Gaming on a Budget Ep. 8: Details and Layering, Demon Stone

In this show we discuss ways to get a good gaming experience despite a money constraint.

This is the flavor episode for "Dungeons and Dragons Month." In this episode, we talk about details in games, and layering the player's experience through insertion of these details. We also provide a review of Demon Stone, a game that is filled with such details.

The video was done using DAZ 3D Studio (a free download), Mimic for DAZ Studio, and Windows Movie Maker. PC footage was captured using Game Cam and Cam Studio, and all console footage was captured on DVD and retrieved using Easy DVD Ripper. Special effects were done with Adobe After Effects and individual pictures were done in Photoshop. Audio was done with Audacity.

I hope you enjoy the show. Please leave your comments, questions, or suggestions in the feedback section below.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• DAZ
• DAZ3D
• Demon
• Stone
• Norsewest
• Lord
• Rings
• Dungeons
• Dragons
• D&D
• Drizz't
• gwenhwyvar
• Aftereffects
• Photoshop
• noobtoob
• WMM
• audacity

[velocityeleven]

Im wondering something, not sure if it was intensional or just coinsidence that this particular video has all these "small deatils" going on in the background, like fire-breathing dragons and arrows and such

[thebgbb]

Hehee. Yeah, it was intentional. I wanted to accentuate the nice little background elements that they put into this game.

These background videos all come from in-game footage, though many of the sound effects were layed down after the fact. I wanted to have the sounds, but I needed them to be light enough that they wouldn't interfere with the narration.

I appreciate that you noticed.

[megadeath45]

LOL @ 1:51.  His geek level is over 9000!!!XD

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

WARHAMMER 40k :D

[megadeath45]

lol a Drizzt smiley xD

[overlordtheslayer]

Great Vid  :)

[FreDaN92]

Nice review :)

[seance13]

another amazing vid! 5*!

[salvo711]

2:48

I appreciate THAT bee :P

but anyways, I agree completely. I mostly play games for their stories, since not only are they unique and fascinating, they're also interactive. video games place you in amazing worlds that give you experience you otherwise would never get. books and movies do the same thing, but without the same depth.

[salvo711]

1:58

how'd you get my picture? XD