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So, in the latest Novapunch update I added agencies for use with career mode. Agencies need logos, and I am bad at making logos. I made some placeholders:

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Actually, the Silisko one was made by NovaSilisko himself way back in the day, and some of his parts are still in Novapunch, and they belong to that company ingame. He also made that Blue 'meatball' logo, though his said KSP. So the others are placeholders.

I already pestered sumghai to make me a swell new Novapunch logo:

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so that will be coming around next update.

So, that leaves the rest of the logos: Tiberdyne, SlugCo, and Wobbly rockets. I would really like shiny new logos to replace the placeholders, and I want you to make them.

Things in a list:

  • I cannot pay for them, but I can offer rewards or trade in service for them.

  • You can suggest a new part for either Novapunch or Tiberdyne Shuttles and I will make it (within reason - don't ask for a new a new shuttle or an IVA. I also don't code, so don't ask for that)

  • Or you can request a model for your mod or something independent. Again i don't code, but I will do my best to make the model support featured for a plugin provided you can point me in the direction of some specs.

  • Or you can request some help in setting in Unity. I c an set up pretty much everything but an IVA as far as stock-like things go.

  • Or we can discuss something else.

  • You also get a contributor credit for Novapunch and/or Tiberdyne and I will tell everyone how swell you are and to check out the cool thing you do (probably even if you aren't actually swell, but then if you aren't you probably won't help me anyway)

Technical details if you don't know them:

Flags/Agency logos are 256x160 - agencies also feature a smaller 64x40 image as a thumbnail (doesn't have to be a .truecolor, i used tiny png files) making just the 256x160 image is fine, though I wouldn't mind a larger one (say 768x480) for out-of-game purposes. So if you deliver in that size I can handle the resizing from there.

I'd prefer the logos be on a transparent background rather than on a solid color, though if you design something that requires that, I won't complain. In other words, more like the new agency flag/logos rather than the older stock Squad flags. In fact logos in that generic style would be great.

I have no hard design requirements, let your creativity flow. I would like some imagery in the logo and not just text, but awesome text-wizardry will also be accepted.

The fonts aren't required, though if you want to know what they are:

Tiberdyne: Neuropol - I use that font a lot (including in the old NP LLC placeholder because I am lazy)

SlugCo: the font is called Harden. Just found it the other day and rather like it, but feel free to discard it.

Wobbly Rockets: It's called "The Boatman" - I used it because its squiggly/wobbly. I have no strong feelings for it. (the ROCKETS part is a font called NI7SEG)

You can submit them here in the thread for public consumption feedback if you wish, or PM them to me if you're shy. I'll offer input or whatever that way as well if you like. In the event there are multiple submissions I may throw up a poll (Or I might just decree from on high which one I like best. I can only guarantee return services to those I use, though I will do my best to do so for all quality submissions.

Bonus points: Tweaks, remixes, or general cleanup/transparency work on the other images like Silisko or KSA (or even NP if you have a great idea there, though I like sumghai's very much) - mostly just to see more cool logo designs.

Edit to clarify this: I mean that the Silisko, KSA, and Novapunch images are "done" and I don't *need* new ones. But if someone wants to improve the image quality (clean up transparency, remove artifacts, remaster them at a larger size) or even "remake" them with design or color tweaks then you will earn "Bonus points" - These bonus points hold no value and don't affect which of the logos I use, so they are obviously useless. You'd still get credit and 'work in trade' consideration like the other stuff though.

Mostly, it's still I might do myself, but would rather trick convince an actual capable person to do it properly :)

So, uh.. thanks in advance!

