The Mugen Fighters Guild - Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

Invictusok

Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#1 September 15, 2014, 10:22:49 pm

I love DBZ and the whole idea of Hyper DragonBall Z. This game got me into Mugen and I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for more stuff to come out for this game.

So because of that I've decided to take the initiative and make an intro for this game. I've got storyboards and a number of things already done on the intro.

Sources of inspiration:

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Title:

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Finished Work:

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Misc.:

Steam banner I made months ago when the game came out to the public-

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Kakarot comic bubble inspired by Spider-Man's taunt in Marvel vs Capcom-

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Feel free to pitch in, throw ideas, give criticism. I'll use this thread to document my progress. The most important things I need are Cybaster and Balthazar's blessing and a theme song from WizzyWhipIt lol

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#2 September 16, 2014, 02:44:59 am

Took the moon from the "Red Thirst" stage in Darkstalkers 3

and put the glow from Goku's House at Night

behind it:

I also used the same colour of the night sky from the stage.

Invictusok

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#3 September 16, 2014, 07:26:39 am

Updated the dragon ball so it matches the colour palette found on the Namek stage. Also made use of above lighting.

Euan.C

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#4 September 16, 2014, 10:04:32 am

this is looking so good!

Pre-Teen Music Maker

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#5 September 16, 2014, 11:27:11 am

YouTube has ruined me.

Great work, Invictusok!

Iced and Balthazar might be interested in your works.

We would have to talk with the rest of the team about a theme song....

NO MORE CPS2;

I only use it for project-specific purposes.

Loupil

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#6 September 16, 2014, 12:04:56 pm

I can either hear Cha la head cha la or hero with that intro, or anything else since it looks awesome lol.

Last Edit: September 16, 2014, 01:01:38 pm by Loupil

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#7 September 16, 2014, 07:41:07 pm

Oh Wizzy you replied lol. I'm kinda star struck since I've been listening to alot of your music lately. You have alot of great work and deserve much more recognition. Thanks a ton for filling my ears and my mind with your music and the kind words. Thank you Loupil and Euan C.

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Last Edit: September 16, 2014, 07:44:14 pm by Invictusok

Loupil

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#8 September 16, 2014, 07:44:08 pm

I'd go for the intro sky color

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#9 September 16, 2014, 08:17:51 pm

This is what I'm currently working on atm. Having trouble figuring out a colour palette for recolouring the dragon ball. I plan on having this sequence fully animated within the next hour and a half.

I'm gonna need some pine tree sprites that match the Hyper DBZ style and those pillar type mountains.

Markpachi

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#10 September 16, 2014, 09:46:49 pm

LET THE SWAGGING COMMENCE

I honestly think you should hold out on making this for now, since the whole game roster isn't really made yet.

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#11 September 17, 2014, 01:50:58 am

The stars might need some work done. After that this sequence will be finished very quickly.

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Last Edit: September 17, 2014, 07:15:31 am by Invictusok

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Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#12 September 17, 2014, 03:06:00 am

Frame 2-

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Frame 4-

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Frame 5-

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Up to 7 frames right now

Last Edit: September 17, 2014, 06:58:58 am by Invictusok

Loupil

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#13 September 17, 2014, 01:20:03 pm

nicely done !

Bastard Walt

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#14 September 17, 2014, 04:09:04 pm

ALE ALEJANDRO

Why are the pixels in different resolutions?

The ball's pixels are huge, then the Stars' have super small and well defined pixels.

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Luis Alejandro

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#15 September 17, 2014, 04:36:42 pm

Gotta have the chala intro

xX-Nero-Xx said, May 22, 2013, 03:27:40 pm

I wouldn't consider that a infinite since you have to make your opponent bounce of the wall and if you do it on the wrong side of the stage the stage interaction would activate.

