Creature from the Black Lagoon
Bally, 1992I truly appreciate all the work you are doing on this. My opinion is less is more. I also agree with urbanledge. The "smoke" coming off of the hot dog certainly can appear to be something else.
A graphic that looks like the game, i.e. hot dog, soda, popcorn, with or without text is perfect. Remember, we only see this briefly during game play.
Yes I agree, fantastic videos and having options for text or not is great. While Cola and Popcorn have special animation with liquid sloshing & bubbles and Popcorn bouncing out, I don't think the hotdog or ice-cream need anything special. Certainly the smoke and sauce doesn't do anything for me. Just my thoughts ...
Really looking forward to getting this mod
Quoted from pinballsp:Testing an animated smoke effect cartoon type. For now, what looks good is the character dancing with the smoke
I have my doubts that sauce or smoke will even be visible to the player. Personally I feel this one is more than acceptable to ship.
Quoted from Brijam:I have my doubts that sauce or smoke will even be visible to the player. Personally I feel this one is more than acceptable to ship.
Totally agree....I think you've earned the right to start realizing ROI. I'm ready to contribute...If you have a definitive price/list/timeline to receive, I'm ready to buy one ( as are many, I believe).
A new test, and we are closer to the end. A new type of text, and we put the sauces but with a more subtle effect, I think it looks good, although we still have to do some more tests and some changes.
Things I have told the designer to modify:
1.- Make Hotdog text somewhat smaller, and reduce the thickness of the black outline. (picture attached).
2.- Make the mustard color in a more yellow tone, so that it does not get confused with the background.
3.- Reverse the colors of the sauces, red with yellow letter, yellow with red letter.
4.- Make the character's dance more varied.
5.- Add a new smoke effect, more subtle and transparent. We are doing tests.
6.- Synchronize the character's dance with the music we use in the final version.
hotdog_small_text_002_.jpgQuoted from Brijam:I have my doubts that sauce or smoke will even be visible to the player. Personally I feel this one is more than acceptable to ship.
Quoted from MK6PIN:Totally agree....I think you've earned the right to start realizing ROI. I'm ready to contribute...If you have a definitive price/list/timeline to receive, I'm ready to buy one ( as are many, I believe).
You guys must be new around here...
Dude, skip the text, we know what hot dogs, popcorn and soda are! Don't forget the colors of the game are mainly green and not to clash with those colors, work with colors already used in the game, and fonts for that matter. OK you owe me 2 cents, carry on ........
Quoted from NYP:Dude, skip the text, we know what hot dogs, popcorn and soda are! Don't forget the colors of the game are mainly green and not to clash with those colors, work with colors already used in the game, and fonts for that matter. OK you owe me 2 cents, carry on ........
As I understand it, you will have the option to turn text on or off.
Near the end of this video, the following changes have been made:
1.- A new dance for the character is tested, with more varied movements.
2.- We put the final soundtrack for this animation.
3.- We reduce the size of the text, and the thickness of the black outline of it is also reduced.
4.- The color of the sauces is reversed with respect to the text.
And in these things we are working, to finish it definitively and move on to the Ice Cream video:
1.- Redesign the left arm to give a better movement in the dance.
2.- Mix both colors, red and yellow in the effect of the sauces for the entire text.
3.- Include the effect of the sauces, two or three times more during the video.
4.- Add some puddles of sauces on the ground.
5.- Add a new smoke effect, this time we will add some transparency, and it will come from the top front of the hot dog, to make it more realistic.
We have also started to work on animation using the 3D model of the Creature. There are many things to correct, for example the waist and shoulder joints are not correct, as I have already indicated to the designer. However this video will be the last on the list to finish.
a minor observation
the reflections on the snack food's glasses are a bit jarring. shouldn't they shift fast, slow or not at all based on the character's movement? currently, the lines don't seem to move relative to how the character is moving
Quoted from j_m_:a minor observation
the reflections on the snack food's glasses are a bit jarring. shouldn't they shift fast, slow or not at all based on the character's movement? currently, the lines don't seem to move relative to how the character is moving
Certainly, with the last dance step that has been added to the character, the reflections in the glasses are not synchronized with the movement of the character, the designer is already fixing it.
Videos look fantastic as usual (as they are made by someone else lol)
But still not ONE video of the mod actually running in a real machine or even on a bench does that not ring alarm bells for any one??? at all???
I think the op has a nice collection of videos, 70% finished hardware and 30% finished software to run the whole show. But not even close to a full working product (like the dmd that can't actually run full colour)
People who think this will be ready by xmas 
Take lucky1 up on his offer and actually get a working product out the door.
Quoted from russdx:Videos look fantastic as usual (as they are made by someone else lol)
But still not ONE video of the mod actually running in a real machine or even on a bench does that not ring alarm bells for any one??? at all???
I think the op has a nice collection of videos, 70% finished hardware and 30% finished software to run the whole show. But not even close to a full working product (like the dmd that can't actually run full colour)
People who think this will be ready by xmas
Take lucky1 up on his offer and actually get a working product out the door.
