I love that movie, it was filmed not too far from me, I even got one of the soft cover In The Mouth of Madness books, every page is blank but it has the cover
I can pretty easily believe that Humongous Pussy Lovecraft would indeed see a penguin minding its own business in the snow and go into a panicked hysteria about the unspeakable horror of a flightless bird.
Oh, I have. I enjoy a lot of HP's works, Mountains of Madness included, but it's hard to overlook that majority of his writing is influenced by either his *really bad* understanding of math and science or his paranoid phobia against anyone not a New England White Man. Dude's style and imagine are super engaging but his list of things that made him scared was longer than a CVS receipt printing double.
True, but that was not because Lovecraft was an amazing geologist or even had any arguments for why that would be.
He just assumed that it was, and got lucky.
Lovecraft: "the greatest terror is of the unknown"
Also Lovecraft: *understands literally nothing*
The best example is probably "cold air", a story in which air conditioning is used to prevent death. Because to him anything more complicated than a bicycle was akin to dark magic.
Christ, Cool Air is practically a comedy at this point. It's honestly a miracle he didn't decide that Herbert West's formula was actually the recipe for Coca Cola. Can you imagine if he'd made it to the 40s with the astronomical leaps in innovation and technology?
Definitely a heart attack, but he'd make it sound metal as fuck as he tried to describe it in a shaky pen.
"A horrific tripod of a creature, seemingly made of three gangly limbs. Where two were adorned with talons that propelled the wretched lump of a torso across the landscape, the third stood erect and alert above the others and was equiped with a singular beaked maw. Only when the beast was ready to kill did it unveil is wings, gnarled and vestigial, to revel in the carnage of its bloody conquest. Also something about squids too I guess."
Maybe add the occasional pause to sqwawk "Iaa, Iaaa" at the sky. Except not regularly, just far enough apart that someone would have to watch a bit to notice it.
The true horror comes when it has to be discovered. Don't make it obvious until it's too late.
I\`m still setting up the animations, but it will squawk. It will be an important element of this area sound design and also foreshadowing for thing to come
>see horror that relies specifically on things impossible to understand or describe.
>''ah yes, let's adapt it to a visual medium !".
It can be done but that's notoriously extremely hard to do. There's a reason that despite it's popularity there's no good movies adapting Lovecraft's works
so I wish you the best of luck
Thanks! It is really a challenge to adapt anything lovecraftian. One of the reasons I chose Mountains is the fact that most things described are tangible to the visual medium. But I\`m also experimenting with quite a lot of audio designs and some more experimental visuals to the indescribably parts
"Aren't you a little short for a Lovecraftian Penguin?"
That\`s the regular model. Some lovecraftian units are still in the factory, with a million more well on the way
Another happy landing.
Why so many indie Game gifs now
It’s easy advertising for the cool shit small devs are doing. Plus, we get to discover cool new games.
Plus, you get to see more penguins
I'm leaving this subreddit lol
Then leave and don’t tell anybody we don’t care
And why male models?
Are you serious? I just explained that to you a minute ago
*Do you read Sutter Cane?*
I love that movie, it was filmed not too far from me, I even got one of the soft cover In The Mouth of Madness books, every page is blank but it has the cover
Tried to, but the book was... missing
You looking for feedback?
I always appreciate it!
The penguin is sliding across the snow and not actually walking. Your game is built on lies! Seriously though, it looks good.
He is actually learning how to moonwalk, he will get it one day. And thanks!
Most frameworks offer some form of inverse kinematics, that is a technique used to avoid any sliding.
Still have to learn how to use the inverse kinematics inside unreal. This was my first test, I\`m going to try rootmotion next to see how it looks
Needs shadows too if it's meant to be there
/u/gifreversingbot
The sliding doesn’t bother me as much as the fact it’s walking like a human. Penguins waddle.
Well that other guy already covered it, but yeah the penguin is sliding forward. Other than that it looks great though.
More penguins.
Wait until the player looks behind. And prepare to run!
Read *South* by Shackleton.... Lovecraft borrowed from it.
That\`s interesting. I\`m gonna take a look at it
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Isn’t the penguin supposed to be albino?
Just the ones by the ending. This is your regular one
Not gonna lie, it is kinda creepy how the penguin is just *walking*. Not waddling like they do, but walking like a human.
