- this example implies a park setting
as
a tap into the
subconscious dream world - an example of the most modern of all the structures that will end up on Nemo’s Mind
- a park setting with bridges and ponds as the center of
dreams
- as you approach the carousel its purpose is not apparent -
roof is vaguely a carousel roof with broken lamp posts hanging upside down from edges of
roof - an evening dream sequence starts up/so it fades in and swirls in like clouds -
lamps turn on and music fades in - then the core center of the
carousel's rotating background - then a zebra going opposite
direction - then a lion chasing it - and then both turn into saddled carousel rides -
another pair appears 2 dolphins jumping - 2 horses playing -
kangaroo and ostrich - some pairs become rides right next
to each other and some stop to become rides one behind other - like a giraffe and baby - some of this is
activated as you step closer and others by sequence - don’t make it so player can
test by inching closer and closer - should only be a few triggers by distance
- once explorer is on a saddle or bench then carousel lifts off into the stars passing by the skyscrapers
- can crawl up through door in center to the roof and quieter music - only way off is to
step off the carousel - stepping off triggers animals flying off into the star patterns after turning back into
live creatures - as glow of lamps die the ground appears like you never left
it and terrain fades back in - symbolizes how all carousels take us away from
where we really are - see the constellations -
maybe some cool motion blur to give the stars circular tracks against
the sky as the view rotates
- a golden ring as dream artifact
(for use at the dream sphere) at the carousel
- when carousel lifts up it climbs and rotates slow to see the terrain slide downward and possibly catch participant off guard instead of
being obvious the carousel is lifting off - great example of the detail needed in tomorrow's
art interactive programs - to control the carousel the explorer
could ride the turtle slows the carousel down for that participant
and riding giraffe/rabbit speeds up/climbs to highest altitude etc. crocodile would bring
back down to the earth
- carousels mural on the middle part is longer than
realistically possible by a 100 fold - give another thing the player can do - watch the
art flow by - the mural screen could flow up or downward and even reverse directions
- mural could be 2
layered/ 2 panels deep for scrolling effects
- all this to powerful music like the ninth track
"Message" off Vangelis' "Direct"
EXTRA RECOVERED NOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- This
terrain is a turn of the century (the other one) European view of
its own architectural roots - this terrain is an example of how easy
it is to take our rich global heritage and be able to fill a whole
terrain with architecture within any constraints desired - this terrain
sticks to spherical influenced architecture, columns from
ancient Greek to present day, and in this case all European all
architecture
- Will
look like a turn of the century landscape painting and the terrain
selection screen picture of this terrain will reflect that - a
bluish white distance fogging (non-gamers will be fascinated how
structures can be in distance fogging and then disappear or
reappear) possibly mixed with clouds as back drop to gently
rolling hills and structures - reminiscent of Maxfield
Parish (use same sepia type colors) - all structures
that are accessible are round or have motifs incorporating
spherical or circular architecture - will have lots of European
structured park and garden effects such as well defined paths and
lawn cut in a circle around the base of trees - very European
style manicured terrain - earlier part of terrain reflects turn of
century fascination with ancient Greek and Roman - structures as
you climb from beach are old ruins and become more recent
architecturally as you move up the slope - time theme
- Anything
to be surreal max out on that in the dream zones
- a
whole study of the use of columns and arches is made as you climb
the centuries of Europe a study in how much can be done within
self imposed restrictions showing a tight theme such as
all structures must be round all else is in ruins
- the
big draw of this terrain is the carousel - users will habitually do
the dolphin camera ride and the walk up the hill side and this
ritual will train anticipation/objective
·
Surreality
- structures
might use lots of translucency to add to that surreal dream thing
- Invisible
structures that only the light of the user reveals parts or the
structure casts shadow from user so all is darker and lighting
up the floor within rooms shows edges including stairways - use
this to flesh out decayed structures!!! Such as a whole castle
structure fades in just barely with the light of the user!!
but parts are still physically in place as ruins also end up
getting high into castle and look down on surroundings perfect
DENSITY! More into
one area overlap even so dynamic views etc. and of course
lends to that surreal impact can use cheap over used textures
since little is seen at a time and it is see thru
- there
will be an alternate terrain to this one in all gray scale (with
some sparse hand coloring effects?) so alternate terrain will be
limited to 8 bit color or just limit it on individual textures
and leave the buildings colored? Less texture memory!!? Less work
on the textures if I did this in all 3 terrains so wouldnt have
to have very good textures for the natural stuff!!
- Do
euro in total sepia tones and color? (easy to do with gray scale
textures with one color added and vertex shading cheap on
texture memory) subdued colors maxfield parrish style
faded unique color style but all in warm tones
- Triggers
when leaving an area rearrange structures and tress perhaps into
or out of circles perhaps some structures have disappearing
parts or more is added to the area or replaced!!!!!!!!
- Have
fairy lights that move by self near user to show off shadowing on
3D and height map surfaces
- Make
some structures that do incredible things with snow or rain
maybe like a rain spout with a fountain effect? Or sprays in a fan
into lights?
·Use
terrain objects for waves to have real crests and troughs hitting
shore have another right at the shore edge to simulate fall back
or 2 sheets in an oval pattern loop (motion of terrain object as
seen from side) so each sheet falls back into ocean
- dunes
and beach and under water sand wavelet surfacing and an algae area
would be real easy with the terrain objects texture - smooth dunes
and with some wind cusps
- could
do whole euro terrain in saturated monocolors such as all of a
temple in purple etc, the landscape in gray etc!!!
