Isometric Collaboration
The Isometric Collaboration idea was first introduced to the Mario Fan Games Galaxy Forums in May 2006 by SNF. Members could reserve up to 3 squares at any given time on an isometric grid created by one member. The eventual goal was to fill the entire three-dimensional array to create a single largescale pixelart image. The first collaboration, which didn't ever get completed, was pretty much random and unorganized. After that, each Collaboration was given a general theme which all participants had to work with, such as a single game from the Super Mario series. In such a case, the tiles could only use the palette from that particular game.
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Collab #1: Super Mario Brothers 3
Beginnings and so forth
The idea of having a theme was thought up by SNF who completely stopped work on the first attempt to start another more organized one. This resulted in much more participation and interest. It used a layout borrowed from another website. It was started on May 6, 2006. When it started it appeared SNF would handle updating the overall grid and color matching. However soon Artee took over for several days. Later, Mario Gamer took over for Artee and continued the task of updating the main page for the rest of the project. It was finally finished on May 16th, ten days after production started.
Problems
One of the main problems was keeping the palette correct. Due to some using Internet Explorer the image darkened thus screwing up every tile. However the effects often didn't appear until one was done with their tile. This was solved by Artee recoloring the incorrect squares.
Another problem occured when Sonic Project claimed a square that had already been taken. However , he made his tile before checking the topic again which then led to an arguement. SNF and Artee both could not find a place for his tile since it had no blending on it and looked out of place. The issue was finally solved three days later, when a border was added to it. The controversial tile currently sits in spot #9.
Completed Collaborations
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Isometric Collab #1
Super Mario Bros. 3
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