I remember someone doing someething like that a few years, I think they called it Queens of Kings...
Though I don't think it was half an hour long per episode.
It would be interesting to work on something like that though. 
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I also should mention that who ever works on the storyboard/script should know what all the animations look like and what can be accomplished because if we can't produce it with the game models it can't be in there...
I was considering making a video version of one of the comics, but there was just too much that wasn't possible in there...
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It was indeed called The Queens of Kings and it was done by LizzieLizzie. |
Originally Posted by Crestent
I remember someone doing someething like that a few years, I think they called it Queens of Kings...
Though I don't think it was half an hour long per episode. It would be interesting to work on something like that though. |
The title is a spoof of the show The King of Queens (personal rank/location of Queens NY) except that with Queens of Kings (sexual orientation/location of Kings Row) it was more like an episodic Will and Grace set in the CoH universe.
It was very well done with a good script and a bunch of tie-ins/inside gags and she had a group of voice actors working with her a different one for each of the speaking parts. etc.
It centers around Captain Yarr who used to be normal until she went on vacation and came back with an eyepatch that was possessed by the spirit of a pirate called Rum (he's hilarious)... the episodes are short enough and it's worth a watch just for the Coh stuff alone (they portray Azuria as a total dingbat and a stoner... it would explain a lot lol).
P.S. More like 7-9 mins apiece... ½ hour episodes would be a tremendous amount of work.
I don't see how it would be a "lot" of work... though that is relative.
Once I come up with the story I'm pretty sure I could write the script (24ish pages of script is easy). The filming of the scenes shouldn't be that hard as all that would be needed is find somewhere empty and have people do the actions, then just shift the map/cam options as needed within the demo record... have people do their voice acting... edit it together.
Most of the work is done for us and since we don't have to worry about lip animations syncing the audio up is easy.
Main character idea...
An ordinary guy from 1 year in the future is shot in the head...instead of dying, he is transported 1 year into the past without knowing why or how, but decides he must figure out how to stop his death...
Adventure ensues!
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It's a good idea and I'm not saying it can't be done by any means just that there is a lot more involved than one might suspect if you want a polished result (a Samuraiko level production won't happen overnight |
Originally Posted by Crestent
I remember someone doing someething like that a few years, I think they called it Queens of Kings...
Though I don't think it was half an hour long per episode. It would be interesting to work on something like that though. |
). I tinkered around with the demorecord function (I've even written binds that send you confirmation tells when you start and stop recording) and editing the files many times in the past, I even created a live bio for Chloe Macomber where she narrates the history of the Cabal with tells, emotes, thought bubbles, power fx and a little help from her pet (no voice track though)... I got it done but it was not as simple as I thought it would be.It would take some time and some organized people who have the apps necessary (and are familiar with them) and have done demo-editing before to really get it off the ground... or people with a lot of spare time on their hands, a willingness to learn from scratch (Zloth's tuts were very helpful to me in the begining) and a bottle of aspirin.
The hardest thing to deal with with Demo record files is positioning camera and character and non-controllable elements like MOBs and other players. You can eliminate most of that problem by using the AE. The areas you can't use AE you just pretty much have to just do either a quick turn on and turn off to get positions or go in and figure what to eliminate which isn't that hard... the only hard part about that is timing >.>
That's probably the most extensive thing... Once you have a good recorded version of that it is just a drag and drop the various elements into a video editing program.
The great thing about the demo record is that if you need another angle or to make something to be slightly longer or something like that you just just have to mod the file and re-record which is hundreds of times easier than regular animation or even getting actors.
The last time I did a demorecord was long before AE came along... that may simplify some of what I was having to do by hand in the demofile.
If you have the whole process down Durakken you should try putting up a brief teaser/trailer and see if that grabs more people's interest.
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The last time I did a demorecord was long before AE came along... that may simplify some of what I was having to do by hand in the demofile.
If you have the whole process down Durakken you should try putting up a brief teaser/trailer and see if that grabs more people's interest. |
^.^ I'm still in the idea stage. Also I don't know all the emotes and such so me knowing what to do isn't the problem so much as what's available to use is.
If I do that I want to come up with a logo and two char designs as well as voice actor for one of those chars... before i make a trailor.
I'd be willing to volunteer for voice acting, though I don't have experience...
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All it requires really is having a mic that doesn't pick up much feedback ^.^ and the ability to act with your voice :P
Check, and little Check.
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Ok here are the voices I can do after I taped myself on the webcam...
Regular(have a small Oklahoman drawl)
Flamboyant Gay Man
Scitsofrinic crazy woman?
Raspy Batman voice
Austrailian/British(Some kind of European accent)
Cranky Oldman(girly)
Woman Opera Singer
Dumb/Hillbillie
Quite a few Pokemon voices...
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I could come up with one of the character designs (about all I would have time for atm) if I know what the script needs. Anyone good with logos?
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Originally Posted by Crestent
Ok here are the voices I can do after I taped myself on the webcam...
Regular(have a small Oklahoman drawl) Flamboyant Gay Man Scitsofrinic crazy woman? Raspy Batman voice Austrailian/British(Some kind of European accent) Cranky Oldman(girly) Woman Opera Singer Dumb/Hillbillie Quite a few Pokemon voices... |
I have general plot of how the arc starts and ends but no idea about the middle.