- use
polygons for brick paths and roads etc to define color from
terrain sheet!!
·on
overused natural textures stretch and rotate and color within editor
for variety, might be
able to put them on top of each other as one texture, AKA materials in
WT
·for
grass of landscape mix dark and light greens on the terrain object
texture with rock browns as transition to cliffs for blotchy product
copy rock textures directly from the ones on polys to the
transition areas of the terrain object texture for good color match
·excellent
grass texture in 3D artist mag #41 p. 15
- Lotsa
decayed/scavenged structures in euro, paths, walls etc on upper
slopes time theme
- Many
ruins or fragments of European stuff lying along paths up = so
simple textures and suggestions of architecture would be easy
- only
the base of hills need to be detailed - with distance fogging only
the bottom will be seen - on surface the bluish white distance
fogging will be like a super hazy day and surreal - suggestive of
a European version of heaven
- to
add detail to the terrain use non-solid brushes beyond barriers
such as garden walls, streams, islands - for instance a more
detailed tree can be used if it is kept at a distance and is
non-solid geometry - or a huge spherical theme architecture for
looks only
- use
Maxfield Parish colors - landscape themes popular during last turn
of century
·
Path
- terrain
is a series of climbing terraces - slope curves around the side of
a mountain - so much of terrain is blocked to keep those frame
rates up - worn paths through the rock where grass areas are
separated into terraced steps up the slope
- trail
color in european dream is deeper in the climb spots and stair
step areas stone that is put in for steep areas versus less trail
in the open and flat areas, darker green in some and dirt show
through in deeper cuts of steeper areas
- as
participant moves from one terrace to another the path gets
smaller with higher altitude - everything is progression - as
structures get more modern the path becomes smaller - what does it
mean? - doesnt always have a point - in this case it is
aesthetic and the participants can yak about significance and
assign personal meanings - like they will with everything else
·Trees
·Trees
- they will be art - not just detail
·Surreal
textures on trees rocks etc that move and shift just barely
noticeable?
·make
lots of details like rocks and trees plants as non-solids to increase
detail without collision
·put
lots of trees on slopes out of reach of user collision - highest ones
way up on slope in 2 panels, maybe whole forests on big texture
stretched way out
·if
2 panels in a cross used as standard fake 3D trees then try flattening
cross (as seen from above) when further away such as just out of reach
·see
last half last episode of fantasia where only the trunk and bare
branches are close enough to the ground for close inspection and
leaves and smaller branches up higher and maybe high enough that
the 2D textures are always oriented to explorer but high enough not to
notice this lends to the big trees of panoramic outdoor paintings
mix with other trees that are available for close inspection mixed
with 2D detail that is not close inspectable
·see
mt. Olympus episode of fantasia for vegetation and classic gazebo
if surreal textures and SHAPES are used then it works for instance
maybe a real cool trunk and branches and then wrapped in a shape (like
a misshaped balloon) that accents the branches that is transparent
green and leaves that are not transparent but swirling around the
surface of the balloon! Maybe
use a particle effect with leaves that swirl around the branches!
off colored/multi-colored
·Need
a very distinct tree style billowy, cloud like in every
environment
·mix
and match sets of branches
·add
shaders to foliage with leaves in them that shift at adjusted speed to
make look good if I totally forget about realism and just use the
ability of the editor then could have obviously surreal trees that are
very cool!!
·Rock
·The
whole euro dream cliff all way up mountain is a giant dragon!! As seen
by the light house head is at carousel very noticeable up
close - or just do this for one area!! Or perhaps a rough stone dragon
shape to a ridge that surrounds one of the areas such as the garden
or have some shapes in stone that are visible from distance and
then as approach the
·Massive
amounts of cool fantastical rock geometries, arches, islands of rock
with plants and trees on top very up an down 3D have 2 rocks
that juxtapose from certain angle or from certain planned vantage
point to line up into bird shape etc. also rocks that transform on
triggers so from distance they are obvious heads creatures,
etc. Surreal!!!
