Another use for AGS

[Cameron] · Wed 29/09/2004 07:04:18

Hello all,
My idea for another use of AGS is movies. I was wondering if it would be possible to make movies with AGS. Would anybody be interested in this venture or would it fail miserably? If people are interested i would wish to start a small company making films with AGS.
Regards,

Alec

Timosity · Wed 29/09/2004 08:27:06

It is possible to make movies with AGS, its just like making a large cutscene and you could pretty much do anything you like.

If done well it could be interesting, maybe starting with a short series could help you get started, and see if it's worth doing.

A full movie length production would be hard to pull off, I'd imagine keeping people interested would be hard, but I guess the story would be the key.

It has been done, deltree made a 45min movie using characters and screens from games like double dragon and golden axe.
it is on the games page, but the links don't seem to work.
http://www.agsforums.com/games.php?action=detail&id=146

I may have a copy of it somewhere, I'm not sure but if you are interested, I'll see if I can dig it up.

Edit: the download mirror works, click the download link after clicking the mirror, then there are lots of files in the index, the game is in 13 separate downloads and each episode is a standalone game. It's available in french or english.

Haddas · Wed 29/09/2004 11:11:52

I've done one movie, never released outside #ags. neither has my game. But don't ask for them if you aren't prepared for weirdness.

MarkH · Wed 29/09/2004 12:04:48

I'd be interested in seeing some AGS movies as long as they were scripted well and not overlong.

jetxl · Wed 29/09/2004 13:06:53

I was making a game but because it had no interaction at all, I quit making it. I'm thinking of making it into a movie.

Deltree (god knows where he is) made a ags movie. http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=2826.0
The rest of the parts were french, but now the whole site is down. :'(

Kinoko · Wed 29/09/2004 13:56:53

Eric: GREAT idea. I mean, since it's been done before, I guess it isn't original but... who cares! Sounds like heaps of fun! I'd be interested in helping in a smallish way if you were to start something. It could start a whole new wave of thing-making here ^_^

Timosity · Wed 29/09/2004 14:03:49

Quote from: jetxl on Wed 29/09/2004 13:06:53

Deltree (god knows where he is) made a ags movie. http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=2826.0
The rest of the parts were french, but now the whole site is down. :'(

I guess you didn't read my post above, it is still available from the mirror on the games page, link above

Esseb · Wed 29/09/2004 14:35:58

Kinoko, that's not Eric. Alec stole his avatar.

TerranRich · Wed 29/09/2004 14:51:09

This is along the same idea of the AGS episodic series OsUltimo was working on before he left the forums. It would've been like a weekly TV show, with voices and cameos and guest appearances, etc. It was pretty funny. The thread is somewhere down in this forum.

BOYD1981 · Wed 29/09/2004 18:03:42

we've been talking a lot about AGS 'Machinima' on irc for a while now, i'm currently in the process of making one, here's a preview:

MrColossal · Wed 29/09/2004 18:37:27

Heh kinoko, I bet you retract your offer to help now

could you please get a new avatar Alec?

[Cameron] · Thu 30/09/2004 01:19:36

Changed. Anyway, i would require people a few people to help as my only good skill at the moment is concept writing.
Regards,

Alec

Gregjazz · Thu 30/09/2004 02:17:04

Whew. For some reason that previous avatar always made me uncomfortable.

Kinoko · Thu 30/09/2004 14:45:25

God damn it, Alec, now you made me look stupid! >_<

I don't even read people's names anymore o_O I just look at familiar avatars...

Mephistophilis · Thu 30/09/2004 18:15:15

Heh, is pumamam still going around in CJ-esque disguise? I, luckily, still read names and wasn't caught out.

Privateer Puddin' · Thu 30/09/2004 18:27:07

Going slightly OT, Kinoko: What about those without avatars? :p#

edit: I enjoy the idea of using AGS to make movies, they would have to be animation heavy however, to attract the majority of people (think of the intro to Full Throttle)

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 01/10/2004 07:09:43

I think it's a fine idea, but if one wants to make a "film" in AGS, one should also include "video" feature - pause, play, fast-forward, stop and come back again, that sort of thing. Those may be harder to implement, methinks.

Kinoko · Fri 01/10/2004 14:40:14

Perhaps it could be implimented like chapter stops in a DVD, using save games.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 01/10/2004 14:43:23

Not while a speech is displayed, it can't. That's a bit of a harsh limitation. Unless it's well coded so it doesn't actually use Display or DisplaySpeech, nothing can be clicked while someone's talking. Also, fast forward and fast rewind would be nice, Media Player style, but how to do that?

jetxl · Fri 01/10/2004 15:26:31

Just remove the mouse function...

Savegames are BIG.

Another use for AGS

MarkH