hey, now that the world is turning into a hilarious surreal show, there is an untapped market, and that’s virtual videogame characters hosting virtual satiric shows. For example in the real world in the US there is Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert etc.
The goal of this project is to have random videogame characters having their take on the real world. Basically, the idea is to combine current news with an Onion surreal approach and delivered via videogame characters lamenting on-screen.
Anyways, take a look at a quick example, Cmdr. Shepard from Mass Effect series delivering a message on behalf of the Galactic Council.
This example came to be by accident, because out of curiosity I accidentally reversed engineered the phonemes mapping in FaceFX. so far the lip-synching was tested with Mass Effect 1, Borderlands 2 (Handsome Jack FTW!!!), Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, Bulletstorm characters.
The current proof of concept was put together in UDK 3, as it uses an integrated FaceFX license, but after a UE4 FaceFX license is purchased, the process is the same. The final editing uses Adobe After Effects.
The project can use:
-better production values and producer
-better writing
-better voice acting
-better directing
-etc.
if this project takes off, it would have a weekly format, and all the participants get a share from the common Patreon pool, if available. in future episodes, we can have several different characters engaging in a debate, for example Shepard versus Handsome Jack!
Any ideas, interest, support, etc., just drop a line here.