·Combine
textures and colors for rock variety with less texture memory
perhaps gray scale with colors added or textures switched to gray
scale in some areas and different colors added
·For
3 texture layer: could do
5 rock textures with one of 3 crack textures with alpha fade on edges
of crack to blend in with layer of texture underneath plus shaders and
lights for color variety maybe some alpha textures (mottled?)to
add combinations of color and detail!! So some basic rock textures
plus some alpha crack textures (that will not take up much memory) and
some alpha textures to mix all together plus lighting!! so one
cliff face or one boulder could have bunches of colors and mixed
rock!! a polygon crack could separate 2 distinct layers of rock
for horizontally running structures
·3
or 4 rock textures plus shader layers make a lot of variety take
huge rock texture with big crack running through it and use parts of
it rotated in any direction and stretched/condensed to make one huge
meandering vein that is the same texture used 20 times funky
manual tiling make lots of transitions between different types of
rock textures rich also use terrain to give transitions from
one rock patch to another etc. mix green into edges of rock
textures to be used as transition to ground and as horizontal parts of
rock with moss on um more cracks in rocks at top where moss etc
breaks it up also add extra rocks/polys at top and bottom for
transitions
·alternate
rock structures with some cliffs with vertical cracks some with
horizontal and diagonal
·mix
polygons and textures to make rocks stand out - have a lateral line
separating 2 colors of rock or just use shaders/layer to change color
·use
red ochres, blues, blacks, browns on rock textures
·Use
a string of lights to accent a layer of rocks or even better, use
a spot light that can only hit designated polys so that it only
effects the rocks and is filtered by a spotty alpha filter!!! Surreal
·add
falling rock and other movers, decaying structures falling apart
·use green moss texture on rocks in ponds too
- make
a long skybox with a camera that is on a path through it that
matches with the location of the explorer, have a dark light that
is centered off the side and out of the skybox and on a timed path
to bring evening into the skybox,
could have a mix of 2 or 3 sunset lights on a time path to set
upon the ocean side of the box!!!, the carousel lift off and
passing through local fog and into a cylinder skybox of night
stars would be easy now
- do
what ever I have to make distant objects have haze such as the
skybox - put local fogging in it or paint the sky box texture or
do local fog in some geometry mountain peak
- like
going deeper in the "lagoon terrain" the day changes to
evening and then night as you climb the slope if skyboxes are
used
- put
polygon structures in skybox or snapshots of so all looks match
up!! So continuing slope looks like the nearest cliffs
- If
use fogging through out then no skybox needed and make more polys
or do a low sky box for some variety and sky color
- distance
fogging of bluish white (Maxfield Parish)(fogging in all 6
directions - will work for the POV whether in the land or water
part - since water is sun lit and coral sand bottom (bluish white)
- surreal
- use
different colors of fogging, do bluish and white mixed in lev 3
Euro sub blue in one area and white overlapping in another and
different intensities going for landscape look of maxfield
parrish era with painting look
- make
the low horizon of skybox the same color(s) as fogging mixed
distance fogging colors? Different color in different directions?
·
Environments
- Stonehenge
and Camera Path
·terrain
select screen picture shows a Greek temple in
shallow water next to beach and park like terrain with clouds and
mountain - hover sound on picture is soft wave sound - framed in a
formal classic oval frame
·after
selecting terrain the screen goes dark - ambient soft wave sound
continues - graphics fade from black to a top down view of water
coming up at gravity rate - loud splash as camera plunges - top down
view - into the depths - a few bubbles coming up as camera goes by but
not enough to really notice the bobbing movement of the camera view -
view corkscrews downward rotating camera counterclockwise - scene
rotates clockwise (the spiral terrains)
·then
the top of the StoneHenge comes out of the distance fogging and then
view slows and scene rotation (corkscrew motion) stops - showing the
structure on plain sand bottom - with this visual reference it becomes
obvious the camera view is the first person view of a dolphin (or at
least a mammal - tail is horizontal so view goes up and down
vertically in relation to the dolphin - versus side to side for fish)
ambient underwater dolphin talk kicks in
·the
camera moves as fast as allowed - to weave in and out of the stone
columns - stopping once in a while to look at a detail - a sharp turn
or two and some over the back twisting reversals of direction
·for
initial camera down to Stonehenge: use a big light at surface in
fogging/water so it appears getting darker as you go down may have
to use fullbright on Stonehenge
·before
moving camera to shore - the view looks straight up and the dolphin
lets go of a bubble ring (dolphins can blow bubble rings like a smoke
ring from a cigarette smoker) - more tie-in with sphere and circular
theme
·camera/dolphin
bobbing view moves toward shore - maybe a cheap way to go from dark
depths to more sunlight (this is continued as the user climbs the
slope once out of water- the day gets darker until it is completely
dark at the top of the terrain) - parallel patterns in sand are at right
angle to path - sun is visible through water on the upward bob of the
camera - movement to shore takes just long enough that the sun will be
predominate - another sphere
·disable voice talk until after camera flight for mood setter
·
Greek temple
·in
2 feet of water the view
transitions to 3-4 feet above ground in the middle of the Temple of
Delphi ruins - the only structurally round Greek dream temple? - the
base of the temple is rock - fit together in circular platform
connecting into Greek style road going inland - around the corner road
is broken up and dirt/grass covers over more and more of it
·simple?
to set up expectations but very detailed chunks missing etc.
rough rock surfaces and algae etc. maybe later on transforms to
painted with friezes etc.
·a
lot of ancient Greek art with their caricature of dolphins can be used
for murals
·make
sure shallow water shows as such by coloring the terrain differently
as a lighter color than rest of beach
·Delphi
in Phocis ancient city famous for its oracle of Apollo, Apollo is
Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy, music, delphinic,
delphin - adj of or pertain ing to Delphi, Delphinus - The Dolphin a
constellation, could use for an animation from sky or in the
Dream Sphere
·Roman
numerals1 is I, 10 is X, 50 is L, 100 is C, 500 is D, 1000 is M
put a date on one of my ruins as a connection to roman theme
·much
of the greek/roman tops of columns and details within murals are
gilded
·make
friezes by simple colors with out shading and bump maps should be
able to put 6 rows or so of friezes on one texture could make the
friezes scroll around the temples in surreal manner
·Put
water reflected dappling on the above water greek columns
·butterfly
icon in my NM ideas/motivation folder has a great beach make sure
first temple at beach is simple but painted Doric columns and decayed
bottom of columns under the sand
·column
parts that rotate?
