PixeledFace is officially the best person ever. This wasn't a contest, but if it was, he won.

Looking better and better, PixelatedFace.

PixeledFace wrote:
Or without the Aperture Logo (Ring)?

Now that you mention it, the ring looks a little weird when combined with the TWP logo :S

The ratman scrawl and the elevator video are complete genius. Kudos to you guys. I know at least one person working on a different elevator video, can't wait to see that either.

We were in IRC (you should join, it's rad) and coming up with some ideas for anyone who wants to tackle it. The idea I had was to modify an observation room so that the monitors in there are facing towards the glass, and using a BNK or a scrolling material proxy, and have the monitor scroll the site logo from side to side.

Another idea was making some Old Aperture style posters (maybe using the very old site logo). Have a "did you know" about Spotlight maps (did you know spotlight maps are: high quality, etc etc) or something like that.

You know, in my latest map, I made a vgui movie look like it was playing on a computer screen. In fact, it's going to be a screenshot thumbnail for my map if your interested.

So here goes a blind shot. It took ages to animate Bendy, and I don't think he turned out right.
I'm going to see if I can't make it better, but

http://youtu.be/1sTybnjpHIU

I'd love to be able to come up with something like this !.. I'm still struggling getting my head around completing my first map ...

Would be great to use these in my map though!

Good work!

Tried in on my own:

Looks nice! Did you used oil pastel or crayons?

That's a crayon.

DamnImOnFire - A few suggestions. Get rid of your name in the corner, please. Also you may want to consider using different font sizes for the different text. Maybe white text too. You also probably want the whole thing to play out a bit faster, the in-game videos are only like 10 seconds long or so? Check out the official Aperture videos from Valve to get a feel for their style if you haven't watched them already.

Either way, .

zivi7 - Awesome! Love it.

Someone do this but for the PTI elevator!
Edit: try editing vgui/screens/vgui_coop_progress_board

The game overlay does not come bigger, so sadly no better resolution than that.

FelixGriffin wrote:
Even if that elevator video doesn't win, do you mind if I put it in some of my custom maps?

You know that is the whole point in-game advertising xD. Course mate. Once we have a suitable format to give out.

Also not sure that if there is going to an official winner. There are too many diverse and cool things coming from this not to have people choose which ones they want to put in.

Hi all! I've made some button frames models using propper. It's a collection where there are mainly a white and a black version (all clean) and I've made them for all buttons, so it's a total of 6 models:

And they all have collisions model:

If someone is interested I can post the TWP overlay I used, which I made from scratch. Size is around 1024x275px.

That's how far I could get as I can't model. But I think those could be handy. I hope that you like them.

***EDIT:***

I included the overlay of the site, 2 versions: black / white letters.

This is how the earlier Ratman drawing looks ingame:

Attached are the vmt/vtf-files. Place the twp folder in /materials and you'll find the overlay twpRatmanZivi7 in Hammer.

josepezdj wrote:
Hi all! I've made some button frames models using propper.

Nice idea, the logo won't be overlooked there.

zivi7 wrote:
This is how the earlier Ratman drawing looks ingame

Looks very nice! and also integrated amongst the rest of the game overlays... Good job!

The things I'm loving so far
||PixeledFace's Elevator Video: Instant Community Contributor right? That video is awesome as can be, msleeper seems tough to impress.
The only thing is, I would rather use the version without the exact logo, making it more consistent with Aperture. But that's just me... Oh, and it shouldn't fade to black at all, am I right? Other videos are always blue, just looping invisibly. The rest is swelled!

zivi7' Overlay: Looks so good in-game, better than I thought when I saw the template.

Brainstone's Overlay: Awesome poster, really cool. Only I'd change the font of your name. It's not like it shouldn't be in there, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the fonts.

Josepezdj's button frames: I'll probably not be using this as it doesn't suit my artstyle, but a good idea eitherway. I'd release the overlay as well, though.

I would like to see Chicken make some sort of overlay as well, he's really good. Somebody force him! ||
Aanyway, I just thought I'd contribute via feedback. Sorry I'm not really adding anything, though I don't suppose this thread will get locked anytime soon, right? Maybe I'll make a texture sometime, really the only thing I can do...

Keep it up guys!

EDIT: Hah! Nice avatar zivi7!

FourthReaper wrote:
Brainstone's Overlay: Awesome poster, really cool. Only I'd change the font of your name. It's not like it shouldn't be in there, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the fonts.

You're right, although, strangely enough, it is exactly the same font like the others. I will try to change it. First of all, it should be italic.

@Brainstone: Try reducing letter spacing with lower case words.