PM

PhantasyStarHero do you use Photoshop to make those pics? Because all I have is Paint and it sucks. But I do have a scanner! :)

That is correct. BUT, I only use it to add shading effects. I create everything in paint. In fact, most of my Pocket Tanks pictures are done solely in MS Paint.

And Paint sucks, you say? Maybe you haven't realized the true power of the MSP!;)

PhantasyStarHero

09-18-2006, 04:04 PM

Hmm, this topic doesn't seem to have too many pictures. I think I will add some more...

Brian

09-18-2006, 04:53 PM

Please do. We have been impressed with the pictures shown so far, and are eager to see more of the same.

Was It Me?

09-18-2006, 04:54 PM

I am going to post mine when I get a chance to scan them...

PhantasyStarHero

09-19-2006, 02:01 AM

Yay, second board.

Name: Nostalgia
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Phantasystarhero/Awesome/pong.bmp

PS: all those checkered spaces are invisible blocks

Xap

09-19-2006, 02:23 AM

Whoo-hoo! Pong!:)

Zwaken

09-19-2006, 02:28 AM

That's what I figured...Wait...new idea! I'll post it else where!

Was It Me?

09-19-2006, 02:23 PM

Not bad. Looks like it would be pretty easy to beat though... :)

PhantasyStarHero

09-19-2006, 03:43 PM

Oh, that's because I forgot to mention that all the light grey blocks need to be hit 3 times each :D

PhantasyStarHero

09-21-2006, 01:40 AM

I'm getting lonely in here:(

Was It Me?

09-21-2006, 12:40 PM

I will be submitting a few of mine very soon.

Xap

09-21-2006, 12:42 PM

Cool! :)

Gaara

10-24-2006, 01:48 AM

i got some ideas for boards

bewitchedsoul

01-12-2007, 03:53 PM

Phantasy StarHero; Good Job!
I'm afraid I'm not so creative. I made TONS of boards with the older DXBall 2 game, but I'm afraid that without a brickset I'm rather lost on this one. As well, I don't have a printer, scanner, or very good drawing ability with a mouse.

ptorbust

06-15-2007, 10:48 PM

a penguin in a snow scene
a Hand Grenade
a Cell Phone
a Dog with a bone
A set of Party ballons
a setting sunset
a Cliff with a rock climber? (too Hard???)
a clock
2 snowmen having a snowfight

Arkher

11-23-2007, 08:17 PM

I made one,not sure how good it looks,The border of the blocks is gold(like in the original image) and has invisble in the order to seperate them.(We don't want it to be too easy do we?) No exlpoding bricks. Some what challenging but fun!

ekoz

11-23-2007, 10:30 PM

ouch. that would take hours.

Zwaken

11-24-2007, 12:38 AM

Really off topic: Wow, I used to be a noob. :D 1st forum, only forum...

ekoz

11-24-2007, 12:48 AM

HAH!! watch me make a connection between the words "really off topic" and a birthday cake.

Really off topic's initials are ROT; rot is german for red; red is the color of human blood; human blood is what comes out of you if you get shot; to get shot a trigger must be pulled; lighters have triggers; lighters are used to light candles; candles are stuck in birthday cakes.

sonysk84life

06-05-2008, 07:47 AM

Yay, first image on this topic.

Board name: Red vs Blue
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Phantasystarhero/Awesome/super_dx_tank.bmp

wat program did u use to make that picture... it looks like u took it from a pack... but u didnt:shocked:

Red_Cracker

06-05-2008, 08:04 AM

PhantasyStarHero doesn't come here any more.

sonysk84life

06-05-2008, 08:11 AM

oh... iguess il never know:(

Red_Cracker

06-05-2008, 11:32 AM

No, no you will not.

sonysk84life

06-05-2008, 04:28 PM

il just ask ekoz, he makes good ptank icons

Red_Cracker

06-05-2008, 10:51 PM

He uses Blender.

