The night of fright ends

Well, Afraid of the Dark is out, and so far I am pleasently surprised by the reviews that it's getting.

I had the idea for AotD quite a few months ago, way before I considered submitting it for Halloween 08'. I was trying to think of something that was really scary, something that everyone could relate to, but I couldn't really think of anything. Then I remembered all those sleepless nights I had as a kid, and it hit me.

Anyway, I didn't actually work on it until the Halloween 08' contest started. I had to rush and cut every now and then, leaving me with little time to refine the art (something I plan on doing sooner or later). You would think that 2 years of 3D animation experience would have helped me with frame-by-frame, but as you can see, not so much.

When it was nearing completion, the only remaining work to be done was sound. If you played Dungeon Crawler, you know why this scared me. Luckily, I did a decent job of avoiding all but one necessary spoken line; I did you all a favor, believe me.

I think that I will do one more little short like this before I start work on any games, just to help refine my technique. I know I have a long way to go before I'm a great artist, but the way there is nothing to be afraid of...

The night of fright ends

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arcansi 2008-11-01 15:54:58

That wasn't scary at all you pussy.

TheWanderingBard 2008-11-01 15:54:58

I take it you didn't like it then?

captainlolz 2008-11-06 00:35:30

it got into the collection :D

TheWanderingBard 2008-11-06 00:35:30

Hurray! That's definitely worth a colon d! :D

Billy-Bean 2009-07-19 23:48:40

So when will you be posting your next piece of work?

TheWanderingBard 2009-07-19 23:48:40 (Updated 2009-07-22 00:39:44)

O_o

Someone's actually interested in my work?! :D

Well, right now, I'm working on a choose-your-own adventure game. I promised myself after the abysmal failure of Dungeon Crawler that I would redeem myself in that respect. After that, I have a lot of movie ideas that I've been wanting to do. But since I only do Flash in my spare time, it could be a while before you see any of them. If I had to guess, I would say by the end of the year for another movie.

Thanks for asking, dude!

captainlolz 2009-10-31 00:21:41

almost a year and no new flashes *sigh* :/

TheWanderingBard 2009-10-31 00:21:41 (Updated 2009-11-05 02:57:54)

Ugh, don't remind me... Everytime I got an idea this year, it would turn out to be too detailed for my messy schedule. But I swear unto this userpage, though it might have been a year without submissions, there will not be no submissions this year! (Seriously, I got something short and sweet in the works right now - check back next month ; P)