what's the name of the logo animations placed in front of games?

Deusfaux

well? I'm sure there's some kind of industry lingo for them. some are quite involved (I think a recent batch of Heroes games with the crazy New World Computing logo animation sparked this)

DMA Design and LucasArts changed it up for each game

contrast to film industry, which are usually still logos.

FreddyD

Intro? The demoscene stuff started out as flashy intros.

Captain Action

Crap.

If I can't bypass them easily.

SmokeStacks

Are you talking about the irritating unskippable minute of absolute bullshit I have to watch before I can play almost any game these days?

Every time I see that "The way it's meant to be played" image I want to stab an Nvidia employee in the face.

Mustachio Jones

splashscreen

cubefusion

I've heard most refer to these animated logo screens as "Splash Screens". Far as I can tell, that is the industry term.

Edit: Err, what the Mustachioed gentlemen before me said is correct.

Bartholamue

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Are you talking about the irritating unskippable minute of absolute bullshit I have to watch before I can play almost any game these days?

Every time I see that "The way it's meant to be played" image I want to stab an Nvidia employee in the face.

and then I laugh because I'm using an ATI card.

Deusfaux

i don't think intros, as the intro is usually content dealing with the game.

splash screen = i'm not totally convinced, but it's better than any other suggestion. I think of splash screen being relatively unanimated, or with some basic looping background animation at best

nvidia thing isn't really what I'm talking about, though that could apply. it's moreso the developer and publisher's animated logos.

I guess Pixar's is usually animated too, right?


I'll think of some good game ones

Raiden333

Splashscreens.

Deusfaux

id's logo being pounded through rusty metal in front of Quake 2 (and 3?)

blizzard's in diablo 2 light shining through, then b north's with snow blowing in front


longer crazy ones escape me at the moment. I think Monolith does some stuff

Zombiemambo

Can't say I'm convinced by splash screens either, since those seem to be largely static.

Nocren

Some of the nVidia splashes are different depending on the game.
Bloodlines had VV embrace the logo.
UT2K4 (maybe 3) had one of the character come out from behind it with a rocket launcher.

GnomeTank

It's splash screen. That's just the programming lingo for any screen that "splashes" up before the actual program starts, and it's what most game developers say too. Splash screens don't have to be static, in fact most aren't anymore. They have any number of things going on. Videos for games, progress bars and status labels, and sometimes even animated little graphics, for regular apps.

To answer your question completely though: While splash screen is pretty common, people call stuff whatever they want. One company may call it one thing, another may call it something else.

In reference to the graphics card splashes: It's funny when a game company switches allegiances. The original Dawn of War II had the nVidia "Way it's meant to be played", when they released Chaos Rising, those were all replaced with the ATI ad.

WotanAnubis

Nocren wrote: »

Bloodlines had VV embrace the logo.

Nah, she kind of stroked it, then bit it and drained it dry.

I guess her reluctance to kill doesn't apply when it comes to logos. :P

Magic Pink

Actually, they're termed "corporate splash screens" because they're just there to increase brand recognition when what they really do is piss a lot of people right the fuck off. I understand making me see it the first time I put in a game but after that make those fucking god damn things skipable.

Peewi

Normally I only use splash screen for the (usually) non-fullscreen image that appears as the first thing when starting many PC games.

I'd just call them logos, regardless of whether they're animated.

Tamin

Magic Pink wrote: »

Actually, they're termed "corporate splash screens" because they're just there to increase brand recognition when what they really do is piss a lot of people right the fuck off. I understand making me see it the first time I put in a game but after that make those fucking god damn things skipable.

In the majority of the cases I've gone through, there will be a .bik or something similar hiding in the game's directory.

Kill it. Or, copy it to a backup folder.

Mojo_Jojo

Idents?

Uncle_Balsamic

I'd go for ident too.

ChainsawRepairman

Vanity plates. The term's grandfathered in from the TV industry.

Inzigna

I think this thread is interesting, many of us think we know much about video games and are dumbfounded by this seemingly simple question. It's like asking people what are those plastic things on the end of your shoelaces.

The shoelace thing is an Aglet by the way.

I'm not sure if Chainsaw's right, the only thing I got out of a quick wiki search off Vanity plates was this.

Nought

Have any of you played Borderlands, with it's eternity splashes.

5-6 splashscreens at about 10 mins each. The THX one that breaks, and is then repaired by a claptrap is funny the first time. Ok the second and from the third time on you start having these dreams about what you would would do to the person/s that made them unskipable if you could get a hold of him/them.

Then again I can't complain too much since I have it on PC and can edit it down to the three least irritating ones.

Inzigna

I think the fact that you can only edit it down to three and not erase them entirely is telling of how annoying they are.

