Pademonium bac Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 (edited) *This post was created simply for information purposes in a spirit of exchange and sharing. Very invested in the production of custom big boxes for years (to tell you I even made it my job) it seemed essential tome to give you an inventory of the projects that I have carried out for the most part that I have completed and 3 others that I am currently working on! **I will fill in gradually because I have a lot of things presented.** _______________________________________________ Project: Zelda Ultima Year:2017/2024 Status :100% complete ( 4 updates ) Zelda is a crazy project that has taken ALMOST 7 years of intense work between menu design, research, apprenticeship and development. The initial idea was to create a more elaborate “collection” playlist. But the saga's extensive universe soon caught up with me, and I soon felt cramped! I needed room to tell/transmit my passion. So I turned the principle of a frontend (big box launchbox in this case) into a unique collection dedicated to the world of Shigeru Miyamoto. In the process, a new format was created: a completely independent “stand-alone” collection of almost everything about Zelda, very close to what a publisher could do in terms of production. In figures, Zelda Ultima is..: *More than forty games listed, each with a specific icon and a cinematic theme designed by me, allowing you to launch all your games from a choice of 10 different views based on the sagas' lore. *60 hand-restored and animated backgrounds to bring the game to life. *6 different views for the main view / a “pause” menu AND a launch sequence for games and exit; But that's not all! We needed to add real value to this collection. So I worked hard on the content: So I put a lot of work into the bonus content: With: *Arts and Artefacts: discover or rediscover all the cult objects of the saga via 3D representations. *All the guide books are now available via flipbook (but in English). Thanks to all those who sent me scans. *encyclopedias too (all found on internet archives) *A world map cartography section *Music /making of section *Fan made playable section / With unofficial crazy remake of ocarina of time. *Explanation of the time line in 3 videos. *Visit of the Temple of Time and the Zelda 3 Super Nes map in VR.... * Presence of the 4k Henriko magnifico patch (the themes and icons have been designed with this in mind) thanks to him! *3 Demo of CRyZenX “s remake of ocarina of time ( with his permission) Here's a real “black box” of Zelda memories Zelda that I've concocted for you, and clearly a love letter to Nintendo's saga! _____________________ I've never shared it publicly... Technically it was complicated but an English translation is underway and I've recently got the hang of it. Nothing is impossible. Note that the collection is completely devoid of games, out of respect for the publishers. What I didn't know was that I was far from finished with this format...:) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Project : Resident Evil Ultima Survivors Year: 2019/2019 ( 2 updates) Statut Complete ! 4 short months later and galvanized by the feedback for the Zelda Ultima, I was working on the new Ultima and this time I was going to completely change register since I was going to tackle the horific saga of capcom: Resident Evil Jumpscares in full choice in the interface ,( I worked a lot on the sound design) A good dozen different views! With what I call "critical choise". Stressful situations (scripted forcing you to make quick choices) Backgrounds and animated interfaces that change according to the title (atmosphere and animated characters). Easter eggs and tutti quanti. °Remake fan made of code veronica , RE2 version 1.5, °Lifted version of psx episodes, Real-time visit to the Spencer mansion (playable) and police station under unreal engine, Cinematic section upscaled to 4 k updated views with the arrival of 3D jackets that completely change the game, added themes, new games and above all the addition of the pc VR and DE RE4 versions of course! In this case, I've really gone wild with the themes, with things we're not used to seeing... For once here I really let loose on the themes with things that we are not used to seeing... It's almost 10 views in total 4 vertical / 3 horizontal for the games and 3 "main different categories" +3 bonus part! Very happy with the tree, without a doubt, the skeleton of zelda ultima helped me a lot! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project: Castlevania Ultima Symphony of games Year : 2022/2024 ( 2 updates ) As a big fan of the saga, I've been dreaming of a collection bringing together absolutely everything on the series, and now it's here! This stand-alone bigbox is particularly generous in terms of content! The beast includes : *More than 40 games listed, with theme music to wake the dead *A bestiary section *A music section with cult TITLES and many electric covers! *A making of section *A Castlevania art section *A crypt with all abandoned projects and fan games *More than 12 views for game selection and 5 different views for the home page. A small update in 2024 with the addition of a few games (Castlevania arcade). _______________________________________________________________ Project : Les enfants terribles Metal Gear Ultima Year : 2023 Again a Konami SAGA! Metal Gear ! It covers the entire saga and offers real added value in terms of aesthetics and content. What it contains: *A little over thirty games listed ( even survives ) *4 interchangeable main views whenever you like *A dozen different, varied and original views, using the saga's lore to choose the games. *Hand-animated interface / Video themes *30 themes and 40 or so icons and over 20 animated backgrounds built from scratch. Everything except the pachinko games. *It's also upgradeable via updates. Bonus: *Metal Gear VR PLAYABLE (Boneworks) *Metal Gear Fan legacy playable( Visit shadow moses in vr or desktop mode under unreal engine) *English and French documentaries on MGS 2 and MGS 4 *Archives “the first mgs trailers”. *Vf cutscenes *2 data bases! Lost track of the story? The animated data base is available at any time to refresh your memory/ in addition to the official data base. __________________________________________________ AND FINALLY Nostalgic Bedroom is a "ship" that includes a whole collection section with dedicated interfaces for each emblematic series retracing the history of video games (for the moment a good twenty but in the end there will be more than 50). Quote Here the mario collection :a big piece and one of the highlights of last year! This avalanche of views and effects was created with a simple and unique goal: To give a real collection aspect and as for a physical collection you will sometimes surprise yourself by "watching" more than playing... And that's intentional! 