WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:04.930 Tpbhbpbhbphbpbh Nope Nope Nope Nope No oh! 00:00:04.930 --> 00:00:06.539 Oh, how about this one. 00:00:06.539 --> 00:00:08.349 I feel like doing this one. 00:00:08.349 --> 00:00:09.349 Have a look. 00:00:09.349 --> 00:00:14.440 It’s the opening sequence to the game Crypt of the NecroDancer. 00:00:14.440 --> 00:00:17.750 Watching this makes me want to play the game again. 00:00:17.750 --> 00:00:30.650 Um… give me a few minutes. 00:00:30.650 --> 00:00:34.830 The opening video and all the cut scenes for the game are great examples of how you can 00:00:34.830 --> 00:00:40.240 make an animated sequence without doing any real animation per se, and still make it look 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:41.240 really good. 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:45.810 You’ll notice that in the intro, everything is still images moving around, or in the case 00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:48.220 of the beating heart, being scaled to different sizes. 00:00:48.220 --> 00:00:52.850 It’s more like… good motion choreography than animation. 00:00:52.850 --> 00:00:57.390 In this shot with Cadence and the NecroDancer, there are five separate pieces of art that 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:58.390 are moving. 00:00:58.390 --> 00:01:03.079 The bones, the magic wisps, Cadence, the NecroDancer, and the background. 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.820 Each set of art moves at a different speed than the other. 00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:09.979 The things that are closer to you move faster - so the bones are the fastest, the NecroDancer 00:01:09.979 --> 00:01:12.740 is the slowest, and the background doesn’t move at all. 00:01:12.740 --> 00:01:15.630 It’s the same as riding in a car and looking out the window. 00:01:15.630 --> 00:01:18.229 The things that are far away barely move. 00:01:18.229 --> 00:01:23.090 So by making the layers of art move at different speeds, the animation becomes more lifelike 00:01:23.090 --> 00:01:24.520 and looks better. 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:25.959 Because it has lots of layers. 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:26.959 Like an onion. 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:28.209 And also an ogre. 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:29.310 That’s all this is. 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:30.609 Moving perspective pictures. 00:01:30.609 --> 00:01:33.250 A storybook on steroids. 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:36.430 This animation technique has some sweet advantages. 00:01:36.430 --> 00:01:40.389 Since you are using only still images, you don’t need to redraw much and you can focus 00:01:40.389 --> 00:01:42.539 on making the art detailed. 00:01:42.539 --> 00:01:46.270 Even though we don’t see it as clearly here with Crypt of the NecroDancer because it’s 00:01:46.270 --> 00:01:51.099 pixel art, there are more animations like this that use incredibly detailed still images 00:01:51.099 --> 00:01:53.420 to build moving scenes and characters. 00:01:53.420 --> 00:01:58.590 It’s also usually faster to make this type of animation than a fully animated piece. 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:03.919 So at the expense of detail in motion, you get detail in artwork and save time and money. 00:02:03.919 --> 00:02:06.310 A pretty good deal, I’d say! 00:02:06.310 --> 00:02:10.569 As for the game animation, the pixel art is very well done. 00:02:10.569 --> 00:02:11.799 Very well done. 00:02:11.799 --> 00:02:15.900 Good colors, good character designs, good sprite animations. 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:20.209 Pixel art is challenging because there’s not much room for error, especially with tiny 00:02:20.209 --> 00:02:21.420 sprites like these. 00:02:21.420 --> 00:02:25.701 You find yourself fiddling with one single pixel on the frames of your sprites, and if 00:02:25.701 --> 00:02:29.450 you get it wrong your animation looks choppy, if you can even tell what it’s supposed 00:02:29.450 --> 00:02:30.980 to be in the first place. 00:02:30.980 --> 00:02:32.580 Or it’s not bouncy enough. 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:34.310 C’mon, bounce dangit! 00:02:34.310 --> 00:02:36.040 Ah, that’s better. 00:02:36.040 --> 00:02:39.739 If you don’t know the first thing about video game animations, for a 2D game like 00:02:39.739 --> 00:02:41.540 this it’s really simple. 00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:45.280 There are sheets for each character with the frames of the animation on them, and the game 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:49.360 references different parts of the sheet to make the animation you see on screen. 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.400 These sheets are called sprite sheets. 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:56.090 So yeah, if you thought video game animations had a timeline like a cartoon does, surprise! 00:02:56.090 --> 00:02:59.010 It’s all one flat PNG file. 00:02:59.010 --> 00:03:00.970 For 2D games anyway. 00:03:00.970 --> 00:03:04.319 If you can find the game’s sprite sheets, you can replace them with whatever you want 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.480 as long as it is the same dimensions as the original! 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:08.519 There you have it. 00:03:08.519 --> 00:03:11.760 You can play Crypt of the NecroDancer as Scribbles now. 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:13.670 The mod is on Steam. 00:03:13.670 --> 00:03:17.969 Ok, let’s check the mail! 00:03:17.969 --> 00:03:20.140 David Wabissa writes, “Mummy, look! 00:03:20.140 --> 00:03:23.689 I drew a picture of a wolf with blue ears!” 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:28.893 Get down or I’ll shoot you with my C&D gun! 00:03:28.893 --> 00:03:32.950 My latest raid brought in a big stash of wolves with blue ears. 00:03:32.950 --> 00:03:37.730 Such as this accurate depiction of the majesty of eating a bowl of scribbles with clover 00:03:37.730 --> 00:03:38.730 garnish. 00:03:38.730 --> 00:03:42.049 By Keyframe Creations, who also happens to be a professional artist. 00:03:42.049 --> 00:03:47.730 Also, I recently discovered a crown, as you can see in this mini animation by EmojiGummyBears. 00:03:47.730 --> 00:03:53.349 And here’s a traditional portrait of me by - oh, oh my gosh, where’s my body?? 00:03:53.349 --> 00:03:54.650 I’m just a head? 00:03:54.650 --> 00:03:56.590 IrisPrismMLP what have you done? 00:03:56.590 --> 00:03:59.430 Haha, no, I’m joking. 00:03:59.430 --> 00:04:24.610 Fan art is the best. 00:04:24.610 --> 00:04:27.340 Has anybody seen my legs? 00:04:27.340 --> 00:04:31.730 Is there a drawing of just a body around here? 00:04:31.730 --> 00:04:34.010 No?... 00:04:34.010 --> 00:04:36.300 Anybody? 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:38.590 Hello?