8-bit flash on newgrounds

[Shizor]

I don't know if this has been posted before, but i'm new so i have an excuse :p .

i just wanted to know if they were made under brians permission, and if any more of those are planned to be made. Because as flash its fuggin' hilarious. the guy who does fighter is pretty funny.

there was one part that really made me laugh, becase it really makes it seem like fighter and black mage are buddies, but then that theorey is completely destroyed later. it works good in the comic too.

:fighter: - well where would you suggest someone would hide mystical armor of invincibility?!?!
:bmage: - ok chuckles, from now on i pick the adventures.
:fighter: - Phooey!

*8 pages later on comic, and in the next part of the flash...*

*BM is thinking*
fighter - duhh! i am the fighter! i gives away all our shineys!

*BM does hadoken in his mind*

fighter - blarrgh! I am dead!

funnnnny...

oh and if you havent seen the flash, its on this list: http://newgrounds.com/collections/finalfantasy.html

[Bizzaro_Exdeath]

I've seen them. I really dislike the voice they chose for Black Mage. It's a good thing they only did the first twenty or so episodes, because whenever I read those episodes I don't look at Black Mage the same, so I'd hate for it to happen to the later ones.

[Shizor]

yeah.. black mages voice was a little iffy. but i think fighters was spot on.

[netrider6]

Black Mage's is too echo-y and Fighter sounds too pompous.

[Rhyos]

Glad to see nobody has a problem with Thief. :thief:

We do have Brian's permission as well as some input.

Oh, and Brian, I think teh Shinny requested some form of contact link establishment for a few projects. Drop me some AIM/PM? :thief:

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

Shiz, Net, Bizzaro, y`all seem to be referring to the old Black Mage, Cotmm, with the echo effect that was left out in 8BT3. Then Cotmm pulled out, and 8BT4 brought in Omahdon! Please to not be saying that Black Mage's voice needs to be different, because we all know how hard Starky has tried to make sure Omahdon doesn't change the voice. @_@

Now, lesee... There's 568 comics, about 8 comics per episode, which means 71 are currently needed to cover them all, and they're up to episode 5...

Wowie. How long are you acting folk gonna be around for? @_@

Wait. What'd Net say about Antonio? T_T

[Rhyos]

We've got a supaa sekret planz as to how we're going to run the rest of the series. Really hush-hush, y'know? :thief:

[Bizzaro_Exdeath]

Well, I don't really like Black Mage's voice in either 3 or 4. It's too... scratchy. It sounds like a 12 year old boy trying to imitate his favorite villain from a new computer game he's obsessed with.

And I could swear that it's Fighter who says, "But wouldn't you just be destroying yourself?" not White Mage. It seems like the kind of stupid response that Fighter would come up with.

[squall2933]

I didn't like Thief in I don't remember, either the 3rd or 4th episode, where he says the line "Suckers!" It just wasn't delivered right.

As for all the 8-bit flashes, the intro to Arfenhouse: Teh Movie Too! (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/110131) nails it right on the head.

[Shizor]

i remember i've seen the first 3 of them, but now newgrounds only has the first two. anyone have links for the other 3?

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

Bizarro: But... Black Mage has a different voice actor for #4. :(
Shizor: Only the other two. #5's still in production. @_@
8-Bit Theater 3 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/106049), 8-Bit Theater 4 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/198225).
Alternatively, you can search for "TLF" as an author (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search.php?kind=a&terms=TLF).

[Kirbyslaboratory]

Honestly, I didn't think Children of the monkey machine did a bad job on BM's voice. It sounded pretty fitting for the role. Now, one thing to straighten, Antonio Pizza does an amazing voice for fighter. It's as if he "is" fighter!

[Rhyos]

Antonio Pizza is probably the single most talented actor in the group. I need to find that man a studio! :thief:

[Bizzaro_Exdeath]

I know that #4 was different from #3, but he still tried to do the same thing as the guy from #3, and that was having a scratchy voice.

[Rhyos]

The new BM was trying to fill the shoes of the old one, and as such tried to imitate. I had a GREAT idea for the transition, but nooo~~ TLF didn't listen. Oh well. What's done is done.