😉 The theme has continued to grow and has sometimes completely overwhelmed me by the ambition but is now completely stable and is fully mature. VR is fully integrated! A film section covering 3 generations 80 / 90 / HORROR 80 was designed thanks to the help of contributors... by integrating a mini video club 80. It exudes good memories everywhere and necessarily nostalgia. I do not hesitate to take my time to establish atmospheres and give a real soul and to breathe a lot of memories into all the views. Note that all my ultima editions come this merged in NB Via adapted versions. Unfortunately, the theme also attracts a lot of crooks. I'm protecting my work as much as possible until I find a viable way to protect my media. Only about fifty people have access, but they've been there for almost 5 years ... I am currently attacking arcade.. ---------------------------------------------------------- Cyber Runner Year 2021 not finished Progress : 60 % Having gone through many different stages, the theme is about to be released in beta version on my patreon for correction and then be online on the forum Very particular (this cinematic/scripted side will not please everyone) But a lot of interesting things and a great atmosphere! The pitch: Year 3140: Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Google, Amazon no longer exists ... For almost 700 years, Mircrosoft now has a monopoly and controls the actions of consumers. Despite this digital and virtual exclusion, it is said remain those we name: "The retros", those who have not given in to the illusion of everything dematerialized ... They are discreet, and we often find them in old ruins: we call them...Cyber Runner! __________________________________________________________ Next for September and the Last of the edition Ultima: Final Fantasy Ultima ! Year : 2024 Progress : 40 % But it 's not the end ! _______________________________________________________________________________ Anothers big big projects for the end of 2024 (for the part 1) : and which is particularly close to my heart and very, very much awaited! DB MANIA is a crazy cross-media project that brings together everything you need and lets you house it all (anime, film, manga, etc.) in a single interface! Anothers projects reveal ! soon come back later! ________________________________________________ And last big project for exodos to whom I proposed some views (maybe more) to integrate this monstrous but phenomenal collection! I found that it lacked something a little sexier and in line with the project. Edited August 18 by Pademonium bac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutz450 Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 18 hours ago, Pademonium bac said: And last big project for exodos to whom I proposed some views (maybe more) to integrate this monstrous but phenomenal collection! I found that it lacked something a little sexier and in line with the project. In case I didn't understand correctly, are you saying that you plan to have an eXoDOS project completed by the end of the year? If so, that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 35 minutes ago, Clutz450 said: In case I didn't understand correctly, are you saying that you plan to have an eXoDOS project completed by the end of the year? If so, that would be awesome. By the end of the year! No, I have too many things on the fire before if I can give you a release window it would rather be early 2025: Retro exo is not in a hurry at all and neither am I. We want to do things well! I already have a lot of things in assets and ideas: it will be up to him to validate or not it's his baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutz450 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Ok awesome. No rush, just curious. I recently set up all the eXoDOS projects and importing all my other console games into it. The one change I made was I created a new platform category called Retro-eXo and placed everything from his projects under that category (I did that because I think it looks neater that way for when I import other computer games). So I was looking for an all encompassing video showing off all of his projects to add as a video for when I select that category in BigBox. In the meantime, I'll give all your other projects a look. Looks like you put a lot of work into them and from what I can see just in this post alone, they all look amazing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, Clutz450 said: Ok awesome. No rush, just curious. I recently set up all the eXoDOS projects and importing all my other console games into it. The one change I made was I created a new platform category called Retro-eXo and placed everything from his projects under that category (I did that because I think it looks neater that way for when I import other computer games). So I was looking for an all encompassing video showing off all of his projects to add as a video for when I select that category in BigBox. In the meantime, I'll give all your other projects a look. Looks like you put a lot of work into them and from what I can see just in this post alone, they all look amazing. your tree structure is really cool! Personally it's typically the type of organization that I put in place. The thing is on the other hand (I don't know what theme you're on) but looking at that I also count the number of launch themes (video) too: in the case where you have the home page in full screen! That's a lot and I'm not sure everything is findable! That's a bit of a problem when you start on this type of "tree" you have to have something to fill lol but I really like it. But I think you shouldn't have too many worries since all your systems are built the same! Given the number of games, it smells like full sets ^^ Edited July 30 by Pademonium bac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darreldearth Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I remember seeing these over the years. Are you making these available for download or just showcasing what you've made thus far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 11 hours ago, darreldearth said: I remember seeing these over the years. Are you making these available for download or just showcasing what you've made thus far? Hello I think you skimmed the post and you must have missed some information. Technically at the time the upload was limited to 2 GB per file and my achievements being