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[SPAC] - Interloper (Completed)

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Jan 16, 2017 12:24 AM #1473452
Stickpage Competition - Discovery Gone Wrong
Hello. This is my first try at a competition entry and hopefully first long animation in quite some time. I'm going rather experimental with this, trying alot of new things.
Hopefully it all holds together in the end ^^; . Keep expectations low, that way it will look better XD . Thanks for stopping by.


--Interloper--
A recent building project in the wilderness has been abandon, with vague stories of some terrible thing present.
An enthusiast tracker aims to locate the source and get to the bottom of the mystery.


-Progress-
-Completed-
Ideas: 100%
First third of animation: 100%
Middle third: 100%
Final third: 100%
Music and sound: 100%


-Update Log-
Jan 4 > Jan 7 / Brainstorming ideas
Jan 8 > Jan 11 / Continuing refining ideas. Make some tests to better understand requirments for idea
Jan 12 / Finalizing story. Start entry proper. Make first backgrounds
Jan 14 / More backgrounds made plus assets. Audio collected
Jan 16 / Created the wip thread. Added screenshot
Jan 21 / Mostly doing background work. Also did one of the harder animated sequences.
Jan 24 / Still doing background work. Losing pace a bit
Jan 27 / Screenshot added. Working on various parts of the animation
Jan 30 / Re-evaluating plot. Likely going to reorganize it and add/remove scenes from the plan. Finished a few scenes from the intro
Feb 5 / More limited, scattered progress. Still working on plot points
Feb 9 / Progress starting to speed up again but feeling very behind with alot more still to do. Intro part mostly done. Music done. Need more direction on the main animations construction
Feb 13 / Stalled again. Screenshot added
Feb 17 / Redid a scene. Other minor progress
Feb 20 / Plot adjustments mostly finished up
Feb 22 / Mostly completed one of the chase scenes. New screenshot (first creature tease)
Feb 28 / Scattered progress. Finding it hard to construct new scenes and what they should be of
Mar 5 / Filling in the gaps between scenes. Regretting going for pro instead of beginner
Mar 9 / Managed some more of the tricky parts but still very behind. Commence panic
Mar 11 / Assembled the various parts together. Mainly doing inbetween scenes, plus finishing up details in otherwise finished scenes.
Mar 12 / Another scene finished. Animation is about 120 seconds long atm
Mar 14 / Having issues working out and creating the last few scenes. Getting some annoying glitches too
Mar 15 / Few more scenes completed. Fixed some of the glitchy errors. Nice seeing it all coming together
Mar 16 / Last 3 (difficult) scenes. Then adding audio. :Update: Animation finished. Most audio added. Just needs fine tuning
Mar 17 / Animation finished 100% ^u^



Want to keep screenshots to a minimum, partly due to spoilers.
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Jan 16, 2017 1:06 AM #1473458
maaan this looks awesome :D Good luck man!
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Jan 16, 2017 1:19 AM #1473461
Quote from exceld
maaan this looks awesome :D Good luck man!


Wow, high praise indeed .o. Thanks Exceld
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Jan 16, 2017 6:49 AM #1473498
You know what I am gonna say. Best of luck finishing this~ >w< Screenshot seems promising so far.
Haven't decided what song to be used yet?
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Jan 16, 2017 8:02 AM #1473507
I love the story idea, very cool! Screenshot looks nice too, I hope you see this through, would love to see it complete.
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Jan 16, 2017 11:59 AM #1473512
Thanks musti ^w^
Possibly. Got a tune but may need to change it.

Thanks Power fuse. I always aim to finish what I properly start. Have managed so far and hopefully will continue to do so.
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Jan 16, 2017 7:17 PM #1473580
Now, who do we have here?
Good luck, Kursura! Glad seeing that you joined.
Looking forward to your entry, can't wait.
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Jan 17, 2017 12:59 AM #1473635
Surprising isn't it XD Whether it was a good idea remains to be seen.
I have a plan atleast. Just need to keep pace and focus.
Thanks alot ^u^
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Feb 22, 2017 12:28 PM #1476300
Update: Quite a bits been done since the start but a long way to go still. As screens from the slow intro are kinda samey, here's a first peak at the 'thing'
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Speaking of, I wasn't going to show any screens of the 'thing' before releasing to make it a surprise. But as it's rather crude the surprised could end up being one of disappointment rather than awe.
So would you guy's like to see screens of the 'thing' or would you rather it be kept secret?
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Feb 22, 2017 2:12 PM #1476303
Really nice to see this progress, new screenie looks cool but definitely not giving anything away haha! I'm excited! :)
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Mar 25, 2017 12:56 PM #1477990
Well choice of color, the whole thing might look different if those solid colors are gradient colors (recommend to save as another file so not to ruin the original..)
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Mar 25, 2017 2:32 PM #1477997
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Well choice of color, the whole thing might look different if those solid colors are gradient colors (recommend to save as another file so not to ruin the original..)


Did think about that, but I don't feel my past works were improved by making everything a gradient (in the background and foreground) so I tried being more minimal with them here. As for the characters, idk how to gradient them effectively. I know the tools for it but I was worried about it bugging out, the extra time needed to add it throughout and whether (like with the bg's) it would improve the look at all when done at my skill level.
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