"Charle the Unicorn LIVE!" Behind the Scenes...
Added 2016-03-01 03:58:54 +0000 UTCYou may have seen one of the "Charlie the Unicorn" live streams I've been doing to promote the Kickstarter, where Charlie himself answers questions from viewers live. A few people seem to think it's pre-recorded, which I guess means I've done a pretty good job setting it up!
For anyone wondering, the way I'm doing these streams is with a "puppet" I've programmed using GameMaker Studio. I've basically created a small scene that I can animate live using my keyboard. I've uploaded an HTML5 version of the program for you to check out yourself if you're interested:
http://filmcow.com/stuff/charlielive/
It's... not very user friendly. There are a lot of controls and it takes a while to get your head around it. Also, the music and forest sounds you hear during the stream are played through a separate application, so you won't hear it here.
You need a full-sized keyboard (one with a number pad) to get this to actually work. Also, I'm having trouble getting the number pad keys to work in Chrome, but it seems to work in Firefox? Not sure what that's about.
Anyway, here is the full list of key commands:
CAMERA CONTROLS:
Number Pad . - Wide Shot
Number Pad 1 - Medium-Wide Shot
Number Pad 2 - Medium Shot
Number Pad 3 - Close Up
Number Pad 4 - Move Camera Left
Number Pad 5 - Move Camera Down
Number Pad 6 - Move Camera Right
Number Pad 8 - Move Camera Up
Number Pad 7 - Frogrus Shot
Number Pad 9 - Remove "Will Begin Shortly" or "Be Right Back" Screen
Number Pad / - "Will Begin Shortly" Screen
Number Pad * - "We'll Be Right Back" Screen
Number Pad - - Zoom Out
Number Pad + - Zoom In
Environmental Controls:
U - What's Behind The Door?
I - Word of the Day
O - Spawn Obama
P - Remove All Obamas
H - Toggle Sneakers
J - Toggle Frogrus
K - Spawn Blue / Pink Swarm
L - Spawn Luca
B - Move "The Animal" Left
N - Make "The Animal" Talk
M - Move "The Animal" Right
Charlie Controls:
WASD - Eyebrow
Q and E - Change Eyebrow Shape
Arrow Keys - Move Pupil
Number Pad 0 - Reset Pupil Position
Return / Enter - Close Eyes
Space Bar - Animate Mouth
1 through 0 - Mouth Shapes
Comments
:O I figured there would be a lot of controls. couldn't wrap my head around how you did mouth movement, eyebrow, and pupil all at once! Thought it was something similar to what Rob did with URealms as well! I hope you continue to do these types of livestreams every now and then, even though it was an hour of not much happening during the oscars, it was so entertaining regardless!
Wenslo
2016-03-03 18:43:19 +0000 UTCInteresting to see how the program worked! I was assuming it'd be similar to the puppet pals program that the URealms Live guys have been using, but it's vastly different to what I expected.
Chals
2016-03-01 17:42:06 +0000 UTCBrilliant!
Joanie Rich
2016-03-01 17:17:02 +0000 UTC
