Game Pictures & Videos Thread

[Mr EliteL]

That is sick and liking the lighting both what's on the statue and for the photo.

[Moonface]

Thanks EL!
I'm trying to figure what I could put on the right side of the Spyro statue that lights up since it wouldn't feel balanced to have just the left and center pieces on that shelf light up.

[Moonface]

I've followed this person on Twitter for a while because of their superb animated art/wallpapers (one of which I used and posted in the "Post Your Desktop" thread) and they just finished this piece for Pokémon Emerald, which I figured I'd share here since it's really cool and this thread is a fitting place to do so! 

[ShiraNoMai]

Love it! That's also the Ending Theme for the games (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald). I couldn't remember if it was Evergrande City or something else but I knew it was late game.

They're apparently gonna make a Johto one and I'm all :eyes: for it

[Moonface]

They're apparently gonna make a Johto one and I'm all :eyes: for it

Doesn't surprise me. They've done a few different Zelda games already so it makes sense they'd start doing more Pokémon ones. It'll be nice since I think they've only done Emerald until now for any Pokémon ones they've done.

Also, for anyone curious about how much games could improve visually in the future thanks to Unreal Engine 5, these two videos break down the newest update to that engine in a really good way:





The second one is the better of the two if you want an actual comparison video of a game running on UE4 and UE5, plus since Fortnite and UE are both by Epic it makes this probably one of the best in-use showcases of the engine. I don't recall how I stumbled onto these two videos since it was a few weeks ago, but I don't think many games are using UE5 yet due to how new it is and most AAA games having been started before it existed, so I'm kind of excited to see what games as a whole will be like when more developers move over to UE5.

[ShiraNoMai]

A completely immersive environment that would rival reality would be so cool to eventually have in VR. One of those movie scenarios where you don't see that you're in the simulation

[Moonface]

A completely immersive environment that would rival reality would be so cool to eventually have in VR. One of those movie scenarios where you don't see that you're in the simulation

I feel like this could only work if it's either just a visual showcase or the way gameplay functions in VR significantly improves. Floating hands and motion sickness would be two things that would make a convincing looking world in VR fall apart quickly for me because they would be stark reminders that I'm in a game.

I'd also have concerns over the mental impact of such a thing. A lot of people got depressed after seeing James Cameron's Avatar because of how beautiful that world was portrayed and caused a harsh fall back to reality upon leaving the theatre. Having a VR world that does that could have the potential to cause addiction or other negative responses from people who get too hooked on the convincing escapism it would provide.

[Moonface]

So I'm doing a printmaking project and decided to use an image of Spyro for it; this is the first proof I just got running my carving through the press to see how well the carving translates onto paper with ink: https://imgur.com/a/CAFknt9

Just wanted to share this because I think it's pretty cool so far.

[ShiraNoMai]

It's so cool! Can't wait to see the final product.

[Mr EliteL]

Damn that does look really great, and you say it's not finished yet? What else does it need?! Well I suppose colour but the black/white could still be a finish. Well done on the carving.

[Moonface]

Damn that does look really great, and you say it's not finished yet? What else does it need?! Well I suppose colour but the black/white could still be a finish. Well done on the carving.

Well first off this one is a proof, meaning I just did a test print on newsprint instead of actual good paper to see if the carving is okay. I did the proper prints today (9 of them) which have some more detail I added since my test pull, and I'll probably have photos on Thursday to share of them. This project doesn't require anything but the black and white print so any color I add will be optional.