1926 - Metropolis [Demo v. 0.8]

[Marquise*]

FINALLY! Someone who does know it is a 1926 movie and knows the facts rights. It is a wonder if folks on Wikipedia and IBDM ever handled books!


Seriously, it seems that in every corner I go someone beats me into MAKING an animated version and then NOW that I have RPGMaker VX Ace, a game version. *sigh*


Well you know in ten years Metropolis will have 100 years. (and it was Grot not Groot? Do you know/have the 8 bits that Gorgio Mororder didn't got right? I lost count upon how many times I saw that movie about 20 years ago when it was around 82 times. I did a lot of paper documentation back then and... even nailed right some then missing bits; Josaphat and Slim's fight, retracing back Freder's contact via Georg 11811 at the Yoshiwara, the miss edit of Rotwang accepting Joh's contract because he saw that it was about to destroy the one he loved by destroying his son. Also that Rotwang wasn't a crazy lunatic when he got back to recapture Maria as the mob would had cooked him too if they learned the truth... etc.)


You know, there is a lot of minigames to play being multiple characters in that story, whether it is Slim trying to follow Freder, Josaphat again trying to get back to him, of course Freder, Maria is also a VERY good feminine presence... Not to mention HEL. Groot trying to save the Heart-machine (Would it be translated as the Central unit? To be modern?)


Really, I wish you have fun with it because you are undertaking one of my greatest Dream and push it a bit beyond! You know there were rights involved to attempt to redo the movie as from today? When we see Matrix Reloaded and know one of the main guys working on the production has it as his second best movie of all time, we can understand it is the WORST movie ever to go to see with me unless you have a clean sock, ducktape and rope! XD


Have you reserved authorizations or rights for it? I know that Kino was kinda arsh about it in the last years. I don't even know if Metropolis 2010+ version is still in production. It kinda was a movie made for our days and it is still really true in both reality and as a template for fiction. Hey, Superman's creators wanted THEIR hero in there... It took time to mesh the two together visually in comics.


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I see you also know about the great London Opera of it!


Also clicked a reference link... THERE IS A CYBERPUNK GAME AFTER IT? Shooooooooooooooooo... I sure wish I had run one of theses!

 

[RocketKnight]

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[Shuji]

The screens look amazing!

However I think the 3rd screen is a little empty, and the piano looks a bit off. I mean the inside isn't like the inside of a piano at all. 

( The statues in the 4rth screen are great, did you make them yourself? )

 

[RocketKnight]

The screens look amazing!

However I think the 3rd screen is a little empty, and the piano looks a bit off. I mean the inside isn't like the inside of a piano at all. 

( The statues in the 4rth screen are great, did you make them yourself? )

Yes and I used an image as reference:

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I will fixed that, thanks.

 

[Marquise*]

Careful tough... Someone got down the poster of one of the Batman Mobie because it was shot in the proximity of a sculpture in a real city and the sculptor (still alive by the time) complained about it and sued the studio. :/


I never know myself when it is safe to use a stationary art, motif from the inside of a letter envelope or a Campbell soup can as reference!

 

[RocketKnight]

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Rephrased remodeled the face of the characters, sorry for Rotwang be a little dissonant, did it with bigger hurry.
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I remake that map, previous version: ​

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[RocketKnight]

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Early menu concept.​

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In a few weeks the tech beta will be available.​

 

[Marquise*]

Here's for your request; have fun coloring them!


They are as close to the big thing as I could make them!

 

[Flashhitter]

Very impressive man.  Everything about this looks awesome!!!

 

[RocketKnight]

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I'm workin on it this week.​

 

[Nimbus]

This project looks great. I really love your UI work! That animated title screen is really impressive. I can't wait to see the finished game.

 

[RocketKnight]

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This project looks great. I really love your UI work! That animated title screen is really impressive. I can't wait to see the finished game.

About the title screen, i change that check it out:​

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[Marquise*]

REALLY CINEMATIC! I think I like the hand drafted work! I thought you'd show only the title page.

 

[RocketKnight]

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It's a gameplay/cutscene in game.​

 

[Marquise*]

To annihilate the work of your prototype? There was another robot in the machine city? Or you mean the original Maria?

 

[RocketKnight]

@Freank one of my favorite books. Thanks.

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Peharps, i'll release one alpha concept demo on 07/11/2015​

 

[Marquise*]

*knock* *knock*


Happy Birthday?


Someone wanted a spriting Freder, a normal Freder, a Freder as 11811 variations, a freder in coat, a freder beaten the crap out variations and some younger hairs?

 

[RocketKnight]

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[Marquise*]

Woah rework of the portraits are... are... Different! I got used to your old style that one is more mature somehow.

 

[RocketKnight]

 

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Fixed issues:

• Screen title works properly
• "zoom_event" without error
• Teleport location fixed
• Shift-change cutscene fixed