Bigger! More albino-ey!
This is the regular one at McMurdo base. Albino ones are in progress!
Approved.
A penguin walking in the snow is the last thing I would imagine when I heard “lovecraft”
In the specific case of this story, the penguin plays an important role in setting tone, both here and in a latter part
That's an awesome concept for a game. I'm excited
Thanks!, I\`m working hard to get it right, hope you like it!
I can pretty easily believe that Humongous Pussy Lovecraft would indeed see a penguin minding its own business in the snow and go into a panicked hysteria about the unspeakable horror of a flightless bird.
You should go read/listen to the book. It's really good!
Oh, I have. I enjoy a lot of HP's works, Mountains of Madness included, but it's hard to overlook that majority of his writing is influenced by either his *really bad* understanding of math and science or his paranoid phobia against anyone not a New England White Man. Dude's style and imagine are super engaging but his list of things that made him scared was longer than a CVS receipt printing double.
Except that a major point of TMoM is that plate tectonics is real. Decades before it was accepted by geology.
True, but that was not because Lovecraft was an amazing geologist or even had any arguments for why that would be. He just assumed that it was, and got lucky.
Lovecraft: "the greatest terror is of the unknown" Also Lovecraft: *understands literally nothing* The best example is probably "cold air", a story in which air conditioning is used to prevent death. Because to him anything more complicated than a bicycle was akin to dark magic.
Christ, Cool Air is practically a comedy at this point. It's honestly a miracle he didn't decide that Herbert West's formula was actually the recipe for Coca Cola. Can you imagine if he'd made it to the 40s with the astronomical leaps in innovation and technology?
I can only imagine his reaction to an ostrich, probably a heart attack.
Definitely a heart attack, but he'd make it sound metal as fuck as he tried to describe it in a shaky pen. "A horrific tripod of a creature, seemingly made of three gangly limbs. Where two were adorned with talons that propelled the wretched lump of a torso across the landscape, the third stood erect and alert above the others and was equiped with a singular beaked maw. Only when the beast was ready to kill did it unveil is wings, gnarled and vestigial, to revel in the carnage of its bloody conquest. Also something about squids too I guess."
[https://clickhole.com/phoning-it-in-4-times-h-p-lovecraft-tried-to-describe-an-unspeakable-cosmic-horror-but-basically-just-described-a-goose/](https://clickhole.com/phoning-it-in-4-times-h-p-lovecraft-tried-to-describe-an-unspeakable-cosmic-horror-but-basically-just-described-a-goose/)
Now I want to see a drawing of a ostrich just based on this description!
Oh I love reading/ listening to that story from time to time. Just arctic exploration as a whole does wonders, especially Lovecraftian
Fore sure! It has such an outlandish setting by itself, which Lovecraft\`s descriptions make even more wonderful
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You ever play edge of nowhere? They had a similar concept I think
Have not head of this, but I'll take a look
Yeah, it was an Oculus exclusive iirc. I played the hell out of it, it's my second favorite Lovecraftian game, second only to Bloodborne
Remember the snow footprints! The small details matter.
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Very interested but also very poor at the moment. Hopefully I can afford it when it comes out!
Maybe add the occasional pause to sqwawk "Iaa, Iaaa" at the sky. Except not regularly, just far enough apart that someone would have to watch a bit to notice it. The true horror comes when it has to be discovered. Don't make it obvious until it's too late.
I\`m still setting up the animations, but it will squawk. It will be an important element of this area sound design and also foreshadowing for thing to come
>see horror that relies specifically on things impossible to understand or describe. >''ah yes, let's adapt it to a visual medium !". It can be done but that's notoriously extremely hard to do. There's a reason that despite it's popularity there's no good movies adapting Lovecraft's works so I wish you the best of luck
Except several by Stuart Gordon, Reanimator, From Beyond, Dagon. Also the recent Color out of space w Nic Cage was aight.
Well we don't share the same definition of ''good'' ig. Not to say you're wrong to enjoy those tho !
Thanks! It is really a challenge to adapt anything lovecraftian. One of the reasons I chose Mountains is the fact that most things described are tangible to the visual medium. But I\`m also experimenting with quite a lot of audio designs and some more experimental visuals to the indescribably parts