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Daru
osu!painter
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Daru
Putting this idea out there, would anyone want to create an osu! OP?

I figure I'd probably get more of a response here, and I suppose the General Development thread would be the project thread, this being the interest thread.

Basically, I was thinking about a quick 20 or 30 second animation that would be an "Opening" to osu!, like the openings to games like DJMAX or the Hatsune Miku games. It would play only the first time osu! is launched, or from a button within Options like "Play opening" or something like that.


Post here if you're interested in helping, as well as suggesting things about the format of the animation (not the animation itself). We would need people to help out with all aspects of the art, as well as music. I'm not going to sugar coat this - creating a hand-drawn animation like this is time consuming and would require commitment. If there are enough people willing to help and make this viable, then I'll start a proper project thread.
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adam2046
1,653 posts
Joined April 2008
adam2046
I think the best opening is the pulsing osu! symbol. I don't really see a point of having one for osu!, it's usually a feature as a sort of attract mode in commercial releases.
And would you have to skip it every time you open up osu!?

Maybe for osu! arcade...
Daru
osu!painter
866 posts
Joined August 2008
Topic Starter
Daru
It's not really a feature to actually be put in osu! (though it would be cool if it would), but more of just a project.
Faust
osu! Alumni
4,783 posts
Joined January 2009
Faust
Maybe.

I have whatever is needed for this. But I'll say it's unlikely for me to have time for this.
LuigiHann
Resident Skinner
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LuigiHann
Sounds awesome. Shame that the game still has no sort of story mode that would provide more material

I could help with coloring backgrounds, and maybe creating colorful text effects and such. I could probably color characters too if needed but my technique isn't super efficient so I may not be the best man for that job
Vext_old
987 posts
Joined October 2010
Vext_old
Would be irritating having to click through it every time and if you didn't then it's kinda pointless to have, unless it plays first time starting up and/or while installing like some games do or something.
Daru
osu!painter
866 posts
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Daru

Vext wrote:

Would be irritating having to click through it every time and if you didn't then it's kinda pointless to have, unless it plays first time starting up and/or while installing like some games do or something.
Yeah, it would be a one-time thing, the first time the game is loaded.
Vext_old
987 posts
Joined October 2010
Vext_old

Daru wrote:

Vext wrote:

Would be irritating having to click through it every time and if you didn't then it's kinda pointless to have, unless it plays first time starting up and/or while installing like some games do or something.
Yeah, it would be a one-time thing, the first time the game is loaded.
I wouldn't mind that, be pretty "spiffy," also don't post again and ruin that count Daru.
Daru
osu!painter
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Daru
Too late. :<
Lilac
Elite Mapper
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Joined December 2008
Lilac
Now I kinda regret dropping Media.
peppy
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peppy
If not in the game itself, it would be great to make a video trailer for osu!. This would actually be easier to do than add it to the program itself, and could be used in a demo movie for the front site/used in other replays or whatever.

Opinions?
Quaraezha
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Joined February 2011
Quaraezha

peppy wrote:

If not in the game itself, it would be great to make a video trailer for osu!. This would actually be easier to do than add it to the program itself, and could be used in a demo movie for the front site/used in other replays or whatever.

Opinions?
I personally think that is quite an excellent idea.
I don't think I have ever seen an osu! trailer before, if there was, it would probably just contain Random Gameplay footage.
lepidopodus
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Joined November 2009
lepidopodus

Quaraezha wrote:

osu! trailer
Sweet :DDD

Hmm... competition for.... trailer?
Mara
4,906 posts
Joined November 2009
Mara
I think the trailer should show beatmap editing/creating too.
Loginer
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Loginer
I wouldn't mind working on some backgrounds, but only if everyone else who joins is committed to finishing this. If the previous fifteen community projects are anything to go by, everyone will just spend two weeks working on ideas before losing motivation.

Edit: Oh, and this thing is finally finished. Might come in handy.
Mara
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Mara

Loginer wrote:

I wouldn't mind working on some backgrounds, but only if everyone else is committed to finishing this. If the previous fifteen community projects are anything to go by, everyone will spend two weeks working on ideas before losing motivation.
I can do some video editing, really. Ideas needed.
Quaraezha
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Quaraezha
I think pippi should be in there somewhere
She could be in one corner and we could have speech bubbles or have some voice actress say stuff about the features of the game.
Loginer
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Loginer
As far as ideas go, I put some thought into a redesigned main menu for osu! a few weeks ago. It features an empty, neon lit stage, with Pippi sitting on the edge wearing headphones. In the background, the osu! logo pulsates on a huge concert screen. If this is going to be an opening video, perhaps we could combine the two and make the video lead into that menu.

