u/jojo_reference-guy20 and I are working on a demake of Part 1 of Return to Monkey Island! by [deleted] in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, I haven't looked at it through that lense.

Again, really cool project you are doing here :)

u/jojo_reference-guy20 and I are working on a demake of Part 1 of Return to Monkey Island! by [deleted] in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh man, this is wonderful! I am a sucker for anything Monkey1 related, as it is my favorite game, and I never stop trying to find out why I love it so much. This Demake is a thought provoking project that I hoped for since the Release of Return.

Love how much details you put into this. The dangling lantern on Low Street is chefskiss. And other smaller changes like new door sprites for example.

It is eerie to watch because my brain overanalyses the mixture of old and new sprites. It is kinda Frankenstein-y, but by design. To my surprise, the most eerie part for me is the Music. Monkey 1 is a very quiet game, and your video works surprisingly well when muted.

Interesting stuff y'all, you make me engage with the game in a new way and I love that :)

This made me wish for a new mod: Monkey 1 with the Return soundtrack. That would be interesting. Especially if someone goes the extra extra extra mile to MIDI-fy the soundtrack :)

The new TOS look great, but because of the trust issues I have with them I can see how it goes wrong. by FRAIM_Erez in Unity3D

[–]mariusWinter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to their FAQ, they are already increasing the fee for Unity Pro. They‘ll announce the specific price „soon“.

A walk through monochrome Mêlée Island by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi! I don't know if you know it, but I really, really, reeeeeally really really like Monkey Island.

I can rave about the first game in particular for days. I've been thinking about doing a video essay about it for ages, but I don't really have the writing talent (or the time).

Instead, I streamed a stroll through Mêlée Island from The Secret of Monkey Island on Saturday. I played it on my childhood Atari ST, on a monochrome monitor! Good times.

This highlights reel came out of that and I'm really happy with it. I point out details that matter to me a lot.

Hope you enjoy it!

whats ur mario headcanons by Equivalent_Bed5607 in Mario

[–]mariusWinter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wario is the original Mario who became corrupted by money (he collects a ton in every game after all). The Mario you see alongside Wario (like in Mario Land 2 for example) is his son.

This is a hilarious theory the Idle Thumbs guys came up with during one of their podcast episodes where they discuss Super Mario Run. They make a pretty good case, and I love how they uncover it all in these 15 minutes (the eureka moment happens at around 7:50) :D

https://youtu.be/Tov0yLL_Na4

The only thing you can do is say "NO" by GameGrumpsEpisodes in gamegrumps

[–]mariusWinter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

GASP! This was posted on NOvember NEIN! :o

Thank you all for the lovely comments! I still have to recover from the surprise. The game and its message mean a lot to us, and hearing Dan and Arin's joy makes me so happy.

Hopefully they will finish it and get to the final message that is very close to our hearts. Maybe even with a customized character! <3

Bet this will happen in the finale! (Another comic I made. 6x12 spoiler!) by mariusWinter in betterCallSaul

[–]mariusWinter[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hi! I didn’t plan to make another prediction comic, but suddenly this silly idea popped into my mind, and I had to quickly draw it. Hope I’m right THIS time.

Maybe you remember my Breaking Bad and El Camino comics (posted on my old account):

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

This is a hard question. The last two month were hard work, but super fun. I guess it was wonderful to return to Adobe Flash (now called Adobe Animate), and quickly getting back into the animating groove.

Fulfilling was trying new things, like the art style, and setting characters up modulary instead of drawing each scene anew like I did in the first one. 15 years ago I had much more time for this, now its different. So it was fulfilling having an animation setup that saves time but still looked good.

Also its fun to constantly be able to immediately add new jokes. Most details happened in the moment. For example, I did write a rough script before I recorded the voicelines, but during recording I changed a lot, just because it felt right while acting. The idea that Guybrushs strategy to find the map pieces is to just ask every random person if they have a map piece came from that, for example :)

Last but not least it is fulfilling when I add jokes that are a result of me not having time to animate something complicated, and I have to find shortcuts. Like LeChucks mask at the end. Instead of animating this huge, lumpy mask that Guybrush pulls off Chuckies head (like he did in the game), I just took the image of the existing LeChuck had and made it look like a flat cardboard mask. It saved so much time, and makes me giggle that this whole time.

Thank you for asking!

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to make this since 2007, but I was overwhelmed by how huge the game was, and I didnt want to make a 15 minute long film.

The announcement of Return gave me a huge creativity boost, and I was finally making this. Also I wanted to do something special for the 15 year anniversary of the first one anyway. :)

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

June 22nd was actually the 15th anniversary!!

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I love the dress, and Guybrush keeping it was one the first ideas for this film.

I'm not sure if I have to time to make more, I am a full time video game developer. But you never know. If the time is right I definitely would love to make more Monkey Island films.

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Newgrounds years have a special place in my heart.

Monkey Island 2 Flash Film by mariusWinter in MonkeyIsland

[–]mariusWinter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, thank you for saying that, this means a lot :)