SinKing

Martin Bodden joined May 24, 2006

I'm currently working as Product Developer for a German Company specialising in new food ideas. I have always been writing short stories and also started writing film scripts a couple of years ago. Since I never was so keen about working on real-life sets, I decided to move into the digital realms and produce high quality machinima.

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Heya,

I'm updating a bit about what's going on behind the scenes. Apart from me picking up some skills in Photoshop, several new artists have joined the mod, as we can't have enough concept art (ever) and you can never find enough concept artists.

It's getting tough now, because some actual action is required by our Motion-Capture Studio, which is getting delayed by real-life projects of the studio. Most of the problems we suffer from derive from personal problems of important members, who can't dedicate their time to the project as they used to. I'm trying best to bring back the creative spark and igniting the desire to move on with the project.
We already missed two chances to enter th Make Something Unreal Competition and I really would like us see enter the third phase, even if it's only with a teaser-trailer.

Modding is no easy task at all. I find that out every time I try doing something for my project. It can be rewarding to see other people get inspired and start discussing features among each others and with me, but these pleasant situations are alway stalled by a lack of art or direction. We are only slowly moving towards a proof of concept, which has a lot to do with the difficulties of imagining the world we create in Rotoscope style.

The shader decision has still not been made, but I'm over the top with work already and I don't want to invest my available time in shader problems, when we still have trouble with the production pipeline. I know it would be better to have everything working from the start, but if we can't get the shader to fit our needs in the end, we still have the option to drop it and revert to realistic looking textures.

A lot of work and many things left to do are no reason to stop working. I can only support the team with fresh art and some artists I recently recruited. It still feels like there is a world out there to draw and I admit I didn't realise that creating a new universe entails to create a whole world, which may not fall appart after looking at it. What we do has to be believable, even in it's immensity.

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Sallycin
Sallycin Mar 7 2007, 11:28am says:

Jump on MSN whenever you get a chance. I have some stuff to show you.

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Capital88
Capital88 Mar 5 2007, 4:09am says:

Revolutionary interactive machina-type deal, eh? Well sir, you have caught my attention...

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UTUmbrellaSTARS
UTUmbrellaSTARS Mar 15 2007, 6:22am says:

Sorry Sin, I’m getting used to the messaging service thing on the Mod DB, and I’ve must off not looked at my profile half a year ago see your message. Only recently played about with my profile and made my ID picture, so if I have offended you sorry mate. Now I am used to it I will be able to comment back, plus my email is starsmemberj@yahoo.co.uk.

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sp1ff
sp1ff Feb 15 2007, 3:35pm says:

Bsg? hells yeah.

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LedKardova
LedKardova Jan 10 2007, 12:24pm says:

JEEsPERS Tbbt-tHANKS MieeeISTER!

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RatoN
RatoN Oct 14 2006, 1:40am says:

Battlestar Galactica :D :D

The reimagined BSG is my absolute favorite show on television right now.

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[EE]Kanot
[EE]Kanot Sep 14 2006, 5:29pm says:

DONT RUN THE SPRING CLIENT
Run Ta Spring Multiplayer battle room, Click options and click the account tab. Make an account. Now to log on and off click the plug at the left hand corner

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ambershee
ambershee Sep 14 2006, 4:42pm says: Online

Yah, I'm on holiday, I'll read it when I get back. No time for uber-PMs of death just yet.

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FusionStorm
FusionStorm Sep 9 2006, 10:56am says:

Sin, check your pm's.

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arklansman
arklansman Jul 9 2007, 12:14am says:

You should come sign up for the Empires forums, you won't be disappointed. ;)

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