What about this: One of the ships fly in from the corner of the screen and makes a slow curve towards the centre, then does a cool flip and out comes the text SCI FLY. Then a big shine covers the text and when it fades the II is behind the text. btw is have you got any thoughts on online multiplayer?
sometimes a cool font can make simple text look pretty cool. Here's a mock-up that I think would work as a simple text logo. A couple of quick effects later, and your left with an image that should appeal and stick in your mind. If you want a picture to go with it, a simple outline monocolour vector would probably work well with it.. click on it to see it full res. looks a bit dodgy low res..
That's is a very good point which I admit I haven't given that much attention to since the start of SciFly. For some reason I really like the Bank Gothic font (what I use for SciFly), but just about everyone else hates it. And for good reason, it's entirely boring... The Unreal Tournament font (what you are using, I think) is definitely awesome. In fact, UT has a very distinctive logo from it: Edit: Yikes, sorry for the huge image.
haha good eye ;P yes that is a rather decent sized image . I actually think the font really suits SciFly, pity you can't just keep it.. Tho, the font I have used is not official either, so this may by-pass certain rules? (implausible to the max tho..) Eitherway, as it's a shooting game, see if you can make/track down a font similar that has spiky bits all over it. makes it look aggressive, as shooting is. If you want, I could make up another, even add a vector outling of a ship? I'm sure your capable of such things tho, but it would give me something to do
I'm a big UT fan, so it was just luck (actually, when I release more info on SciFly II, you'll see there are parts which are highly inspired by the 2004 edition ) My brother had an idea that I'm starting to kick around now... What if I constructed the II out of an aircraft's wings? It would be great if this could be done in such a way that clearly showed that the icon represents a flying game. Still, I'm really not sure what direction to go with the logo... So I can't guarantee I'll even use this concept at all, but if you or anyone else wants to play around with this idea, that would be cool with me. I've got to get back to work on the actual game, the logo issue is starting to become a huge time drag. I've learned a lot from all this discussion though, so I'm glad I took the time. But a logo is useless without a feature complete game behind it! Edit: One issue with this is that the design of wings has to fit the theme of SciFly's aircraft... which I haven't given out many screen shots of. But, many of the aircraft have a similar look sorta similar to the F-22 and F-18. also: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=8851
Yeah I was thinking that when I was doing that mock up. I actually flipped the second I around cos it looked more shipish. I'll have a go at the wings if you send me a screenie of a top down ship. Also send me one on an angle and I'll try and make it a vector outline.. Have to do it int like 15 hours or so though. Sleep and school first -__-
Definitely, school first. I don't know if you've seen some of my other posts, but I happen to be 17 myself. So, that's still an issue for me I'll PM you some screens or outlines a bit, I had somewhere, but I think I deleted them in frustration of that logo attempt ...
could you please send me some to me also, i'm doing mine on photoshop and will be done in about an hour if i can get some screens or any thing else) if so thx
Absolutely. Edit: Just saw your earlier post. No, I don't have any plans for a subtitle for SciFly II. It's just SciFly II.
Cheers for the sceens. Damn, your game's a mad effort for someone still at school :O! Well done! I wish I had the effort to learn how to code.. How much money have you made? Might influence me . I've got a few ideas for the logo, if I can execute them well, it should be good. So your not having Dogfight in the title? Depending, I think it would look good in the logo/splash screen. Your choice tho
While I like the font, I do not see how it is pertinent to your game as the font seems very old and medieval whereas something like this would suit your game better as it's more modern.
I second Game Reaper's suggestion. Don't underestimate the value a good font can add. Check out http://1001freefonts.com/.
Also check out http://www.dafont.com/. Here are all the Sci-Fi fonts that are free to use: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=303&page=1&l[]=10&l[]=1 Although I would still contact the maker to see if it's OK to use them for your game.
Wow, thanks again to everyone for putting so much thought into this! I looked at those sites and most of fonts are definitely not usable (e.g. Starcraft, Unreal Tournament). But, I did find one that looks pretty cool at the bottom of the bucket. It appears to be usable, but I'll have to contact the creator as mentioned. http://www.dafont.com/phantom.font?l[]=10&l[]=1 It's certainly not as iconic as Starcraft or anything, but has more SciFi feel than Bank Gothic does. Do you think I should try switching to that font?
I like the bank gothic actually and I don't think the font is the problem at all I think it's the Icon maybe you could send me some overall planet concept art. Because I think a planet would do well behind the bslck curved banner
