The Terminal: Reimagined

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The Terminal: Reimagined

Posted By: Captain Bob
Date: 2007.11.6.21.55

I'd like to share my latest animation project with you guys, which I mentioned in another thread. I wanted to create a proof of concept for how one might do a new Marathon-like game, or a port to a newer engine like Resurrection does, and specifically do the terminals in a more modern way.
I took the text of the first terminal in Blaspheme Quarantine, made a voice recording of the text, and then modeled and animated a talking Durandal head to the voice. My reference was what is, to my knowledge, the only canon rendition of an A.I. in Marathon, which is the green figure in the Durandal chapter screen. I did a lot of post-production to make the terminal look like it was presented on a damaged, poor-quality video screen. There's also a part where the video cuts out: this was my interpretation of the part of the terminal that was garbled and un-readable.
What I envision is running around in a modern game, complete with terminals which, instead of displaying text, play movies directly on the surface of the terminal screen. In particular, I would point to Doom 3 for how this all would look and feel, as that game has the dark, claustrophobic, inside-a-spaceship environment and a lot of full-motion video textured onto surfaces.
Without further ado, here it is. The high quality version looks much better than the lower quality, so please view the former if you can.
large version (19.5 MB): http://bob.chamotlabs.com/3DArt/characters/Durandal-final-large.mov
small version (3.8 MB): http://bob.chamotlabs.com/3DArt/characters/Durandal-final-small.mov
Programs used: iChat (for collecting video reference), Audio In, Maya, Photoshop, Sound Studio, iMovie (with 3rd party effects), QuickTime Pro
I'm not seriously suggesting this be added to Marathon:Resurrection, but I figured since this project attracts the kind of people that want to see a modernized version of Marathon, those same people would be interested in the animation.

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The Terminal: Reimagined -- Captain Bob -- 2007.11.6.21.55
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Message: : I'd like to share my latest animation project with you : guys, which I mentioned in another thread. I wanted to : create a proof of concept for how one might do a new : Marathon-like game, or a port to a newer engine like : Resurrection does, and specifically do the terminals : in a more modern way. : I took the text of the first terminal in Blaspheme : Quarantine, made a voice recording of the text, and : then modeled and animated a talking Durandal head to : the voice. My reference was what is, to my knowledge, : the only canon rendition of an A.I. in Marathon, which : is the green figure in the Durandal chapter screen. I : did a lot of post-production to make the terminal look : like it was presented on a damaged, poor-quality video : screen. There's also a part where the video cuts out: : this was my interpretation of the part of the terminal : that was garbled and un-readable. : What I envision is running around in a modern game, : complete with terminals which, instead of displaying : text, play movies directly on the surface of the : terminal screen. In particular, I would point to Doom : 3 for how this all would look and feel, as that game : has the dark, claustrophobic, inside-a-spaceship : environment and a lot of full-motion video textured : onto surfaces. : Without further ado, here it is. The high quality version : looks much better than the lower quality, so please : view the former if you can. : large version (19.5 MB): : http://bob.chamotlabs.com/3DArt/characters/Durandal-final-large.mov : small version (3.8 MB): : http://bob.chamotlabs.com/3DArt/characters/Durandal-final-small.mov : Programs used: iChat (for collecting video reference), : Audio In, Maya, Photoshop, Sound Studio, iMovie (with : 3rd party effects), QuickTime Pro : I'm not seriously suggesting this be added to : Marathon:Resurrection, but I figured since this : project attracts the kind of people that want to see a : modernized version of Marathon, those same people : would be interested in the animation.
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