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Additional Information on the Agencies:

AGENT

{

name = Novapunch LLC

description = Novapunch LLC is a holding corporation and a subsidiary of Tiberdyne Aerospace. It was formed in the wake of Tiberdyne's acquisition of Silisko Industries' and Wobbly Rockets' rocketry divisions, and later bought SlugCo and integrated its engineering department. Novapunch has both public and private sector contracts to provide launch access to Kerbin orbit and beyond, and maintains a fleet of launch vehicles and compatible spacecraft.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/NPLLC

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/NPLLC_scaled

standing = Silisko Industries, 1.5

standing = Wobbly Rockets, 1.5

standing = SlugCo, 1.5

standing = Tiberdyne Aerospace, 1.5

standing = Kerbin Space Authority, 1.2

mentality = Commercial

mentality = Conglomerate

mentality = Stern

}

AGENT

{

name = Silisko Industries

description = Silisko Industries is a leader in providing specialized infrastructure for the aerospace industry. It started out as a general aerospace manufacturer and designed several lines of rockets at the dawn of the Kerbal Space Program but later moved on to more niche products such as extra-planetary landing BACE parts, orbital segments and miniaturized equipment for probe and satellite constructs. The company is probably best known for its mysterious leader who strives to remain out of the public eye. His own engineering skill and unwavering vision keeps the company focused on technological progression in the purest of science and exploration, making Silisko Industries not only an industry leader, but a trailblazer.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SilInd

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SilInd_scaled

standing = Novapunch LLC, 1.5

standing = Wobbly Rockets, 1.5

standing = SlugCo, 1.5

standing = Tiberdyne Aerospace, 1.5

standing = Kerbin Space Authority, 1.2

mentality = Pioneer

mentality = Scientific

mentality = EasyGoing

}

AGENT

{

name = Wobbly Rockets

description = Do not let the name of the company fool you, Wobbly Rockets knows how to build a quality piece of space hardware. Their engineering is of such a high quality that they commonly certify rockets that are well beyond the safety thresholds of other, less capable firms. So the next time you see a Wobbly Rockets' launch and see their signature StackFlex technology in action, take a moment and bask in the glory of the peak of Kerbal Engineering as designed by our leader, Sunday P. Kerman.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SunPun

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SunPun_scaled

standing = Novapunch LLC, 1.5

standing = Silisko Industries, 1.5

standing = SlugCo, 1.5

standing = Tiberdyne Aerospace, 1.5

standing = Kerbin Space Authority, 1.2

mentality = Hasty

mentality = Pioneer

mentality = EasyGoing

}

AGENT

{

name = SlugCo Inc

description = SlugCo Incorporated builds hardware. Hardware to hold things up. Hardware to hold things down. Wardware that holds your hand as you slip the bonds of Kerbin and set out to explode the unknown. Our hardware doesn't appear on magazine covers, and you won't see SlugCo on a billboard anywhere. But you probably move over, under, around, or through our hardware every day.That is all you really need to know about SlugCo. We build hardware.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SlugCo

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/SlugCo_scaled

standing = Novapunch LLC, 1.5

standing = Silisko Industries, 1.5

standing = Wobbly Rockets, 1.5

standing = Tiberdyne Aerospace, 1.5

standing = Kerbin Space Authority, 1.2

mentality = Industrial

mentality = Cooperative

mentality = Patient

}

AGENT

{

name = Tiberdyne Aerospace

description = Tiberdyne Aerospace is a leading manufacturer within the Kerbal aerospace industry. Their projects include two overlapping shuttle development programs known as Odyssey and Blizzard and two launching super-class heavy launching platforms known as Ju[iter and Blizzard, which not only are used to launch their shuttles but can be configured in a traditional launch stack as well. They have a close partnership with launch services provider NovaPunch LLC and provide many of the parts for their projects. They also have a long-term contract with the Kerbal Space Authority (KSA) who licneses their shuttle systems for scientific and infrastructure missions in Low Kerbin Orbit. They are likely to offer open contracts to test their experimental parts in various situations as well as general contracts to demonstrate the capabilities of their launch systems within the solar system.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/TDA

