twinsquiddies-layouts
two of them
overview
- Project Name: twinsquiddies-layouts
- Project Length: Long-Term/Ongoing
- Start Date: November 2024
- Technologies: NodeCG, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS
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in short
twinsquiddies-layouts is the NodeCG graphics bundle that I maintain for Twin Squiddies, a Splatoon LAN held in Minneapolis in association with SquidWest.
how it works
twinsquiddies-layouts, like chishoals-layouts, consists of about 5 unique graphics (with some additional ones that are essentially near-duplicates). I won't be showing all of them here, as some are in-progress for their upcoming event at the time of writing, so instead we'll be focusing on the Starting Soon scene, Lower Thirds for commentary, and Three Screen layout.
starting soon
The Starting Soon (and by extension, Be Right Back) scene conveys essential details such as basic event information and socials. The background, made by Lilalychi, resembles a Splatoon-ified version of the Minneapolis sculpture of Spoonbridge and Cherry amidst a city nightscape.
lower thirds
The Lower Thirds are used to display who the commentators are while on the commentary scene, including their name, and optionally their tag and pronouns.
The background art for them is also by Lilalychi.
three screen
The Three Screen layout is used as an intra-game scene to show the players, commentators, game preview, and the current match scores simultaneously. It also includes the Omnibar which shows the time, event, location, flavor text, and a socials carousel.
the story
Compared to Chi-Shoals, Twin Squiddies is a much newer event that started in late 2024. Immediately after their first one held in October, I reached out about the possibility of building their layouts as well to help expand my reach since it would be another SquidWest event.
Once November 2024 rolled around, I joined the production team for Twin Squiddies and got to start building their layouts in time for the 2nd event! Since there was more than just me, it meant there were dedicated artists who could work in tandem with me to make the layouts really feel unique!
Since then, I've worked on improvements to keep both Twin Squiddies and Chi-Shoals running strong!