MUGEN
I made a very cool run animation for the next character that's in progress. There were a lot of extra factors for this style of run I've never done before, and I had to test it in fighter factory, during the alpha stage, to make sure it looked right. It's a good thing I checked because it looked BAD. After a lot of editing though, it now looks NICE. I also collected the voice and sound effects for the character way ahead of schedule. I'm usually not fond of hunting for sounds, but this time I just felt like it, and it's better to get it done sooner than later. I also knocked out all the sprites for the mobility and guarding animations.
Most of the Mugen content I worked on is unannounced. Just know that I'm working on it. I'm always, working on it. The trailer for my unannounced project is now in the works. I even have the theme song made with help from Chat GPT and Suno AI, which helps guide me through the animation sequences. I can't wait to show it because the song is, AMAZING. Like, a love child between the theme songs of Thundercats and Pokemon, type of amazing. I just need to make the trailer look as incredible as the song, and that'll take a long time. Phase 2 of the new character creation tutorial series is now available here https://crashmind.wixsite.com/mugenbangers/tutorials-hub.
A.I.
Aside from the AI music, I also "directed" a lot of AI videos, trying all of the big names. Despite a number of claims you might have seen on YouTube and tech articles, it's not yet as revolutionary as they make it out to be. I mean, it's cool, but AI still has a lot of challenges to overcome. For example, if I tell it to make a 5 second video of Bill Clinton wielding Excalibur, it probably would. But if I told it more specifics like, Excalibur turns into a snake and bites him, or an explosion knocks him off his feet, it's not gonna happen.
I took a week vacation just to make a music video with my AI songs but because of the current limitations of AI, the best I could do was make something so laughably ridiculous that I said screw it, and made these hilarious, "wtf am I watching?" AI videos. I now use them during my Twitch streams during the starting soon, be right back, and stream ending screens.
Plans For April
My Chat GPT, named Lumina, made these amazing interfaces with a retro game style and palette that I was gushing over, which I'm currently editing and polishing for human viewers. Unlike last year, I can now connect my Unity project to Twitch with the guidance of my Chat GPT. I'm going to connect Lumina to the project where a lot of the events on the interface will take place, and with that, I'll include her in the Twitch streams, including the avatar she conceptualized for herself.
Phase 3 of the tutorial has a lot of ground to cover including animations, twists and turns, shadows, foreshortening, perspective, effects, gesture, proportions and more. I just need to find time to make the videos. They may be under 2 minutes but it takes hours to structure, record and edit. I may split Phase 3 into two parts since there's so much to cover, and I'm unsure if I'll have the time in April to do it all.
4. Come Hang Out!
Thank you guys who visited me on my Twitch Channel from here or YouTube. I had a couple of you come by and it's been quite excellent. Talking to you about Mugen makes the experience five times more fun and exciting and it always motivates me to develop more, like when I see a JusMugen video at the start of the month. Whether you're a developer, player, fan, need background noise, or just wanna hang out and see what's up, you can do so here https://www.twitch.tv/pulloffprime.
I'm now streaming Sunday through Thursday, 5-7pm Pacific time. If you have anything you'd want covered in the tutorial series, tell me. Something may have slipped my mind. For the start of April, the scheduled lineup is Stray, Super Meat Boy, Coffee Talk, Ori And The Blind Forest and Spiritfarer. Most of these games I've never played before. You can also join the Discord to receive notifications whenever I go live!
My Social
Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/pulloffprime
Discord - https://discord.gg/SVMB88yk
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@PulloffPrime
Back to Home Page - https://crashmind.wixsite.com/mugenbangers
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