Hi there, am looking to commission a few ansi screens for a new BBS door game I’m writing, payment via Paypal or whatever is convenient, full credit given. Its going to be a small clone of Sierra’s Hoyle 3 for DOS. The door game allows someone to play Checkers, Othello, Backgammon or Chess. All in its 80x23 glory… heres what I’m brainstorming (pasted from a crude design file).
MAIN MENU
(here would be a full colorful fun medival 80x23 ansi/logo?)
(P)lay some games!
(L)ist current players/scores
(Q)uit for now
CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER
Welcome! You appear to be a new player. You can use your ARROW KEYS or
NUMBERS to choose your character from the selection below:
(detailed ansi with four character mini-pictures. The selection code will
place a square around the character)
| MALE | MALE |
| WARRIOR | MAGICIAN |
| | |
| | |
| FEMALE | FEMALE |
| WARRIOR | MAGICIAN |
You may customize your character colors below. Use the ARROW KEYS or NUMBERS. (this
will copy the mini-picture and just change the hair/skin/clothing colours)
And everyone should know you in the realm as…? (BBS alias)
Something else
GAME SCREEN
Please select a game: (the selection is highlighted by a big square around
the mini-picture of the game)
(here would be a detailed fun ansi with mini-pictures representing the
games, ie)
example:
| CHECKERS | OTHELLO |
| (couple of checker pieces?) | (four white/black othello pieces) |
| | |
| | |
| BACKGAMMON | CHESS |
| (colorful backgammon triangles) | (a king and queen?) |
WHO DO YOU CHALLENGE?
Asks whether to challenge another player or the computer.
| |
| Challenge another player. |
| (pic of a group of warriors/wizards) |
| |
Challenge the computer. |
(pic of a computer or modem) |
Additional ansis needed / considerations:
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All ansis should be 80x23 to allow for an in-game status/menu bar.
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Some kind of cool “slate” for the high scores, simular to a top-BBS user
list. Medival scroll theme? -
Maybe the medival slate is the common “background” for every ansi?
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Maybe for a slate ansi, copy the mini-picture of the game to the header
of the ansi so it looks unique and fun. -
A small 20x10 slate ansi for in-game messages.
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Ansi “icons” needed… am thinking 8x4 size? Dice, doubling-cube (for
backgammon), stopwatch/thinking-clouds (when the computer is thinking) -
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