Again, WTF do you care? Alarm bells? As far as I know, he's not asked for one cent from anyone, so why would there be alarm bells. What you THINK is irrelevant about completion, and if you have an alternative product to peddle, do it in your own thread, and quit bashing a guy's work that you likely have no interest in purchasing anyway. Can't believe people are criticizing him for being open about development of a product. Guess he should have told noone, and just revealed it, to keep the trolls away.
PS....You might think it's transparent, but that Ax your holding, is clear to everyone.
Few of us around here actually know the ops history and know what to expect / actually come from a product design industry. I don't like seeing people buy half finished cobbled together products, Its happened before with the op and most certainly looks like what will happen again here. It's a free forum I can warn others if I want to. Weather any one cares or listens is up to them.
let's all run coloured files on our pinballSP DMD's (as advertised) oh wait......
Quoted from russdx:Few of us around here actually know the ops history and know what to expect / actually come from a product design industry. I don't like seeing people buy half finished cobbled together products, Its happened before with the op and most certainly looks like what will happen again here. It's a free forum I can warn others if I want to. Weather any one cares or listens is up to them.
let's all run coloured files on our pinballSP DMD's (as advertised) oh wait......
Point is, noone has bought anything yet. It's not for sale. Up to now, it's been a development thread. If it gets to a point of purchase and then there's evidence it doesn't work or is poorly made, then you have a leg to stand on. Until then, you just come across as sour grapes because your butt hurt over another product.
If the product is offered for sale unfinished, it won't be a secret for long. This forum is littered with topics about products (Stern/JJP clear problems, for example) that have issues. I think it's been well established that this group is more than comfortable calling out any actual/perceived shortcoming found.
So, your posts come off as whiny and petty, not as helpful. Just FYI.
Quoted from 113th:I made a video of the original hologram. How do I post it here?
Upload it to Youtube and post the link here to view it online
And to give the original video file, without the loss of quality caused by YouTube, upload it to MEGA, and post here the link for download.
Quoted from 113th:Yeah, that sounds hard...
Can I just send it to you?
Yes, send it to [email protected], although it depends on the size of the file that gmail accepts or not, that's why I told you that you could upload it to MEGA, it's free and easy.
The "Bubbles" video... Does it come with the option of no pictures in the bubbles? Or even no bubbles, just the "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" title?
I'd be curious to see what that looks like. Sometimes less is more.
Quoted from 113th:The "Bubbles" video... Does it come with the option of no pictures in the bubbles? Or even no bubbles, just the "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" title?
I'd be curious to see what that looks like. Sometimes less is more.
Yes, there is a version with no pictures in the bubbles, and with no big bubbles.
Quoted from 113th:Could you post a video of it?
I do not understand. A video about what?
All the videos that we have designed, for now, for the kit, are posted in this thread. There is also a list of videos, and the current status of those available. The Hotdog video is almost finished, and as soon as we finish the next one that is the Ice Cream, I will open the order list.
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Hot Dog video, finished, the same version will also be available without text. We already started working with the video of the Ice Cream, and as soon as it is finished, I open the order list, so one more video and product ready for sale.
Quoted from Audioenslaved:Surely you’ve got a price for the kit and then the video add ons
Three packages, three prices, depending on the number of videos included in each package. I will fix the prices as soon as we finish the video of the Ice Cream and the order list opens.
BASIC Package ------- 5 videos (see list of videos)
MEDIUM Package ---- 10 videos (see list of videos)
FULL Package -------- 24 videos (see list of videos)
Optional extras:
1.- Preconfigured SD card (all options enabled by default).
2.- USB memory for user videos.
3.- Audio Cable (only for the original soundboard).
4.- WIFI App (not available yet).
Hot Dog video with no text.
And working with ideas for the Ice Cream video, for the background we will now work with blue colors, which are better with the cold character of ice cream. We have a few ideas to prove especially with the text that this character gives for many variants, also about the dance that is more complex, in the end many things are tested that are not good, and others are changed until they look good.
While I am making the latest changes to the hardware design (I have only replaced one chip of the original design), and preparing orders from suppliers of the screens, and custom cables. Everything is ready to open the order list, as soon as the current Ice Cream video is finished.
Video looks great.
Glad you dropped the S in hotdogs. 
Odd that no one pointed that out since I last posted. Especially since I was clearly wrong. 
Working with the ice cream video. We keep the same background design with rotating rays, but it will be in blue tones that are cold colors more appropriate to the character.
We have enough ideas to try, especially with text and character dancing. For the text, we want to try pink and blue tones, ice cream splash effects, and some graphic elements of cherries and strawberries.
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Please make my Christmas complete. I’ve been watching the amazing progress on this for far to long. Take my money already Please! Need to be on the nice list loaded with all your creative magic.
Now we are making some arrangements to the character's design, before animating him with the dance. Basically we are making changes in the design of the left hand, degraded body color, reflections of the glasses and maybe also changes in the right leg.
I've already chosen music too, it's the one on the YouTube link that I put here. There it comes with a watermark, but I have already bought the ASGmusic license to have it without the watermark, which is the one that will be used in the video.
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