·Amphitheatre
·Amphitheatre
and other structures are askew and half buried and trigger makes them
sink into ground as fresh version comes up maybe slightly larger
versions with fresh paint engulf by sliding through the old
·Faηade
behind and on top of the stage backdrop and side temples should
exhaust my roman details for friezes and tympanum
·Side
temples of the amphitheatre are in honor of the drama presented -
celebrations
·To
add to the drowned past idea in
euro dream, make amphitheatre half submerged!! Maybe fed by broken
aqueduct so it is above ocean water same Aqueduct feeding
fountains and pond on upper steppes?
·first structure up slope from Delphi is an open air sunken amphitheater
- circular of course - circular is a symbol of gathering - do
something theatrical animated here? By voices only? - Shakespeare is
in vogue (only for the last 4 centuries) - add faded murals on all
walls
·Hide
path to next area so the user goes to the light house and can see the
next area and has to find the path maybe an arched rock and small
path going up rock on other side and off to side so not obvious
·make
sure camera FOV is good for player and sky box cameras - the highest
camera in light house skybox may need a different focus to make it
seem higher such as narrower!! - to take screen capture for use in the
light house (see sketches) skybox change view before screen capture to
give it a far away look and to facilitate making a 360 view inside of
skybox
- 2nd
Terrace (in the pursuit of
density, previous areas are combined such as the gallery and
gazebo pond)
Gazebos
·lots
of lawn - tree park - tall
elliptical trees
·Lion
statues flanking path into 2nd terrace
·Lion
statues - griffins etc. can be used as static architecture or add
facial animation?
·guardian
lions that move when not looking but could see in reflections?
·Animated
statues and ones that change position every time you look away
or adjust on cues
·a
plethora of gazebos is a cool variety with multiple related
structures versus just one
·old
style Victorian gazebos - round - with chess set? - could do some
funky portal stuff with the Gazebo openings on each side, maybe
showing the different areas of the terrain?
·Fancy
elevated gazebos, 4 sided stair entrances, make one that is open on
all sides and circular steps all around make one with stair step
ceiling that copies and is lined up with the sunken steps down to a
statue with the top of roof as steps continuing to top of gazebo
pond could even connect into a pool at bottom around the statue or
could have floor of gazebo top open to the bottom so big statue
reaches up from bottom to upper area - so huge gazebo as far as
footprint over ground
·make
an invisible statue that has a rotating spotlight on it so shadow is
on ground - would be cool to combine
with a tree that casts a human shadow! Or something very suggestive of
it and very visible from a vantage point or from gazebo
·big
old Oak tree with
branches reaching out over a static waterway (all is peaceful -
balanced with interaction - initial demo may not have much interaction
but it is still art, still an enhanced chat, still new to non gamers)
- big enough to walk the branches at least big enough that it is a
monument in itself versus just a mood setter
·pond
comes into a very wide spot and a foot/carriage bridge crosses - the
bottom of bridge matches up with water reflection to make a perfect
oval - but still see the foundation going straight down below the
translucent water
·ponds
with clumps of water lilies some with flowers
·make
still water reflective and add a tint on the surface to make it look
like water surface if texture is not animated
·on
the upper slope side a mini aqueduct feeds the pond - pond has
an overflow into underground drainage or over the cliff or down
through the lower terraces and onto the beach
·see
waterfalls in FAKK2 demo for the waterfall in the euro and for ideas
found in underwater view of waterfall in lagoon
·Skybox
layer behind waterfall - extra movement!!
·statue
in the middle of a park setting shows the stage of life relating to
the season - but all are joyous and non-denominational - children
spring - couples summer - accomplishment - fall old but happy and
peace full watching same children from earlier - a time theme here
·have
lights of a structure turn on - for surreal have some change
colors
·make
an invisible statue that has a rotating spotlight trained on it so
shadow is on ground - would be cool to
combine with a tree that casts a human shadow!
- Gallery
(gallery it self with the
paintings and pond could be a demo by its self if a workable voice
program already in place)
- central
dome on the island and visible porches are straddling pond so
only access is by going up porch and door opens as gallery rises
up from water maybe water falling off the roof as it rises!
- From
off the porches you can see the central dome and the columns
from inside the gallery it is walled off to outside as part of the
internal gallery
- Either
gallery rises up out of ground between the doors or is a portal at
the doors the portal would be very surreal since the user
cant see it from off the porch if gallery rises up out of
ground or even in a portal then columns could come out of walls,
sliding in from side or spiraling in! maybe electric lights
turn on
- The
whole gallery is organic overgrown dense detail, overworked,
constantly changing detailing turning into other rossettes etc.
insects and lizards and butterflies etc all over the detail
and porch iron etc. will match with the statues reaching to the
sun all grows upward and all creatures oriented on the vines
etc facing upward
- If
the gallery rises out of ground and other details grow into place
then have windows move like leaves falling upward as the last
things to fall into place or maybe the first sky boxing inside
windows would be super cool as they slide back and forth in a leaf
motion
- Later
versions the vines constantly grow and rosettes have shifting
parts and backsides that rotate around to the front for a
different rosettes continuos movement if vines and growth is
allowed to overlap and going at different speeds then the movement
is completely dynamic and unpatterned versus tiled movement
- Growth
from root buttressed columns so the classic wide base! Huge
flower rosettes in ceilings and animated of course for
more overgrown look have the columns project out further and the
sound and bulk of the fountains also add to the ovegrown make
the architecture first and then throw the organics on such as
vines then I can add and subtract from the basic architecture
until it is right make the organics random so very heavy
on some columns etc! but obviously of wood or stone make sure
columns visible behind vines Gothic! So separate organics could
fade in or out
- Organic
sounds as the details grow upward and back into the structure?