And I wasn't feeling good when I had to do that "Suckers!" line. I just don't like that word. :thief:

[Kirbyslaboratory]

So you, Rhyos, do the voice of the ever lovable and afluent thief? That's awesome.

[ChaoticPlayer]

I recently saw on newgrounds where they had a remake of the original movies...but they were shorter and there were more of them...it appeared to me that it was sposed to look more like the comic, but i didnt like the voices they had...it just wasnt the same as the original ones

[RaiRai]

Rhyos, honey, did you get in contact with Brian like you needed? And software has been acquired. So what you're waiting on should be available, hopefully, this weekend.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

I recently saw on newgrounds where they had a remake of the original movies...but they were shorter and there were more of them...it appeared to me that it was sposed to look more like the comic, but i didnt like the voices they had...it just wasnt the same as the original ones
You speak of the 8-Bit Theater movies by Karui Kage (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search.php?kind=a&terms=Karui_Kage). They aren't very flash. No real voice acting ("Oh, hey. I've heard about these. This is a... random, encounter."), very short, and simple animation at 12FPS? No thanks.

[Rhyos]

Rhyos, honey, did you get in contact with Brian like you needed? And software has been acquired. So what you're waiting on should be available, hopefully, this weekend.
Aww, she called me honey! :thief:*blush*

In case your software doesn't work well, I've got some on my end. And no, I haven't gotten in touch with Brian yet. Any help = appreciated~

And yes, Kirby's Lab, I am the voice of teh Thief. :thief:

[CDS]

I'm wondering if and when an 8bit theater 5 will be released and since I see Rhyos is here, he could tell me :cool: right? right.

[Rhyos]

We don't have a release date yet. We're almost done.

[Fenris]

My favorite one was the DnD one. I'm... attacking the dark! Classic.

[Rhyos]

Audio was by the Deadale Wives, animation was by someone else. That wasn't us. :thief: <-- PR agent?

[AnonCastillo]

Yeah, the 8BT DnD was just an animation posted over a comedy routine that's been floating around the internet for a while.

Hey Rhyos, does the team need any more voice actors?

[Rhyos]

What we could actually use are artists that can stick to a deadline. I'd be more than glad to listen to/critique any audio you want to send my way, however. :thief:

[RaiRai]

Ow, that was harsh, Rhyos. Cut deep, man.

[CDS]

Sprite artists or traditional ones? As for voice actors, wouldn't know how to go about it :P

[Rhyos]

o_O I was merely quoting Meddros on that one! We "had" 2 artists previously that did some fabulous work, but at the last moment said they couldn't do it anymore due to school/work/food/whatever. It's hard to keep a production going when that thing happens.


As for voice acting, it's actually quite simple. All you need is a mike, some time, and a recording program. :thief:

[Digitalguardian]

Do you have any red mage, black belt, or dark warriors? I can record my voice in a small variety of formats(mp3, wma, etc.)

[Rhyos]

We have all of the above, but feel free to send me a sample anyways. I'd be more than glad to listen. :thief:

[Shizor]

You better have a king steve.... He pwns!

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

And the "CASTMEIN8BTPLZKTHNX" craze begins yet again. Don't you folk usually, I dunno, make threads on (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=548) these kind of (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=695) things when needed? (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=764) @_@

[Skatzo]

To be a voice actor in 8-Bit, what an honour :P

EDIT: That is NOT sarcasm!

[Rhyos]

Just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. :thief:

[konnor]

voice acting is cool

wish i could audition

[Skatzo]

So do i, but there are loads of characters to come up yet, maybe they might give us all a chance, or not. Either way, im content with listening and laughing

[PCD]

0.o You claim to almost be done with 5? SWEET! I've been waiting for that for ages! I mean, you guys crank out one a year... yet then you put out two right next to each other, then wait another year. What's up with that, eh?

I prefer to check out the movies at Flashplayer, as my goddamn popupblocker doesn't go insane there.

Wish I could voice act, but that require for me to have a microphone. And the ability to act.

