Breakdown & behind the scenes: "What does a hero truly fear?" + "Wiles of the Wisp" double feature!
553Long overdue, but here it is at last, the breakdown video for both my TI7 and TI8 Dota short film contest entries! More information further down the description, as well as a summary with timecode links. And I've made subtitles if you have trouble understanding me! :)
If you have any question about any of this, don't hesitate to write a comment! I'll do my best to respond.
————— TIMECODES
01:09 - TI7: "What does a hero truly fear?"
02:04 - Axe's nightmare
04:33 - Extremely high-definition ass
05:33 - Bane's realm
07:59 - Invoker's nightmare
09:25 - Coming up with the classroom posters
13:26 - The parchment
14:49 - Invoker, but as a four-year-old
16:35 - Classroom lighting breakdowns
17:46 - A Refresher Orb in 3D
19:17 - Pudge + Monkey King's nightmares
21:07 - Back in the Bane realm
21:35 - Ending sequence with a twist
25:20 - TI8: "Wiles of the Wisp"
29:22 - Upgrades to Bristleback
30:00 - Reattach to model
31:35 - Bristleback's lines
33:45 - Io & the story of its 27 particle systems
35:31 - All-new environments
37:30 - ent_dota_lightinfo
38:58 - Intro lighting breakdowns
39:36 - A couple of footnotes
40:55 - Story falling apart
41:43 - Forest lighting breakdowns
42:40 - Environmental particle effects
43:31 - Painting my own ambient occlusion
43:50 - Fixing the grass system
44:18 - The grave hole
45:02 - Modeling the caverns
46:25 - Size differences
47:12 - Underworld lighting breakdowns
49:30 - Evolution of narrative
53:33 - A few last footnotes
54:20 - The short, but with music only
————— LINKS
True Sight: The International 2018 finals
https://youtu.be/Bv4CqIxqTMA
TI7: What does a hero truly fear?
https://youtu.be/1HFBwMbJVAM
TI8: Wiles of the Wisp
https://youtu.be/-JvamBUE4kA
Thomas Ferkol's music
https://eidolonorpheus.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/eidolonorpheus
Alexandra Kern's artwork
https://zandraart.tumblr.com/
Unreal (1998) on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/13250/Unreal_Gold/
https://www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html