Hey all. I've finally found a project to stick with, next to the ink blots, which is still very much in production. And as I was about almost half-done with this animation I've got planned, I got to thinking when I was looking for and adding sound effects...
"These sound effects sound like video game noises. It fits with the animation...but why don't we expand on this? Why don't I make an animation that is about a video-game universe?"
More quiet brainstorming (more like brainshowering, not much went on), and soon I had an idea! But first I'd like to ask my miniscule amount of fans of a few opinions. See if it's what people would actually want to see.
The idea goes like this: There is a universe where people "level up", "do quests", "get experience points" and so on and so forth. In this universe, there are few traces of the existing games we play today, but there may be parodies and references. So while you might be hoping for, say, a pokemon animation, I'm not going that way. I want it to by my own game universe. But despite the fact that it's a "game", the characters interact as though it's part of their daily life. There's probably going to be some confusing meta-terms, but I still think it would be fun. To help clarify the feel of the idea, here's a little script of a skit I wrote in like five minutes.
Hero Character: "Aw, cool! I found a coin in the grass!"
[Hero Character is standing near a huge pile of coins.]
Party Member 1: "God, how many people lose shiny objects in the grass these days? I swear, it's like they come out here just to dump their valuables out..."
Party Member 2: "I blame the tiny grass people! They're always stealing my socks!"
Party Member 1: "C'mon, what would 'tiny people' want with your socks?"
Party Member 2: "They could use them for sleeping bags!"
Party Member 1: "I don't think -anyone- wants to use a sock as a sleeping back. Especially if it's your socks."
[A tiny man dressed in leaf-armor runs by, carrying a sock.]
Party Member 2: "...Hah! Tiny grass people! Knew it!"
There you have it, folks. If this little skit was entertaining to you and seems like something I should animate in the future, say so in the comments! Peace!
VicariousE
Sure, that sounds fine! Or, how about if the 2nd party member turned away, just as a tiny grass person runs by? Maybe the 1st party member sees the tiny grass person, and still disagrees... I imagine it's gonna take a lot of soap and a good washingboard at the river, to clean that sock...
InkBlotCreations
I know, creative, isn't it? And I wrote that skit in like five minutes, it was more of an example than something that would actually make it into the animations. A better skit that might actually make it in will be made later.
By the way, for those who didn't get the "tiny grass people" reference, it's a reference to The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.
The Minish, in the game, were little people who were revealed to be the ones who hide rupees and items in the tall grass and rocks that you destroyed.