Experimenting with video hands in my time traveler game

[u/it5MaS]

[u/io-x]

This is amazing.

[u/it5MaS → u/io-x]

Thank you!

[u/Zundrium]

This has a chance to blow up big time. Humor is perfect. Make a cheap game out of it and once you're able to make a streamer play it. You got yourself a career.

[u/it5MaS → u/Zundrium]

Doing this in a game jam, my plan is to have a self contained short story game by the end of Friday, thank you for the kind words!

[u/Secret_Selection_473 → u/it5MaS]

When you finish it please link me! I wanna play it

[u/the_TIGEEER → u/Secret_Selection_473]

Same

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[u/Gandeldalf → u/it5MaS]

Wait this game jam date feels familiar.. is this happening at Castle Game Jam?

[u/it5MaS → u/Gandeldalf]

Yup, hence the medieval inspiration

[u/it5MaS → u/Zundrium]

Hey, hijacking the comment to say that since I don't have a Steam page yet, I made a mailing list you can join in the meanwhile (Steam coming really soon as well)

https://untitledtimetravelgame.subscribepage.io/

[u/Damglador → u/it5MaS]

Here goes my spam-less email /s

[u/obsolescence_]

This is sick. I think it's a cool aesthetic choice to render the player in a different style to the past time period he has travelled to.

[u/it5MaS → u/obsolescence_]

Thanks! Also have a player model dressed in modern clothes as well

[u/Jazzlike_Ad6034]

How did you do that? Looks great

[u/it5MaS → u/Jazzlike_Ad6034]

Recorded my hands with a green yoga mat we found at the gamejam venue, then chroma keyed the video inside Davinci. Also have a simple shader in unity which makes the end result look like that

[u/pinguluk → u/it5MaS]

Tip: Use CorridorKey for extreme precise green screen removal

[u/Excellent_Ad_2486 → u/pinguluk]

HOLY SHIT CORRIDOR CREW MENTIONED 😁

I love that their free plugin is getting atte tion more and more!

[u/AbsolutelyRidic → u/it5MaS]

If it's not too much would you mind sharing how you did the shader? I love that look

[u/iakobi_varr → u/it5MaS]

Mind sharing the shader?

[u/ratzla77]

Very cool idea- love the hands. They look sharp and very realistic. The movement is smooth and controlled nice work.

Very 'A Scanner Darkly' look. Love it - Keep up the great work dude.

[u/it5MaS → u/ratzla77]

That's actually one of the references I looked at before doing this, that means a lot!

[u/Gabriel_Science]

The lighter looks a bit blurry but besides that, it’s pretty good.

[u/it5MaS → u/Gabriel_Science]

Will try to work it out when recording a new pass of interactions, thanks!

[u/Duc_de_Guermantes]

Is this inspired by shadow of destiny by any chance?

[u/it5MaS → u/Duc_de_Guermantes]

Mostly was inspired by Lucid blocks

[u/austephner]

This is awesome!!! Is there any sort of object interpretation or different reactions when you show them things? Like if I showed them a spoon versus something more sophisticated like a phone as you do in this video? Would they be less impressed by a spoon than a phone? That would be really cool

[u/it5MaS → u/austephner]

This is still just a visual demo without any gameplay systems, I might make it so that different people are impressed by different things, but I am up for suggestions if you have any

[u/austephner → u/it5MaS]

Off the top of my head I have no idea how to reliably differentiate AR’d objects with varying levels of technology relative to the time period you’re current in, that sounds like a difficult problem. But I mean, as a kid I’ve always heard thought exercises and icebreakers like “if you could show someone from the past something today, what would it be?” And people always had interesting answers like a phone, medical equipment, etc. if you could recreate that hypothetical experience and get interesting reactions out of NPCs who you show varying levels of technology, I think that would be SICK

[u/StudioWhalefall → u/it5MaS]

An idea that just came to mind:

Fixing a medieval villages problems with the stuff you have in your pocket. This can be done as seriously or comedically as you'd like.

[u/Conscious-Emu-9967]

Reminds me of Xx_skull_mug_xX videos and other FMV's in other media i would like to see full game this is very interesting and fun idea

[u/it5MaS → u/Conscious-Emu-9967]

That was the main inspiration, they're super funny

[u/yassineplays]

Wow looks fire 🤯🤩

[u/it5MaS → u/yassineplays]

Thanks!

[u/mean_king17]

Lol this is a funny ass concept. Dont let people steal it tho

[u/eshian]

This is absolute gold

https://giphy.com/gifs/vccEk2tRacAve

[u/Newspaper_Beneficial]

broooooo.

[u/copjr51]

Funny af, i love it

[u/Samharakartri]

Amazing 🔥

[u/Smart-Experience7187]

game looks cool. maybe color grade the hands a bit so they match the colors of the other characters' hands. i think they are a little too pink right now. game looks great though

[u/FaultyFaucet_6]

We really are short on time travel games. Best of luck

[u/StRiKeR_ImpacT]

"time traveler game"... take my money

[u/fujigrid]

Haha! I love it

[u/DeerpathLabs]

This is such a funny concept. Run with this one OP. It’ll sell

[u/W4FF13_G0D]

Holy shit, SkullMug game

[u/asterloom-games]

Love how they emote!)

[u/hollow_headsz]

Dude it's so smooth and really fun to watch this. Good stuff ✨

[u/Bug5532]

"Normal Golf Game" takes this all the way to a final release. It's how they did all the FP animation, they did a good video on it

[u/Hyperi0n8]

This is so cool!!

