Every time I watch one of your videos, I think to myself how criminally underrated your channel is! I'm positive you're going to blow up one of these days, and I look forward to seeing how your style evolves and grows. Love the surreal section breaks!
I'm no artist, so Stable Diffusion for the most part, since it's open source, mostly using Image to Image, but heavily edited so it looks like how I want it to. I I start in Gimp by either sketching out the layout using the sort of colours I expect or copy pasting stuff in the way I want it composed. Especially necessary for stuff like the opening couch shot, where it's a very unusual perspective with various items I specifically wanted to be there. I also cut out holes in the images with Gimp, and then use Shotcut to animate the movement. The little tunes come from an old M-Audio Venom keyboard.
I have ever since I played this for the first time decades ago (and child me barely understanding what was going on) made a habit of playing this gem every year at least once ^^ And praise to the tireless work of modders it ages like the finest vintage there ever was 🙃 Speaking about the Volition face (as it will forever haunt my dreams, past and present) I always figured it was supposed to resemble the “face on Mars” EDIT: And curse that FS1 “Stealth” Mission with the Dragon … that mission took weeks of my life
Once again, I am thankful to my favorite childhood game. For without it, I would have never found your channel. Your video style, though simple, is quite entertaining and is a breath of fresh air from the slowly rotting mass that is the usual modern youtube channel. On a note concerning Freespace: The modding community is surprisingly active despite it's 20 year history. Currently, there are several modders trying to make a VR mod for Freespace. There are already working 3D cockpit mods that you can look around. Give it time, and the tenacity of the Hardlight Production Forum members will result in that VR mod.
Freespace showed up during during the tail end of the early years of 3d acceleration. The net result is it had to play on some pretty low-end hardware so many people played it at HDish resolutions because they could with what they had. Most early 3d games may have had trouble with wide screen but they were meant to go as big as you had the hardware to take them. CRTs had no native resolution after all.
I really wish the third game had been made, because it would have involved actually finally going on the offensive against the Shivans, turning the tide in this cosmic horror story
Honestly I get your centament on old Games still being fresh in your mind. I recently replayed halo 3 and the way it looked in my memory. Looks way different now. But yeah also that baby analogy is hilarious
A flight sim that unexpected i have played 2 up to bombing the dreadnought the timing was way two tight for me. I used a voice command mod for this game so it stands out in my memory.
Thank you, a wonderful retrospective for venerable fans of a venerable game. And a well timed Yo Mama joke at the end to keep this comment from being too high minded 😂.
@ If you get around to it I hope you enjoy the experience. If you care, it originally came with an album of the same name by Mike Oldfield (who also designed the game); it’s an interesting listen.
This isn’t a critique of your name but when I search you it doesn’t come up be sure you either change it and/or use seo and tags cause you deserve to suceeed. You’re talented and your videos are good!!!
Thank you, and that's a fair criticism. When I type it in youtube and google it seems to come up these days, but I have been thinking of simplifying it or changing it, because it is awkward. I just haven't had the lightning flash of inspiration yet.
Yes, actually. It was going to be called Freespace, but that was some sort of disk utility. So they called it Descent: Freespace. Not in the same universe at all, purely for publicity. In Europe Descent wasn't as popular in the US and it was called Conflict: Freespace - The Great War, which makes it sound like an unwritten of theatre of war after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated..
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Every time I watch one of your videos, I think to myself how criminally underrated your channel is! I'm positive you're going to blow up one of these days, and I look forward to seeing how your style evolves and grows. Love the surreal section breaks!
Man I really love those little psychedelic transitions... how do you make them? Good channel btw
I'm no artist, so Stable Diffusion for the most part, since it's open source, mostly using Image to Image, but heavily edited so it looks like how I want it to. I I start in Gimp by either sketching out the layout using the sort of colours I expect or copy pasting stuff in the way I want it composed. Especially necessary for stuff like the opening couch shot, where it's a very unusual perspective with various items I specifically wanted to be there. I also cut out holes in the images with Gimp, and then use Shotcut to animate the movement. The little tunes come from an old M-Audio Venom keyboard.
