Contest #16: Background challenge - VOTING

[YinYin]

my vote will go to the one background that has:

• black borders; top and bottom
  
• correct/great perspective
  
• custom sprites

regarding the background itself only lf2TimmE1s JulianCave fulfills these requirements (ours wouldn't get a vote either for using a stock photo)

i think for most backgrounds it is obvious at what point they fail to get my vote so i will only explain the less obvious ones

Acherontics only flaw is the way too wide backdrop image (in relation to the bg width) which thus moves around too fast and also makes all the mountains in front move too fast - they look like cardboard pieces in a pretty nice theater set (apoc already mentioned this kind of)
as soon as the whole thing moved it destroyed all expectations i had from the still image
specials like the 'once' collapsing bridge don't make up for it (i wanted to implement an animation just like that as well to have the boss sitting and starting from the mushroom in the background btw - but i wondered whether it would play again when reloading the bg and also whether fps changers could reach the repetition point)

Vallenfyre only fails for using ripped sprites that feel way too familiar (i think i've already seen elements of it in your previous backgrounds marshall)
but for using just one big animated sprite it still manages correct perspective and black bars

every other background mostly either has obvious problems with the perspective or no black bars
most of these can be easily fixed - or even avoided on the next background by better planning it ahead

@Apocalipsis (Click to View)

In case someone mentions it, we know about the bottom black bar of the background, but we couldn't implement it because of zboundary bugging the rest of the original backgrounds.

you could and you can still - the fighters already can't go to the very bottom of the screen (thus the ground doesn't need to go that far down) and you can easily move the fighting area 5px up, even if that cuts your zeus slightly -> enough space for a black border gained without changing your zwidth
also i suspect that your ground sprite actually goes down beyond the screen, which basically shows laziness i am guilty of this time aswell

I didn't mean it like that. More like "I'm not staying out of this". I apologize if it souded offensive.

don't worry - i understood
but i realize it doesn't look like it ...

@~Dome (Click to View)

thats crap. if you argue like that, every background can be a boss background.

which is true - especially since the theme was 'boss fight'
not boss lair or anything like that - if you set it up right a boss can chase the player down and challenge him anywhere, it's up to the developer to make it look credible