[WIP] [Fan Animation] Super Meat Boy
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Hi,
This is going to be a fan animation based on 'Super Meat Boy' by Edmund McMillen & Tommy Refenes. Everything is modeled in SketchUp and no images are used except for a png shadow gradient, this means that no matter how close you get it wont lose resolution. For character & environment animations I am planning to use SinFonIA ANimation Tools.
I will post another environment I am finishing that has saws and stuff like that very soon.
Cheers!
Most Recent Update:
iichiversii - thanks for the compliment!
Its been a while since my last update but I am still working on it little by little. Here is yet another video update of the progress so far...I hope you like it!
Everything was created with SketchUp and SimFonIA Animation Tools even the credits.
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great work!!!! loving the style! You have encouraged the cartoony, sketchy style which is fantastic!
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@olishea said:
great work!!!! loving the style! You have encouraged the cartoony, sketchy style which is fantastic!
Thanks a lot!...This 2D approach is going to be interesting to animate as well, hopefully it will look good.
Here is my current progress;
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I did something similar in the past with 2D backdrops, and it worked really well, but i used 3D characters, looking forward to seen how you animate 2D characters, if i were to do it i would use sprites of the characters on separate layers with changes to the character on each, then turn on and off each layer to simulate animation,, long process but it would work, looking forward to seeing your finished result
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it reminds me of the classic mario games, the gradients and layers....you can't go wrong!
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Here is an example of 3 sprites i made in sketchup and once played in sequence it makes an animation of the character shooting, this is a quick example as to how sketchup is great for creating sprites for game development, but this was a 3D model, for 2D you will need to make a drawing with each image having different poses and place on a seperate layer, thats if you want to create the animation in sketchup itself, here is an online link to test your animations of sprites before placing them into sketchup.
http://picasion.com/
You are limited to 10 images per animated GIF
This example was also rendered in sketchup
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And here is a link to someone who uses sketchup for 2D sprite creating http://blog.seantcooper.com/?p=194
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@olishea said:
it reminds me of the classic mario games, the gradients and layers....you can't go wrong!
Mario was a great deal of inspiration for the people that made this game...Thanks for the encouragement!
iichiversii - I get really inspired by watching your work and I mean it! Not many people is using sketchup for character animation but I am hoping that changes soon. I am practicing so that maybe in the future I can make some tutorials.
There are some nice tips you are giving me and I'll be sure to study them. For now I am exploring on using SimFonIA Animation Tools and I have found that I can switch objects when needed by using the key-frame editor.
Here is what I have done so far;
Cheers!
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Whow, that 2D animation is coming on great, hard to believe the entire animation is done in sketchup, well done, must be very time consuming to put this together, fantastic
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so much better than i expected it to be!
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Thank you both for replying I am happy with the animation so far...only a little more work to finish it.
Cheers!
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Hi,
I guess its is safe to say I am little bit more than half way for competing this level and the next step after that is to animate it.
Cheers
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Here is the latest video update of the Super Meat Boy fan animation.
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That's fantastic, as I look at it I'm convinced I'm looking at the game itself, very impressive
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iichiversii - thanks for the compliment!
Its been a while since my last update but I am still working on it little by little. Here is yet another video update of the progress so far...I hope you like it!
Everything was created with SketchUp and SimFonIA Animation Tools even the credits.
Thanks
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You did an amazing job with this R, the attention to detail is highly accurate, the simfonia team may not be gamers but they should be impressed non the less with what you have created here using their tools, well done, I myself played this game and for those who don't know of this game it was created by 2 independent game developers, originally it was a very popular flash game and fans wanted more, this game sold over 20k copies on Xbox live arcade on its first day release and the developers sacrificed 2 yrs of their life's developing it, there is a documentary movie following their development phase and if you haven't seen it its worth the watch, amazing work R, look forward to seen more from you in the future
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WOW!!
Blown away!!
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Amazing!!
Love the style!
Can't wait to see the end result
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That is excellent!
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Seeing everyone is comments is really encouraging so thank you all.
iichiversii is right and if you have not seen 'Indie Game the Movie' I hope you take the time and go to watch it. I know people don't like it when others try to sell them things without them asking for it but I am just recommending
...If you want there is a bundle sell of 6 games & documentary were you set the prize you want to buy it with controls over what money goes to developers, charity that helps children in need to have games this Christmas to play with and more.
Here is the link; http://www.humblebundle.com/#popup-indiegamethemovie
Also Steam is giving great deal for the movie and games as well; http://store.steampowered.com/
Again thanks for the comments!
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