DKC Atlas Forum

[Qyzbud]

Wasn't sure how to phrase the subject of this topic, but hopefully it will make sense anyway.

I'm wondering how people use DKC stuff to make life more interesting. Does your backyard look like a jungle, complete with swinging vines and barrels? Maybe you've decorated your house to look like Cranky's Cabin... or perhaps you've created a minecart body kit for your car...

Sadly, I have done none of these things.

Personally, I frequently use graphics/screenshots from DKC games to decorate my desktop. I also use DK sounds/music as message/ringtones for my phone. I have a couple of posters and figurines decorating my room, too... I even have a DK tie which I occasionally wear in public! Okay, so I haven't exactly carved a replica of Donkey Kong Island, but DKC certainly spills into my real life in a semi-public way.

So, do YOU DKCustomise your life?

[PotoGamer]

I've only gone so far as to put DKC music as my ringtones. I'm thinking of DKCustomising my bedroom or gameroom in some way, such as painting it with DKC-style decorations and adding some DKC posters. Unfortunately, my bedroom might not be big enough for such decor, and my gameroom just got some new fancy furniture, combining it with DKC would be like lemonade with chocolate.

[gamer_boy997]

I have never done this, I don't know if I'll ever do it, will have to wait until the future.

[Kiddy14]

Well... let's see.

*WLM*
My avatar is Dixie and Diddy in the bayou.
My header Scene (yes, you can add a scene in 2009 Beta) is just the brambles' background.
My signature sound (in WLM 2009 too) is... the Diddy Talking sound =P
When somebody gets online, the Team-Up monkey sound plays.
When I get or send a nudge, then Monkey Scared sound when facing a boss in DKC2 plays, it matches perfectly

*Cellphone*
When I get a message, Diddy starts talking.
When I get a phonecall, either Mine Cart Madness, Aquatic Ambiance or Stickerbush Symphony plays xP
My cellphone's background image is usually Dixie and Kiddy next to Funky's Rentals.
Whenever I call my aunt, Diddy starts talking too XD

*PC*
My user's profile picture is Dixie and Diddy in the bayou too.

So that's everything XD

I tried making a DKC theme with Sony Ericsson Themes Creator, but it turned out a disaster (well, it may work better my resizing pictures).

[DKCplayer]

My cursor has DKC styled bananas on it, while I have made myself a sound scheme using DKC sound FX. Like it plays the DKC1 defeated sound when I turn my computer off, and the DKC1 Beat level sound for when I start it up. I also made a DKC wallpaper for my desktop.

[gamer_boy997]

That sounds cool DKCPlayer! I have some sprite comics I could use for my desktop, but I think I might make a better comic first.

[Gnawzooka]

Do you DKCustomise your life?

As my friend would say:

That's pun-TERRIBLE!!!

Anyway, I've only gone as far as putting DKC music on my MP3 player. It fits awkwardly between My DBZ Budokai Music and Green Day. I assure you, the ransition from Stickerbush Symphony to American Idiot is not a smooth one.

[Jomingo]

I haven't done much in the way of DKCustomisation, as I don't have a phone or my own computer to customise. But for my nieces 6th birthday party I made a Donkey Kong Memory game(with DK, Diddy, Cranky, a Banana, a Barrel, a Kritter, King K. Rool, Rambi Crate, Enguarde, and Funky Kong cards), and I also drew a DK murrel, copied it and pasted it to a piece of cardboard and then cut it out into puzzle pieces. Yay home made fun!


I want a DK tie sooooo.... bad. Or a Diddy hat. Or a pet Rhino.

[Gnawzooka]

Yeah, a pet Rhino would be cool. I've always wanted a crocodile though...

[Qyzbud]

If you had both, you could make them have battles. But I don't think the croc would have much of a chance.

[Raccoon Sam]

Not really, no. I'd love to create a graffiti of the classic Donkey Kong scene to the nearby train station's tiled wall.

[Jomingo]

Today I was bored so I bought some posterboard and started making Donkey Kong Country Monopoly. It's pretty similar to the regular Monopoly, but you buy DKC locations instead, and everything is DKC themed.

[Rodent]

Woohoo!

