D/A5: Scaling pixel art, opportunity to help

[Minim]

No problem at all, Simon.

Right now I'm working on 1.5x, and doing this manually using Paint, it turns out to be much easier than I expected it to be. The Attributes, Select All and Stretch/Skew buttons are incredibly useful in achieving this task. My calculator is also helpful in getting the correct dimensions for each and every image.

[Minim]

Right then. It took a little while, but I managed to finish 1.5x.

A interesting point I thought I'd mention:
In the skillico and gameico images I retained the Lix icons original size. I had to come up with a decision to make whether I should keep the icons small or to stretch them. (Some of the stretched Lix icons looked disturbing, one of them looked like it had a black eye)

[Minim]

I have a busy work schedule from midweek, so I thought I'd show you how far I've gone with x3. At least I got the biggest image out of the way.

Can't wait to see my game played with high quality graphics!

[Simon]

[02:14] <SimonN> minim has made these icons for D Lix, he needs to get a proper response
[02:15] <Clam> oh yes, I saw those
[02:16] <SimonN> I always feel like I'm letting people down; if I work on the D port, the old thing doesn't get updates; vice-versa, and then the same with PhD work vs. Lix work, and writing code vs. commenting/improving on this graphics stuff
[02:17] <SimonN> yeah, it's cool that people are helping out
[02:17] <SimonN> wasn't expecting it at all from him, he popped up out of nowhere and did really solid work
[02:18] <SimonN> I'd do a few pixels differently here and there, but that is normal judgement differences between people. Minim's work helps tremendously.

I'm aiming for another alpha release of the D port, with most of the singleplayer game in place, in the next weeks/months. The new icons will be in there for sure!

-- Simon

[Simon]

Options dialog with Minim's scaled buttons. It's cool how things fall into place one after another.

The level editor will benefit most from the upscaled graphics, but I haven't tackled that yet. Loose direction of where the ship is sailing: Finishing 90 % of singleplayer, and some more of the menus, then release a beta. Then, either editor or netplay. Then, the other of the two.

geoo will be delighted about the hotkeys displayed on okay/cancel: Every hotkeyed button in the application has its hotkey printed on itself. I try to have as few keys as possible without a corresponding button, to keep the interface discoverable.

ccx will be delighted about × ¹⁄₁₅, unicode.
You have a problem and decide to use Unicode. ��� ��� ���� � �������. You have a problem and decide to use STL. Now you have a _Hashtable_iterator<std::pair<const basic_string<char, str::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, int>, basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >...

-- Simon

[Minim]

Hey. Nice screenshot Simon! Have to be pleased with those arrows and ticks.

I thought I'd do the rest of x3 before the year ends. I've arranged them all inside a single file.

So, this is my last upload, and I wish you all a Happy new year.

[RubiX]

Looks awsome simon