And Rhyos, good job, yo. Thief was the only one where I thought they really hit the voice dead on.

Heh, how many different things can I talk about in one post, huh?

[Admiral_Kelly]

The voices I had were totally differant, but good job on the ones you did I like em'.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

I mean, you guys crank out one a year... yet then you put out two right next to each other, then wait another year. What's up with that, eh?
Life. Stuff like university or work gets in the way of TLF's (And/Or Meddros') animating.

[JimmyT]

Any other ways to get to the movies other than through newgrounds? Cos for some reason the links to the movies themselves aren't working. Probably cos I'm using netscape (as opposed to a decent web browser)
Edit-nope, its not netscape, internet explorer won't open it either. Mind you, thats not much better.

[CDS]

so who's gonna be the voice of Garland? odd curiousity it is.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

Some person. :D

Going by what's happened with previous episodes (and then with something I read around the place), we won't see Garland until either #6 or #7. So, he's a little while off yet.

[Dj_StarChild]

Well, I've returned, after a 3 month hiatus. (sp?)

Anyway, here I am, to disillusion fans, and yell at stupid people.

First off, Rhyos, this requiring of things from Rai Rai...sounds like you're up to something behind my back (AGAIN!). Care to fill me in (if it's at all related to our business)?

Episode 5 was so long in the works partially because I'm lazy, and we were experimenting with lots of different animation techniques...and having said that, you folks probably won't even notice that we've revamped everything.

Forewarning: despite efforts to conserve filesize (we succeeded too). This episode will be just as short, if not shorter than the others. Sorry.

This episode introduces Red Mage. No doubt you will all hate his voice. Tough titty, we don't care.

People still hate BM's voice. Tough titty. No one but him cares, and It's all I can do to keep from flying across the world to beat him mercilessly so that he quits listening to you morons, and just plays his part the way he should: My way.

Other reasons the episode took so long: We've had several sets of lines redone, several retweakings of animation, and a whole lot of personal crises (and lazy voice actors.) *throws a rock at AntonioPizza, who probably wasn't lazy at all.* the end result is: better sound quality, better acting, and more interesting animation. To what degree that betterness is exacted, that's up in the air, but It's better.

I think that's all I have to say.
The new episode will be out soon...I hope. I'm still waiting on lines, actually.

We've got some big(ish) news up our sleeves for the future, unfortunately most of us are out of the loop on what it is anyway. We've got two Extra things in the works that should make our fans happy, and give Arfenhouse something to do, since they obviously don't have any lives over there anyway....Seriously, I can't stress enough how much I hate trolls and stupid people...but that said, I love troll dolls....with their purple hair and such...and nudity.

Ok, I'm done.

[Klyco]

w007!! Its finally done. Now we can watch as RM's voice is butchered for future generations to come.

[Dj_StarChild]

I didn't say it was done....in fact I said it's not done....while misleadingly talking in past tense...

[Klyco]

w007!! Soon we shall watch as RM's Voiced is butchered for all eternity!

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

We've got two Extra things in the works that should make our fans happy, and give Arfenhouse something to do, since they obviously don't have any lives over there anyway.
Fun, Yet Horrifically Offtopic Fact: Disaster Lab's Misteroo (Creator of Arfenhouse and the in/famous 8-Bitch Fyve) has stated that he's quite over Arfenhouse (which tried to give the message "Yes, anyone can do this. So don't," as satire towards authors) and wants to move onto other projects. He's been doing that stuff since 1999, so he's well over it. Refer: [link (http://misteroo.deviantart.com/journal/5523685/)]


Great to see some news on the progress of 8BT5. Animation technique experimentation, eh? Sprite, vector, sprector? Hawt.

[Dj_StarChild]

you'll see...I really don't know diddly about animation. I took a crash course (I watched the pretty tutorial) and failed miserably at animating. Sound's my game.

[Kirbyslaboratory]

Well, I don't care how long it takes. It'll all be well worth it when it comes.

