Gamepocalypse April 2012

Here is the newest version of the Gamepocalypse magazine.

I have 2 cover ideas and am unsure of which one to use. Im leaning more towards the second one.

Here are the inside spreads for the magazine. The first two images are a spread but they are pictured separately because they are in different documents.

My original plan was to print on a comic book like paper and staple it together. I have since decided i want to try to perfect bind this magazine. Because their are so few pages, i picked up paper slightly thicker than that of a comic book, so it should hold up.

Backgrounds, Text, and Navigation

This is the first spread i have completely typed up. The others are on their way to completion as soon as i finish writing and typing them in. The small open area next to image is where the game specifications will go, such as: year published, game name, what team created it, others in the series, etc.. Im trying o find a way to break up the information a little more to avoid those long columns of text. I wanted to focus on one because after i have my layout complete ill be able to input the information where it is needed to finish the others. I have included the background spreads that i plan to use for the other spreads, they are listed below.


I have also worked out an easier way to navigate the sight. instead of having the full header in motion, i decided to make it sturdier but the new navigation, which allows you to go into 3 different level of pages. Every page will be reachable from any other page. The only issue is that when i was coding the nav bar, i lost all images in my site including the images for the nav bar. So currently it is there are working, its just a bit unreadable because the backgrounds are gone, forcing the navigation to open over another set of text.

I want to find a way to break up the information so i can avoid having these long running columns.

Character page layout. the only thing missing is their names. I was thinking of running a line attached to a name from 1 and 3s feet and 2 and 4s heads.

The next few images are just the backgrounds id like to us for the magazine. This city is for Resident Evil. That game being based in Raccoon City, i felt the image of my town was most appropriate.

This spread is for Dead Rising, Dead Rising takes place inside a mall. I didnt have photos of any malls, so instead i used a photo of the mall directory. It is brighter that most of the other spreads and is the only spread without a realistic or photographic background. If it takes away from the design, i am open to change it.

The last game spread is based on Left 4 Dead. This game takes place in many locations, my favorite of which being a carnival so i chose to go with the ferris wheel.

Below is a screen shot of the new navigation. I must meet with Justin in order to figure what i need to fix. So far ive just been getting things typed in and laid out so in the future I can easily switch out or maintain things. The only issue ive had with this is when i coded in the new navigation, i lost access to all my images. The code still considers them there, they are just not visible. In addition to the nav, i also upgraded the header. Now it is set on a select box and image, so if the user changes the header image, he may also change the color of some of the page layouts.

Beginning of flow chart/ ideas

This is an idea i had for the mast head. I was thinking of video games and comic books, and had this vision for the text.

This is a rough layout of the pages I would like to include into my website. Some of them such as Pax East will be "Coming Soon" as the events required for the page have not taken place yet.

I have also been thinking of some ideas for a header. I want to incorporate my mast head but im not sure if i want it set into a shape like below. They are more or less rough drafts that im trying to plan out. Im stuck on this yellow and green idea. The red seems too generic. It would be a great choice if this were solely a zombie game site, but in the future I plan to add other games to it as well. Also the text in these samples is not the actual type i want to use.

I have also been working on writing the reviews themselves which i hope to have posted soon enough for all to read.