Hobbies

IT BEGINS!!! (Again)

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Back to working on a familiar scene! We’re back in the digital living room, finishing a game that has long sat in our library for many a year. So far I’ve got about 6 seconds of animation going in this clip, with many more to follow! Unfortunately there’s not much more to say on it now, other than I’m off to a good start. I’m going to give myself until late December to finish it, though I should be done with it way before then.

I did make sure to take my one hour of game break before calling it a night, and since I’ve been doing a good job of getting through footage and games I’ve started yet another new adventure! Last winter a good friend of mine from work gave me a copy of High On Life for Christmas, and now I finally got around to playing it! I won’t say much for now, as a game of this caliber is more deserving of its own post, not bad for only an hour’s worth of content!

One Of Many Missions Accomplished

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Finally won an entire run without exploding! I’ve been playing Whisker Squadron Survivor on and off today between doing other things. Worked on a couple video thumbnails and prepared some audio for animation, which isn’t a whole lot. The animation for it on the other hand… I’ll probably be taking a brief hiatus from videos starting the third week of October. The next couple of videos I want to work on will require some animation, especially the second one I’m working on. It’ll probably take me a few months…

Sunday Chill Post

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Today was a foggy rainy day fit for playing with my new recording setup! It’s looking like the Elgato 4K Camlinks aren’t going to cut it for what I want to do; every time I try to record with OBS it turns the webcam recording into something out of a Max Headroom clip. Meanwhile, plugging into my old HD60 Pro works like a charm, minus the 4K… but at least I have a full 60FPS and no latency.

Everything I’ve been reading points to OBS not being able to work with the Cam Link properly… Might be time for me to upgrade the capture card in my computer, with it being 1080p I don’t have much of a reason to have it around anymore. Not sure if I’ll stick with Elgato, or if I’ll try a different product. As long as the HD60 Pro holds out I’ll have plenty of time to do some research.

Once again Whisker Squadron Survivor was my go to for all testing! I did level up my ship a few times tonight. Also did a Recording session with Yutram. Now I can return to SFM to generate some nightmare fuel after a long break of nothing but game clip videos, just needed a bit of inspiration. 🙂

Puts Flame Broiled To An All New Meaning…

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Surprisingly I didn’t spend that much time gaming over the weekend, other than using games to test recording settings. Nope. It’s actually been a pretty creative weekend! I’m beginning production on a future video! Nothing too exciting other than an ending, the video itself will be purely gameplay… plus I went through the Tetris footage, and it’s giving me all kinds of crazy ideas. After making several gameplay videos it would be nice to get back into animating something again.

Other than that I’ve been fondling my new GoPro. 🙂 I have an accessory coming in the mail to allow me to stream it to my desktop in pure 4K! Also planning to adapt a couple of my other cameras for potential livestream ideas. Mwahahahahha!

Tales From my RGB Powered Production House

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It’s been a productive weekend! Thanks to Shotcut I’ve been getting my video releases in order, lots of gameplay footage to release between now and November! Made a few thumbnails for said videos in Krita, and I’ve even been upping my OBS game for future vids!

Installed a few plugins to try, there was one I even noticed that’s bundled with the current OBS that allows you to capture individual audio streams from different programs. Handy if you want to have your game audio and voice chat audio on separate tracks! Another plugin I found on the OBS Forums makes green screening a hell of a lot easier, and I even downloaded a status bar to mess with. I’ll need to rebuild a few scenes before I consider streaming again, but one of these weekends I’d like to make it happen!

I ran some tests with AMID EVIL last night, they released the new Black Labrynth Campaign. I figured it would be perfect for my testing needs. Didn’t overload the encoder once, and no lag whatsoever on audio or graphics. Thanks to the new audio plugin I now use 5 different audio channels for one game recording, and they consist of:

  • Game Audio
  • Voice Chat Audio
  • Microphone Audio
  • Music Channel (Only for Livestreaming)
  • Downmix (All Channels Mixed Together)

All of it done without the need of third party programs like voicemeeter! That means I can do this under both Windows AND Linux! Now if Creative would fucking support their sound cards under Linux I’d spend 99% of my time there on Desktop!

SFM: Gather Round Teh Bonfier

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Got around to doing a little SFM yesterday! Unfortunately this isn’t going to be an animated piece. Instead I needed to come up with a fake game cover, and despite how simplistic it is I kinda like it on its own.

Video production has been going well, though there hasn’t been much in the way of scenes for me to animate. I only have gameplay to share, and not much inspiration to animate any scenes. I’m hoping that will change, though so far it has made for snappy production. I was going to delve into some Wonderlands footage tomorrow, which is dwarfing my Skyrim footage at this point.

Thanks 4k Recording!

So Much Video, Such Little Time

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I’ve been getting through a lot of footage! There are a couple short gameplay videos in the pipeline, and I’ve been recording all of my private gameplay sessions on the off chance I find any strange glitches, or if anything else note happens to take place. I’m thinking of going through some more modern-ish footage tomorrow; either some recent Klonoa footage, or some O.G Borderlands in 4K depending on the mood. I’m not sure if there’s anything salvageable from my Klonoa gameplay, but I’m sure the Borderlands might have something in store!

Not Outta The Woods Yet

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I’m one week in and already I’m halfway into animating the ending! Should probably have it wrapped up in a week or two. The last couple of days have been mostly scene building, will probably take a break from it for a bit over the weekend. Really liking the cozy vibe coming from this scene, and don’t worry… we won’t burn down the forest. 😛 Not yet anyway… Plenty of that shit going on in the real world. 🙁

More Shadowing of the Warriors

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Finished almost all the trials, taking a break from the last one. I also managed to finish one of the Heisenberg side missions – basically had to go make some drugs for a couple of cyborgs. I only played for an hour, but it was one intense hour!

Also moving along on the Skyrim ending! Just started animating some more watermelon magic tonight, and a few different camera angles. I’ll be starting on animating the next bit of dialogue tomorrow. Might also continue my ninja adventures tomorrow, also too!

Getting Ideas Again

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Went over some more Skyrim footage tonight, with pleasing results. I’m not sure what I’ll do with it, but I’m getting some good ideas that I can sleep on! There’s a good chance there might even be a little bit of animation mixed in somewhere… 😛 We did some fun improv during the livestream for that one, and it could be fun bringing it to life as its own homegrown cutscene.

I wonder how many months THIS one will take to finish…