AWP

06-06-2008, 01:14 PM

Blender? Extreme... it could damage your computer.

ekoz

06-09-2008, 01:15 AM

imagine, if you will, a world in which pocket tank icons were used as bricks. the resulting confusion would not only lead to massive explosions, but odd looking dents in the human skull.

short: the two are not related.

and i don't use blender.

also, not trying to sound like an A$$, but stop necro posting. what's dead is dead, keep it that way.

Brian

07-08-2008, 10:15 PM

Technically, you can't necro post a sticky, I would say.

Samail

07-08-2008, 10:25 PM

Hmm...
That forced me to think.

You can't necro bump, but I think necro post still applies.

The whole user-submitted-boards thing never really took off...

orbital pain

07-08-2008, 11:33 PM

well to get this back to its origional purpice mabey other company logos could be put in it and then they would pay mike and crew to do that... oh well mabey not but it is worth a try..

Brian

07-09-2008, 04:03 PM

It's still a work in progress, Sam, one we're hoping to implement in some way in the next update to SDXB, which is not yet on the table.

essayons

04-19-2009, 02:14 PM

hmmm.. 3 years later... still a work in progress?? :confused:

Hehe.. noone has posted in here for three years.. Don't know why I am resurrecting the topic.

Hey.. is this what was referred to as necro posting?? :D

Samail

04-19-2009, 09:24 PM

Last post was 07-09-2008, 09:03 AM, so no.
I call it a super bump.

essayons

04-20-2009, 02:25 AM

oops.. lol... i mean.. 1 year later.. : ) I read the join date instead of the last post date...:anirolleyes:

Leaf_It

11-07-2009, 01:09 AM

OK, sorry this took so long, I got lazy and my internet crashed for three days.
any way here they are:

Bush of Complexity
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/Leaf_Maltieze/BurningBush.jpg

The Cloud Forest
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/Leaf_Maltieze/CloudTrees.jpg

CraZy Tree (add the line where you want I couldn't decide where)
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/Leaf_Maltieze/WildTree.jpg

Flower Power (could use a little more)
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/Leaf_Maltieze/FlowerPower.jpg

Rose Beta (could use a lot more)
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/Leaf_Maltieze/Rosebeta.jpg

I'll have more...eventually

ekoz

11-07-2009, 01:18 AM

Rose and Flower are a little lacking of things to hit with a gravity defying ball :P.

but i like the floating forest and vine idea.

i dunno wut to think about the tree. maybe thats just because if you hit it, you automatically win :P

Leaf_It

11-07-2009, 01:27 AM

yeah the tree needs lines to divide it into more pieces but I thought I'd let mike do that. The rose is in beta it says so in the name and I'll probably work on that tomarrow when I have nothing to do. I have a few more map ideas to draw up and to upload, darn dial-up, but it takes so long. any way if you have an idea for a map but dont feel like drawing it your self I'll give it a go, just let me know.

ekoz

11-07-2009, 01:46 AM

oh. your commitment to super dx-ball gave me inspiration. i'm drawing myself up a board right now :P.

ekoz

11-07-2009, 02:12 AM

http://i33.tinypic.com/spcjnm.jpg

ok, so, i call this Warp Gate. why? because Pocket Tanks has a SDXB cameo - i think the opposite shoudl be true, too. if you look really closely, you'll see it's actually two rings parallel to each other, with diamonds on their sides, wierd jutting connectors at the top and bottom, and warped objects in the middle.

(the middle piece of each warped object is explosive.)

the shading just represents how the color scheme would gradient.

Unknown

11-07-2009, 02:42 AM

^nice^

Samail

11-07-2009, 03:00 AM

These posts make me happy inside.
That's a good thread bump. (And some decent boards to boot.)

i dunno wut to think about the tree. maybe thats just because if you hit it, you automatically win :P

I read that and scrolled up again to look. Didn't notice.

Mike W.

11-18-2009, 04:05 PM

Leaf It, nice boards! Ekoz, that's a nice design too.

I was just thinking about DX-Ball today, and daydreaming about hat I'd like to add to it. Believe it or not, on my rather large list of things I ought to do in 2010, I have:

- Super DX-Ball Board Packs
- Super DX-Ball for iPhone (with a very fun paddle movement mechanic)
- Find a way to get the authors of Megaball AGA to collaborate on a new breakout game ;)

It's great to see some board designs. Have there been many graph paper posts like this? I could 'easily' make some more board packs if you guys post more like this.

