Amiga Memories / A review project

Astrofra · 02 March 2013, 09:34

Dear All,

during the last months of the year 2012, I decided to initiate a review projet centered on our favorite personal computer.

It all started as I was watching a review of 'Batman' by the Angry Video Game Nerd in which he tried every single video game on Batman, except the Amiga version.

However, it turned out I have no acting abilities at all, plus I'm not an English native, so a classic review by me talking in front of a camera would have been either boring or embarassing.

That's how I started to think about the Amiga reviewing itself.

Technically, this is all 3D renderering. Today, modern GPUs can be utilized to render a whole "offline" sequence in almost realtime (the HDD is slowing down the whole process, actually).
The voice over is produced (automatically again) by a German speech synthesizer called 'Mary TTS'

And now, let me introduce the first episode :

Dune Intro [Episode 0]

IDEA/SCRIPTING/RENDERING : Astrofra
MAIN 3D MODELING : Saleh Al-enizi & Gregory Thomas
PIXELART ROBOTIC FACE : Sven Ruthner
3D ENGINE : GameStart3D
LIPSYNC EXTRACTION SCRIPT : Thomas ‘Scorpheus’ Simonnet
Text to Speech : DFKI MARY-TTS

Music by Stephane Picq, ‘Exxos, a Spice Opera’.

The first video is about the Dune game on Amiga, and its relationship with the movie by David Lynch. There's no real message, except the introduction speech borrowed from the film.
It was a perfect material for me to test-drive the whole system.

(I already posted this video in another thread, sorry for the double post, but I just made a second video with the same system, so it could be wiser to create a specific thread on this topic)

Astrofra · 02 March 2013, 09:38

The Boing Ball [Episode 1]

Music LLuvia & Radix, "Tournesol"

I trust the title to speak for itself

This is the second video I finished 2 months later (more or less).

I hope you will enjoy it

spajdr · 02 March 2013, 10:00

Pretty well done matey! i like it.

jimbob · 02 March 2013, 11:43

These are great, lots of nice touches. I love how the using the same voice makes the story of the boing demo equally as epic as the story of Dune.

Peter · 02 March 2013, 11:50

This is excellent - thanks for sharing!

viddi · 02 March 2013, 12:41

Yes, great stuff.

Thanks!

Astrofra · 03 March 2013, 17:08

Wow.

Thanks to all of you for the nice feedback

prowler · 03 March 2013, 20:41

You surely deserve it!

That's fantastic - really well done!

Greyfox · 03 March 2013, 22:24

Fantastic work mate, really nice and vey interesting

Thanks for sharing and I've subbed

rodi · 03 March 2013, 23:28

I like the idea of the Amiga speaking of Amiga : really nice work

Amiga1992 · 04 March 2013, 02:39

This is great stuff indeed. How hard is it to work on that game engine? I'm interested

Astrofra · 04 March 2013, 10:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

How hard is it to work on that game engine? I'm interested

Well, it's not really hard, but there's a lot of technical details to pay attention to. And the engine is, at the moment, a "one man" project so you're unlikely to find the same level of tech support that you would find in the Unity3D community.

And oh, yes, a *mandatory* requirement : you need some skills in programming

The engine is in alpha stage, completely free so far.

quahappy · 04 March 2013, 11:34

Blimey. That is absolutely fan-bloody-tastic! Well done.

Timelord · 09 March 2013, 17:34

Wow! thats cool

Astrofra · 22 March 2013, 16:29

Working on a "realtime Win32" binary ... some sort of "diskmag" edition of 'Amiga Memories'

I'll keep you posted.

prowler · 22 March 2013, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astrofra

I'll keep you posted.

Yes, please!

"Diskmag" edition would be very nostalgic - very "Amiga-like".

Specksynder · 22 March 2013, 22:48

Goldrake and Starzinger ship?

a-type · 14 April 2013, 02:18

Brilliant! The Bouncing Ball episode was fantastic. Can't wait for more.

1time · 14 April 2013, 08:35

Awesome!!! Really impressive. Keep it up.

