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Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat his dinner and all night he tossed and turned. His wife noticed something instantly but she put it down to stress. He managed to survive the day but he was getting seriously depressed and lashed out on the poor children. Yet he managed to make it through the day then it came to five-o clock. As promised the men were in the darkened corner of the pub near the toilets he walked slowly towards them taking deep breaths, as he passed the bar he heard the barman say, “just be careful”. Richard ignored him and carried on walking he shuddered, must have been the cold he thought. The gentlemen seemed all serious and not as playful as the last time they met. “Good evening” said Richard all of a sudden the big lad came behind him and forced Richard in to a chair. The boss handed him an envelope and rather hastily he said, “I’ll think you will find it all there, if you fail to be here same time January the twenty fifth with the money we will come looking for you…OK”. The men stood up brushed past him and left leaving Richard sitting alone.
This is an extract of a story written about Shadowman that I wrote a while ago. I’m using it to help illustrate the idea of feelings as they are much more easily expressed in a book than in a video game. A book can talk about what that character is feeling inside whilst Video games have to rely on the actions of the characters in order to get the message of what they are feeling across.
Most Nintendo fans have at least played Zelda once and many have got up to the point where you say farewell to Saria on the bridge out of the Kokiri forest and into Hyrule field. Link is forever silent during the game only ever saying his name, yes or no. But we could all tell link was feeling sad by being forced to leave his life long friend, the way he slowly moved backwards and then running away so that there would be no turning back. It was an amazing bit of magic and is something the future of gaming is going to find easier and easier to do!
Expressions are popping up in more and more games, Conker for example when he calls Rodent an idiot he rolls his eyes, there was no need for him to say idiot we can tell what he is thinking by his expression. Now the future generation of consoles such as the Gamecube and the Playstation 2 has brought with it vast improvement in detail! And we have already seen in many Playstation 2 games the detail on characters faces. This detail can now be manipulated to produce much more realistic facial expressions in more games.
The saying “it is written all over your face” is a saying that will be true of most video games in the near future. Soon we may be more attached to a load of polygons than we have ever been before.
Here’s to the future
Dringo
This is an extract of a story written about Shadowman that I wrote a while ago. I’m using it to help illustrate the idea of feelings as they are much more easily expressed in a book than in a video game. A book can talk about what that character is feeling inside whilst Video games have to rely on the actions of the characters in order to get the message of what they are feeling across.
Most Nintendo fans have at least played Zelda once and many have got up to the point where you say farewell to Saria on the bridge out of the Kokiri forest and into Hyrule field. Link is forever silent during the game only ever saying his name, yes or no. But we could all tell link was feeling sad by being forced to leave his life long friend, the way he slowly moved backwards and then running away so that there would be no turning back. It was an amazing bit of magic and is something the future of gaming is going to find easier and easier to do!
Expressions are popping up in more and more games, Conker for example when he calls Rodent an idiot he rolls his eyes, there was no need for him to say idiot we can tell what he is thinking by his expression. Now the future generation of consoles such as the Gamecube and the Playstation 2 has brought with it vast improvement in detail! And we have already seen in many Playstation 2 games the detail on characters faces. This detail can now be manipulated to produce much more realistic facial expressions in more games.
The saying “it is written all over your face” is a saying that will be true of most video games in the near future. Soon we may be more attached to a load of polygons than we have ever been before.
Here’s to the future
Dringo
That's what triggered this thought.
What a fun movie,
What a fun movie,
That reminds me of that scene in The Cable Guy
"You know the problem with real life? No Danger music.. da,da,da da,da,da daaaaa,daa,daa, da,da,da da,da,da daaaaa,daa,daa!
(All of the time the same danger music is playing in the background, classic!)
"You know the problem with real life? No Danger music.. da,da,da da,da,da daaaaa,daa,daa, da,da,da da,da,da daaaaa,daa,daa!
(All of the time the same danger music is playing in the background, classic!)
I think that's what life lacks - music for your mood.
I'd love "danger music" when I am being pursued by strangers, "drama music" for when I hide from those that mock me.
This has given me a top idea for the music thread....check it later on.
I'd love "danger music" when I am being pursued by strangers, "drama music" for when I hide from those that mock me.
This has given me a top idea for the music thread....check it later on.
Feelings and emotion can be expressed in facial expressions yes, but what's much, much more effective is the use of music.
You will know when your character is sad because of the music, when your character is in danger, you'll get danger music.
Sound effects and music are amongst the most overlooked things by gamers when discussing what makes a game special.
The music dictates the mood, and sets the atmosphere. Try playing a game for the first time without any sound whatsoever. You'll probably struggle to get into it.
You will know when your character is sad because of the music, when your character is in danger, you'll get danger music.
