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!
Video editing
Getting Ideas Again
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…
It Is Done
After over 6 months of toying with it, this video is a done deal! Just need to come up with a thumbnail for the video, but I’m finally done! It’s a load off my chest AND my Hard Drive. Now I’ll have to see what my next visual victim will be! I might troll my hard drives tomorrow to see what the next project will be. Maybe something with slightly less animation? :v I might see if there’s anything good in the Serious Sam Footage Dept.
It’s All Starting To Add Up!
Downloaded the latest version of Shotcut. I figured it would be a good idea before getting too invested in the project. I’m slowly stitching it all together, and feeling all kinds of awesome at the timeline growing larger and larger with all my crazy keyframing all coming together into an act 6 months in the making from audio recorded a few years ago. I have four minutes of animation so far! It’ll be cool to see what the final number will be, not that I expect people to watch every minute of it (or just a few seconds). Those who do though? I hope they enjoy the ride.
Imagination Overflow
I went through the motions of chopping up a GMod video tonight, and it’s giving me some interesting ideas. I don’t even think I’ll use most of the footage… I’m kinda curious to see how it would pan out if I mostly animated it. It’s just a matter of seeing if I can gather up the necessary assets to pull it off, and given that GMod and SFM both run on Source there is a likely chance. I would have to take a video hiatus, but I think it would be worth it if everything came together.
I’ll allow tomorrow’s slightly more awake brain determine that. I’ve done enough for tonight.
The Swaggening
Finished the Skyrim video! Sadly I couldn’t find any reason to insert any animation into it… but I did put in plenty of m4d video editing skillz to make it more than just gameplay video with nothing going on. Now I’m copying over another Skyrim session to see if it merit’s any value, so far I always seem to find something worth keeping.
Of course, it’s my vacation now! I don’t plan to spend all of it doing video work and fondling my Steam Deck… I’m just gonna take it day by day, and enjoy it my way. It’s time to detox a bit, and enjoy life.
The Stabbings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
I just need to get through tonight, and then it’s vacation time! I’m not going anywhere, just taking some time off from work to relax, and give myself a bit of me time.
I finished doing the first trim of the Skyrim video! I’m still on the fence about animating it though… might go over that after work if I don’t decide to pass out or do something equally distracting; like playing Yakuza 0 on my Steam Deck. 😛
It’s Official
I’m proud to say that I have videos going all the way into the new year! There will be a video every week all the way until January! I just finished making a Quake 3 compilation last night, nothing fancy. Tonight I’m going through my eternal selection of Skyrim footage, and already I’m finding quite a few gems worth saving… and potential for some animation! I’ve been making so many normal compilation videos lately that it would be nice to get back into SFM. These more recent videos haven’t really called for any animation, but it would be nice to get a little more creative. Who knows? Maybe all the other videos I’ve been working on will buy me time while I learn other techniques.
A Lil’ Work & a Lil’ Play
With the exciting news of even more Yakuza games coming to PC, I decided that was a good enough excuse to play Yakuza 0 on my Steam Deck! No one at work has seen my modded world, and in some ways that might be for the best. Some people just can’t handle my selections! 😛
Speaking of content creation: I finished up the L4D video! It’s going to be a bit of a bigger video than usual, but it’ll be a best of compilation. I think it’s good enough to preserve on its own. It will debut in October alongside other videos!
A Seriously Good Day
Today’s lunch break was seriously fun. I played Serious Sam! On the ride home from work I decided to test my skills at playing with the gyro enabled in the car, and uhhhhh, yeah… I don’t recommend it. I’ll have to try disabling the gyro, or stick with other game genres.
I also made time to go through some more video footage involving a similar topic! 😛 I’ll be adding this vid to the December lineup! As nice as it is making these short montages. Tomorrow I’ll go over an old L4D2 stream to see if there are any nut-worthy moments.