A little tease

edited December 2009 in Games
Probably dangerous me doing this, but I think it'll be done in time.
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  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    but I think it'll be done in time.

    and whenever we are down we will look at that post and be happy.*



















    *good through March 2009 ;)
  • edited October 2008
    How soon is "soon" ???

    Soon is, more often than not, not soon enough.
  • edited October 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    How soon is "soon" ???

    Soon is, more often than not, not soon enough.

    The definition is vague enough for my liking :)

    But I'm aiming for a 2008 release.
  • edited October 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Soon is, more often than not, not soon enough.

    when soon is too soon you can get sprays if soon is not soon enough find a partner with more stamina or of a different gender.
  • edited October 2008
    Oh, and it'll be DVD resolution/quality.
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Oh, and it'll be DVD resolution/quality.

    I'll wait for the Blu-Ray version :-P
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Oh, and it'll be DVD resolution/quality.

    I'm all excited now and I feel guilty for joking about slipping deadlines now. I didn't care when it was just your life you where giving up but now it's going to be extra pretty I care. Shallow I know, but honest ;)
  • edited October 2008
    sparkes wrote: »
    I'm all excited now and I feel guilty for joking about slipping deadlines now. I didn't care when it was just your life you where giving up but now it's going to be extra pretty I care. Shallow I know, but honest ;)

    Shhhh! You'll give him a big knob ... err ... head ... errrrrrrrrr.
  • edited October 2008
    sparkes wrote: »
    I'm all excited now and I feel guilty for joking about slipping deadlines now. I didn't care when it was just your life you where giving up but now it's going to be extra pretty I care. Shallow I know, but honest ;)

    *grin*

    To be honest, the only probable reason for lateness would be lack of CPU cycles :o

    And this is a beast of a machine that it's rendering on.

    Oh, and this is a special - it breaks the mold of the regular year-by-year documentary, is self-contained, and will be much longer than a single chapter.
  • edited October 2008
    Still too early :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited October 2008
    Yeah, it's only 15:17 over here :-P
  • edited October 2008
    Just tried creating a DVD of MPEG2-encoded footage - wow. The compression's really good (around 25% larger than MPEG1, I'd say), and the picture quality when played on a proper DVD player is stunning.

    Hands up all those who'd be interested in downloading a DVD ISO image of the Xmas special when the time comes?
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Hands up all those who'd be interested in downloading a DVD ISO image of the Xmas special when the time comes?

    As long as it's easily[fast] downloaded.
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Just tried creating a DVD of MPEG2-encoded footage - wow. The compression's really good (around 25% larger than MPEG1, I'd say), and the picture quality when played on a proper DVD player is stunning.

    Hands up all those who'd be interested in downloading a DVD ISO image of the Xmas special when the time comes?


    Me me me !!! (torrent it if poss tho)
    So far, so meh :)
  • edited October 2008
    Sounds good, still want to download one on its own as an mpeg though !

    Been making my own dvd of all your videos , superb to watch !
  • edited October 2008
    Hmmm...

    Watch this space...

    BUT - don't expect a full-on DVD, with menus, easter eggs, and the full works. This year I'll just be happy to get a DVD-quality image displayed on my telly :)

    And this ISO will strictly be an ISO, effectively a beta, and just me dipping my toe in the water to see how well it works. And it will be *just* the Xmas Special. Don't expect a DVD of the whole documentary series for a few years yet.

    A standard VCD-quality MPEG1 file will always be on offer for everything I release - it's the most portable video format out there, and seeing my movies on all sorts of weird and wonderful gadgets is just too cool to describe :)

    I must get around to updating the What's New page with all of this...
  • edited October 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    As long as it's easily[fast] downloaded.

    *cough*

    Assuming a 30-minute special, file sizes will be ~300MB for the VCD version, ~750MB for the DVD version.

    Yikes.

    Once I know for sure it's going to be finished this year, I'll sort out distribution...
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    I must get around to updating the What's New page with all of this...

    Just updated it with the info I've given on here, plus a few other tidbits.
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »

    Hands up all those who'd be interested in downloading a DVD ISO image of the Xmas special when the time comes?

    memememememe!!!!!!!!!!

    Can you upload to Newsgroups though please? :)

    Cheers Nick
  • edited October 2008
    JonNorth wrote: »
    memememememe!!!!!!!!!!

    Can you upload to Newsgroups though please? :)

    Cheers Nick

    *grin*

    I won't do that, but I've no problems with anyone else doing that so long as it's unmodified.
  • edited October 2008
    As you know, the Xmas special is made up of little parts, each about 1.5 mins long, plus or minus a few seconds as I want sections to end when a song section ends (no cross-fades here, more of a dice-and-slice).

    Two things I've just realised:

    1) the soundtrack so far sounds *really* good, and

    2) this could run to 40 minutes... yikes...
  • edited October 2008
    If you're playing christmas tunes over the top of it, I expect to here Jona Lewie somewhere in there :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited October 2008
    If you're playing christmas tunes over the top of it, I expect to here Jona Lewie somewhere in there :p

    Oh yes, most definitely. You can't have Xmas without a few dumadums...
  • edited October 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Oh yes, most definitely. You can't have Xmas without a few dumadums...

    That's what I like to hear :D

    It's "almost" not too early anymore :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited October 2008
    That's what I like to hear :D

    It's "almost" not too early anymore :p

    Heh, I started planning all of this back in June...
  • edited November 2008
    Real Life Work's piled up. Xmas special in time for this Xmas looking increasingly unlikely.

    Shame, 'cos I've already done 25 mins of it.

    We'll see how it goes.
  • edited November 2008
    Real life sucks :D
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited November 2008
    Real life sucks :D

    Yeah, truly ... no happy ending :-(
  • edited November 2008
    NickH wrote: »
    Real Life Work's piled up. Xmas special in time for this Xmas looking increasingly unlikely.

    Shame, 'cos I've already done 25 mins of it.

    We'll see how it goes.

    Well stop wasting your time posting shit. Get to work!

    Andrew

    (who can't talk, as Generation ZX is taking longer than I thought... When will I ever learn?)
  • edited November 2008
    Well stop wasting your time posting shit. Get to work!

    Andrew

    (who can't talk, as Generation ZX is taking longer than I thought... When will I ever learn?)

    :)

    Pretty much why I didn't do a book of my own!

    Right now I'm reading a Spanish phrase book whilst packing. It's got a section on chatting people up, which I'm sure will come in useful in business meetings with big seamen.
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