[Digitalguardian]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=214733

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

Yes, that's the ever in/famous 8-Bitch Fyve.
In this episode, it was directed towards the innundating amount of people copying stuff from nuklearpower.com into their own horrible little sprite comics/sprite movies. The main target was the 8-Bit Theater flash series--or, rather, its viewers, who don't exactly realize how easy it is to import sprites and make them recite prewritten script when all that is really required to pull off the job is a microphone and excessive use of the 'import' function.

The overall lesson behind the movie is "Yes, *anyone* can do this. So don't." It's harder to pick up a pencil and create something new *AND* successful than it is to copy, trace, or butcher something else someone else made because it's already popular so you might be able to syphon some of it away.Explanation: It shouldn't be too hard for you to figure out the lesson behind this movie, but you'll probably just blam it outright and send some flames or something like that. We're fans of the original comics but we hurl over the flashes. Even when drawing the characters in this pointy-shapey style and screwing things over entirely, it's STILL an improvement.

Explanation: The point is that nobody actually gets anywhere if they don't actually try and something and a lot of people think that they can just ignore that fact entirely, throw in some video game characters or rip off The Simpsons, and crown themselves as God, thereby ignoring all advice given to them, such as "spend more than 5 minutes on this" or "test your work out before using it." Sadly, this is seen everywhere.

Explanation: Clevinger spent years working on his material and it showed dramatic improvement. He learned his awesomeness. Someone else making a 'movie' (with an extremely low amount of animation) and copying it word for word-and somehow being rated well-was what triggered the creation of this flash to hijack the 5th episode. We're only doing this once.

Explanation: So for those of you who really want to make something of the things that you spend your time on, remember that quality and originality are worth far more throughout your lifetime than making some stupid knockoff of someone else's work. You may now proceed these 4 frames and write a lot of angry flames.

Note, I don't entirely agree with the Explanation, but it makes some good points.

[Rhyos]

And those points were well taken. Props to Oma-however the hell you spell his name for actually e-mailing Misteroo. :thief:

[Dj_StarChild]

I've said it before, I'll probably say it a million times.

We don't seek popularity, popularity found us.
If we get rated well, it's because new fans appreciate brian's work, and will eventually find their way here through the animations, OR current fans appreciate our tributes/homages. While the animation may be simple, when one is trying to do the best and truest representation of something, you can't very well change the style of art without changing the mood and theme. 8BT:Animated uses/used 8-bit sprites because it wouldn't be 8-bit anymore if we didn't. We'd have to call it 'hand-drawn' theater, which completely drops the whole inference toward the original NES that one can usually draw from the phrase '8-bit.' While I appreciate satire, I find the arfenhouse animation to be completely unfunny, and without enough of a commentary to be worth viewing. Sure it's easy to do, but we want to expose people from a different community to the great stuff in this community, and we're the most true-to-form representation there is, regardless of how little our voice actors sound like your imagination.

Also: The sound quality on the voice recordings is better than some of the more famous flash series out there, for example: Neurotically Yours, and Innumerable submissions to newgrounds. Hurtin' on our voice actors' microphones is without grounds, and unnecessary. Mind you, I don't like to blow my own trumpet, so to speak.

There is a lot of effort put into these animations, regardless of how easy it looks, and not just in terms of animation. We try to put out the best work we can, and if 18, 000 crazed fans think it's worth 4.20/5.00 (which isn't really that fabulous anyway.) Then, that's their beef. We just do what we do because we like to do it, and we appreciate Brian's writing. What we do isn't any different from What Batman Begins does, or Spiderman, or the Fantastic Four.

We interpret the comics our way, and bring them to live (adding the dimension of movement equals 'life' for now.) There will be more innovation in later editions. Like I said, we've got lots up our sleeves.

[Rhyos]

Keep in mind: I work full time in retail management. I still can barely afford gas to and from work and food to keep me mobile. I tend to have to trade off between one or the other.

In other words, I, nor can any of the rest of the cast, afford a $300 microphone. Though I know where TO get them, I cannot AFFORD them. Although in Misteroo's bash, I think he was referring to some of the other animations. (off-topic sidetrack: As odd as this sounds, at one point I used HEADPHONES as a MICROPHONE. It CAN be done. Try it at home, kids!)