quite heavy / the upload was complicated or even impossible on most of my projects to be shared. But I think that has changed. And 2nd point I did not have fiber! And that changes everything I have a translation for the Zelda Ultima in progress! and I do not do it for myself: but with the aim of sharing it. Of course I will not put everything online because there is too much personal investment in these achievements everything is built from scratch and some will remain accessible only for those who wish and via my patreon as part of a support. ( Which does not prevent me from sharing enormously for more than 10 years everywhere and especially all kinds of media or from lending a hand to other creators) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutz450 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Just wondering if you happened to make any kind of theme or media for 2 Player Game Boy Link Cable games. I just recently discovered that I can play games that use the link cable to connect 2 Game Boys together in RetroArch using the Sameboy core. Now I plan on creating a new Platform called "Nintendo Game Boy (2-Player)" and would love it if that platform had unique media to go with it rather than me reusing the regular Game Boy one. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 19 minutes ago, Clutz450 said: Just wondering if you happened to make any kind of theme or media for 2 Player Game Boy Link Cable games. I just recently discovered that I can play games that use the link cable to connect 2 Game Boys together in RetroArch using the Sameboy core. Now I plan on creating a new Platform called "Nintendo Game Boy (2-Player)" and would love it if that platform had unique media to go with it rather than me reusing the regular Game Boy one. Thanks. Hello, that's a damn good idea! Very clearly there are a lot of players who are returning to local play (and they are right) the publishers have not understood anything when you see the last suicide squad which was a flop and which almost put Rocksteady on the straw to give us yet another online multiplayer game (that no one wants anymore) or even the DBZ fans who are crying out for a local mode for the next Sparking (like the old ones) to play with friends... I have a hard time following them and they are going to do it with Hogwarts Legacy while we are all asking for a solo experience. Anyway, I'm off ^^ A support? You mean views? If yes, almost 10 for Nostalgic Bedroom Here are some of them: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutz450 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I meant specifically for the Game Boy Link Cable. Like 2 Game Boy linked together with the cable and 2 videos playing on each screen of them playing together. I have no artistic skills nor idea how to create any of this stuff myself. So I've been looking for things that are already created that I can maybe somehow manipulate to add in myself. But if someone with your skills wanted to make one, that would be awesome. Here are links to videos and pictures that I found that I was going to try to use (and they're not really that good, but I'll take what I can get). https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477733472945846606/ https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Boy_Link_Cable?file=Linkcable.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 @Clutz450In my opinion, what you need is an easily identifiable logo, I would even say "immediately identifiable: we look at it and we know that it is talking about "that".I'll see if I can find something for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutz450 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) Well I did find this logo here (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/69226-nintendo-game-boy-2-player-logo/). This was the only thing I found on the LaunchBox forums regarding 2 Player Game Boy. But I really wasn't sure what to do with it. I don't mean to take over your post with you providing support to me, so let me know if you want to take this conversation somewhere else. Thanks. Edited August 2 by Clutz450 Spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pademonium bac Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 A close-up on a month of work A lot of content! Since it was necessary to create New system themes but also a lot of background! Summary: *Announcement! *PS4 *360 *Consolidations of old systems *Improvement of the Horror Movies 80 section with FX galore *and we fly over the Arcade. @Clutz450save your money! It's closed lol I don't take anymore.guys already give me too much work but on the other hand if you want to try something don't hesitate to ask me in pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 METROID Collection "Recharged" ! I took the opportunity to dust off a collection that was dear to me and add a pause/launch/and shutdown theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 I seriously attacked Dragon ball mania for a release in December (at least for the first part) I'm in the timing and it completely matches the news! the 40 years! the release of sparking zero and unfortunately the death of akira: a very nice tribute in perspective! Atmosphere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 (edited) Some images from the arcade... A rather crazy atmosphere: I wanted to make it festive: dozens of different views for the playlists with an emblematic character for each playlist who comes to make easter eggs (predator for cps2 and robocop for data east etc) and also much more classic views! All in all (for the moment, the arcade is about 30 original animated views, sometimes with a lot of resources), And it's also the beginning of something very original that could potentially our habits and our way of navigating in a frontend ... Edited August 26 by Pademonium bac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroNaps Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 How and when can I download this? I'm amazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pademonium bac Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 11 hours ago, RetroNaps said: How and when can I download this? I'm amazed Are you talking about a specific project? because I've done a lot of things. I plan to share an ultima next month but I'm hesitant I don't know which one yet! otherwise you'll find all my work on my patreon and I produce tons of stuff (in quantity at least half a forum per month) you may not be able to register on the big level but at least you'll see my news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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