Controlled Chaos; or, Second Origins (demo up to Ch 8)

[Watercolorheart]

The artifacts were REALLY visible to me, because I had to save each image seperately. When I batched them all to JPEG and converted and ran it again, I noticed that the compression changed each time, particularly around the face ...

Like a bad GIF, the diffusion is different each time ... too bad I didn't set them all up for compositing, but then I would lose some effects and things.

So, I dunno. I'll figure it out later.

Also, I tried converting the 128 bit rate mp3s to OGG, and they ended up 150% larger. WTF?

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Erm, well, the voice actors got the stripped down text of Chapter Three, since that's all that's there right now. No special pictures or anything.

So, since I voice-acted for Laura for an hour and half and spent another hour coding it BEFORE I realized that 56 bit rate sounded awful (very tinny, noticable loss of quality) and that I'd have to redo all of it again ...

(sigh) ...

Probably another few days or so before I feel confident to release.

[monele]

Also be aware of reds in the picture. Might have to up the quality a bit if there is red somewhere because it gets artifacts pretty quickly :/

EDIT :

Also, I tried converting the 128 bit rate mp3s to OGG, and they ended up 150% larger. WTF?

Well there's also a quality involved with OGG... 128kbits OGG = 128kbits MP3... that's pretty much the only truth about it I think ô_o. But supposedly, you could have 96kb OGG sounding as good as 128kb MP3. What are you using to convert ?

[Alessio]

Also, I tried converting the 128 bit rate mp3s to OGG, and they ended up 150% larger. WTF?

First of all I'd recommend to re-encode to OGG from the original .WAV files. Converting from one compressed format to another (e.g. MP3 to OGG-Vorbis) will yield a less good result. I can do that for Bion's lines if you want, I still have the WAV files.

About the file size: Like with MP3, you can encode OGG-Vorbis using different options (mono vs. stereo, compression amount). With equal quality, OGG-Vorbis files are a bit smaller than MP3 ones IMHO. OGG-Speex might offer even better speech compression than OGG-Vorbis, but I have never tried it.

I voice-acted for Laura for an hour and half and spent another hour coding it BEFORE I realized that 56 bit rate sounded awful (very tinny, noticable loss of quality) and that I'd have to redo all of it again ...

Redo it... I hope you mean the encoding, and not the voice acting. I hope you still have your original WAV files.

The cutting of the WAV files is time-consuming, but encoding is actually fairly easy with e.g. oggdropXPd, just drag & drop.

[monele]

I recommend the use of dbPowerAmp converter for batch converts btw ^^. Unless you have something better.. in which case *I* am interested ^^

[Watercolorheart]

I still have all my original OGG files, but these are backed up as a last resort, should - for some odd reason - I corrupt all the files in my game folder.

Oh, well, just forget about it. I'll just do OGG from here on out.

Also, I am using Audacity to encode to OGG.

[Watercolorheart]

Wow, sorry for the lag.

I've got Chapter 3 done, the only thing left is coding in the correct PNGs as composite images, and re-recording Laura's lines. I've been waiting on my other voice actors, but so far .... nothing from the girl who was going to do Yukina, or from the guy who'll do Matthew, so I suppose I'll need to just forge ahead without.

Look, it's a crappy picture XD.

So, I'll try to get something done. I also was wasting my time on an animation of Yukina that I'm unhappy with because it doesn't look "professional."

[Watercolorheart]

Bion sprite

[Watercolorheart]

The new Chapter Three update. With voice-acting and some more sprites and stuff.

[DaFool]

For something that started as an overnight thing, I'd say this is really promising.

And your speed of production is insane! I still haven't finished reviewing the latest installment.

[Watercolorheart]

I make a lot of drawings for this game D:

[Watercolorheart]

*whine* Please review ...

[mikey]

*whine* Please review ...

But you'll understand if I want to wait for the full version, right? I played the two-chapter demo, but nothing since. But I'm looking forward, although I also want to have a full experience for myself.

I made a big fat error on this picture D: .... in the design ... whoops ...

I couldn't resist to take a look - ah, the memories... Remember how you also did the Ochi & apron accident? Unfortunately, this one can't really be used no matter what you'd do.

[Watercolorheart]

Unfortunately, this one can't really be used no matter what you'd do.

Actually, not counting various concept art (and having to change the titlescreen) ... there's only one CG I would need to modify: the sleeping CG.

I didn't like it anyway, the hair is ugly -_-;.

[Alessio]

Very nice, especially Matthew. Has something of an 80ies anime style. ^_^

[Watercolorheart]

^80s style? *grin* I've not been told that before.


I don't know if I've even watched that much older anime, unless Evangelion and Escaflowne count ...

Anyway, I set up a voice-acting thread like Pytom suggested, even if its a tad belated. So far, nothing in my inbox, but I do realize it takes a while to prep such things.

http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/sh ... hp?t=16343

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Gonna go lock myself in the bedroom now, and try to write. Someone will always knock on my door at 10 AM and be like, "Ashley, time to get ... oh, you're already up."