Plume & Akakak

Hello Superlou, I can't point you to the mods you're looking for, but I'm sure other members of this community will be able to help you. I just wanted to make a suggestion, from the perspective of a video-artist who has also "shot" films in video games environments. Starting with a script is not necessarily the most reasonable way. Why not take it the other way round, and first fiddle around with the game to explore its functionalities ? Learn what your tool is capable and incapable of. Methinks that limitations can prove to be creative assets : flaws that can be used, limits that can help you not to spread thin, barriers that you can either admit as your framework or try to by-pass with ingenuity. Lots of fun along the way. Much more amusing than running after (sometimes imaginary) mods, in my opinion. Flexibility, lad. Dance with your program. You chose KSP like someone opts for a particular camera. It will be your primary material, don't try to bend it to your wishes. Reveal it and use its distinctive characteristics.

Temperance, Charity, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, Humility and Bob. What's the name of the one that has been replaced by Thorin Oakenshield ?

Why did I think of Wim Delvoye's Cloaca, a machinery that mimics the action of the human digestive system, and known in the higher circles as the "poo-machine" ? It is actually well designed and works perfectly, both technically and conceptually. Here is the Cloaca Turbo model (2003) : (unrelated : yay for Marty Feldman)

Having to learn how to properly bow in front of the cameras and before the mighty who are organizing the "public show of late justice" is the last thing one needs after a difficult experience like that one. The kid will receive presents as a sort of compensation, but the purpose of such ostentatious rituals is less to appease the victim than to soothe the surrounding crowd. In my opinion, there's something wrong with the idea that massive mediatization is the key to all benefits. And I have doubts about the fully angelic nature of web-vigilantism. It could have been solved more calmly, and certainly without the theatrical appearance of kings at the end of the play.

Er, so the moral is "Experiencing a traumatizing situation in which you have been treated unfairly then become the center of a circus act is a good way to succeed" ? No, thanks. I like to see the glass as half full, but I'd expect healthier ways. This is the kid's life, not a TV show.

Pfff. 20-year nostalgia cycle rule, peeps, it's the 90s revival. Don't blame the graphist, he is spot on. Back then, the future was candidly seen as bright and colorful, and the Internet would undoubtedly make us better persons. No one ever foresaw the invasion of cynicism, and bittersweet "facepalm" threads. Zeroes and ones as seen in 1993. How dated this sounds, eh ?

*worn out cassette voice* "Putting an asteroid up a tree." --- Flying to distant bodies is not my priority. Got other tasks to keep myself occupied. I have landed on the Mun, Minimumsnm, Duna and Ike. And crashed on the Sun's "surface" in 0.90. Never landed on Eve. Sacred ground. Forbidden til Plume gives me her approval.

^ Nice natural Halloween decoration. Nah, I just got micebros cruising in the kitchenhood. Quite a lot of spiders showing up too (old building with an old attic just above my head), but not dangerous ones.

lol, fair enough. That's not what I had in mind, and I know. (I've paid a few rents in my life with the money I've earned from graphic and sound designs. ) I was wondering what you meant by "looking good" and "being consistent" in the part of your post saying that "every part needs to look good attached to each other", "in a Lego style building game". More like a "Are Lego stormtroopers not allowed to pay a visit to Lego hippos in a Lego fire station at the top of a Lego medieval tower ?" question.

Sounds exaggerated to me. Someone with a vague knowledge of KSP would probably recognize each and every part as belonging to the same game. Vessel parts and environment considered, the overall visual aspect of the game is consistent in its minimalist form. (Some celestial bodies are still less detailed than others, true, I know.) As a side remark, it is generally when people start using visual mods in games that things can get all over the place. Boosting the graphical rendering of a single element or giving it any peculiar touch the modder was focusing on is usually what makes a game's visual style lose its cohesion. Highly detailed or manga-ish eyes on the face of a Skyrim character often look out of place. It is something I regularly observe when I see screenshots of KSP in which visual mods have been used. An emphatic lens flare or a richer space tapestry can look incongruous. And combining various mods often leads to something far more disarranged than the stock game is. But after all, why not. KSP is a sandbox, anything goes. As stated in another post, slight differences in designs and "wrinkles" are inevitable in long term-developed games like KSP. It's quite the norm today, with all the content additions that are here to expand their lifespan. I'm not sure KSP is at the point where it needs a World of Warcraft Old World type of revamp to be compelling. Ok for the Lego comparison. But what are the standards for "looking good" or being "consistent" ? That's treading on dangerous ground, IMO.

