BIP: Little Robot, Big Scary World - Chapter One

Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxNydBLtn3c
Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3v28kWdPgQ

Chapter One: "Button"

Meet BIP, a robot whose sole purpose in life is to press a big red button whenever it lights up. However, BIP is unsatisfied with his lot in life, and yearns for something more...

Based on the Choose Your Own Adventure story by Cheap Shot, as seen on the Something Awful forums.

Animation and Direction by Hagen "Canis Ex Machina" McCaig

Story and Design by James "Cheap Shot" Claus-Nesbitt

Music and Voiceover by Arron "Alea Minerva" McIntyre

For the original thread go to: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3145321
The thread might not be viewable to non registered users, but you can see the original artwork by Cheap Shot set to the audio by Alea Minerva here:
Chapter 1 audio with original artwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-34guJ8fc
Chapter 2 audio with original artwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfeGiIKth00
Chapter 3 audio with original artwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqhyH2t9Rbg

Edit: following some comments about the audio, I've added English subtitles until the issue can be resolved.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• bip
• little
• robot
• big
• scary
• world
• animation
• button
• something awful
• disillusion
• existentialism
• spaceship
• sci-fi
• adventure
• subtitles

[LOLWutAnonymous]

The only beef I have with this is when he hits the button. He looks kinda' malicious and angry. In the story, he was more, "imma do a real good job. PUSH BUTAN EXTRA SUPER HARD!" Not angry.

Beyond that, good work.

[hagenmccaig]

He does look a bit angry, but he's just squinting because he's exerting all his energy, summing up the full force of his tiny little fist.

[lolYOULOSTTHEGAMElol]

Wow, nice work. I love how at 1:24 the reflections of the porthole look like pupils - was that intentional? Like for a brief moment, his eyes were opened and a little BIP-soul flashed into existence?

[hagenmccaig]

It wasn't a design decision, but I did notice it as I was making the scene and I figured it looked kinda neat, so I kept it in.

[mightyzerg]

My little robot has come a long way.

[crypticedge]

Awesome job! Can't wait to see you animate the rest of the story :D

[GobbleStabler]

Im literally so proud to say my cousin created Bip. Its crazy, har har.

[custrag]

absolutely amazing.

[TBPNemo]

Holy shit, this is amazing

[SACheapShot]

There are subtitles to help with the poor sound quality. They were fine before they were uploaded apparently.

You can get the audio file from the something awful link to the story. (It's in the description for this video up there) Also if you like his music, google Alea Minerva.

[locolegs]

Turn the subtitles on?

[Sklavier]

I agree with

Lallander

[Lallander]

I can't hear the speech over the music.

[TheNesteaPlunge]

where can i get mp3 of this song?

[LordoftheAshaman]

Holy shit, this is amazing. Especially from 2:10 to 2:40.

[talorat]

please keep doing these, this is fantastic work. this will look good in a design portfolio.