Funny next video for the public ? - fun thread

(RasteRayzeR) #1

So I could not really find a thread out here with this idea, but maybe the next video for the public could be done in a funny way. This idea came when I saw this video about tribes which made me laugh so hard (brilliant !):

//youtu.be/4MLDC55grt8

And to do such a thing you must have a very strong, distinguishable “style” in the game which we are closing on with DB I believe. So why not, for the next public video, make a funny one like a frag movie with funny moments (backstabs, headshots) and some bugs too ? This still shows the game but put the highlight on the gameplay while remembering that this is still under development (irony is good) ! The title could be : “Work under progress” :smiley:

Not sure if this is a great idea or a silly one, your thoughts guys ?

(Maca) #2

Sure, this would be fun at some point at the very least :slight_smile:
That Tribes video is hilarious
I’m trying to think how to represent the style of DB in a fun way, perhaps when we get more mercs and voice actors for those mercs we could highlight that.

(RasteRayzeR) #3

And I guess this would be one of the first video game showing actual bugs before they are corrected, this could be fun. For sure we need more audio content to build up that identity of the game. I’m starting to realize that this thread is trickier than it seemed to me at first :eek:

It’s all about this “identity” and how to make people watching the video thinking : “hey, this game looks crazzy, have to give it a try !”

(Volcano) #4

people will love seeing the sky rocket bug make sure to get that in there

(Loffy) #5

Nice idea RasteRayzeR. The video could be like: “Hi! We are SplashDamage and we are currently developing a game. Game development is hard work because there are numerous bugs and problems to take care of during the process. It’s not just about eating pies and writing code. No. Here are some example so far.” fun film starts, with lots of hillarious bugs + commentary.

Mind you though, it takes time do do a quality film. Maybe the resources should be spend on development instead? Still, it is a nice idea.

(RasteRayzeR) #6

This is just an idea, this could be done now or later in the development process, ofc the development itself is more important, yet this could be a nice way to say to the public that things are going on in a new way, a transparent way. If I were waiting to play DB, I would certainly want to see how the work is going on, get news !

Loffy, I like your narative speech, this is pretty much what I had in mind, except that I would replace the “eating pie” by “riding strogg tapirs” :smiley:

I’d love to get soon a feedback from SD, to know if they would support such an idea to make their next public video release. What’s great with this idea is also that it forces us all to think on DB’s identity, what makes it so lovable and remarkable.

long live the tapir :stroggtapir:

(Stumperd) #7

Meh. I don’t really see how making a video like that would help DB… It maybe sound funny at first, but people will only take SD less serious while it doesn’t help DB in any way IMO.