Eternally Damned MSPaint

Posted by DesertFox on Dec. 5, 2006, 3:39 p.m.

I am making a website. It really sucks graphicswise, because I don't have flash nor fireworks, but the layout is great, and my crappy buttons aren't that crappy. Its just that they are all made in eternally damned MSPaint which I can't do buttons or anything in.

I can pixel, and I can do flash somewhat, but buttons in MSPaint? I'm totally screwed.

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Someone here on 64D called Mast3rmind, SJF, Rob, and flashback retards because they wouldn't help him. He was asking for DnD help…

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A key element in designing a platformer is <i>gravity</i> - oh so important, when your character goes up, you want him to come back down. It is really easy to implement gravity, right? Especially because there is a <i>variable called "gravity"</i>? Wrong.

Seriously, cmon people…

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*GASP* Two of the best game series I've ever played were both written by the same person, with crappy graphics. Yahtzee created <a href="http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/1213/">1213</a> and <a href="http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/1213/">1213</a> and the Trilby series, 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, and Trilby's Notes. Interesting, fun, with bad graphics on some, better on others, these games have kickass storylines and are definitely worth playing. The 1213 series is like Prince of Persia, and the Trilby Series is a point'n'click type series - though it changes in each of the 3 games. Worth downloading - I enjoyed them very much.

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So I am making my own website. I've checked the URL that I want, and it is available - not even the "buy this domain name" type of pages that you sometimes get. So: I am looking for a cheap, fast host, and a good place to register my domain name. Is there any way to register a domain name once, and not have to pay again? So yeah, my website sucks graphically, I can't make good website buttons. I don't have flash nor fireworks, and doing website graphics in MSPaint sucks - its fine for games, but not for websites.

CSS makes it easy to replace/change the graphics though. So whoopee for me.

Anyone here good at website design? I know HTML and thats it - no PHP/Mysql. I expect the basic layout to be up on my RIT college site soon. Then I can link to it and have you all gaze at my crappiness.

Someone gimme Fireworks! NOW DAMMIT! So yeah, hopefully, I can persuade my parents in Texas that they are a neccessity for class, and get them to pay for it somewhat. Probably not.

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Oh, and I haven't eaten since 2PM yesterday. I'm still not hungry

Comments

flashback 17 years, 10 months ago

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Oh, and @fb - I can get a 5-program deal with Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks,and 2 others for 300$US. Thing is, I'm broke due to buying a new laptop XD.
If those other two programs are Contribute and Coldfusion, that's EXACTLY what I was talking about.

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

Ah thats them. But I'm broke. My job - hopefully I'll have enough spare cash soon. But I also have to buy books - damn expensive, those are.

NeutralReiddHotel 17 years, 10 months ago

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@Mastermind - I have gimp, but it crashes every time I do File>New
Lol, and I thought it wasn't that retarded.

And I remember now(the people person that said I'm a retard). :)

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

Its a wonderful program for touching things up, adding stuff in and out, but as far as actually making something, forget it. No line/spline tools at all!

Alx 17 years, 10 months ago

Fox I can make buttons want an example tell me how you wanted it.

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

Eh - techno-metallic, I guess - I have no clue on how to lay out my site - in html, it will take forever. I need to learn PHP

Alx 17 years, 10 months ago

Or if you want a free program thats like paint shop or photo shop not sure witch one go here http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Alx 17 years, 10 months ago

Do you want a certain color btw

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

Silver. I think I should hold off on graphics until I can actually get a site layout planned. Hopefully CAMD will be willing to help create an easily editable/updatable/changeable website.

DesertFox 17 years, 10 months ago

Long-octagonal buttons, by the way XD