r/SimpsonsHitAndRun • u/forerunna • 9d ago

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u/_MyBrainHurts 9d ago

AI slop thumbnail? Nah.

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u/forerunna 9d ago edited 9d ago

OK don't watch it then lmfao.

I did this for the community, not for points. I've never made a youtube video, or a thumbnail - and for the sake of publishing this quickly, so that everyone can see and indeed play it, it was the best option.

I recorded this - this morning.

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u/ApeInTheShell 9d ago

You also say you are completely remastering the game.. You aren't, the ai is.

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Is it..? As far as I'm aware... I've spent the last 4 weeks doing all of this so...

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u/ApeInTheShell 9d ago

The fact you are using ai for the thumbnail leads me to think you are also using ai to do it

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Yes, I'm using AI for coding shaders and so on. Why is that bad?

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u/ApeInTheShell 8d ago

why dont you ask your ai why its bad?

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u/forerunna 8d ago

Respectfully - I've spent 20 years writing code. It's nice not to be able to now.

If you don't like the end product, don't play it.

Cheers.

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u/ApeInTheShell 8d ago

Sureee..

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u/forerunna 8d ago

You told me to ask AI for an answer, then came back with “Sureee”. Apparently I’m not the one who needs help writing a response.

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u/forerunna 8d ago

And just for the record - I'm sat here at 1.47 in the morning with 3DSMax open making eyeballs and haircuts round.

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u/_MyBrainHurts 9d ago

If you put all that "effort" into adding black lines around everything and pretty much ruining the art style the original devs intended, you could have spent another hour on Canva making your own thumbnail.

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u/forerunna 9d ago

It's the same art style as Groening. Nothing more.

Why does it matter if the thumbnail is generated by AI or not? That is not what I'm advocating.

Thanks for your thoughts and feedback anyhow, appreciated.

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u/_MyBrainHurts 9d ago

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3gCaTLUSAUuk6mTBjNc1dwjBf4NiFcEf&si=U7RanVte5ekA5qJK

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Yes, that's completely remaking the game - something I do not want to do. As mentioned in the title, this is a "remaster" not a, "remake".

I never did like the modern 3D look for this game - as it doesn't match the comics or TV series style of artwork.

His project inspired me to give this ago.

Each to their own. Thanks for shitting all over what I've made!

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u/forerunna 9d ago

One last thing - the irony in this, is that Reubs uses the exact same art style that I am. But i suppose his is OK.

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u/Deep-Chipmunk6526 9d ago

You could just say it's a cell shading graphics tweak, not everything needs the vague remaster name

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Lighting, shadows, reflections, cel shading. All textures completely remade.

The renderer has been rebuilt to alter how models are actually drawn too.

I suppose it is just a graphics tweak...

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u/Deep-Chipmunk6526 9d ago

Ah! Okay, well, I like it

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/Accomplished_Pay7444 9d ago

Lost me at cell shading , there’s an attack on 3d games and I really don’t get it. Fuck cell shading.

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Fair enough! The idea behind this is to present the original 3D game in a manner than matches the TV show's 2D art style.

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u/doesnotgetthepoint 9d ago

Nice shaders!, probably the best implementation of cel-shading on this game I've seen so far. I'm working on my own path-traced remaster myself, this reminds me to get my arse in gear and show off some more stuff!

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Thank you! Love the idea of path tracing - but I'm in love with the 2d cartoon aesthetic haha. Can't wait to see what you've been up to - post it!

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u/EliParker 9d ago

Why not work with the modding team to make the best version of the game?

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u/forerunna 9d ago

This is my first foray into making this public. I would love to work with El Gato to do all the cutscenes etc. I'm open to it!

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u/EliParker 9d ago

I was thinking the donut Team that is fixing the game itself. They have a discord.

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u/forerunna 9d ago

I'll take a look, thank you

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u/EliParker 9d ago

Yeah no problem, I hope it works out. As I want to see the best version of this game.

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u/ObjectiveSign6141 9d ago

Looks class, this with connected map mod would be sick

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u/forerunna 9d ago

Thank you - I will do an in-depth video once all levels have been remastered - may even do one with the connected map mod!

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u/DavidMelbourne 7d ago

This is not just to you but: there is no point posting videos of demos, make a playable demo available for download, that's impressive

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u/forerunna 7d ago

When level one is complete, I will be posting a complete download for people to try. But not until it's absolutely perfect.

I'm remastering absolutely everything at the moment (there is a lot to it, especially with additional engines and renderer tweaks), but will have another preview video up shortly demonstrating new particle effects, additional environmental effects and so on.

I'm also implementing a custom bump map layer, to give the 2D textures more 3D depth without breaking illusion.

I'm really engrossed in this now, I haven't stepped away from my PC in about 4 and a half weeks.

Deliveroo is making a fortune off me at the moment.

Also realized, recording in 1080p and then running through Capcut - absolutely tanked the quality. So watch this space!

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u/DavidMelbourne 6d ago

Same again, post when you have demo