Neat!

blue_moon

11-18-2009, 04:31 PM

I was just thinking about DX-Ball today, and daydreaming about hat I'd like to add to it.
You honestly should make a board pack that consists of nothing but rather snazzy hats. Seriously.

The iPhone version of SDXB would be crazy awesome. The iPhone of PTanks was fun, and the accelerometer functionality of the device would allow for some great controls.

ekoz

11-18-2009, 08:07 PM

i also made a cityscape, but i was too lazy to upload it. i might do it today, though...

flankattack

11-18-2009, 10:28 PM

It's great to see some board designs. Have there been many graph paper posts like this? I could 'easily' make some more board packs if you guys post more like this.

That might just make me want to post my own boards. Stay tuned.

flankattack

11-19-2009, 07:21 PM

My first creation, I call it Barrage:
http://i50.tinypic.com/24exheo.png

I will post another later.

Samail

11-19-2009, 07:32 PM

You honestly should make a board pack that consists of nothing but rather snazzy hats. Seriously.

The iPhone version of SDXB would be crazy awesome. The iPhone of PTanks was fun, and the accelerometer functionality of the device would allow for some great controls.

I agree with the above.

flankattack

11-20-2009, 01:38 AM

My latest, full colour work:
http://i46.tinypic.com/257ne51.png
I call it Fireworks.

Leaf_It

11-22-2009, 11:09 PM

Ooh my... I need to upload my pics! I have ideas but I'm not shure how to put them into this grid format with out ruining them...

Flank...that is awsome.

ekoz

11-23-2009, 12:45 AM

im going to need to save that template...

Adder_Poland

11-27-2009, 12:40 PM

http://i46.tinypic.com/257ne51.png

GrEaT!

flankattack

11-27-2009, 07:59 PM

Thanks. I must do another one sometime . . . . Stay tuned!

flankattack

12-02-2009, 02:45 AM

http://i49.tinypic.com/1j7pdx.png
Please note: The radio waves coming out of the broadcast tower are those invisi-bricks.

Missile
http://i48.tinypic.com/ixz901.png
Please note: The orange coloured bricks in the missile are exploda-bricks.
Inspired from my first board, Barrage. Imagine the purple/violet as any colour. I couldn't think what colour to choose so I just put in purple and violet.

And why didn't I just use Mike's template from the beginning? No idea.

I need more ideas. If you have an idea that you won't make a reality, PM me it.

Samail

12-02-2009, 03:33 AM

Please note: The radio waves coming out of the broadcast tower are those invisi-bricks.

That's a good idea.

flankattack

12-03-2009, 02:23 AM

http://i46.tinypic.com/hvdt14.png (http://i48.tinypic.com/2eaiahg.png)
(Click to view larger picture with grid)

flankattack

01-16-2010, 03:44 AM

http://i46.tinypic.com/2lafybt.png

flankattack

01-16-2010, 11:11 PM

http://i45.tinypic.com/30sey9z.png

Samail

01-16-2010, 11:34 PM

That Tetris board gives me some ideas...

flankattack

01-17-2010, 07:11 AM

Hey guys,
Here are a few new boards I've been working on. Hopefully my boards can inspire Mike to make another board pack for SDXBall.
Feel free to comment, post ideas, give feedback, and +rep ;).
I have placed the boards in the order worst to best.
Cheers,
~Flanky

Negative Lines
http://i50.tinypic.com/akedrt.png

El Dorado
http://i50.tinypic.com/2d80rad.png

Map to Atlantis
http://i45.tinypic.com/110wr3l.png

minmay

01-17-2010, 08:40 PM

It seems as though it would actually make sense to release a board editor for Super DX-Ball. There presumably aren't going to be any board packs of the money-cost variety at this point, and this sort of level editor is one of the simplest to make user-friendly. Then again, there may not be much money involved in it. (And yes, I'm aware there are plenty of forumers willing to help, but are they able to help?)