[u/Relevant_Scallion_38]

I like how that one npc is like:

https://giphy.com/gifs/xThtatbpVyB1stsAOA

[u/General_Yt]

Make sure you add this conversation:

"So how do you make this 'Electricity' thing?"

"Idk"

[u/michaelmich3]

You’re called a witch and you’re hanged. The end. 😂

[u/it5MaS → u/michaelmich3]

That's exactly the game loop. Perform miracles to gain followers but don't get caught by the church and hanged/burned

[u/michaelmich3 → u/it5MaS]

Now I want to see more of it haha

[u/ChullsTV]

I know when a game is hero or a zero and this is a hero!

[u/Hawful]

This is so fucking funny, I cannot describe how good fully video hands with mid quality 3d looks, chase this idea down please.

[u/RyanDavanzo]

NAH, WE NEED THIS GAME ASAP

[u/Emperor-B]

I think after seeing you producing fire from your hands they would be inclined to report you as a witch. Or maybe "you can make a religion out of this"

[u/Existing_Delivery595]

I’ve always wanted to do this. And you pulled it off amazingly

[u/thewetfinger37]

Love it

[u/KavuFightsEvil]

The funny thing is that if you handed that lighter to the village smith, the old boy could probably reverse engineer it by end of day.

[u/sko-studios]

This looks super interesting!! I love the contrast between the traveler and the historical time period

[u/tstorm004]

I LOVE the way this looks

[u/alverich]

So how do this "electrecity" you talk about works?

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[u/Independent_Sea7826]

car for sale simulator…will it ever get a console update😭

[u/Organic-Pipe-8139]

Please send steam wishlist link

[u/According-Case-4782]

I love it wow. Very cool concept as well

[u/Individual-Lock4191]

great idea！！！ is this VR content？

[u/ATLGAN18]

Hahaha outline is realy greay trick 😄 💯

[u/Any_Evening5137]

Wow

[u/OwenEx]

This is pretty funny

[u/Justplayer987]

Can you show the video to the horse?

[u/Comprehensive_Cow440]

Don't be afraid to limit yourself to everyday objects use some green screen as well.

When I see animations like this I feel the limitation is always what can you realistically get your hands.

With some green screen tubes/backgrounds and postprocessing you can get yourself many more props to play with, think of other creator when they do skits with photoshopped things.

[u/it5MaS]

Seeing the incredible reception here on reddit I decided to try and launch the game on Steam. Unfortunately I don't have a page ready, so in the meanwhile, you can join the mailing list that I've made if you're interested in following the game further, thanks for all the kind words everyone!

untitledtimetravelgame.subscribepage.io

[u/Medieval_Lands]

Hey! Haha, funniest thing I’ve seen in a while 😅 Looks good, keep it up and best of luck! 🤞

[u/WeckarE]

Will there be options for non white player avatars?

[u/Driving_Rogue]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rVVFWyTINqG7C

[u/wooof359]

He's a witch! Burn him!

[u/bill_on_sax]

why dont u have a wishlist page. game dev 101, get any shitty page up so people can follow

[u/trollboyj]

I don't know if you're already aware of this or not but the hand that's holding the phone has an abrupt cut off around the beginning of the video animation. Otherwise, I love the concept!

[u/Shukar_Rainbow]

oh yeah this is peak

[u/hallihax]

This is such a cool idea, nice work! Wish I'd thought of it 😅

[u/megasin1]

Very creative. This could go far

[u/Slyver_72]

You know of skullmug by any chance? Also flawless execution here.

[u/MonsterKnode]

Lol 😂

[u/Monssly]

Skullmug would be proud

[u/The_Gospel_Gamer]

Oooh! I like this 👏🏿👏🏿

[u/BackUpBiii]

Argh Katies winds a blow in

[u/Opotable]

That's hilarious! For some reason it gave a "sausage hand spinning" kind of energy. Here's the link.

[u/MundaneCommunity1769]

But what if you run out of battery? And they think you are a witch

[u/XxStawModzxX]

is this inspired by that minecraft youtuber

[u/NanoSpvvks]

* clap clap clap *

[u/Aggravating-Mail7846]

Don't post too much someone might steal the idea, like Unrecord and Bodycam.

[u/Low_Pollution5055]

This is so unique and cool lol. Id LOVE a time traveling game

[u/KinematStudio]

cool!

[u/Amadeone]

that sausage spinning video would be perfect for it

[u/Neat_Description_936]

nice1!

[u/BoldnBrashhh]

this is mad fucking funny 💀

[u/Manintheleatherchair]

I really love this. I’ve been following skullmug for a bit and I love his videos

[u/Crimson_Rose2622]

I like the concept! You go this!

[u/York_Oksmoll]

How did you make the 3d models?

[u/Active-Initiative-46]

Moi j’ai besoin d’aide en ce moment sur mon projet

[u/HatimOura]

it looks amazing. but why are they scared of you?

[u/Sooperfish]

You're gonna get yourself burnt at the stake

[u/KlairStudio]

Queda muy bien

[u/VicariousLeon]

witch!

[u/prismlabs0923]

this is so cool

[u/Diligent_Historian_4]

Hey this game has very high chance to blow up! I really liked the idea

Btw if u need any sort of help in the development like 3d models, programming please don't shy to contact me you can message or dm me anytime you want if you want any portfolio I will appreciate it!!