I have ever since I played this for the first time decades ago (and child me barely understanding what was going on) made a habit of playing this gem every year at least once ^^
And praise to the tireless work of modders it ages like the finest vintage there ever was 🙃
Speaking about the Volition face (as it will forever haunt my dreams, past and present) I always figured it was supposed to resemble the “face on Mars”
EDIT:
And curse that FS1 “Stealth” Mission with the Dragon … that mission took weeks of my life
I admire people who love a game so much that they support it for years out of the goodness of their hearts.
An excellent breakdown of the source material. Thanks for the effort, I love seeing these games getting attention.
It's been years since I played Freespace - I need to do so again. Great Video.
Once again, I am thankful to my favorite childhood game. For without it, I would have never found your channel.
Your video style, though simple, is quite entertaining and is a breath of fresh air from the slowly rotting mass that is the usual modern youtube channel.
On a note concerning Freespace: The modding community is surprisingly active despite it's 20 year history. Currently, there are several modders trying to make a VR mod for Freespace. There are already working 3D cockpit mods that you can look around. Give it time, and the tenacity of the Hardlight Production Forum members will result in that VR mod.
That opening cutscene is seared into my memory. Thanks for the great overview and reminder that i should play these masterpieces again
Aww yiss, a Volition classic.
Freespace showed up during during the tail end of the early years of 3d acceleration. The net result is it had to play on some pretty low-end hardware so many people played it at HDish resolutions because they could with what they had. Most early 3d games may have had trouble with wide screen but they were meant to go as big as you had the hardware to take them. CRTs had no native resolution after all.
I played "the great war" a few years ago but never got to 2. Maybe next year I'll finally get to it
Knocked one out to this. Cheers x
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Great video. Seems like a great game too, didn't know it at the time. Closest was freelancer. I wish more games like these come out in the future.
I really wish the third game had been made, because it would have involved actually finally going on the offensive against the Shivans, turning the tide in this cosmic horror story
Sunny Side :D
(Awesome video, awesome series)
Great Video! Surprisingly for a space fan, this one is a saga I've yet to play ( I even downloaded Knosos, but haven't gotten to it)
Awesome stuff man!
Honestly I get your centament on old Games still being fresh in your mind. I recently replayed halo 3 and the way it looked in my memory. Looks way different now. But yeah also that baby analogy is hilarious
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Thanks for your video. It's a greate setting, great games.
Great video. If I might suggest, check Tachyon the Fringe, it's my favorite of the era.
I plan to check out a few space sims, and Tachyon is on there. One of the few I never played. A lot of people seem to regard it quite highly.
@@Gilgamechasaur For what its worth - it's my favorite space dogfight simulator. Bruce Campbell really earns his keep voicing the protagonist.
A flight sim that unexpected i have played 2 up to bombing the dreadnought the timing was way two tight for me. I used a voice command mod for this game so it stands out in my memory.
Thank you!
Thank you, a wonderful retrospective for venerable fans of a venerable game. And a well timed Yo Mama joke at the end to keep this comment from being too high minded 😂.
52:30 lol
I think you should take a look at MusicVR: Tres Lunas.
That looks super interesting. I'm definitely intrigued. It's going on the list for sure.
@ If you get around to it I hope you enjoy the experience. If you care, it originally came with an album of the same name by Mike Oldfield (who also designed the game); it’s an interesting listen.
This isn’t a critique of your name but when I search you it doesn’t come up be sure you either change it and/or use seo and tags cause you deserve to suceeed. You’re talented and your videos are good!!!
Thank you, and that's a fair criticism. When I type it in youtube and google it seems to come up these days, but I have been thinking of simplifying it or changing it, because it is awkward. I just haven't had the lightning flash of inspiration yet.
Have you try "HARDWAR" from 1998?
Yep, but it was a long time ago and I barely remember it. I do remember really liking it though, so intend to play it again at some point.
Wait the Freespace series is a Descent spinoff? Was that a US exclusive branding?
Yes, actually. It was going to be called Freespace, but that was some sort of disk utility. So they called it Descent: Freespace. Not in the same universe at all, purely for publicity. In Europe Descent wasn't as popular in the US and it was called Conflict: Freespace - The Great War, which makes it sound like an unwritten of theatre of war after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated..
Can you link that mod page please?
Sure bud, I put it in the description because RUclips comments eat URLs.
@@Gilgamechasaur thank you