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    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Jan 11, 2010

    Retro 2D puzzle platformer in which players, rather than jumping, invert their own gravity to cover gaps and avoid obstacles.

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    #1  Edited By Azteck

    Hiya guys. 
     
    I recently re-did my room, with new paint on the walls and new floor, the whole thing. With it, obviously, came some new furniture and now I have a really good looking dresser, completely black which works really well in my room. However the wall behind it feels rather empty, so I decided to take a stab at putting something there. I ransacked my mind, and scanned the internet for some inspiration for what game I could use, and ended up on VVVVVV. I really like the minimalistic, and pretty bare bones approach to graphics the game has, everything I want in a poster. I fiddled around in Photoshop and eventually ended up on this:  
     

     EDIT #1

      Made the text bolder and added a copyright, as well as altered some of the shading.

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    What do you guys think? The original size is 47x67cm, which is about 19x26 inches (give or take). If you have any feedback, feel free to share 
     
    Hopefully I'll make two more of two other games and put them next to each other. We'll see what I do. But that's all for now.
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    #2  Edited By Animasta

    That's dope, I can tell you that; be interested to see once you get it all up there.

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    #3  Edited By mike

    Print it out the size you want, glue it to your wall, then use a razor blade to cut out a stencil and paint that thing up there.

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    #4  Edited By icicle7x3

    I feel the VVVVVV should be on top.

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    #6  Edited By benpack

    That's really cool.

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    It's like totes rad and gnarly and junk, brocipher!
    But seriously, put it on the wall.

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    #8  Edited By JJOR64

    I still need to get this game.

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    #9  Edited By Bloodgraiv3

    Thats really awesome. 
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    @Icicle7x3 said:
    " I feel the VVVVVV should be on top. "
    Yep.  
     
    Still awesome.
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    #11  Edited By toowalrus

    Love it, the color scheme is great, the placement of the dude and the logo is perfect, I'd hang that on my room, if it wasn't already cluttered.

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    #12  Edited By Lemmycaution217

    Really cool, man. I dig it.

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    #13  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Very nice, like you say the minimalism really gives it a great look.

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    #14  Edited By BeachThunder
    @Icicle7x3 said:
    " I feel the VVVVVV should be on top. "
    Yes, he's falling through the spikes o_o
     
    Also, seems kind of silly not to keep the pixels in tact.
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    #15  Edited By Scribbly

    Love it, I'd be interested to see what you design for the other ones!

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    #16  Edited By Azteck

    Thanks for all the nice comments, guys

     I'll make sure to keep you posted with future posters, and this one when it eventually comes up on my wall.
     
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    Also, seems kind of silly not to keep the pixels in tact. "

    I chose to do that because, while I love pixel art and have created a ton of it, when you start creating at sizes as big as that, clearly defined pixels actually make it look worse. At least in my opinion. I decided to go the middle-route and keep the  pixels somewhat intact, while still making it more.. round, I suppose. 
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    #17  Edited By carlthenimrod

    The more I look at it, the more it looks like a bunny to me.

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    #18  Edited By Bollard

    Looks really nice, but I think the VVVVVV should be bolder. Looks really skinny compared to the dude above. Oh and you should blatantly go down to a proper photo printing place and get it printed on canvas (actually wait that'd be too expensive... just get it on some nice paper then.)

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    #20  Edited By damodar

    It's a great idea and looks really cool, but I feel like the VVVVVV needs to be bigger and should be made of blocky pixels too perhaps.

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    #21  Edited By Tordah

    That's really cool. I'd hang that on my wall if given the choice.

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    #22  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    iLike

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    #23  Edited By Azteck
    @Chavtheworld said:

    " Looks really nice, but I think the VVVVVV should be bolder. Looks really skinny compared to the dude above. Oh and you should blatantly go down to a proper photo printing place and get it printed on canvas (actually wait that'd be too expensive... just get it on some nice paper then.) "

    I actually know of a service that does pretty nice prints at a reasonable price, question is if they do sizes that big.I'm glad I found a frame too, so I'll be ordering 3 of those. And I'll try and see how it looks with bolder text on the bottom, thanks for the comment.
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    #24  Edited By Azteck

    Sorry for the double post but I made some changes, namely the text. Chose another font and made it bolder, as suggested by @Chavtheworld, and added a copyright watermark to it. I think it worked out quite nicely.  

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    Any suggestions for what game I should try to make an adaptation for next? I was thinking Minecraft but I can't really think of what the poster would contain.
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    I really like the VVVVVV aesthetic, I have the little paper cutouts around my room. That poster is really neat. 
     
    I have no idea what you could do for a minecraft poster. I think any game with a really iconic logo or icon would look great if done well, like this VVVVVV poster. Things like the Gran Turismo logo come to mind.

