Update 09/08 - Sword, Spear and Crutches
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It is ALFABUS
I am actually writing this very post, this very day.
Amazing.
What's new with the Poppenang crew?
HUNTER: THE PARENTING UPDATE
We're making steady progress on HTP 4!
Currently, its stuck in a bit of a bottleneck because of the huge amount of "Fullbodies" we're currently having designed.
When we say "Fullbodies" we mean the designs reminiscent of the TTS style, with fullbody puppets drawn from a 3/4th angle.
This time, however, we're having everyone designed from all angles to make it easier to animate these scenes and give them a bit more dimensionality, a bit more life.
You can see a few of the mmm... frontal fullbodies above.,.,. (drawn by RudeRubicante THANK YOU).
It is taking some extra time to get all the characters with all their different limbs and expressions fully illustrated, rendered and rigged, especially since we have SO many characters in this episode, but once its done we'll be able to use them in future episodes as well.
Garrot, our Lead Illustrator, is currently the only one drawing 'Panels' (that is to say individually drawn shots, like panels in a comic).
At the moment, Garrot draws a few Panels per day, then Karl comes in and animates immediately them like an evergrowing sink hole. We love it.
Also, as I believe we've mentioned previously, we got Mackeerre back on deck to score the soundtrack for this Chapter much like he did the previous ones and he's almost scored the entirety of it already, it sounds absolutely fantastic and I am very happy we could get him back again, THANK YOU for affording us this.
Not too much to mention past that, just that working on HTP again is fantastic, love it, very cool and good, can't wait for you to see what we're conjuring!
NORFOLK WIZARD GAME
We've gotten a lot of useful and nice feedback on the first episode 0 of our Mage: The Ascension actualplay since we posted it here.
Like Norfolk locals teaching us that they pronounce it "Norfuck" actually.
That's fantastic, we have immediately course corrected on this.
The audio for the other Awakenings has almost been finished, just needing a bit of mixing, but we have unfortunately not had the opportunity to properly start on the visuals yet, as we're so focused on HTP 4 right now.
So, we're considering if it might be wise to release the other Awakenings as mp3s here for you to download and listen to without visual aide. Would you be interested in that?
Tell us in a funny comment below and we will see if it might be worth doing just to get this party started and get more feedback in!
... And I believe that's it for this time.
We're going to continue to focus on HTP 4 and, should you wish to listen to the Awakenings early, I'll focus on providing downloads for them as well.
Thank you very much for sticking around.
Until next time, have a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments (29)
Realizing that I might be the one who pointed out the Norfuck thing! So incredibly enthused that you guys are taking this into account, I literally called my brother to tell him about this! Another fun story about the name that one of my teachers told me: When he was in school, at the football games, they would do a chant: "We're good boys! We're good girls! We don't drink! We don't smoke! Norfolk(Norfuck)! Norfolk!"
Yes please, give us the mp3's that Speaker's tones can pleasantly vibrate my brain grooves!
Absolute yes on the MP3s, by all means, post away!
I'd love to hear the mp3s of the Awakenings! I really enjoyed the first one and can't wait to hear these
Always happy to get more content, even if its the unfinished stuff
super excited for the future of this and all projects! I watched Zero Viscosity ep. 2 with some friends and we had a blast. Love you guys!
Yes! Funny wizard MP3s please.
Will these full bodies be used only for this specific episode or are they going to be able to be reused for future episodes. I assume since they're from several angles that it might be the case. Except for markus maybe since he's still all bandaged up...at least I hope markus won't be in constant crutch needing pain for the rest of the series.
I would absolutely download the Norfuck Wizards Games MP3s
I just realized that Marcus has real Crutches now. Rad.
Start as MP3s, before fully releasing them as videos with visuals in the future. Whenever that may be...
Residents of this flat would also like early mp3 listenings pls 💜
This is neat. Gimme mp3. Pls, thx. bb
the MP3s idea sounds kinda amazing thank you.
mp3 sounds good to me
You could release the audios with popsicle stick doodles like the War of the Beast bit you guys did and I'd laugh, but MP3s WOULD be easier yes. And I'd be fine with that to a 99.9% degree and a 0.1% Napoleon complex.
MP3's would definitely be cool and good! I'm very much looking forward to the visual medium as well, but a "sneak peak" of audio would be fun to listen to, to see how much different the images from my skull meat are than those conjured by your mighty illustrators
I absolutely love that you've all chosen my lovely terrible town to set this in. I was in actual disbelief when i heard it was set here. and yes, we do pronounce it "Norfuc" instead of "nor-folk"
I wish to consume mp3
Update yippee!! As regards the Wizard game, enjoyable though the graphics are, the Substance is in the audio. Have no doubt we will gobble the MP3s up with gratitude.
Hey, Markus seems to have actual crutches now. Good for him.
Yes! You must do with the immediate release of the MP3, or apon you a plague of rats will be cast. Please do not be making me do this as to gather rats takes many days and I donnt have budget for cheese.
Yeah for sure. Had a great time listening to the first one, and I'm certain quite a few of us like to listen to the videos you have made on the background.
Hell yea, brain is strong, goes burr and make image! Would love audio sludge to gorge upon!!!
my brainmeats shall accept the audio and halucinate any necessary visual elements
I certainly would love to have those live plays as mp3 since they would make my workday more enjoyable. And it will also make my coworkers question my sanity again.
Oh mightily grand ogres, please feed us your mp3s so that we might digest them in peace within our squalid lairs
Uuurgh... Require Liveplay... Pleeeease Mister 'Busa
I would absolutely listen to the mage game as an mp3.