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2004-04-07 19:38:29

Last author: May-lea
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A Centaur's Tale

There it is! The animation of my final year project, finally available for download for all the people that helped me doing it, from the background research The Centaur database to the voices ([Merle] is doing the princess's voice), or all the people that helped me to give a name to the two characters, Altaïr the centaur and Shreya the princess. (That last one was [Shreya]'s idea ;) )

A bit of explanation about this piece. It's a Full Motion Video (FMV) introducing a fictional adventure game called A centaur's tale (tm). After this scene, the centaur wakes up in the morning, and doesn't remember a thing. Not even his name, or his girlfriend. The goal of the game would be to help him recover his memory, and girlfriend before she is forced to marry the prince of the nearby realm. (But he doesn't know that, or at least he forgot!)

As for those who wonder how they'd manage if they get married at the end of the first game, that'd be the subject of a second game.... ;)

Unfortunately this game doesn't exist, and probably never will, unless

A big thank you again to all, I hope you'll enjoy. I apologize for the quality of the compression, it was the price to pay to put it on the internet. The original size is 720*540px, this version is half size. The compression killed the colours a bit too, but you will be able to have an idea of the final quality as I'll post some full resolutions still frames... Anyway. Now time for the main feature...
It's a quicktime movie. Approximate size, 15Mb... I know it's big.... I'll try to get it compressed better at some point, but for now...

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If you don't have quicktime, you can download it for free here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Still frames

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2004-03-30 [i am heddas lost brother]: wicked! im downloading it now:)

2004-03-30 [i am heddas lost brother]: WHY?! WHY DID THAT STUPID CREATURE HIT THE CENTAUR:'( ITS SO SAD!!! poor centaur, he was telling the girl he loves how much he loves her and the stupid creature hit him:( asshole:(!!!!! :@!!!!!!!

2004-03-30 [May-lea]: The guard had recieved orders from the girl's father, the king. She mustn't be with that 'centaur'. And the centaur is now.... Amnesic!

2004-03-30 [Merle]: AHAH finally up!!:D IT SO COOL FRED, I LOVED IT!!! your animation is really good!!:D and i'm part of it.. gessh, i feel honored, and I MEAN IT!

2004-03-31 [May-lea]: I'm glad you like it ^_^!!! And thanks again for your help!!! I'm happy that more people are going to discover your voice ;)

2004-03-31 [i am heddas lost brother]: niiiiiiice voice, so sexy:P

2004-03-31 [Merle]: then again, i guess we both have to thank each other;) i helped you out and you gave me a chance of having my voice on your animation:D thanks stimpy!;)

2004-03-31 [i am heddas lost brother]: hehe;) how long did it take you yo make the animation Frédérique?

2004-03-31 [May-lea]: I started working on making the characters and such last october. But the animation itself, just make them speak and move took only two weeks. What took time was the modelling, texturing and such...

2004-03-31 [i am heddas lost brother]: ah i see, think of all those people working on the Matrix-movies:D

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