Showing posts with label Ko_OP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ko_OP. Show all posts

Friday, July 10, 2020

Goodbye Volcano High Controversy Part Two

Edit: I forgot to mention here that none of the parts from whatever model are used for other models as I wouldn't do something like that. Instead, many parts of some models are disabled using MMEffect.

Part two has the MMD animation video I did of the redone Goodbye Volcano High Reveal Trailer which I sort of posted on my Twitter account. Unfortunately, it is missing some parts the original trailer has as well as one more character. What's not replicated so far:
  1. The scene where the protagonist is standing with the door behind them: I've no idea where it takes place at as it looks too zoomed in, focusing on the protagonist character so it couldn't be replicated.
  2. The street at night scene with the female character saying something to the protagonist: Nobody knows what she is saying and there has to be a MMD model of the street scene or some sort.
  3. The performance scene: I've no idea where it takes place at and I don't think I can replicate it faithfully. Instead, I can try to animate that scene where the protagonist is seen DJing or some sort.
  4. The graduation scene.
MMD models of the alcoholic drinks will NOT be in the main scene which is the night scene where all the main characters surround the campfire as I bet that it's an inappropriate idea for me. Also, sometime in the video I posted on Twitter has the stage showing part taking place outside the school. What I mean by that is, before the match in Blazblue series starts, the stage is being shown before the camera focuses on the area where two fighters face each other. However, this is where things may be different after the stage is shown where the gameplay portion may or may not be the same. If the gameplay is sports festival-based, the camera focuses on the characters standing before the starting line for dash-type/obstacle course. If the gameplay is 2D/3D action-based, the camera focuses on the area the main character is on and follows their perspective. Or if the gameplay is fighting/puzzle based, the camera focuses on the area where two characters face each other but for competitive puzzle, that's not necessarily the case. A sports festival or competitive puzzle is something I can go for according to my take of the open-source idea regarding the gameplay of Goodbye Volcano High redo.
The Story Mode of the redo is said to be taking place in the original virtual world of Goodbye Volcano High with stages based on the original scenes. This is where the actual battle between victims and the characters originally depicted in the game with the victims being human characters dragged by some culprit to the virtual world. The other modes will be Dream-Match-like and include scenes of the reconstructed virtual world as bonus scenes/stages.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Goodbye Volcano High Controversy

As part of the event where the upcoming Playstation 5 games were revealed, this one's a controversial one as its writer had written the extremely disturbing Harry Potter and Pokemon materials involving underaged characters from two franchises. That was her past work but it's not the first time I discovered a controversy like that. A few previous ones included the M1 Fringe Festival 2017 which was like an adult festival and it was called out for disguising something disturbing as art as well as the cancelled Steam game, R*** Day, that was supposed to be published by Arcane City Game Studios. For that Steam game that was cancelled, it was kind of victorious for those who came up with the petition as if the Nu***u console is the only platform left for it as someone from that publishing studio stated that he liked something disturbing I can't mention here from his interview.
The writer, Kate Gray, was recently called out for her past work and her recent involvement in the development of Goodbye Volcano High for Playstation 4, Playstation 5 and PC like it's a cancel culture for people. You can give her a second chance but it's too bad that she blew it with the weirder character concept used in the game she works on. A family-friendly content she works on should be finer enough, damn it! That way, she's keeping a low profile but I suppose this is not quite the point for me.
When the trailer video was posted, it had tons of dislikes probably due to the character concept more than the writer herself. Even the name of the fictional high school/academy seems stupid for me although I can let the same name of the fictional high school from the movie, Volcano High, off since that live-action movie is about the martial arts stuff AND it has human characters.

Redo ideas

The story will be redone from scratch and in summary, it's about you battling your way through the weird fictional school in an unknown world you were dragged in and then dealing with the culprit if  you want to return home. The gameplay idea is up to you like it's an open-source idea I can come up with for you, be it an action game, puzzle game, fighting game or even a sports day game like River City Super Sports. In my case, it's going to be a puzzle game kind of an idea since it focuses on the native human characters' perspective with the opponent side being the game's characters' side. It may seem tough but the Spriters Resource website is the only place to take the assets of this game from for the opponent side although I have concerns about being called out for redoing shit like it's a fabrication.
Currently, I'm redoing the game trailer via the MMD animation consisting of mostly the models and accessories taken from various websites as well as to put in alternate music if I want to but story-wise, this is taking place in a reconstructed post-battle digital world where characters can do whatever good things they want like it's a virtual park to begin with. Unbeknownst to the culprit, the reconstruction of the fictional virtual world kicks in after you and other victims return home with the administrators formatting and reconstructing the virtual world after one of the victims calls them for the investigation.
Consider this all a prototype story and idea as the actual developers, Ko_OP, are still developing Goodbye Volcano High that will be released next year. It will also be released on other consoles after the timed exclusivity of Playstation 4 and 5 releases.