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m0dus

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Oct 27, 2017
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Well, let me tell you about an unused concept.
Saw that Shadow of the Colossus Dynamic theme slide show pop up on PSN Japan.
It's one of those series I truly love, and if given the chance, my approach would be different.
I whipped this up in a little under an hour as a feasibility study.


This is super raw, so don't fret about things like camera movement or icon placement. Not really intended as any kind of finished product, but I feel the potential could be pretty awesome. this is running in the theme software, of course :)
 
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Well, let me tell you about an unused concept.
Saw that Shadow of the Colossus Dynamic theme slide show pop up on PSN Japan.
It's one of those series I truly love, and if given the chance, my approach would be different.
I whipped this up in a little under an hour as a feasibility study.


This is super raw, so don't fret about things like camera movement or icon placement. Not really intended as any kind of finished product, but I feel the potential could be pretty awesome. this is running in the theme software, of course :)

That is really cool!
 

jasius

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Oct 28, 2017
1,181
I don't care what the actual concept of the theme is, I just want more 24 hour affected themes, please tell me there are more in the pipeline, nobody does any justice to day/night themes.
 

sibarraz

Prophet of Regret - One Winged Slayer
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Oct 27, 2017
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Anyone has the link of the psn store where I could buy these themes? I never thought that they would have such a great quality, and I want to change my themes since lately I have only used static ones
 
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I just tell folks to go to the web store and search for 'truant'. :3
 

TalonJH

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Oct 27, 2017
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Louisville, KY
Is there a ResetEra theme yet? I remember rocking the Gaf theme for a while.

Edit: This is looking really good.

Had a few minutes to chip away at this a bit more:

Holograms are now working, I just need to dream up some content.

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Poutine

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Oct 27, 2017
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I always wanted this theme:


Sadly it was a pre-order only at the time and cannot be obtained anymore. Seeing the comments around the internet on how people want it I'm pretty sure that if you did something that looked and sounded similarly, it could sell! (I would buy 3, even if I only have 1 ps4)
 
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Oct 27, 2017
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I always wanted this theme:


Sadly it was a pre-order only at the time and cannot be obtained anymore. Seeing the comments around the internet on how people want it I'm pretty sure that if you did something that looked and sounded similarly, it could sell! (I would buy 3, even if I only have 1 ps4)


I actually did a take on this concept recently:

 
Oct 30, 2017
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I always wanted this theme:


Sadly it was a pre-order only at the time and cannot be obtained anymore. Seeing the comments around the internet on how people want it I'm pretty sure that if you did something that looked and sounded similarly, it could sell! (I would buy 3, even if I only have 1 ps4)

Damn I want a new ME game now ;_;

The atmosphere is so hunting .. ah the music in this theme...
 

Calverz

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Oct 28, 2017
2,586
I'd really like a reset era theme. I really like the neo gaf theme in 4k. Im guessing there isnt one though?
 
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I'd really like a reset era theme. I really like the neo gaf theme in 4k. Im guessing there isnt one though?

Not at present. I'd probably need Era folks to approach me in some sort of formal capacity, since it would require permission. The old ones were a community project at the time.

I think, If I did one, it could be distributed for free, though, which is a nice change from before (previously they wouldn't let us give them away, but that stance changed a year or so ago. ).
 

Calverz

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Oct 28, 2017
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Not at present. I'd probably need Era folks to approach me in some sort of formal capacity, since it would require permission. The old ones were a community project at the time.

I think, If I did one, it could be distributed for free, though, which is a nice change from before (previously they wouldn't let us give them away, but that stance changed a year or so ago. ).
Ah ok. I see. Thank you for the reply. I hope you get permission/support to do this because i loved the neogaf themes but want to support era now. I really like the era dark theme on this forum. The purple with the slate grey would look fantastic as a dynamic 4k background imo
 

sibarraz

Prophet of Regret - One Winged Slayer
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Oct 27, 2017
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hey truant, just wanted to congratulate you for your work, I bought that synthwave bundle, and it looks amazing on my TV, I can't believe that I got a good chunk of themes for a very low Price, and also I appreciate that you included music in the theme, publishers should learn from your job when selling themes
 
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m0dus

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Oct 27, 2017
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hey truant, just wanted to congratulate you for your work, I bought that synthwave bundle, and it looks amazing on my TV, I can't believe that I got a good chunk of themes for a very low Price, and also I appreciate that you included music in the theme, publishers should learn from your job when selling themes

Thanks :)
 
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Oct 27, 2017
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Something I've been working on in secret until now, finally figured out a reliable way to not only have a theme's lighting elements change continuously based on real time of day, but also have it change over the course of the entire year with 'seasons.'



In addition, I'm planning to include individual versions of each season variant with their own ambient audio mix. After reviewing the SDK documentation I've actually figured out a way to squeeze 5.1 audio into the theme package. So each individual season theme will have its own seamless environmental surround sound ambience, including the LFE track.

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This is the shit I obsess over in my free time. Seriously.
 
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File this under "why?" But here is a crack at a death stranding theme with variable weather. Uses procedural texturing, photogrammetry, and more of my dirty, dirty tricks to create a fully 3D environment in 16 mb of memory.
 
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Extended preview. utilizing enhanced texture compression, got some much higher fidelity assets in there. I've also included a little 'making of' with some behind the scenes wireframes :)