And I thought I was original having a DKC ringtone. Mine is Diddy Kong's rap when he beats one of the pirate ship levels. I've been meaning to buy a DKC shirt when I see one, but that's about it.

[DK4Ever]

Lets see:

My user-account avatar on my Laptop is the DKC1 game-over image.

My ringtone is Thrash the Plank

And my wallpaper is the minecar art from DKC 1 (DK/Diddy in a minecar, a kritter coming around the corner)

And...JOMINGO! YOU MUST SHOW US THIS GAME OF YOURS! I DEMAND IT BE SO!

RAWR!

[Jomingo]

Whoa there, don't get too excited. It's hand drawn on a piece of 49 cent poster board, not the Mona Lisa. Besides, I'm only about half finished.

[Cody]

With my spare DKC cartridge, I took the sticker off and put it on the back of my iPod. I really like it like that.


I also tend to decorate my desktop/phone with DKC things, and when I get enough money, I plan on buying some good DKC stuff on eBay.

[gamer_boy997]

Today I was bored so I bought some posterboard and started making Donkey Kong Country Monopoly. It's pretty similar to the regular Monopoly, but you buy DKC locations instead, and everything is DKC themed.

That sounds pretty cool Jomingo, do you mind showing it to us? I really want to see it!

EDIT: I want to change my mouse cursor to something DKC like, but I need to change it to a .cur file in order to get it to work, but it just sticks with .bmp, any help?

[BlueTronic]

The only way I know of is to download an application that can convert images to cursors.

[gamer_boy997]

Oh well, I think about that later.

Right now, I'm working on a desktop, and I need a nice, clear, non-pixily picture of the Donkey Kong Country logo, any help?

[BlueTronic]

What render? (like the box art, the title screen, etc.)

[gamer_boy997]

The box art please.

[BlueTronic]

This should be big enough.

[gamer_boy997]

I hate to say this, but I really just want the "Donkey Kong Country" part of the box art, the rest I'm making myself .

[BlueTronic]

Oh.

Cyclone can probably help you there.

[gamer_boy997]

I sent him a PM.

As for mouse cursors, I have a friend who has photoshop, will that work alone?

[BlueTronic]

I don't use Photoshop, so I don't know if it can save as .cur. What frustrates me is that GIMP can save an image as a crapload of different file extentions I've never even heard of, but it can't save as a .cur

[gamer_boy997]

Yeah, I know. All I want to do is to save it to .cur .

[PotoGamer]

I checked what file extensions Photoshop files can save as, but it can't save as .cur. However, there might be some programs that can make cursors or something, but they might be risky...I'll check on google to see what programs/cursors I can find.

EDIT: Found: http://www.axialis.com/

[gamer_boy997]

Ugh... I guess I'll just work on a desktop, because I really don't want to do this downloading stuff.

[PotoGamer]

Yeah, that'd be better, viruses are horrible...

I forgot to mention that I like to put DKC renders as my phone's background. The current one is the Watch Before You Leap one from DKC3. And for the Christmas season, I changed it to the DK64 Christmas render. I also recently replaced my MSN's sound effects with DKC sound effects, although it's weird to hear Kackle's laugh when someone leaves me a message.

[gamer_boy997]

This may sound embarassing, but I don't have a cell phone yet .

Oh well, I'll probably get one soon.

Anyways, one of my parents uploaded a cursor of mario riding yoshi from Super Mario World.

This urged me to change my desktop, it's currently a mario desktop, but I think I will go find a DKC desktop to use occasionaly .

EDIT: Good news! I found a desktop that isn't really DKC, but it's probably the closest we will ever get. http://ototapety.com/Donkey_kong-18898.html

There was a place where you could simply save the picture without having to download it, (probably much safer), but I can't remember the name of the site.

EDIT 2: Found one! http://perfectconversion.net/downloads.htm

[BlueTronic]

Looks pretty cool.

http://ototapety.com/Donkey_kong-18898.html

ototapety?

What the crapety?

[Tiptup Jr.]

That's pretty cool, but when the DKC3 GBA site was still up you could get wallpapers, screensavers, icons, and stuff like that. I still have the screensaver, but I don't know where the rest of it is... Which makes me kind of sad.

