Black and white, suspenseful, dramatic and stylish to the core - Film Noir rocks. For the uninitiated, think Sin City, but older and better.
The battle this time round is to produce something inspired by film noir - the crime scene, the dark smoky alleyway, the femme fatale and the tall dark stranger, the brooding detective...you choose. Or, for a twist, do a little futurist/sci-fi noir combo, a la Blade Runner.
There's an extra rule to this battle - the final entries must be black and white, or very heavily desaturated (only a tiny bit of colour left). For most people, this can be achieved in-engine using color correction. If your computer still doesn't support it then get a new one! then I'll allow you to do the desaturation in photoshop, or email me your screenshots and I'll do it for you.
I'll try and provide some extra content for you guys, to help take you back to the 1940s, but can't promise anything.
The competition will run for 3 weeks, with an extension if WIP-showers request. That means the closing date and time is Tuesday 18th ...Thursday 20th ...Sunday 23rd ...Monday 24th September, at midnight UTC(GMT). [url=url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=9&day=24&year=2007&hour=23&min=59&sec=0&p1=0]Click here for revised closing times around the world[/url]
So slap on your fedora, suck back a cigarette, leave the gin and the classy broad back at the bar, and get mapping while you wait for your checkered past to catch up with you.