HQ

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#16 September 17, 2014, 05:52:58 pm

I think an Intro like this Would be easier to make And Look more original:

http://quartercirclejab.tumblr.com/post/97118510495

I like your Effort but you Should coordinate with the z2 Team if they are Interested on your Talent

http://13thzone.proboards.com/

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#17 September 17, 2014, 11:22:48 pm

walt said, September 17, 2014, 04:09:04 pm

Why are the pixels in different resolutions?

The ball's pixels are huge, then the Stars' have super small and well defined pixels.

Reason for this is because I made the image ultra big and was editing it that way. The stars on all of the frames need to be pixelized so I'll get around that at some point. Help would be wonderful.

HQ said, September 17, 2014, 05:52:58 pm

I think an Intro like this Would be easier to make And Look more original:

http://quartercirclejab.tumblr.com/post/97118510495

I like your Effort but you Should coordinate with the z2 Team if they are Interested on your Talent

I really like the way you're thinking. I can't make sprites in the Z2 style to save my butt though. The first few frames are very inspiring towards this project.

The 4 star animation is completed. All that's needed to truly complete the sequence are the pillar-like mountains and pine trees. There's only like 5-7 different images needed.

The first 3 seconds of this I'd like to do. I'm not sure what to do about Gohan though since that's 7 seconds of movement. Plus the backgrounds and clouds I'm gonna need. Shenron can be taken from the Goku Z2 files and make him close his mouth. Might need a lighting change.

I'll probably position Shenron and extend his body if needed for this part and then maybe work on Vegeta and Nappa walking or something else.....

Last Edit: September 17, 2014, 11:42:47 pm by Invictusok

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#18 September 18, 2014, 04:42:34 am

Test image of progress so far:

Cybaster

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#19 September 20, 2014, 01:57:24 pm

Limited time to use Infinite power !

This is some pretty nice WIP and cool job you're doing here.

As said, since the roster isn't set in stone (far from it), you might want to limit your spriting to generic DBZ stuff and the already created chars for now.

My biggest advice, apart from what walt said with the resolution, is paying attention not to mix styles.
Your Piccolo and last hand images have a fine color count with some antialiasing. I think this is what you should go for. The Dragon Ball animation lacks anti-aliasing and is very limited color-wise, whereas the sky in the BG with the blue hills uses 32bits gradients, which is too colorful for the style.
Long story short, try to converge towards a medium color count, giving more colors to the dragon ball, and applying dithering to the blue background.

Good luck !

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#20 September 21, 2014, 12:02:30 am

What's dithering? I used the same amount of colours as Piccolo and the hand for the dragon ball, just took colours from already made HDBZ stuff and applied it. I'll keep in mind the pixel related stuff although I'm not exactly sure how to anti-alias the dragon ball itself. And thank you.

The android hand sequence should be finished today along with some other stuff. The opening title sequence I finished in After Effects yesterday. I'll upload gifs soon. Anybody is free to chip in ideas. This intro will not just feature the chala intro stuff but it will branch into character showcasing among other things. It will be the intro that Capcom would have given DBZ.

If anybody wants to help out with the spriting/photoshop process you're more than welcome to.

Work so far:

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The next thing that I want to start working on is having outlines of 4 major villians from the series with a black background. Have Vegeta in blue outline, Frieza with purple, Cell with green, Buu with pink.

UPDATE:

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Last Edit: September 21, 2014, 04:27:08 am by Invictusok

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#21 September 21, 2014, 08:49:24 am

Just whipped these up and they'll appear in this order in the intro. Not sure exactly how I'm going to work it out yet. More symbols will appear.

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Loupil

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#22 September 21, 2014, 10:29:26 am

oh man that shenron is sweet!
As for the symbols, you could put them in a rapid image succession at some point during the intro,like the heroes lineup in budokai 2, or same but right before the title, and maybe more character symbols.

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#23 September 21, 2014, 09:26:22 pm

Thank you. Yeah I was thinking of having them sort of flash at you moderately fast. The trouble I'm having with that idea is what the background should be.

Some more symbols. I might update this post throughout the day:

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Loupil

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#24 September 21, 2014, 10:19:24 pm

In my opinion the best thing is the simplest, i'd use the symbol on a negative background
for example white symbols on black bg or black sym on white bg or even the alternation between both !