The video would focus on Pippi preparing for her next performance. It'd be something like the loading screens in Rock Band 3, except much longer.
Jalatiphra
294 posts
Joined April 2009
Jalatiphra
This would be so awesome.

code an example application , give it to peppy, let him use it if he likes it^^
Cyclohexane
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Cyclohexane
I'd actually love to see something like that, Loginer.
Miu Matsuoka
662 posts
Joined May 2008
Miu Matsuoka
A short opening like what osu!stream has would also be a great idea :D
Kitsunemimi
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Joined April 2009
Kitsunemimi

Miu Matsuoka wrote:

A short opening like what osu!stream has would also be a great idea :D
^ this

Also, for the play-once for first launch thing, what if some of us really want to watch it again? What if some of us want to watch it every time we launch osu!? I know osu! has enough toggles already, but I think one would be really fitting for this case. One for play once next start, play always, and never play.
Quaraezha
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Joined February 2011
Quaraezha
I haven't seen it yet since I don't have an iPhone/iPad or the App.
Can anyone upload a video or something?

Oh wait nevermind, it's in the demo video peppy uploaded
Daru
osu!painter
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Joined August 2008
Topic Starter
Daru

peppy wrote:

If not in the game itself, it would be great to make a video trailer for osu!. This would actually be easier to do than add it to the program itself, and could be used in a demo movie for the front site/used in other replays or whatever.

Opinions?
This is more or less what I was thinking at first.
Not really a trailer, though, but more of a project to just make an opening video like this:


Start at 0:59.



It could serve as an advertisement for osu! too, and could easily be made into a gameplay trailer.
I do think that it should focus on Pippi, and I like Loginer's suggestion about Pippi preparing for her next performance or something.
NoHitter
osu! Alumni
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NoHitter
Then IMO it would need an original song too.
OzzyOzrock
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Joined August 2010
OzzyOzrock
We could make one of those unoriginal but cool commercials where someone's walking around the city and they get ambushed by things related to the game or something.

But that sounds too complicated.
MMzz
Elite Mapper
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MMzz

NoHItter wrote:

Then IMO it would need an original song too.
Ozzy will sing it.
Daru
osu!painter
866 posts
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Topic Starter
Daru
Yeah, an original song would be cool. There's already an osu! theme jingle thing somewhere, so I suppose it could be built from that.
Has anyone turned that into a full song yet?
Nekoroll
513 posts
Joined May 2010
Nekoroll

Daru wrote:

Not really a trailer, though, but more of a project to just make an opening video like this:


Start at 0:59.



It could serve as an advertisement for osu! too, and could easily be made into a gameplay trailer.
I do think that it should focus on Pippi, and I like Loginer's suggestion about Pippi preparing for her next performance or something.

NoHItter wrote:

Then IMO it would need an original song too.
I could see this actually being done. An original song would have to be used as the forefront of the game however.

The characters in the DJMAX opening that Daru posted could easily have elements borrowed to be used with osu characters. It would be highly unoriginal, but it would work. Haha Pippi leaving from school and meets up at the stage with her group mates and then a super short performance followed by panning to the lights above. Then the bright lights fade to black and you see the osu logo and it turns into the main menu.

rofl I once redrew frames from First Kiss and replaced all the female characters with male characters (role reversal) but it took 1-2 hours per frame with a total of 800+ frames for the chorus and it was quite overwhelming. So I would be willing to help out some but this seems like too much of a commitment for most people and may not take off too well.
Neo@lex
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Neo@lex

Daru wrote:

Yeah, an original song would be cool. There's already an osu! theme jingle thing somewhere, so I suppose it could be built from that.
Has anyone turned that into a full song yet?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5735
It's pretty much finished, but no one's actually made a definitive version yet.
I'm currently working on a non-osu! related project, but after it's finished I wouldn't mind helping out in the way of audio.
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