- Windows
placed like that is the opening in the growth
- could
make the gallery surreal by having doors of water and ability to
swim up to any details such as the ceiling and column tops once
inside the gallery
- to emphasize organic could have a sheet of fog
slanting upward toward and above the explorer that recedes and
raises and dissipates to reveal ivy structure as if growing from
bottom to top how to emphasize this? possibly by having
structure grow into place from ground up instead?
- Floor of gallery blends into the ground of paintings
this adds to organic of vines and columns combo and the
paintings seem like real openings with natural ground in those
but a separation transparency to separate some with steps down
to a lower ground
- Try
to make any statues and busts in gallery contrast with greek and
roman marble statues by using metal to
go with iron work of porch and maybe metallic detailing
within gallery more metal!! More theme matches with metals
of central statue metal settees?
- Between
the dome and the entrances for gallery put settees and oval
fountains to give some echoing noise
- Must
have one fountain in each end of gallery for some sound and echo -
make oval fountains directly under oval ceiling windows in gallery
or at least make iron latticed windows with a n oval pattern
directly over the fountain!!! Cool balance and repeated shape
make floor decoration after setting columns and fountains and
settees so the pattern incorporates these shapes!
- Gallery
settees use the excess details and fancy legs of engraving
textures
- Ceiling
details should be bigger so they are more obvious to the user on
the ground or enable flying mode while in the gallery!!
with snow or leaves falling or both in the gallery to use as
fogging for too much detail
- Columns
in gallery some could be like fancy goblet shapes as in some
of my engravings
- Circular
and oval windows on ceiling of gallery and maybe half circle
windows over the paintings very airy the shapes are there
and detail is in between versus focused in the main shapes
- vault
the upper corners like my parachute triangles
- could
have surreal speed clouds from inside the gallery racing across
the top going back out the doors of gallery could be into
night on one door and back into day on the other!!
- Use
beautiful wood textures for all in gallery to go with the organic
gothic and as contrast to marble of the greek and roman and as
contrast to the gold gilding of the carousel gold and brown to
go with the gallery leaves a falling!!!
- Gallery
use the most organic/gothic soft wrought iron and wood carving to
go with bulbous columns and oval windows that also have iron
lattice
- Wood
and gold and purple for gallery and pure gold for carousel
- In
gallery try blue and/or red lacquer with gold details like my
Chinese egg
- Surreal
textures and colors allow greater flexibility in architecture as
it doesnt own up to authenticity perhaps tinting the leaves
and vines green or procedural textures on the vine parts moving
upward!! And then could periodically fade to wood and at different
rates between the different vines!! So some wooden and some sureal
textures and then switching around at different rates
- Make
gallery floor in marble designs of 3-4 colors so this way all
floor is reflective 2-3 colors might be prettiest in polished
- Make
rosettes and organics by cookie cutting as I model
·Porch
- Iron
work could be gilded and then made to look like bronze by
reflection and by altering texture with color layers within paint
program bronze it or antique it with darker recesses
·Paintings
- In
far future the 2 portal doors of the gallery could lead to
different sets of paintings or all new architecture and
paintings could lead to and become a maze of exits into the other
paintings surreal limitless combinations and more pictures
could be added every year
- Painting
in this gallery refers to a separate environment that is walked
into from the gallery the effect is to be able to see through
at side angles into the next environment as if behind the next
painting so the explorer is aware of the physically impossible
overlap
- imagine
walking down a gallery and the 3D paintings, on both sides of the
participant, have separate elements inside each that shift against
each other and the overall background - the first question through
the participants mind is "cool, it moves, can I walk into
it?" - although we might do restricted look only portals on
this with one walk in painting for variety - would be very cool if
one painting was a warp to the backside of another and could exit
out another paintings canvas
- one
possibility for 2D painting is to have a gang plank suspended
above the ground so there is a narrow invisible hall the explorer
is confined to so the 2D textures cant be inspected!! this is
the best painting idea yet!!! All subjects in painting would
rotate to face from any angle going down the gang plank
·
Painting Design
- to
separate the paintings from the gallery have a transparent screen
at the entrance to paintings perhaps a texture of paint
strokes makes it more of a gallery versus branching halls
make sure they have the clues to make them seem like surreal
paintings
- Gallery
paintings could have a single panel (maybe with wavering animation
as if a portal gotta have some kinda separation) of course
every painting could be a portal or not but still have a wavering
alpha texture as door to painting and then step through it and
its a different or related paintings could be thousands of
little fragments that only line up from one angle or not a
painting could fade to reveal the painting setup behind it in
series of related paintings a story of successive actions
- each
painting will be multiple panels of 2D textures so that as you
walk down the gallery you see the elements of a picture scrolling
against other elements placed further back into the picture
- first
version the paintings might actually be flat painting maybe
with animations? Or stepthrough to another painting and another
maybe tells a storyBut eventually will be walk into
interactive elements -
will be colored statue/models - a tableau
- 2D
images in gallery paintings all rotate to user - so space out the rotating images (include bump maps!
