This is something I've picked up from the facepunch forums. It's a MS Paint forum game, or I suppose you could use other image editing programs (I use photoshop for eccentric details, MS paint for small stuff - it's simpler.) in which you create a planet, and war with others. You draw your attacks, it's like a small scale roleplay you don't really have to invest time or great effort into. It's actually pretty fun, if you're artistic or creative. :D
Here's how it works.
First, you've got to get a planet. How do you get a planet?
- a) you can draw your own
b) you can request to have one drawn
c) you can claim an unclaimed world
All you have to do is claim it, and name it. (don't claim an already inhabited world!) If you want to draw a space station instead of a planet, that's fine too!
Second, you've got to declare your turn. All you have to do is say "declare" or something similar. Why?
- a) It's like a queue system. It keeps things ordered.
b) Say player A is drawing something. Player B slips in a turn while player A is drawing. Player A then submits his turn. Oh no, player B's work is then gone! Either that, or player A has to restart his turn. Oh no! That's why you declare.
c) because that's just how omega shenron wants it to go down.
Third, you have to draw your attack.
It can be anything, or even not an attack at all. Maybe you want to draw a shield around your planet? Or capture a moon? Launch a satellite? doesn't matter. Anything you want, as long as you're being fair. And that's it! Fair.. What's fair and what isn't? Well, you can't blow someones planet up in one turn. That's just mean. Just use common courteousness.
Make sure you include a description of what you and your planet/faction do in each turn! And number the turn!
Okay, I realize you all may not be the best pixel artists. But you don't have to be. If you want to make a fancy planet, here's how I do it in photoshop:
1. Brush tool, 100% hardness, the size of the planet you want. Make a dot (on a 100% empty, transparent layer.)
2. Filter -> Artistic -> Sponge - let it work it's magic.
3. Magic wand tool (make sure contigious is off, and tolerance is around 20) -> click either of the two colors on your planet
4. Image -> adjustment -> hue/saturation. Play with the levels until you like the two colors.
5. Play around with some of the other artistic, brush stroke, or distort filters until you get the desired appearance.
6. Use lighting effects (on spotlight) to create the right circular effect/sunlight effect.
7. You're done :D
If you want a planetary aura:
1. New layer under the planet.
2. Make a dot the color of the aura, the same size of the planet, centered ontop of it.
3. Apply a gaussian blur.
4. Apply film grain effect (filter -> artistic -> film grain) you may have to do it two or three times. Control+F should do it.
5.That's all!
And hey, if all else and you don't have photoshop, I or someone else will more than likely be glad to make one for you to your specifications. :)
You don't have to use these methods, but they're the simplest and coolest I know of for this.
DA RULES:
1. Common sense, people, common sense. Use it.
2. Don't go overboard with your power of creation, and don't be an ass.
3. Save your file only as a .png and only use a reliable image hoster, such as dropbox, imgur, or cubeupload.
4. Please follow the three steps I described.
AND HERE IS THE MAP!
Turn 1(click me) - The planet of Xeon-7 suddenly comes under new rule of the Paradigm Initiative. It, and it's orbital moon, begin production of an exploration rocket.
