Weekend Challenge #3: Machinima

rooly · Post by **rooly** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:05 pm

Alright, this time, you've gotta use irrlicht and any media you can find, create, or otherwise use to make a small control-free visual sequence.

Props go to rewind, pause, and FF.

NO USER INTERACTION!

No limits to length, size, or anything else, but sound is a plus.

I don't care when you start, try to be done by Sunday at your local midnight.

Something to remember, The weekend challenges can be as complex as you want, take as long ot make as you feel is necessary. It's nothing more than a simple challenge to your coding skills (and possibly planning, and media creation skills). This is purely for fun. Its not a contest.

Besides, who's gonna compete for nothing more than kudos?

GameDude · Post by **GameDude** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:55 pm

So make a small video using the Irrlicht? Sounds fun. So it would be kinda like making a game trailer.

ErUs · Post by **ErUs** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:08 pm

i think it has to b rendered in realtime?

rooly · Post by **rooly** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:21 pm

yes

real-time renders

GameDude · Post by **GameDude** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:00 pm

Wouldn't that be slow, though

vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:29 pm

No, indeed, machinima for many ppl is the video editing for the poor man: allows making all real time trusting on 3d cards, so one does not need long video processing and expensive hardware...artistically, doesnt need to be uber hi res, it's ok to see the polygons: see it as a game intro, where you want to make something impressive, is also seen as a way to make shorts, and in some cases with more time investment, do like short films.Some use to put emotion into them, and in the case of intros, is the purpose, and to generate an inmersive entrance in the world/story of the game...

Is u sually done with old game engines, like quake3, etc...I see it really interesting proposal in irrlicht, and is something artists tend to like a lot...I'd do if I had the time...

rooly · Post by **rooly** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:19 pm

hey, how many of you guys are actually working on this?

if you can't think up a script, just give me a yell and i can write one up for you real quick-like.

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:43 pm

rooly wrote:hey, how many of you guys are actually working on this?

if you can't think up a script, just give me a yell and i can write one up for you real quick-like.

lol, something about a walking sushi taking airplane hostages I presume...

dejai · Post by **dejai** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:45 am

I am, working on the challenge.

dejai · Post by **dejai** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:06 am

Ok I have finished Mine.. I didn't focus on the scene as much as the functions, Pause for 5 seconds, Fast Forward, Slow Motion and Disable Sound.

http://www.mediafire.com/?8cb9ej1wjeb

Its was fun to make

Cardinal4 · Post by **Cardinal4** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:42 am

hey dejai, I pressed "Sound Off" twice, and the program closed with a popup error, you might wanna look into that.

dejai · Post by **dejai** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:18 pm

Oh, It works fine on my pc..... :0 Ill try fix it

UPDATED VERSION: http://www.mediafire.com/?5hkp0wj1z0g[/url]

dejai · Post by **dejai** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:39 am

Well, I have updated this project again, it know has a light that follows the camera, updated textures and a nice particle system.
http://dejaigames.com/download/Challenge%201.rar

jorgerosa · Post by **jorgerosa** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:58 pm

Created something (based on my own project) to fit in this very original "competition", it was just for our own fun.
Download: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=39695 (Full source code is included)
[EDIT] Added the code into the original project, so there is only one download link now.

ChaiRuiPeng · Post by **ChaiRuiPeng** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:04 am

this sound fun...

wish more time on weekend... too rushing rushing with other activity....

maybe next time...