Cartoons with ags! Why not?

refoops · Sun 20/03/2005 07:12:13

I was just wondering if the idea of making a cartoon\movie type thing with ags has ever been thought of. Sort of like a few giant cutscenes. I couldn't really see anything stoping the idea. I wanted to hear you opinions.

MrColossal · Sun 20/03/2005 07:28:45

Yes, has been thought of, Sylpher made one, very very short called Dead Quest or something like that

There is nothing stopping you from doing it but you'd have much more control over the animation and there would be much more you could do with a much smaller file size if you used something like Flash.

Ishmael · Sun 20/03/2005 09:20:54

Well, as there's (atleast) one interactive movie sortof game made, why wouldn't a completely interactionless be impossible?

[Cameron] · Sun 20/03/2005 09:22:49

Well, Rui and I wrote a movie script to be made using AGS. But our artist is awol.

Alec

Mats Berglinn · Sun 20/03/2005 19:34:04

Quote from: MrColossal on Sun 20/03/2005 07:28:45
There is nothing stopping you from doing it but you'd have much more control over the animation and there would be much more you could do with a much smaller file size if you used something like Flash.

No offense, MrColossal, but AGS is free while Flash costs money.

MrColossal · Sun 20/03/2005 19:46:58

That doesn't offend me, I was just saying.

Scummbuddy · Sun 20/03/2005 20:24:25

I'm very much considering making a cartoon with ags. It's just trying to fit that work in with all the other work I make time for. If only I could get paid to do what I want....

Redwall · Sun 20/03/2005 23:44:49

Would this count as machinama?

Also, there is one famous example of this: the Universal Equalizer.

DragonRose · Mon 21/03/2005 03:44:27

Machinama is usually images from an already created game, like Halo, with unrelated speech dubbed over it. It's similar to screenshot comics. Because you'd actually be creating everything from scratch, I don't think you can put it in that category.

2ma2 · Mon 28/03/2005 17:56:02

AGS is suitable for animations where you reuse gfx and animation often. Also, it is suitable when dealing with texts (DisplaySpeech), but for a better grasp of directing the animation Flash is simply better. And there are...ways to make it cheap too. Not saying that it is impossible in AGS, it's just not worth the trouble and bytesize.

edmundito · Mon 28/03/2005 21:49:03

Tomato! It's been like a year and a half since you've posted in the forums... how have you been?

I don't see what the problem is with doing cartoons on AGS; I'm not even sure why this was asked in the first place. But it kind of defies the whole point of having interactivity in the first place.

scotch · Tue 29/03/2005 07:15:07

Machinima refers to all non interactive animation scripted in a game engine, as far as I can tell. So yes, it would be.

If you can get a proper animation program I don't see a big reason to do it myself, other than novelty value.

2ma2 · Thu 31/03/2005 16:38:46

netmonkey: I've been fine

Are we talking animation or cutscenes here. Because quite simply, ingame cutscenes can be made with ease, but real filmlike animation is not worth the trouble of going through in AGS.

Scummbuddy · Thu 31/03/2005 17:27:53

I make cartoons in flash in my spare time, but for what i have planned now, ags is what I want to use, as it would be simpler in this case. youll see why when i have the free time to finish it up.

Bluke4x4 · Fri 01/04/2005 14:27:29

Whatever happened to Bluecup?

veryweirdguy · Fri 01/04/2005 14:56:31

The thing set in the bar that was planned with, well, scripts and everything?

It was managed by OsUltimo.

For those of you who do not remember OsUltimo, he was the guy who left the forums in a temper tantrum over his banning at #ags. He won't be coming back, and as a result, it seems highly unlikely that project will ever be ressurected.