CK Newsletter: August

kuliwil · Post by **kuliwil** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 15:50

Eros wrote:if you collect the 7 1UPs, you cannot get back down, so no infinite ammo for you

Yeah, but once you get those 7 one-ups you can't return to the level, can you?

Eros · Post by **Eros** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 15:54

that's what i meant

shikadi · Post by **shikadi** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 20:38

little detail about arachnuts
there are 2 on hard in pyramid of moons.
and i never founde a third one in sand yego.

Bubbatom · Post by **Bubbatom** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:30

Nice work guys, thanks for including my animation!

kuliwil · Post by **kuliwil** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:02

Eros wrote:that's what i meant

Oman sorry Eros! I misread you comment!

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 17:25

I spent some time working on a different layout for the newsletter (using LaTeX) and this is what I came up with: http://k1n9duk3.k1.ohost.de/files/news_mockup.pdf

I tried to create the look and feel of a gaming magazine, that's why I divided the document into different sections, each starting on a new page and having a (more or less) unique color.

Tell me what you think about this style.

Gridlock · Post by **Gridlock** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 18:03

That is an interesting layout. Although a few aspects might be changed, that design could probably be used for future editions. However, I'll also wait to hear Ceilick's opinion. I think he will be away from the forums for the next couple days, though.

I've already started working on the July issue. As always, suggestions and opinions are welcome.

Post by **tulip** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 18:03

It's pretty cool, way better than the original

Although I don't like the colour scheme yet, it should be limited to yellow-green imo, like the logo. And maybe we could use the same font for the page headers as in the Keen 6 manual. (I'm pretty sure Ikaragua has it if it's not a standard font anyway.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 18:36

The logo should be improved/the concept carried out further by someone who handles Photoshop better than I do, really.

The "Keen" text should propably be replaced by "CK" since that's the real name of the newsletter.

DHeadshot · Post by **DHeadshot** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 19:18

OK, for those using portable devices etc, I've made a text-only version (converted by hand from the Document version).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12124596/cknewsnu1txt.txt

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 19:26

Fantastic job, DH.

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 19:34

tulip wrote:Although I don't like the colour scheme yet, it should be limited to yellow-green imo, like the logo. And maybe we could use the same font for the page headers as in the Keen 6 manual. (I'm pretty sure Ikaragua has it if it's not a standard font anyway.

Changing the colors is pretty easy. The LaTeX source look like this:

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\section[red]{News}

...

\section[cyan]{Articles}
...

I haven't tried to use any TrueType font in LaTeX, yet. So changing fonts could be a problem.

Post by **Ceilick** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:23

Glad you guys like it

Next issue we'll have time for some better formatting and whatnot; you wouldn't believe how rushed the production of this was, especially with Gridlock gone and I leaving for vacation the morning this was due.

Any comments on the content? Things you like, don't like, want to see more of, want to see less of, etc? Also any of you old timers have page 5 of the featured TMST comic? I've managed to collect all the others, and the comic still makes sense without page 5, but it'd be nice to have it in entirety.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:06

I miss that comic, it'd be nice to have it entirely. I also liked the little post-keen 9 story. I'm waiting for further episodes.

Eros · Post by **Eros** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 13:19

i kinda liked the keen comic which resembled calvin and hobbes, it was funnier, and in my opinion more interesting.