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/TDA_scaled

standing = Kerbin Space Authority, 1.5

standing = Novapunch LLC, 1.5

mentality = Commercial

mentality = Conglomerate

mentality = Industrial

mentality = Easygoing

}

AGENT

{

name = Kerbin Space Authority

description = The Kerbin Space Authority is a government-backed not-for-profit organization tasked with the administration of space-related activities and insdustries on and around Kerbin. This includes the drafting of regulations for commercial space flight, recommendations for safety standards (which are rarely adopted) and fostering cooperation between companies and private space angencies around the world. In addition, they have their own scientific research program and regularly offer contracts to companies capable of flying missions in support of that research. Their most famous public work is the joint Shuttle Program with Tiberdyne Aerospace, which maintains a fleet of craft and rockets capaable of both scientific and infrastructure missions, such as assembling space station modules and deploying heavy space equipment.

logoURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/KSA

logoScaledURL = NovaPunch2/Agencies/KSA_scaled

standing = Tiberdyne Aerospace, 0.9

standing = Novapunch LLC, 1.5

mentality = Cooperative

mentality = Pioneer

mentality = Kerbalminded

mentality = Scientific

}

Silisko Industries: The company created by early KSP modder (and former Dev) NovaSilisko. They are/were the parent company of Probodobodyne and the BACE company (from this thread) and the original version was "SIDR" which was the parts that were half of the original Novapunch release (and quite a few of those parts are still around in some form, they'll have the Silisko Industries manufacturer and contracts to test them will be from that agency. He made the "snake" logo you see and I like it so it doesn't really need changed. I don't have a high-quality version of it though so if someone wanted to work on a new version or something I would not complained.

Wobbly Rockets: That is the actual name of the pack that Sundaypunch made VERY early in KSP's history, and the other half of the original Novapunch pack. This is the original thread. - He didn't have any graphics in the thread or in the pack, so my placeholder was entirely invented. I think a "Wobbly Rockets" logo could almost create itself :P

SlugCo InCorporated - I made up the name to represent the "Captain Slug" parts, which were added to Novapunch some time after it started. He had this thread: Assorted Hardware which inspired the entry I wrote for their agency. Again there was no logo or imagery to work from so I just made a green typeface logo (because slugs are green right?) and it turned out not bad. I went with the font because it looked like 50s/60s advertising and Slugco certainly sounds like a company from that era. You can get creative on this one I guess, not much to work on.

Tiberdyne is of course the company I use for most of the parts I personally made, both in Novapunch and in the shuttle mod. I made that logo myself; that font is Bombardier. It works well enough but if someone can make a better one I'd certainly use it. It probably gets the most used because I stuck it on some fuel tanks in the shuttle mod and its on some fairings for Odin and family in Novapunch

KSA is a fictional space agency I have used - I sort of cheat and use it to replace both the red "USA" logos on things like the Shuttle, as well as the NASA blue meatball. The blue logo in the image is derived from Novasilisko's original "KSP" meatball which you can see on some parts in that SIDR thread - I just swapped the text out to KSA but it was hardly a professional job.

Novapunch is of course the name of my big rocketry mod, original a fusion of NovaSilisko and SundayPunch's part packs. We have replaced a lot of the parts over the years, but quitea few of them remain. As a fictional entity, Novapunch didn't really exist before this update, but I needed something separate from Tiberdyne since it's mostly the shuttle's thing, so I used Novapunch LLC. I bugged sumghai for a logo before I decided to expand my plans here, and he made a cool one so we're probably set there, though the image is there to manipulate if someone has an idea.

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original Silisko Image by NovaSilisko

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original KSP Meatbal by NovaSilisko

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Alternate "USA" style KSA graphic (used on shuttle wings mostly)

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Do these companies have any lore? Do the names have any meaning? It would make it easier to come up with ideas.

Bonus points: Tweaks, remixes, or general cleanup/transparency work on the other images like Siliko or KSA (or even NP if you have a great idea there, though I like sumghai's very much) - mostly just to see more cool logo designs.