For dynamic) so they dont intersect and invisible walls around
them so viewer cant discern flatness or walk through so
viewer can composite their own paintings
- may
want to use a 2D picture versus 3D or multilayer 2D if the gallery
is already fancy with dome
- may
have to put 2D panels far enough back in the painting that it
doesn't mess with frame rate
- For
3D paintings using 2D take background and enlarge it and lower
it so the spots where the smaller parts were taken out of it are
under the plane!!!
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Painting Subjects
- Use
antique romance character book engravings for paintings
- make own paintings by scanning and zooming in to paint in color
with paint effects program that came with wacom tablet also
good as backdrop to paintings later on when most of it is models
- Use
the romance characters book engravings as reference for my 3d
static model paintings in long term for now could just shade
and color them as examples for portfolio!
- make
paintings using the scenes from the romance characters and later
models to copy the scene easy template perhaps choose
paintings that later can have animated or interactive parts/models
- Use
metallic programs and textures for the paintings such as
armbands in Hermione and helmets and swords in Horati
- Mythic
creatures and characters from antique book with labeled pictures
which relate to suppression are ideal for euro subconscious
myths, struggles
- need
a Winter scene with several transparent animated textures of snow
falling - have token animated textures in the other paintings?
- Pictures
that go through seasonal changes
- Have
paintings with snow and rain and leaves and petals falling
- -R.H.
Ives Gammel's painting The dream of the shulamite, from song of
solomen, bible, and the 3rd act of Die Meistersinger, Wagnerian
opera?, the sad predicament of idealism
- need
a pointillist (painting by dots or daubs of paint) picture that
only lines up all 3 transparent panels from a certain vantage
point to see the painting
·Central
Gallery Dome
- when
first coming into the area explorer sees the central dome on an
inaccessible island in the middle of the pond
- all
architecture and details including the central statue is oriented
to the sun, all creatures in the gothic detailing down to insects
are oriented to sun
- Central
dome and 2 entrances are in place and opening the door of a one
raises or portals to the rest if fast enough the user could
jump on the rising roof in long run make sure each entrance
uses different designs as the user will be sure to compare
- Gallery
dome as seen from ground before entering the porch is a teaser
with ability to see huge statue etc. once inside the gallery
it is a draw to go past the paintings - dynamic
- Gallery
dome 2nd tier of columns are half the length of those
below and made of purple porphry topped by gold column tops to
cast spots of reflected gold off the sun glass windows between
the 2nd tier columns focus light of sun by the angles
inherent in the circle of columns multi-colored windows or all
one color such as purplish to match with the columns
- 1st
tier columns of gallery dome might be simple and duller color in
contrast to the 2nd tier in the sun but at least
different from the ones above in style and the fancier ones are in
the second tier
- Dome
statue has several figures reaching up to the sun of the dome and
the shadow of the iron work supporting the windows laces over them
as netting some of the figures in bronze and some in black
metal and some in gold rest of statue such as waves or dress
are in marble the different colors and textures really put the
lighting to use so maybe the dull black figures at bottom and
the figures gradually change colors instead of stark differences
the figures are reaching for and striving toward the light
arms and legs of figures reach out over floor and user can go
within the statue central statue has no base it comes
right up out of marble floor as one the floor part is polished
and the statue is not statue could be under huge cable ropes
like a net or at least on a part of the figures! Kinda matches the look of the vines through out the
gallery and enforces the theme of life and its restricting nature
life naturally wants to subdue life - Statues are oriented to
the south to get light and so reaching toward the light when
sun is highest then the pattern of the rounded dome doesnt cast
netting over figures like the windows connecting 2nd
tier columns look for figures in paintings etc for the figures
in this statue make statue far out and mythical specially
if all gallery pictures are mythical stories even labeled as
such to make users curious who this is
- Have
leaves/snow, flower petals swirl around the central statue
time imagine the motion blur! - pass through floor or
fade before hitting floor! - leaves
match the gold and brown wood textures of the carved details of
gallery
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Ravine Bridge
- in
transition area between
terrace 2 and next terraces put a fancy stone foot bridge gapping
a ravine
- Make
bridge of stone for artistic purposes fancy brickwork effects
see graphic reference
- 3rd
Terrace
- 4
Seasons Garden
- Be
flexible toward rearranging
all parts of euro to maximize density maybe even mixing all
together for surreality
- a
circle of columns supporting connecting topper that is arched on
the 4 portal sections the area is as much water as land and
the water is impassable (surreal even if this only applies to this
area) so circle of connected columns straddles across water
and land this adds a maze effect to getting to each portal!
- Put
invisible castles here for the density, but may be better on the
previous terrace as it gives more to see from inside transparent
castle?
- Edges
of land are grass edged
soft as in flat land streams
- a
different season of the same garden is visible within each portal
- entering puts explorer into a small round walled garden -
Spring growth - Summer abundance - Fall colors - Winter snow
and ice - frozen ponds and leafless trees versus...