I also have a general idea of what the 2 chars are going to look like... The main char I want to look something like Jason Todd's red hood and use dual pistols, but before he goes back in time he's a nobody without powers... maybe a bum, maybe works for crey... i dunno.
PS. The only reason i'm not saying what the end of the arc in my head is is because it would ruin the arc and if your not working on it, but start watching it the entire story arc would probably be ruined ^.^
*signs up to be one of the people doing the actions* :3 A SG base would seam to be the right place to film.
Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
Right now the only type of recording program I have is for my webcam, though I'm sure there is something out there I can use for free to record my voice...
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Right now the only type of recording program I have is for my webcam, though I'm sure there is something out there I can use for free to record my voice...
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but anyways... your webcam mic should be able to be recorded from any audio recording program as a normal mic would... don't use the windows thing though as that is just trash... Also if you are having problem with the level of recording it might be your software rather than your hardware.
Okay I found my audio program, so I'll record some stuff tomorrow.
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Anyone good with logos?
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It depends on what I am working with, I guess. If and when this thing gets a title a finished character design and a tag line maybe, I would be more than happy to try my hand at whipping some sort of logo together. I love messing in PS.
Also need a title ^.^
also could do seasonal changes in characters or continue on with one character (or group of character) which would change what the title would be...
Maybe something like...
City of Heroes - Everyday Heroes if going to go with different chars...
or maybe something like
City of Heroes - Pathos (though that sounds better for an arc >.>)
maybe CoH - City Life (but then again that sounds better as an arc too ^.^)
I'm not good with titles...
Are you sticking with the idea that the main character is taken one year in the past and trying to stop his inevitable death? If so, then if you are going to have the lead role rotate over multiple "seasons" than you could focus on some external event that is CAUSING the rewind. Or give an antagonist as the cause and name it after it/him/her "Time Eater."
You could go with something simple like "Rewound" or "One year gone?" I don't see any reason to use "City of Heroes" in the title. One could use "Title: A City of Heroes Tale" or something to that effect as well, if you insist on including CoH in the name. Maybe "Chronoskip"? "Death Rewind." I think I am out of ideas to brainstorm at the moment.
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Are you sticking with the idea that the main character is taken one year in the past and trying to stop his inevitable death? If so, then if you are going to have the lead role rotate over multiple "seasons" than you could focus on some external event that is CAUSING the rewind.
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episode 1: Guy gets shot and sent back in time. Has the idea to rob his own place which he has tech from work there that he remembers getting stolen around that time and doing so before the robber get's there... Obviously the robber is him.
Episode 2: Guy needs to get in shape and work on the gear, but ultimately finds he needs something from his previous work to make it all happen and somewhere during this is a to be continued as a hero appears...
episode 3: Female hero is confused as the guy seems to not be working for that company and isn't showing up on the hero mediport tracking system so they fight, but end up having to cover each others backs as they escape.
That's about as far as I can think up at the moment ^.^ also that's probably an excellent point to decide whether to continue or not.
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| You could go with something simple like "Rewound." Or give an antagonist as the cause and name it after it/him/her "Time Eater" or "One year gone?" I don't see any reason to use "City of Heroes" in the title. One could use "Title: A City of Heroes Tale" or something to that effect as well, if you insist on including CoH in the name. Maybe "Chronoskip"? "Death Rewind." I think I am out of ideas to brainstorm at the moment. |
I think having the go one year back thing over and over would be lame so only want to do it once either way it goes ^.^
As far as the trailor...
Trying to come up with a video sequence in my head for this dialogue or something similar to it -
"They say to live in this city you must not be in your right state of mind, that the villains aren't the only crazies. Villains, heroes, citizens, to the outside world we're all a bunch of psychos. I don't think that's true, but then, it only took a bullet to the brain for me to put on a mask and mete out my own brand of justice, so who am I to judge? I'm dead afterall."
Speaking it takes up takes about 30 seconds. Obviously breaking it up, adding some scenes, and the logo it will easily fill something like a minute and a half...
@ Crestent: Audacity is good for that kind of thing as is completely free.
@37: I like "Rewound" for a title.
It's simple and conveys the idea well and also could imply that it is being done to people (not people doing it to themselves which might be Rewind) and is not voluntary. Finally it has a potential double meaning in that wound (as in spun around) is spelled the same as wound (as in to injure) so if the guy was fatally wounded and died as a result, then someone decided he was necessary/needed in some way and rewound him to try and prevent his being re-wounded.
As for an external source the game has a great one already... Ourobouros. Hereos and Villains get "entrusted with the secret" all the time. Say a villain started tinkering with people for his amusement or a hero was trying to prevent deaths or even a Mender with his own agenda... lots of ways to spin it. Or it could be Nemesis pulling the strings behind it all and the person tinkering with the timeline only thinks he/she/it is in control. Mwhahaha
It might also make for an easy logo tie-in... the symbol for rewind is already easily recognizable (two small black triangles pointing left) just add some blood or something symbolizing death or the "end" to the right of the arrows so it reads as "here is the end and rewind is being used to back away from it..." you could also have the Ouro symbol of the infinite "8" time loop in the background or somehow incorporated into the design.
>.>
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An unofficial 1/2 hour CoH "show" created using the tools that CoH's demo record allows...
So what would this need?
A script.
story boarder.
Voice actors.
video editing software.
and obviously coming up with characters to use ^.^
Anyone else want to do or see something like this?