Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Production Hell - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" video.

  1. Can fans do those sorts of special effects on their desktops, now?
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  2. Have you ever seen "Scene 37 reimagined"? It's the Obiwan / Vader lightsaber fight on the Death Star, done up to be more like one of the prequel lightsaber fights. (Well, as much as could be, because it quite reasonably portrays an angry villain in the prime of his life basically beating up an old man who is desperate to stay alive). Anyway, your review got me wondering -- what could a fan version of some of these scenes look like, with the sort of computer graphics we can do these days on a plain old desktop?
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  3.  @kentjensen4504  I think I have Blender rolling around on my computer somewhere still from way back in the day, but lost interest when whatever I downloaded couldn't couldn't save in a format that was acceptable to whatever it is I was modding. Have they changed the "no save with free license" nerf?
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  4.  @kentjensen4504  I think the last time I looked at Blender was.... 2006 or so. Yikes. Time flies. I'll give it another go this weekend. =)
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  5.  @kentjensen4504  For horror? Doki Doki Literature Club is free on Steam, although that's a bit sui generis. It is not what it seems at first glance. And it doesn't do 3D graphics. 3D horror... Oh right, you'd probably enjoy "Subnautica". =) That's 3D, although it's a couple years old now as well. There's a new Resident Evil and Doom Eternal for large-budget / large-team AAA / released in 2020 horror, but those are action-horror, not really my genre. I have to confess I'm mostly into pixely stuff myself. No Man's Sky is about the most recent one I've played that taxed my graphics card, and that's five years old now. Skyrim's the last AAA I played. PC Gaming has a range of graphics styles these days, depending on the budget of the developer. For 2D: A single dev put together the pixely game "Stardew Valley". I play pixely games like Terraria (2D), Starbound (2D), and MineCraft (3D) with my kids, which were also built by small teams. There are beautiful games out there like Gorogoa. Journey is beautiful as well, and it's just recently for PC. Ori and the Will o Wisps is also nice looking. For modern 3D: Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster represent the stylized (cheesy) way to do 3D, while limiting poly count. The latest Animal Crossing is also simplified / stylized. There are a lot of "do it in 3D so it animates well, and zoom out so it hides what looks bad" kinds of games, like Endless Legend or Stellaris. Civilization does this now too, I believe, although I haven't played any of those since Civ IV. As for the gaming as a culture or gaming as an art form, the YouTube channel Extra Credits is good, if you don't mind sitting through game design and community management videos as well. The main writer for the show seems to share your taste in horror, so you should probably go with his recommendations more than mine.
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