- bench,
boulders, pond and fountain to expose differences between seasons,
statue, one tree, one bush, brick work on ground, so texture of
something like the brickwork would have leaves on the corners in
one season, grass growing through the cracks on another, snow
covered on another..., sound of birds in spring, insects in summer
and fall, visualize the shadowing of texture on stepping stones
with light snow
- different
seasons also relate to the age of the garden, new in the spring,
ruins in the winter, one tree goes from sapling to half size to
leafless and full height, to dead and fallen garden, fountain
and statue in decay
- sun-dial
- no shadow - timeless - in the middle of a stepping stone
path
- 4th
Terrace
- Carousel
- Carousel
interactive elements
- Carousel
is 4 times normal scale so it is huge!!
This is important impact
- when
approaching through the fog the day turns to night - the explorer
may find that reversing direction turns back to day - then
explorer approaching Carousel can see glow of lights and then what
looks like a giant crown - only by coming significantly closer
does the rest of the carousel become apparent
- As you approach the carousel its
purpose is not apparent - roof is vaguely a carousel roof with
broken lamp posts hanging upside down from edges of roof - an
evening dream sequence starts up/so it fades in and swirls in like
clouds - lamps turn on and music fades in - then the core center
of the carousel's rotating background - then a zebra going
opposite direction - then a lion chasing it - and then both turn
into saddled carousel rides - another pair appears 2 dolphins
jumping - 2 horses playing - kangaroo and ostrich - some pairs
become rides right next to each other and some stop to become
rides one behind other - like a giraffe and baby - some of this is
activated as you step closer and others by sequence - dont make
it so player can test by inching closer and closer - should only
be a few triggers by distance - or make this totally controlled by
explorer so they can back off and reverse all effects - once explorer is on a saddle or
bench then carousel lifts off into the stars
- carousel
lifts up after spinning starts and the explorer is on board - it
climbs slowly and rotates slow so explorer will see the terrain
slide downward and possibly catch participant off guard instead of
being obvious the carousel is lifting off - great example of the
detail needed - to control the carousel (giving interaction) the
explorer could ride the turtle to slow the carousel down for that
participant and riding giraffe/rabbit speeds up/climbs to highest
altitude etc. crocodile would bring back down to the earth
- At
first a crown and then the spinning and roof raises? When right up
to it after seeing jewels up close maybe can see the
landscapes and the creatures of the carousel in the jewels or just
make um translucent enough to get hints then before raising
the roof make all creatures transparent so they fade in if too
many polys then the only appear when user approaches that part of
carousel - and after inspecting for a certain time then the roof
raises to reveal the carousel and then the mythic creatures fade
in with the Greek and roman mythics first, centaur, sphinx
(half bird/half lion/ sometimes half human) renaissance/roman
style dolphins, winged horse, phoenix, winged lion, and then
unicorns, dragons and mermaids all enslaved as we want the
beauty but also to posses it buy animal models and then
stretch into a certain style and modify and then sell as mythic
models
- interactive
element is ability to stop rotation or adjust the speed from stop
to the fastest speed the frame-rate can handle - and ability to
make carousel go back down to the ground
- Dual
rotation carousel exterior/roof at one speed and core and
platform at a faster speed changeable by the explorer and also
random for dynamics
- Roof
or inside ceiling also has independent rotation and all the parts
including independent roof are variable and can reverse direction
very harikari like a true carousel feel disorienting
racing in the wind
- once
within a certain range then carousel lights start turning on -
music - carousel doesnt start spinning until both participants
are on the platform
- once
on and carousel is spinning it rises up until fogged in all 6
directions and rotation stops as it rises into a sky box that
simulates spinning without any fogging - so skybox is a rotating
camera including stars and a moon actor or the box it self is
rotating in the skybox
- door
in center housing of carousel allows climbing up to roof of
carousel to see rotation of the top of the skybox stars
- can
crawl up through door in center to the roof and quieter music -
only way off is to step off the carousel - stepping off triggers
animals flying off into the star patterns patterned
after their shape so cameras attached to the explorer take
over the view to center on the creature as it transforms and flys
off and melts into the stars - after turning back into live
creatures - as glow of lamps die the ground appears like you never
left it and terrain fades back in - symbolizes how all carousels
take us away from where we really are - see the constellations -
maybe some cool motion blur to give the stars circular tracks
against the sky as the view rotates
- Have
flashes of stonehenge match into the matching structure of the
carousel to tie the whole terrain together the mid circle is the
carousel core could also have water fade in alternately even
with dolphins and of course the carousel slows to surreal
water speeds
- a
golden ring as dream artifact (for use at the dream
sphere) at the carousel
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Carousel Details
- Crown
and Jewels Effect
- make
carousel a jeweled crown effect!! royalty again!! versus slavery -
the evolution of carousel continues
- Use
the pretty purple of Korean amethyst for the jewels of the
carousel use same color for velvet tapestry cloth hanging in folds from
the roof perhaps cascading down as the roof raises from crown
to carousel shape alternate 2 different shaped jewels around
the carousel or use them in pairs with one above the other such as
tear shaped below a bigger jewel shape of royalty symbolic
- Make
faces of jewels with shaders versus reflection for surreal and
make them transparent so can put another shader inside to get
internal movement for surreal
- make
all carousel and models in gilded gold after embossing, after
shadowing which gives an antiqued look afte embossing, could do
silver accents - give supports an arched ceiling support in style
of crown radiating from center - so the structure is as much art
as anything else!! Make
the structure metal with fluttering cloth as filler so eventually
it will be very cool in spinning - cloth drops between spans so
curved shapes within industrial metal Victorian effect
- Use
purple tapestry on inner ceiling shaped like it is hanging in
drapes so it moves in waves as carousel spins so it looks like
air movement (terrain object?)
- Shaders
to make fabric appear to move as carousel spins
- Roof
could have another speed and could go faster than rest so purple
hanging ceiling fabric shows fluttering in the wind could use
shaders to give sense of fluttering since it will be moving in one
relation to the explorer
- Purple
ceiling felt is strung semi tight so the wind ripples it lightly
ripples should radiate from center so soft waves wider at
outer edge of ceiling versus central core
- Gold
Gilding
- All
gold including creatures
except for jewels, mirrors, and purple ceiling fabric gold has
some reflection or shader so it gets some shine
- Decorate
the gold gilding of the carousel with sprigs flowers
vegetable and animal to go with mythic creatures and tying
nature to the ownership and sovereignty over all
- Put
fake reflection shaders on gilded
- Mythic
Creatures
- Make
mythic creatures that are also stylized in a certain way to
keep from being too cutsey carousel to avoid fantasy style with
dragons etc.in modern form
- Creature
subjugation on carousel: one foot chained, sad expression,
saddled, mouth bit, or lassoed, muzzled, or with a spear in it
- All
mythic creatures are bridled some how with mouth bits, foot
shackle, but maybe all subjugation disappears after lift and
liberating new moon shines on them!!
- Inner
and outer ring of creatures on different height platforms going at
different speeds maybe speeds are in a loop where they are
constantly shifting so no one platform is fastest! dynamic
- eventually
the carousel animals could morph back and forth into mythica
- beasts such as dragons etc
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Carousel Fogging
- possible
local fogging to complement distance fogging
- Make
a fog bank in a low area to descend into or ascend into in higher
area near carousel as clouds so you can see it off from a
distance
- Local
Fog in highlands of euro dream or just at the carousel, unless
used through out for distance culling, then make it heavier here,
add fog effect to sounds until above the clouds
- if
no local fogging then rely on distance fogging - rising into a sky
box that converges slightly towards top so that rising through it
will cut off distance fogging
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Carousel Skybox
- Excellent
texture of stars in Alice Demo and in voodoolights for the
carousel make them scintillate with transparent shaders or
animated 2nd texture layer!! or a layer that moves
with holes to show star through
- if
skybox camera won't rotate then rotate the sky as in carousel if
this is better than rotating the carousel should be a toggle
for this in the skybox
- add
a light source off the moon! for the carousel - will have to move
it out beyond the stars to get parallel light on the objects in
carousel
- a
full moon is placed with the stars and has a surreal animation of
its own - moon rotates at a visible rate and the surface is much
wider than possible - animated galloping horses across the surface
etc. transforming to racing jumping dolphins - ideas? - some kind
of animation or static rotating images on the moons surface
- bottom
of sky box is clouds curving downward with curve of earth so when
fogging drops below this point it will have a visually controlled
transition (combined with a painted cloud band around the sky box)
- For
stars once the carousel rises put spots on the texture and
also a shader that is filtered by alpha texture for twinkling
effect imagine a white sheet with mottled effect that is
filtered by polka dotted alpha texture on top with the
rotation of the carousel the shader
will never be still! And imagine motion blur on the stars
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Miscellaneous Carousel
- Make
carousel mirrors reflection map/shader something else for surreal
and landscapes in carousel like portals onto the scenery maybe
of a camera view on other side of carousel making something 15
feet away appear 3 to be physically surreal
- antique
the mirrors surface! with bubbles and losing silver leaf in back
by adding texture on top of other texture, uses of multi layers
unlimited by all but memory maybe the holes in the silver leaf
show a view into another place and time maybe related to the
mural next to it
- carousels
mural on the middle part is longer than realistically possible by
a 100 fold - give another thing the player can do - watch the art
flow by - the mural screen could flow up or downward and even
reverse directions
- mural
could be 2 layered/ 2 panels deep for scrolling effects
- all
this to powerful music like the ninth track "Message"
off Vangelis' "Direct"
- Carousel
with reflective floors or shader to fake it so no conflict with
mirrors on center core
- Double
tiered/platform carousel as in my hallmark statuettes version
consider having rolling platform that is uneven or steps running
with the rotation of platform or radially to and sunken terrains
- Possibly
able to do fly mode but means you are caught up in the circular
air flow of the carousel (or stay in place while carousel rotates
by you) and can only go up or down until you go back to floor mode
- Carousel
should be able to use lots of
textures that are reversed to make symmetrical murals twice the
width or height of the actual texture
- Make
the landscape panels as visual portals pointed at landscape
texture or as sky box which has continuous landscape in it! Could
also make some physical portals to walk into the another
environment or the different areas of the euro subconscious
- Sliding
surreal textures etc on the columns of the carousel
·
reflective surfaces
or mirrors that reflect something different than area that is actually
there!!
- old
idea no longer relevant as the design has moved into a totally new
realm and nothing child like about it only beauty: a symbol of
youth - and any association with youth becomes a memory of times
when we were closer to the dreams and myths we remembered better
in our youth - perhaps each set of dream structures should have
something strictly limited to child-hood associations
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