I'm working on portablizing a game called Sokowiz. I noticed it was skinable and although I'm not super good at graphics I was thinking it would be really cool to have a PAM theme. Would any of our Graphic artists mind making a theme? It doesn't look like it would be too hard. It gets it's theme from a single .bmp file.
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Sokowiz Portable
March 30, 2008 - 2:29pm
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Sokowiz Portable
well i would try but i have no access to any PA graphics besides the low res ones on the website and John never replied to my 2 emails requesting graphics.
We could get the theme started. You know proper colors, and that kind of stuff. Then we can add a logo in later. I think the only place we might need a logo is if we want to use it instead of a box. Thanks for your interest.
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ok, i hadn't played the game before i commented, but i have and a pa theme would be pretty easy. do you think i should change the boxes to something PA related or not?
But in all fairness it is your skin. Do what you want. I will be sure to credit it when I release the app. On another note do you like the game? Any ideas for a better icon? I can't leave it as a box and I definitely can't use the PA logo.
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i would leave the icon as is for now and later when the skin is done hopefully zach will make a better logo.
hm... well i was playin around with colors and changing the blocks to the pa logo and actually i kind of like the normal look better. there's no way to switch between themes and the gray with crates looks better than the red with pa logos.
Edit: nevermind, i may have just had an idea to maybe make it look better.
3. CONTROLS
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Quit game: Shift + Esc
Change keyboard setups: F9
Reset keyboard setups: F10
Toggle full screen mode: F11
Reset screen resolution: F12
Arrows: Choose items in the Choose mode.
Enter: Confirm and exit the Choose mode.
ESC: Cancel and exit the Choose mode.
Space: Wait for new key when changing keyboard setups.
Arrows: Move the sokoban.
wasd: Scroll the screen.
e: Reset the screen position.
Delete: Undo changes.
Insert: Redo changes.
PageUp: Go to the previous level.
PageDown: Go to the next level.
End: Choose levelsets.
Home: Choose themes.
.: Restart the current level.
And I was kind of thinking a red and black theme. Those are the two main colors used in the PAM.
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I'm sorry if rushing you I'm just really curious.
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well i have a theme with a red background and the pa logos but i wasn't sure what to do about the walls. and i am now trying to do it with a light grey background and red gradiented walls.
ok here's my attempt at a PA theme. The walls aren't perfect but i don't know if i can get it any better seeing as this theme is just made up of separate blocks. Let me know if there are any little improvements i should make (like a change in any colors).
Screenshot
Download (right click to save)
If you want it as a separate theme to switch to just put it in a portableapps folder in the themes folder.
My only suggestion is that make the boxes below the pam icons go away. You can do this by making everything around the icon the same color as the floor. But other than that it is a really cool theme! I like it. I'll go ahead and package it and make it the default theme when I release it.
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i could make the icons by themselves, and i did with one theme i did partial work on, but the shadowing doesn't look right then and plus i like the boxes. i was going to make the pa logo smaller on the inner part of the box but it seemed too small so i just made it cover the whole box and be slightly see through.
I edited it to disappear and I agree it does look weird. But can we maybe change the box color to black or somthing? The orengy brown color just seems out of place. What would you think about that?
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eh, i like the crates. like i said, i'd like it how it is or with the logo smaller in the middle of the crate. but it's you're app, feel free to change whatever you want.
I'll stick with yours. And the first Dev test is up!
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