Nappi Posted April 26, 2014 Cool! Although I have a really hard time believing that a National Forest Service (or whatever) would ever have a poster that looked even remotely as good as that piece by Olly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted April 26, 2014 Mid 20th century they had a pretty solid run actually, between the forest service and national parks. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+forest+service+poster&client=safari&hl=en&biw=320&bih=460&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-SdcU9rnOOjhyQHblYHADQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ https://www.google.com/search?q=old+national+park+posters&client=safari&hl=en&biw=320&bih=460&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=RihcU7O4CuLcyQG1yYCoDA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ (Also some bad stuff and some suspect war propaganda!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted April 26, 2014 Oh wow that's beautiful, at a glance I thought it was concept art those texture and lighting are very pretty. Can the next blog post be about the hands. I wanna see some Henry hands! Does he have hairy fore arms? Does he sport a wrist watch? Is he partial missing any fingers that he covers up with a thimble? Also on a more serious note, are you thinking about celebrity talent for the voices? Do you guys already have someone signed on? Is it elijah wood? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted April 26, 2014 Mid 20th century they had a pretty solid run actually, between the forest service and national parks. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+forest+service+poster&client=safari&hl=en&biw=320&bih=460&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-SdcU9rnOOjhyQHblYHADQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ https://www.google.com/search?q=old+national+park+posters&client=safari&hl=en&biw=320&bih=460&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=RihcU7O4CuLcyQG1yYCoDA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ (Also some bad stuff and some suspect war propaganda!) Ooh, nice! The National Parks ones are great. That propaganda WW2 one is seriously gross, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted April 26, 2014 Oh wow that's beautiful, at a glance I thought it was concept art those texture and lighting are very pretty. Can the next blog post be about the hands. I wanna see some Henry hands! Does he have hairy fore arms? Does he sport a wrist watch? Is he partial missing any fingers that he covers up with a thimble? Also on a more serious note, are you thinking about celebrity talent for the voices? Do you guys already have someone signed on? Is it elijah wood? Henry's design and how he moves is probably a little ways off from being talked about but I am looking forward to it! Player movement is getting better and better right now, and the animation work that pairs with that has me excited, but I don't think that it's at a point yet where the team wants to show it off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tabacco Posted April 27, 2014 Not NPS related, but the signs for National Forests are pretty much my favorite things: https://www.google.com/search?q=national%20forest%20sign&tbm=isch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkehhh Posted April 27, 2014 Not much much to add, but that's a sweet looking tower. Enjoying this drip-feed of information! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted April 27, 2014 http://www.tvtechnology.com/prntarticle.aspx?articleid=203247 After my last post I got thinking about movement speed and what constrictions you can put on the player without upsetting them. Do you give the player the ability to sprint and jump everywhere like a lunatic, movement that everyone has come accusomed with in first person games and will notice their absence if missing. There will be a lot of people who's first action in firewatch will be attempting to jump off the top off the fire tower and plumiting to their death. What happens when you die in firewatch? Can you die in firewatch? I'm assuming not. I'm also assuming there'll be no jump button, its not needed, real people don't jump that often. I know you guys are aiming to have Henry act and react in a realistic way when speaking on the walkytalky. But how do you make the player move around the environment in a realistic way without placing too many restriction on the speed of their movement, (we all hated having to walk Marcus fenix whilist the next level loaded). I think a sprint button is an absolute must, restricted by a hidden short stamina meter. but how do you stop people abusing it? Then genius struck! If the player is making Henry sprint over some rough dangerous terrain that any real person has no right running over, make Henry trip and twist his ankle, giving out a groan and saying "running here was a stupid idea, I need to be more careful" then take away the ability to sprint for 5 minutes whilist Henry moves around with a bit of a limp you can have that one for free x If the player wants to sprint down the stairs of the firewatch tower, let them, but there will be a 1/5 chance that they'll trip and end up in a heap at the bottom. GOTY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spenny Posted April 27, 2014 Really liking the blog posts. I definitely like reading about the paths of ideas that lead to a decision in a game. It's especially interesting when the decision that needs to be made is about an idea or mechanic that hasn't been done before. I'm hoping for many more blog posts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted April 27, 2014 Mington, they could make it like Miasmata, where if you don't watch where you're running, you can stumble and fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted April 28, 2014 I was thinking 'I wonder how Miasmata does it?' When I was halfway through writing that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Posted May 8, 2014 So, Sean posted some pics from the Yosemite trip at the Campo Santo blog! Best/worst/gross pic of them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted May 27, 2014 i've been being nosey and done a little digging on the firewatch animator. He must be a forum reader? SHOW THYSELF so that we may circle jerk upon thy face Anyway, i feel like firewatch is in good hands.... get it.... because he's animating HANDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted May 27, 2014 Oh hey, I kind of know that guy. If it's the same guy. How do you know that's the guy doing the Firewatch animations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted May 27, 2014 Stalker mode engage Step 1: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ja2ke/statuses/469493484739502080 Step 2: Google: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=James9475&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=97KEU7KsM4SA0AWHuYH4CQ&gws_rd=cr Step 3: Signature on other forum: http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=29931 Step 4: Youtubes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjS6bSbPzHQulM42tRMA8DQ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted May 27, 2014 Yeah I ended up figuring it out by going to the blog and seeing that the animation post was posted by "James," which was more or less conclusive. Your way is good too though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted May 27, 2014 Oh hey, he did the loading screen for Vroom! which is one of Lacabra's games! Oooh, and he's the guy that did that Half Life trailer where he put all the extra animations in. That was so sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted May 27, 2014 Yes it's James Benson, who made those great Half Life animations and the TF2 dance animation. He also worked at Lionhead for a while (Fable 3 era) and has been animating on other unannounced indie stuff in the meantime. We're happy to have him on Firewatch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted May 27, 2014 Wow awesome! I love his animations. They're so good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkehhh Posted May 28, 2014 Well, this is pretty great.. http://www.camposanto.com/quarterlyreview/volume-1/issue-2/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted May 28, 2014 Hey it's finally been announced that Paolo has joined Campo Santo! He's a cool dude. I made a game with him at DigiPen. He's way super good at graphics. U:I told him about Idle Thumbs when we went to DigiPen, so basically I got him this job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites