Photoshop: Java Game Cover Graphic

Today and tomorrow we will be creating a Title Page / Splash Page graphic and a "Game Over" page for one of your video games.

COVER PAGES:

• To begin, find the size of your "World" in your program.  I typically use a 640x480 or 800x600 world, but (as in the Breakout example below) I do sometimes vary.
• Open Photoshop and do FILE > NEW...
• Enter the size of your document (in pixels NOT inches) with a resolution of 72
• I usually start with a background color by choosing a color and filling the background with the "fill bucket".
• Then I find a font that I like that fits with my game style.
• Only then do I begin looking for royalty free graphics that I can use on my cover.

Sometimes I do game Title Pages and Game Over pages in sets:

Finally, here are two different examples of a Game Over screen.  The red one is a standard text screen and the green one has a "Winners Circle" platform where I move the winning tank at the end of the race.