I haven't been wearing a watch for more than 15 years, and I don't miss it. Maybe a utopian mini-Clock of the Long Now though.

How far our discernment has fallen, for such endless, tail-biting replicas to be praised all over the Internet. I find them of little interest.

The Empire Strikes Back is the best, thanks to AT-ATs and Kerschner. But I voted for Return of the Jedi. It has that mini-sexploitation part with Oola dancing before the Rancor tears off her plumpy lekku and eats her alive.

Scandal. Where is the Caravan of Courage : An Ewok Adventure option ?

Nope.

Bob ! Bob ! Bob ! Why has this one never been Bob-ed in this Bob ? Der Plan, "Space Bob", from the Gummitwist EP (1983) / Japlan LP (1984) : Bob !

Oh music. It began as a family affair for me. My parents were involved in a local prog rock band in the 70s and early 80s. So I grew up to the tunes of Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. Then a goth uncle who shared his passion and curiosity for music with the rest of the family. He started feeding me with Current 93, Cindytalk, Laurie Anderson and innumerable beautiful oddities before my tenth birthday. Today, I listen to many genres. No restriction, I just love music.I listen to

A question for Lily and other camera-drones enthusiasts : what would you use this camera for ? Genuine question. I wrote that GoPros frightened me at first, but I see many situations where first-person POV images can be appealing, including the highly-attractive, never-advertised fantasy to wear a GoPro in the bedroom... I wager grandma's pearls that it played a considerable role in their success. On the other hand, I don't see a lot of, say "common" applications for camera-drones. My first impression, kinda confirmed by the direction this thread has promptly taken, is that they mainly appeal to our fascination for intrusive technologies. Fine, my grandpa bought a few spy pens too, and the streets are full of photographers taking candid pictures. Seems to me that using a drone to fulfill the inquisitive purposes it is associated to is a difficult task. Looks more like buying a possibility. How many times will a drone be really sent on a dareful flight over a plunging neckline ?

My old gas Eden, it's all broken !

Sure, where are the "I'm 17, and a half" categories ? A few millimeters months matter.

These are for r4pt0r, who seems to be into animated music vids : Adi Gelbart makes amazing music since the early 2000s. The videos he creates for his psychedelic soft-toy rock pieces are admirable. I'm fond of his unique sonic & visual universe. "The Device" (2013) "World War I Hamster Diorama - side A" (2013) "Please Don't Use Drugs" (2002) Gelbart's cow plushies formed The Lonesomes. "Crop Circles" (2007) : Finally, Gelbart communicating with potatoes :

Yep, I've seen similar camera-drones. Lily frightens me. Like GoPros did. The old gas in me still thinks it's funnier to duct tape a handycam to one's head.

Going tech'n'mech. The engineer and sci-fi aficionado in you may like these relics. My enthusiasm for Chris Cunningham, David Fincher and other Dave McKean-esque images withered a long time ago, but the 20-year nostalgia cycle in fashion is implacable. Two classic videos by Chris Cunningham from the 90s : - Autechre's "Second Bad Vilbel" (1995). Nice droid for a nice track. - and Björk's "All is Full of Love" (1997). Listened to this song way too much. It has become indigestible to me, but its video was quite something when it was released. - Speaking of Autechre, I prefer this video by Alex Rutterford for "Gantz Graf" (2002). An impressive track. - A funnier, kitschier one with Frontline Assembly's "Mindphaser" (1992). Mostly composed of sequences taken from the 1989 Japanese mecha film Gunhed. The Cramps, on the other hand, have . : D

I hope that's not because I made another demonstration of my laborious English. Yes, back off ya apostate ! Fan-made video game montages were what I feared when I started this thread. Hey, I had never seen that one ! I started suspecting we might have common musical antecedents when you made that Bela Lugosi "undead, undead" reference... Neither do I. Their lucky, formal finds are usually better exploited in works where the visuals are not subjected to the music and its promotion. Still interesting though. I remember my video teacher once telling me that in the late 80s, he regularly ran across Anton Corbijn's videos for Depeche Mode at video art festivals. A very nice one. I like the video for R.E.M.'s "Drive", though I think the watering part is quite redundant. Michael Stipe being carried by a heavy sea of arms is an eloquent image, amply sufficient IMO. It's a great song too.

Oh, and Reus ! around 10$ too. An elegant Populous/Black&White-style game, but in 2D. Not as easy as its cute, Spore-reminding graphic environment can make you think it is.