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Shattered Machinima
Grant Cahill, Mikkel Garcia, Joseph LaConte
Overview
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Machinima
Introduction
 Evaluation
 Samples
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Sample Demo
 Shattered Hierarchy
 Ruby
 Ogre3D
 Shattered Ruby
 Project Demo
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Introduction to Machinima
Observation:
“Capturing live action, even if it takes place in a virtual
world, is a kind of filmmaking.”
Origin of Term:
Machine + cinema: Coined in 1998 by Hugh
Hancock and Anthony Bailey.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/permalink.jsp?id=3834
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Introduction to Machinima
What is Machinima?
Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah) is filmmaking
within a real-time, 3D virtual environment, often
using 3D video-game technologies.
In an expanded definition, it is the convergence
of filmmaking, animation and game
development. Machinima is real-world
filmmaking techniques applied within an
interactive virtual space where characters and
events can be either controlled by humans,
scripts or artificial intelligence.
http://www.machinima.org/machinima-faq.html
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Introduction to Machinima
Interesting Fact
“The Unreal engine was used by director George
Lucas for pre-visualisation of Star Wars movies
and by some other directors.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima
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Evaluating Machinima
Advantages
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Eliminates the rendering process
 Lower overhead
 Faster production time
 Capable of producing dynamic effects
Provide resolution independent*
Yield smaller distribution size*
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Allow easier film making
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*Dependant upon delivery method
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Evaluating Machinima
Disadvantages
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Limited capability
Hardware requirements
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Sample Machinima
View machinima at: machinima.com
Machinima of interest:
Medival Weapon
Red vs Blue
Blood Spell
•Airs on Spike TV
•Commercial DVD
•To Be Full Feature
•Everquest II Engine
•Halo Engine
•Hurtaugh and Tiggs
•Four Seasons
•Neverwinter
Nights Engine
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Medieval Weapon
Remember Lethal Weapon?
 Spin off on the good ole fashioned
hijinx that we know and love!
 Medieval Weapon: Episode 1
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Shattered Game Hierarchy
Machinima
Shattered Framework
Ruby
Ogre
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The Ruby Language
Pure object oriented
 Dynamically typed
 Interpreted
 Has gained popularity because of
Rails
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Ogre 3d – An open 3d engine
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Free to use
Heavily supported
Active community
Object Oriented
OpenGL/Direct3d
support
Many many
features.
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Shattered Ruby
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Game creation framework
Built with Ruby, and using Ogre
Simplifies prototyping of games
Follows agile principles
Uses Model View Controller Paradigm
http://www.ShatteredRuby.com
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A Short Simple Shattered Sample
class DirtyRubyView < ...
material :dirty_ruby_material,
:template => :basic, :texture => "dirty_ruby.png"
mesh "dirty_ruby"
end
class ObservationState < ...
actor :dirty_ruby
camera :position => [-10,0,0],
:looking_at => :dirty_ruby
end
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Conclusion
Machinima
 Shattered
 Ruby
 Ogre3D
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References
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Machinima
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Shattered
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http://www.ShatteredRuby.com
Ruby
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http://jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/permalink.jsp?i
d=3834
http://www.machinima.com/
http://www.machinima.org/machinima-faq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
Ogre3D
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http://www.ogre3d.org/
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