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    #26  Edited By Rockanomics
    @Azteck: Well it'd be a bit of work but I think the obvious answer for Minecraft would just be a cross section of the world with the word Minecraft mined out... hrm, maybe I can upstage you. If only I had decent editing software.
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    #27  Edited By Azteck
    @zudthespud said:
    " I really like the VVVVVV aesthetic, I have the little paper cutouts around my room. That poster is really neat.  I have no idea what you could do for a minecraft poster. I think any game with a really iconic logo or icon would look great if done well, like this VVVVVV poster. Things like the Gran Turismo logo come to mind. "
    I could probably make a GT one, although I've never played any of the games so I wouldn't have a lot of imagination for what to do with it. But as you said, anything with an iconic symbol would work well, given some work. 
     
    I'd love to do a Halo one for myself, as I love the franchise, but nothing that can be made very minimalistic comes to mind unfortunately. I'll have to look around my shelf for games I love.
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    #28  Edited By Slaker117
    @Azteck said:

    "I'd love to do a Halo one for myself, as I love the franchise, but nothing that can be made very minimalistic comes to mind unfortunately. I'll have to look around my shelf for games I love. "

    I was actually just going to suggest that as I love Halo as well. As for the minimalistic spin I was thinking of having the ring world as a flat color being viewed at an angle to exaggerate the curvature against the black of space. I know that's fairly vague, I have a picture of it in my head, but can't convey it succinctly. I hope you get the gist of it though, and if you like it you can do your own take of it.
     
    Nice work by the way.
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    #29  Edited By Slaker117
    @Azteck:  Wait, aren't there supposed to only be six "v"s? You have seven. Or am I missing something?
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    #30  Edited By Azteck
    @Rockanomics said:
    " @Azteck: Well it'd be a bit of work but I think the obvious answer for Minecraft would just be a cross section of the world with the word Minecraft mined out... hrm, maybe I can upstage you. If only I had decent editing software. "
    Hmm, interesting idea. I'll fiddle around a bit and see what I get.
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    #31  Edited By kalmis

    Really like it, but then again I like anything VVVVVV related

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    #32  Edited By Azteck
    @Slaker117: Yeah, I realized that when I looked at again and changed it, I felt really stupid when I realized it. Should update it here on GB so people aren't confused.  
     
    As for your idea, I think I understand what you mean, sort of like seeing a ring in this angle? Not.. that ring, obviously, but you get the idea.
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    I just noticed there are 7 V's in your poster, there should only be 6.

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    #34  Edited By Azteck
    @zudthespud said:
    " I just noticed there are 7 V's in your poster, there should only be 6. "
    Yeah, noticed it too. Should be changed now.
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    #35  Edited By Slaker117
    @Azteck:  Heh, don't feel bad, it's really easy to confuse. I stared at it for like a minute after I noticed to make sure I wasn't counting wrong and make myself look dumb.
     
    And for the Halo idea, I was thinking of bringing the view closer in on a surface as to make the curses look really weird and have parts of the ring bleed off the page. Not too close in, like how it looks standing on it in game, but somewhat similar it how it starts really wide and gets long and narrow, just showing more of the whole structure and not as extreme.
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    #36  Edited By Azteck
    @Slaker117: 
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    Something like that, with the edges changing size because of depth, though obviously in higher quality? (as for the edges bleeding out of the picture, I could try but making it look good in a frame could be hard. I'll try)
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    #37  Edited By Slaker117

    Yeah something like that. I tried to do a few quick and dirty mock ups as well but can't get the scaling to look right. I'll post them if I ever get them done, but I have somewhere to be right now.
     
    As for the bleed, I can understand not wanting to do that, I just have a stylistic preference for not having things fully in frame for some reason. Don't let me direct what you want to do, it was simply an idea. :)

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    #38  Edited By Azteck
    @Slaker117 said:
    " Yeah something like that. I tried to do a few quick and dirty mock ups as well but can't get the scaling to look right. I'll post them if I ever get them done, but I have somewhere to be right now.  As for the bleed, I can understand not wanting to do that, I just have a stylistic preference for not having things fully in frame for some reason. Don't let me direct what you want to do, it was simply an idea. :) "
    I fully get that, I do it a lot when I do photography , it's a common stylistic decision.
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    #39  Edited By Cirdain

    shadow.... bit of dislike to the shadow.

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    #40  Edited By Synthballs

    I think you need to make this smaller for a phone background.

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    #41  Edited By Azteck
    @Synthballs said:
    " I think you need to make this smaller for a phone background. "
    Name a size and I'll provide. I think iPhones (4 at least) use 940x640. Should probably suffice for other phones as well.
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    #42  Edited By Nasar7

    I think it would look better without the 'VVVVVV' at all. But then I do like minimalism.

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    #43  Edited By Synthballs
    @Azteck that should do fine.
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    #45  Edited By Yanngc33

    I want

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    #46  Edited By waldfield

    I would for sure pay to have that on a tshirt

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    #47  Edited By waldfield

    Hey wait a minute.

    Copyright?

    Do you feel weird copyrighting an image that is itself 90% copyrighted by someone else?

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