Sound effects and music are amongst the most overlooked things by gamers when discussing what makes a game special.
The music dictates the mood, and sets the atmosphere. Try playing a game for the first time without any sound whatsoever. You'll probably struggle to get into it.
Ice Blaster wrote:
lol- dirt boy, people like you should be banned from the site,lol!!!
I should shouldnt I! hehe!
But i'm the only ape with 'tude, who would take my place as the ape? hehe
lol- dirt boy, people like you should be banned from the site,lol!!!
I should shouldnt I! hehe!
But i'm the only ape with 'tude, who would take my place as the ape? hehe
Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat
> his dinner and all night he tossed and turned.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm,
> something dodgy about that. What am I like? lol
lol- dirt boy, people like you should be banned from the site,lol!!!
> Dringo wrote:
Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat
> his dinner and all night he tossed and turned.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm,
> something dodgy about that. What am I like? lol
lol- dirt boy, people like you should be banned from the site,lol!!!
Dringo wrote:
Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat his dinner and all night he tossed and turned.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm, something dodgy about that. What am I like? lol
Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat his dinner and all night he tossed and turned.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm, something dodgy about that. What am I like? lol
The PS2's emotion engine lends itself greatly to this in it's games!!
I AM A HIPPY MANNNNNNNNN!!!!!
Richard felt terribly bad all evening he couldn’t eat his dinner and all night he tossed and turned. His wife noticed something instantly but she put it down to stress. He managed to survive the day but he was getting seriously depressed and lashed out on the poor children. Yet he managed to make it through the day then it came to five-o clock. As promised the men were in the darkened corner of the pub near the toilets he walked slowly towards them taking deep breaths, as he passed the bar he heard the barman say, “just be careful”. Richard ignored him and carried on walking he shuddered, must have been the cold he thought. The gentlemen seemed all serious and not as playful as the last time they met. “Good evening” said Richard all of a sudden the big lad came behind him and forced Richard in to a chair. The boss handed him an envelope and rather hastily he said, “I’ll think you will find it all there, if you fail to be here same time January the twenty fifth with the money we will come looking for you…OK”. The men stood up brushed past him and left leaving Richard sitting alone.
This is an extract of a story written about Shadowman that I wrote a while ago. I’m using it to help illustrate the idea of feelings as they are much more easily expressed in a book than in a video game. A book can talk about what that character is feeling inside whilst Video games have to rely on the actions of the characters in order to get the message of what they are feeling across.
Most Nintendo fans have at least played Zelda once and many have got up to the point where you say farewell to Saria on the bridge out of the Kokiri forest and into Hyrule field. Link is forever silent during the game only ever saying his name, yes or no. But we could all tell link was feeling sad by being forced to leave his life long friend, the way he slowly moved backwards and then running away so that there would be no turning back. It was an amazing bit of magic and is something the future of gaming is going to find easier and easier to do!
Expressions are popping up in more and more games, Conker for example when he calls Rodent an idiot he rolls his eyes, there was no need for him to say idiot we can tell what he is thinking by his expression. Now the future generation of consoles such as the Gamecube and the Playstation 2 has brought with it vast improvement in detail! And we have already seen in many Playstation 2 games the detail on characters faces. This detail can now be manipulated to produce much more realistic facial expressions in more games.
The saying “it is written all over your face” is a saying that will be true of most video games in the near future. Soon we may be more attached to a load of polygons than we have ever been before.
Here’s to the future
Dringo
This is an extract of a story written about Shadowman that I wrote a while ago. I’m using it to help illustrate the idea of feelings as they are much more easily expressed in a book than in a video game. A book can talk about what that character is feeling inside whilst Video games have to rely on the actions of the characters in order to get the message of what they are feeling across.
Most Nintendo fans have at least played Zelda once and many have got up to the point where you say farewell to Saria on the bridge out of the Kokiri forest and into Hyrule field. Link is forever silent during the game only ever saying his name, yes or no. But we could all tell link was feeling sad by being forced to leave his life long friend, the way he slowly moved backwards and then running away so that there would be no turning back. It was an amazing bit of magic and is something the future of gaming is going to find easier and easier to do!
Expressions are popping up in more and more games, Conker for example when he calls Rodent an idiot he rolls his eyes, there was no need for him to say idiot we can tell what he is thinking by his expression. Now the future generation of consoles such as the Gamecube and the Playstation 2 has brought with it vast improvement in detail! And we have already seen in many Playstation 2 games the detail on characters faces. This detail can now be manipulated to produce much more realistic facial expressions in more games.
The saying “it is written all over your face” is a saying that will be true of most video games in the near future. Soon we may be more attached to a load of polygons than we have ever been before.
Here’s to the future
Dringo