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Published: 2009-12-08 22:19:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 622; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 28
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I love Myst games, and jumped at the chance to do an interactive environment based on them for my final project in QTVR class. Sadly, I had no team to back me up, so it's not quite as epic as I hoped. Should still convey the idea though.
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Comments: 20

IzzaTakiwa [2010-10-12 17:36:30 +0000 UTC]

wow, that's pretty epic, even if it's unfinished, I love it.

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90Philip [2009-12-10 23:42:25 +0000 UTC]

Hello Ellen. This is sweet. What are you making this in? (Does it lack a panoramic render option?) I immediately thought "Myst" when I saw it. I don't get some of the interactivity... I want to see the book in the safe, am I missing something?

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erockett In reply to 90Philip [2009-12-11 14:22:27 +0000 UTC]

oh and it does have a pano render option if you set it up right... but my teacher felt there was too much lens distortion that way and told me to stitch it by hand.

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erockett In reply to 90Philip [2009-12-11 14:07:54 +0000 UTC]

I modeled it in Cinema 4D, rendered out a series of stills and photoshopped them into a panorama (plus color correction), and then coded the scrolling/hotspots in Flash. Yeah the interactivity sucks I had awesome plans for it (see response to FP above) but by the end of the quarter it just wasn't going to happen - there was too much that I hadn't prepped earlier in the quarter, like what would actually be shown in the microscope, and the content for the journal, and so on. I just slapped a lot of the real content in, unfortunately, figuring proof-of-concept would be enough for my teacher and I could always go back in and put better content/real interactions in.

Thanks for the comment!

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Royce-Barber [2009-12-10 21:37:04 +0000 UTC]

myyyyyyst yes my preciousss the movie neeeeds fan support like this!

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erockett In reply to Royce-Barber [2009-12-11 14:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks - I've thought about asking if I can help them in any way, but from reading their blog it sounds like they're in contact with lots of more talented people. ^^ I'd be happy to support them if they needed it!

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Artoveli [2009-12-09 20:57:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this feels so much like the Myst and Myst-style games from my childhood! There's a great atmosphere in this piece, you put some great detail in here.

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erockett In reply to Artoveli [2009-12-11 14:00:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That's what you get for growing up with the game and seeing Myst-like stuff everywhere

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E-Derby [2009-12-09 19:29:41 +0000 UTC]

LOVE it! The interactive is very cool too. Can't imagine the hours it took to do it!

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erockett In reply to E-Derby [2009-12-11 13:59:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^ It helped that I could use some of the assets from my old laboratory scene... I had a lot of fun doing it though, so the time went quickly.

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E-Derby In reply to erockett [2010-01-01 23:44:45 +0000 UTC]

Well it's awesome. Love it!

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Nebride7 [2009-12-09 12:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Very cool! And very Myst-like.

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erockett In reply to Nebride7 [2009-12-11 14:10:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I try ^^

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Silvre [2009-12-09 04:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I thought this was a screenshot from one of the games! Nicely done!

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erockett In reply to Silvre [2009-12-11 14:10:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I tried hard to get the lighting right, to look really Mysty. I had kind of an underground lab like on Gehn's Age in mind, and a couple of my classmates helped me a lot with conveying that.

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Silvre In reply to erockett [2009-12-12 03:40:28 +0000 UTC]

You did a great job!

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RobertMakes [2009-12-09 03:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that is really snazzy! Great work.

-Robert

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erockett In reply to RobertMakes [2009-12-11 14:10:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I had fun making it.

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Kefrith [2009-12-08 22:37:10 +0000 UTC]

The interactive version doesn't seem to be fully functional...is it unfinished?

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erockett In reply to Kefrith [2009-12-11 13:58:05 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I had big plans for this and didn't get anywhere near as close as I wanted. There were supposed to be a couple of journals to read, different slides for the microscope, and the jewel machine thing was supposed to be an actual toy... and I wanted music and everything. lol, as I said, not quite as epic as I hoped.

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