You need to clarify this.

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Do these companies have any lore? Do the names have any meaning? It would make it easier to come up with ideas.

You need to clarify this.

I added some more info at the bottom of the OP about the agencies. I also clarified the 'bonus' points (there's no bonus :P)

I should also note that you don't need to do ALL of the logos, you can pick any or all of them, whatever causes your watercraft to remain buoyant.

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Alrighty! Here's my re-rendition of SlugCo Incorporated:

slugco_incorporated___company_logo_for_ksp_by_sumghai-d7v2844.png

I retained the Hardman font and basic color of the main SlugCo text, but changed its font outline from black to a lighter shade of green to make it "pop" more. I also changed the font of "Incorporated" to be a little more professional. Overall, I can definitely see this logo on top of a corporate building somewhere on Kerbin.

I've also thought up of a quick backstory - as its name suggests, SlugCo started life making "slugs" (blanks, billets or bar stock) for other heavy industrial companies. By the pre-war years, they became a prolific automotive manufacturer noted for their glamorous and luxurious styling befitting the optimism of the era. After the war, the company resumed production of civilian automobiles, although they dabbled briefly in the aerospace industry before said division was spun off into the NovaPunch merger.

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I'm attempting to identify that font using the automated services online but it's not going too well. I'm finding very similar fonts but not the exact ones. The bar on the "e" is horizontal, not inclined.

I've already started tracing the text yesterday, but I think it might be useful to have a specific font to work with in the future. How important is the font to you?

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Ignore. I found it. It's called Caviar Dreams

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Slightly off-topic, but would you care to share a link? Thanks!

Sure. This is the best one I found so far. Make sure you play with the settings on the bottom. I had to use the "more components" options for the letter "i" and it worked a lot better than leaving this letter out altogether.

@Tiberion

Caviar Dreams is not exactly the same but it's about 99% similar so I'll just go with that if that's ok.

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Fonts Used

Silisko Industries:

Everything - Caviar Dreams

Big "S" is also the same font just inverted and the "rocket" added on the end.

SlugCo Inc:

SlugCo - Hardman

Incorporated - SF Florencesans SC

KSA:

KSA - Neuropol

Transparent backgrounds on everything.

SVG files Download

Made in Inkscape. If you use it then you don't need to actually rescale anything, only change the Bitmap Size when you "Export Bitmap"

More to come...

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Here is what I have for Tiberdyne and Wobbly Rockets:

It started out like this one:

TDLogo_zpsa0e40cf6.png

This it the final one 768x339. I couldn't really do 768x480, it made it a little stretched out, mostly the shuttle looked weird:

Tiberdyne768x339_zps55d24053.png

This one came from the flag design, It still like the one above this one 768x480:

TD_Logo2_zps150c9d74.png

Now to Wobbly Rockets 768x456:

WobbyRockets768x456_zps11561df1.png

These are the flags. I used minimalistic.png from Squad to make the wavy flag background.

Tiberdyne:

TD_Flag_zps2b3af53f.png

Wobbly Rockets:

WR_Flag_zpseb6d2755.png

Flags are in their 256x160 format. If you want that specific dimensions for the logos, I could try to resize them in Gimp, but I feel they would loss the way I made them to be.

PM me and I can send you a zip file with all the Logos, Flags and Thumbnails.

I made these using Gimp and Online Logo Maker.

I hope you guys like these!

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Wow.

Thanks for pulling this up and finishing those - they look great. Sent you a PM.

So which of the Tiberdyne do you like, out of curiosity? I think of all of them I really like the Wobbly Rockets one, that one didn't take long to make.

If you need anymore or if anyone else needs some logos, I would love to make them, I had fun doing it.

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Of the TD images I like the big one without the vertical bar the best. The Wobbly Rockets image is definitely the best one though.

I might mess around with the TD one and do the vertical bar in my logo maker I use and see if I can improve on it. We'll see what comes of it, I will keep you update.

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