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Bobert-Rob
All I do all day is make cartoons in various programs. Comedic animations, parodies of movies and video games. EGO FI.

Robert Winchester @Bobert-Rob

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Boy I sure should do something

Posted by Bobert-Rob - November 3rd, 2010


Well, gang, I'm in a bit of a dry spell. Not that I have no material to work with, I'm just not really inspired to do anything animation-wise. It's kind of depressing, I guess, but I'm just much more interested in tinkering with this old game I made back in highschool.

See, back when I was in highschool, around 2001, I was heavily into game creation. I've always wanted to make games, but when I found the RPG maker "OHRRPGCE", well, I finally had the ability to make them. Granted, they mostly sucked, but it was good writing practice. I wasn't a very good writer back then, but it was the beginning of a style I'd improve over time and incorporate into my animations, starting with HOTM.

Well, I've been tinkering with an old game of mine. Basically done in the style of HOTMinvolving me and friends going on an adventure. It didn't make much sense then, but after my tinkering it's actually coming together as a game. The bad thing is it's still an OHRRPGCE game, so none of you guys would get a chance to play it. I'm basically tinkering with this game for my own enjoyment, but it'd be awesome if I could take it and turn it into something I could actually release to you guys. Y'know, to make up for the fact that I'm doing absolutely nothing you can get into.

I have this thought in the back of my head involving maybe cutting the story into three or four games and doing each as a separate Flash RPG so I could finally start releasing stuff again, but as we all know I suck at game programming. Unfortunately, the nature of these games means the programming would be quite complicated and I'd only want to expand on the original ideas I had. That and it'd involve a shit ton of voice acting, or me trying to figure out how to provide voices for the 30-ish characters that appear in the game. It would be fun animating the cutscenes, though, especially with the style I've developed for it. This idea may just devolve into me doing a couple of favorite scenes from the game as nonsensical separate releases. I know you'd love that, heh.

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But not all is dismal as far as animation is concerned. There IS this idea I have for a parody that came to me about a month ago... one in the same vein as the short Matrix thing I did, but it being a TV show parody instead. I may do that one as it'd be simple, but due to the lack of inspiration I may not. It would fit decently well with Thanksgiving, oddly enough. Alright pressure! :D
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So... uh... yeah. That's what's going through my mind at the moment. Might do a game if I can find a programmer that's interested, even if it is a game with a dated storyline. Might do an animation if I can muster up the effort in time. A lot of possibility floating in the air. Time'll tell what actually happens, though.

(Damnit, I hate it when I write books... ugh)

Boy I sure should do something


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I just start reading comics to get me inspired to do something. (I'M GONNA JUMP OFF THE ROOF, WHOO!)

Yeah, reading/watching things can help with inspiration. Unfortunately, the only thing I've been inspired to do lately is mess with game design.

I thought you gave up on Flash. I'm glad to see you haven't.

Not yet, anyway. Just really, REALLY distracted.

Man, I honestly wish I could program your games for you, but I am a mere novice at programming,,, and I am still saving my money to buy FLASH :(
I envy the programmer who does get the chance to work with you, though, that person will have the honor to work one of the greatest imaginations of our time.

You flatter me, sir. But I do hope any programmer I get is patient, I have a weird process of idea forming. As in, I never really stop getting them. It's tricky sometimes.

Be happy bro. I'm sure you'll think of something my friend..actually it's been a long time since we spoke :L over a year now i think. but dude for all i can see stuff is going sweet as for you.. your animations are badass -good to see you're carrying on with siblings- and dude your just an awesome guy so do whatever comes to mind man yeah whether it be animation,game,audio,art its all good my friend so get back to me k :D

I try to be, but it's tough at times. Thanks for the compliments, though, I'm glad you guys still enjoy my work even when I'm not making it, heh.

Whatever you decide to do, it'll be awesome. :3 And don't feel bad if you decide not to do anything at all. Make sure you do whatever makes you happy. <3

Well, I'm certainly hoping to do something. I have a script or two lying around, I just have to sum up the energy to actually do them. Energy is hard to come by these days.

I remember watching half beard when it got FP years ago. still one of my all time favorites.

as for your game, you can always just release the design for any and all to see, modify, port, and what have you. I know if i saw a really good game that needed porting, i might just port it for fun. I wish more newgrounds people released their stuff under the GPL...

Well, the closest I'll get to that is maybe doing a cutscene mockup with how I figure I'd make it look artstyle-wise. The original game was made for the OHRRPGCE, and while it may possible for most people to get it to work, I'm not sure I'd want too many people playing that version of it. Not to mention the size of the entire thing right now is around 40 MB, which is a pretty hefty download for a game that only half works right now. I could always try jotting down a page of notes or doing a youtube video of clips of the OHRRPGCE version, I suppose.

Glad you didn't die. I thought it was over. I hope everything works out with your games and the new animation, hope your animator's block slowly dissapates ( God, Please be right! ). Big fan btw.

I'll do what I can. My big problem is sticking with one thing. But I'm sure I'll eventually get SOMETHING done.

Have fun !

I'll do my best!