Nocren

WotanAnubis wrote: »

Nocren wrote: »

Bloodlines had VV embrace the logo.

Nah, she kind of stroked it, then bit it and drained it dry.

I guess her reluctance to kill doesn't apply when it comes to logos. :P

Well, I was refering to the biting act as embracing (as the kindred definition) but since it didn't turn into an undead logo, I guess I was wrong.

SmokeStacks

Bartholamue wrote: »

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Are you talking about the irritating unskippable minute of absolute bullshit I have to watch before I can play almost any game these days?

Every time I see that "The way it's meant to be played" image I want to stab an Nvidia employee in the face.

and then I laugh because I'm using an ATI card.

UT3 throws you not only one for Nvidia, but one for Intel as well.

Which makes me laugh because I've got an AMD/ATi build.

Now that you guys mention it, I have heard these described as splash screens before.

Darian

ChainsawRepairman wrote: »

Vanity plates. The term's grandfathered in from the TV industry.

The TV versions are called vanity cards; the most obvious ones these days are from Chuck Lorre (creator of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory). However, those are usually shown after the episode, not before.

PolloDiablo

Captain Action wrote: »

Crap.

I agree Borderlands is the worst offender in recent memory. So awful.

Fiaryn

Magic Pink wrote: »

Actually, they're termed "corporate splash screens" because they're just there to increase brand recognition when what they really do is piss a lot of people right the fuck off. I understand making me see it the first time I put in a game but after that make those fucking god damn things skipable.

I was pretty sure most of them are skippable.

So I'm a little confused at anyone getting this worked up over it.

Satsumomo

Definitely a splashscreen.

Also, nostalgia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBnUh4dWmMw

Ultarune

Inzigna wrote: »

It's like asking people what are those plastic things on the end of your shoelaces.

The shoelace thing is an Aglet by the way.

Everyone I know already knew what those were. We are all also aware that there true purpose is sinister!

AbsoluteZero

I call them Title Cards but I may be the only one.

Fatty McBeardo

If they're unskippable or more than 3 seconds long, I hate them.

FirmSkater

You can sometimes turn these off in the .ini file

SmokeStacks

I mentioned UT3 earlier, but seriously, you get five different logos before you even start the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ZfhEXSQ-Q

Peewi

SmokeStacks wrote: »

I mentioned UT3 earlier, but seriously, you get five different logos before you even start the game:

Fortunately they're skippable. I've been playing it recently and every time I started it I just hit space a bunch of times until I saw the menu.

Zombiemambo

Inzigna wrote: »

I think this thread is interesting, many of us think we know much about video games and are dumbfounded by this seemingly simple question. It's like asking people what are those plastic things on the end of your shoelaces.

The shoelace thing is an Aglet by the way.

I'm not sure if Chainsaw's right, the only thing I got out of a quick wiki search off Vanity plates was this.

The true purpose behind aglets are sinister.

EDIT: Damn I was beaten by miles, but I'm glad somebody else got the reference

slash000

I vote splash screen.

This is the first I've heard the term vanity plate though.

SmokeStacks

Peewi wrote: »

SmokeStacks wrote: »

I mentioned UT3 earlier, but seriously, you get five different logos before you even start the game:

Fortunately they're skippable. I've been playing it recently and every time I started it I just hit space a bunch of times until I saw the menu.

I just installed it the other day, but I've only had enough time to fire up a map and dick around with a few weapons and some bots.

When I get some more free time we should get some multi going.

Smrtnik

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Inzigna wrote: »

I think this thread is interesting, many of us think we know much about video games and are dumbfounded by this seemingly simple question. It's like asking people what are those plastic things on the end of your shoelaces.

The shoelace thing is an Aglet by the way.

I'm not sure if Chainsaw's right, the only thing I got out of a quick wiki search off Vanity plates was this.

The true purpose behind aglets are sinister.

The true purpose is because without them after a while the ends would fray and it's a pain in the a to put them through the holes then.

HyperAquaBlast

I always thought splash screens were the small log pic that pops up on your desktop before the program fully runs. An example would be the Call of Duty games on PC.

The ones the OP is talking about I usually call them "company logo intros" which I'm guessing I must have made up myself.

Peewi

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Peewi wrote: »

SmokeStacks wrote: »

I mentioned UT3 earlier, but seriously, you get five different logos before you even start the game:

Fortunately they're skippable. I've been playing it recently and every time I started it I just hit space a bunch of times until I saw the menu.

I just installed it the other day, but I've only had enough time to fire up a map and dick around with a few weapons and some bots.

When I get some more free time we should get some multi going.

Ok. Add me to Steam, I guess.