02 March 2013, 09:34	#1
Astrofra Amos Basic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orleans \| France Age: 49 Posts: 85	Amiga Memories / A review project Dear All, during the last months of the year 2012, I decided to initiate a review projet centered on our favorite personal computer. It all started as I was watching a review of 'Batman' by the Angry Video Game Nerd in which he tried every single video game on Batman, except the Amiga version. However, it turned out I have no acting abilities at all, plus I'm not an English native, so a classic review by me talking in front of a camera would have been either boring or embarassing. That's how I started to think about the Amiga reviewing itself. Technically, this is all 3D renderering. Today, modern GPUs can be utilized to render a whole "offline" sequence in almost realtime (the HDD is slowing down the whole process, actually). The voice over is produced (automatically again) by a German speech synthesizer called 'Mary TTS' And now, let me introduce the first episode : Dune Intro [Episode 0] IDEA/SCRIPTING/RENDERING : Astrofra MAIN 3D MODELING : Saleh Al-enizi & Gregory Thomas PIXELART ROBOTIC FACE : Sven Ruthner 3D ENGINE : GameStart3D LIPSYNC EXTRACTION SCRIPT : Thomas ‘Scorpheus’ Simonnet Text to Speech : DFKI MARY-TTS Music by Stephane Picq, ‘Exxos, a Spice Opera’. The first video is about the Dune game on Amiga, and its relationship with the movie by David Lynch. There's no real message, except the introduction speech borrowed from the film. It was a perfect material for me to test-drive the whole system. (I already posted this video in another thread, sorry for the double post, but I just made a second video with the same system, so it could be wiser to create a specific thread on this topic) Last edited by Astrofra; 02 March 2013 at 14:01.

02 March 2013, 09:38	#2
Astrofra Amos Basic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orleans \| France Age: 49 Posts: 85	The Boing Ball [Episode 1] The Boing Ball [Episode 1] Music LLuvia & Radix, "Tournesol" I trust the title to speak for itself This is the second video I finished 2 months later (more or less). I hope you will enjoy it

03 March 2013, 17:08	#7
Astrofra Amos Basic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orleans \| France Age: 49 Posts: 85	Wow. Thanks to all of you for the nice feedback Last edited by Astrofra; 03 March 2013 at 20:36.

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02 March 2013, 10:00	#3
spajdr Old fart Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ostrava/Czech Republic Age: 46 Posts: 315	Pretty well done matey! i like it.

02 March 2013, 11:43	#4
jimbob Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kilmacolm Age: 46 Posts: 632	These are great, lots of nice touches. I love how the using the same voice makes the story of the boing demo equally as epic as the story of Dune.

02 March 2013, 11:50	#5
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	This is excellent - thanks for sharing!

02 March 2013, 12:41	#6
viddi Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 4,007	Yes, great stuff. Thanks!

03 March 2013, 20:41	#8
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	You surely deserve it! That's fantastic - really well done!

03 March 2013, 22:24	#9
Greyfox Pixel Blender! Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 51 Posts: 267	Fantastic work mate, really nice and vey interesting Thanks for sharing and I've subbed

03 March 2013, 23:28	#10
rodi Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Age: 48 Posts: 96	I like the idea of the Amiga speaking of Amiga : really nice work

04 March 2013, 02:39	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	This is great stuff indeed. How hard is it to work on that game engine? I'm interested

04 March 2013, 11:34	#13
quahappy Born again WinUAE user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Age: 55 Posts: 1,667	Blimey. That is absolutely fan-bloody-tastic! Well done.

09 March 2013, 17:34	#14
Timelord Mad Amiga Fan! Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Selby England Age: 55 Posts: 27	Wow! thats cool

22 March 2013, 16:29	#15
Astrofra Amos Basic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orleans \| France Age: 49 Posts: 85	Working on a "realtime Win32" binary ... some sort of "diskmag" edition of 'Amiga Memories' I'll keep you posted.

22 March 2013, 22:48	#17
Specksynder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Italy Age: 47 Posts: 445	Goldrake and Starzinger ship?

14 April 2013, 02:18	#18
a-type Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Osaka Posts: 11	Brilliant! The Bouncing Ball episode was fantastic. Can't wait for more.

14 April 2013, 08:35	#19
1time Amiga Lover Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 612	Awesome!!! Really impressive. Keep it up.

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