I don't really express my DKC-ness at school, but really close friends and family know how much of a geek I am.

[BlueTronic]

Same here.

No one at my school plays DKC, so I try to keep it on a low level near my friends (and on MySpace).

[Qyzbud]

I guess being a few years older, I'm from a generation that grew up with DKC being the best/coolest/newest game out, so pretty much all of my friends who actually played Donkey Kong Country have very fond memories of it... or still play it today, but that's less common. If it weren't for DKC Atlas, I could probably pass as regular, non-obsessive fan... but then, why would I want to?

Further proof that I have no intention of hiding my ape admiration; I'm planning to get my surfboard painted to look like one of Funky's boards, or alternatively to have a picture of Funky and the word 'Hangtendo!' on it. Oh yeah.

[CaptainEddie]

Geez, ll I did was put the DKC2 boss theme(King Sting!) to my messages. But then I got a new phone, and lost the ringtone.

[gamer_boy997]

I downloaded more cursors, none of them are DKC, yes I know it's depressing, but the only DKC cursors I can find are at a website that I don't feel confortable with, and it doesn't show me the cursors, forcing people to download them before they can see them .

EDIT: If you really want to go to that site really badly, it's http://www.donkeykongonline.com/.

[BlueTronic]

I scanned (for viruses) and downloaded them. This is what they look like:

The attachment DKCenemies.png is no longer available

They're pretty cool. The only drawbacks are that some of the animated ones don't have enough frames for a smooth animation, and there's no link select cursor.

[PotoGamer]

I knew someone would upload them! They're nice, but too blurry.

I plan on customizing my laptop more when my sister goes to college and I get this computer as my own. But for now, I'm happy with my DKC ringtones and MSN sounds. Plus, I have the whole DKC/DKL/GBA trilogy on my iPod, so there's almost 15% DKC music on it.

[BlueTronic]

They're nice, but too blurry.

That's because the icons are twice as big as the mouse cursor. They wont look blury at all when you use them as your computer cursor.

[gamer_boy997]

Hmm... those icons do look pretty cool, but for now, I'm pretty happy with my cursors, but I might change them soon.

Thanks for showing them and checking for viruses Kong-fu!

EDIT: Is it possible for you to post them in normal size?

EDIT 2: What does AppStarting and No mean?

[BlueTronic]

AppStarting must be the 'working in background' cursor (normally, it looks like an arrow with an hour glass on the side). Usually you see it when an application is starting up.

'No' is the cursor that shows up when something is unavailable (it normally looks like a red circle with a line through it).

[gamer_boy997]

I see now...

Are you able to show these cursors in normal size?

[Tiptup Jr.]

I must've downloaded those things months ago, but they were annoying my family so I had to take them off.

Spoiler!

I really hate these smilies.

[Qyzbud]

Geez, Tiptup... stop bickering about the darn smilies!

[nickp17]

I'm pretty sure we all know I do.

Aside from the tattoo, I cant really say I do though. I had a DK desktop wallpaper, but I have a new computer and just havent take the time out to get another. I wish I had a poster or something.

[Qyzbud]

Heh, even if you never played a DK game again, nobody would question that you're a true fan.

You deserve to be awarded a poster - for the pain you've endured to immortalise the DK emblem on your own flesh. You ought to send Rare a photo to show them what kind of craziness they've caused by their brilliance... You'd probably get some kind of booby prize.

[Tiptup Jr.]

Geez, Tiptup... stop bickering about the darn smilies!

I'm sorry! I don't want people to perceive me as the forum's Negative Nancy or anything, so I'll be quiet about them now. Also, Nick's tattoo is definitely prize-worthy, but... the boob thing would be pushing it, I think.

[Gnawzooka]

I hate them too, tiptup.

[Rodent]

I'm pretty sure we all know I do.

Aside from the tattoo, I cant really say I do though. I had a DK desktop wallpaper, but I have a new computer and just havent take the time out to get another. I wish I had a poster or something. :(

I've got a DK64 poster in my room. It has Donkey and Diddy in a minekart. I like it. :D

Can I see this tattoo?