Invictusok

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#25 September 21, 2014, 11:13:26 pm

What if the background had some sort of movement going on? Like a gradient with lines moving.

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I'm thinking about including the Ginyu Force logo, Red Ribbon, Goku's Family's symbol that's on Gohan's clothes and the Saiyan logo. Thoughts?

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#26 September 22, 2014, 12:47:56 am

Here's a test sample of an idea I want, just can't think of what else to add to it at the moment:

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#27 September 23, 2014, 06:18:16 am

WIP:

Pre-Teen Music Maker

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#28 September 23, 2014, 01:06:40 pm

YouTube has ruined me.

It's looking good Invictus!

NO MORE CPS2;

I only use it for project-specific purposes.

Thammy

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#29 September 24, 2014, 01:37:05 am

Since Bandai's watching Hyper Dragonball Z, it might not be a great idea to include their logo. Why not replace it with someone who has actually worked on it? Say, a Bandai-styled Balthazar logo.

likiji123

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#30 September 24, 2014, 08:38:55 am

this is a great project and i cant wait to see where it goes

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#31 September 24, 2014, 09:08:27 am

Thank you. The sequence with Goku and Vegeta is finished and came out awesome. Got some more stuff done today as well.

I'm kind of having trouble trying to remove the lifebars from mugen so I can record the only few seconds of fighting action that will be in this intro lol. If anyone can forward me to like a download link or something that would rock.

Last Edit: September 24, 2014, 09:15:14 am by Invictusok

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#32 September 24, 2014, 09:38:43 am

Here's a template that I've created and I'm in need of some feedback.

The dragon balls are going to shoot out from the middle and then there will appear Earth's Special Forces with Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, Tien & Chiaotzu, Trunks, Gohan, and Goku. I'm not sure what the order should be nor what should be seen.

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#33 September 24, 2014, 11:34:46 pm

Figured out how to record with Mugen and remove the lifebars. Who would've known it would be Control + L.

Working on Trunks's sword. Took inspiration from the Goku Z2 special attack and tried my best to adapt to the style.

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Last Edit: September 25, 2014, 02:09:40 am by Invictusok

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#34 September 26, 2014, 06:14:32 am

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Alex Sinigaglia

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#35 September 26, 2014, 05:02:32 pm

aka G.o.D.

Invictusok said, September 23, 2014, 06:18:16 am

WIP:

If you do this, remember the mouth for Goku.

∞

Invictusok

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#36 September 26, 2014, 06:41:29 pm

Duhh

BIG BOSS

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#37 September 26, 2014, 06:56:41 pm

Screenpack Maker EX

I would like to see this in action, when completed.

Pre-Teen Music Maker

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#38 September 26, 2014, 07:47:21 pm

YouTube has ruined me.

And when he does, I'll be sure to add some great music to it!

NO MORE CPS2;

I only use it for project-specific purposes.

Invictusok

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#39 September 27, 2014, 08:39:52 pm

This is something to build off of for when the ending starts coming together. I'm in need of some artists to assist in this project.

GarchompMatt

Re: Hyper DragonBall Z Intro

#40 September 29, 2014, 07:09:17 pm

Halfway between both negatives

This is a proposed intro for the game itself, right? It will play when you load the game up? Wouldn't you want the resolution to be 320x240? Or 640x480 if you were wanting it to be hi-res? Pixel things designed for MUGEN 1.0's native resolution look a bit odd when scaled down to 640x480.

Of course, if this is a movie or whatever that won't actually play during the game, then fine. That said, you still might want to keep the images the same size.

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Iced said, July 24, 2013, 01:25:14 am

Oh, I want a diagram. I fucking love diagrams.

Invictusok

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#41 October 05, 2014, 07:36:30 pm

Yes this is a proposed intro to be in the game. Hmmm I'll have to look into this.

Everything has been made in 1080p so far. I don't really know enough about how Mugen handles intros though.

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