If this post sounds cranky, it's because I'm in the middle of the south on a hot, humid night, and have been without air conditioning for the better part of a month. Even with 2 fans, I'm sweating buckets.

And no, RM's voice isn't butchered. :thief:

[Klyco]

(off-topic sidetrack: As odd as this sounds, at one point I used HEADPHONES as a MICROPHONE. It CAN be done. Try it at home, kids!)



And no, RM's voice isn't butchered. :thief:

Please, do tell!

[Rhyos]

All I've given myself liberty to say is that it isn't butchered. =B It's another voice to grow on. :thief:

[Carnivore]

Erm, Rhyos, I think he meant for you to tell him about using a set of headphones as a microphone.

[Skatzo]

lol, im interested in that as well

[Rhyos]

Y'see, I was drunk at the time. >_>



The experiment involved earbud headphones. All I did was stick 'em in the microphone port, held 'em both to my mouth and tried to record... and it worked! I have no idea how, but it worked! Give it a shot sometime.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

Ah, y`see, the left speaker of a number of headphones have a built-in microphone. S`what I've heard, and although I haven't tried it myself, it seems to be true. ^^

[/headrophones?]

[Dj_StarChild]

I don't think they're meant to be microphones, I think it's a phenomenon that occurs naturally of the mechanics of the speakers. Possibly something to do with a mini amplifier...I really don't remember. Anyways, get yourselves back on topic.

P.S. San diego Comic Con, yo.

[Kirbyslaboratory]

Well, I know you don't exactly know when the next flash is coming out....but can you make a rough estimation? I'm not gonna hold you to your word, I just would like to know when you think it'll be out.

Maybe august? maybe? okay. Maybe not.

[Dj_StarChild]

Well, our animator is going to San Diego this weekend, and I still don't have all the blooper lines. I give a ballpark estimate of last week of july to mid August.

[Cevian]

I would like to know where I can get the ending song to the first move, "NES Christmas." I can't find it on OCRemix.

[DarkCORN!]

Thread necromancy is a no-no. Read the rules.

[Cevian]

Oh sorry. Should I have just made a new thread?

[Long-Haired Narcissist]

I can't ever play 4. It never loads all the way. Can someone help me?

[Jared Todd]

ehhn. E-mailing someone might get you help? Of course... naw. That never works. The only people that answer their e-mail that are ever associated with 8-Bit are the mods here (I hope I don't get like that...). and I doubt the mods'll be able to help you.

What I've always learned is, if a movie can't play on your computer, you need a better version of Macromedia Flash Player, or you need a better computer/internet connection.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

I used to never be able to load Flash movies completely if they were over one megabyte in size. As such, I found a work-around solution through the Watch Movie page properties.
Tee hee! Jared Todd has my chinchilla ninjas in his avatar!
This sentence links to the movie file directly (http://uploads.ungrounded.net/198000/198225_4z.swf). If you can't load it, download it.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

lol.

I found these a while back and still find these funny. Any more gonna be happening

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

From this (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=12682&page=8) old thread:Don't worry all you crazy fans who want to see the series continue. We have had several offers... I mean a few offers... ok ONE offer to contuine the series and if said person decieds to take up the raines I have already told them I am behind them one hundred percent. I feel it is to early to name names until we have a confirmation on this but even if he/she/it backs out I am sure another will step up to take on the task.

The series is not dead or passed on, it is just hibernating.

[Dj_StarChild]

Jeepers, someone dredged this topic up again?

We're working on two or three things at once right now, and we're working very slowly. Hopefully we'll have something by the usual time.

[happy_turtle]

Um...last I heard...there were 5 cartoons but i always find two different sets of cartoons...one set is pretty loyal to the plot but there are only 4 episodes...the other set is really short but there are 10 episodes but it only gets to the point where BM and Fighter first get to Corneria...am I really that behind?

[Dj_StarChild]

there ARE 5 episodes that The folks you know are involved with.

the one with 10 episodes is the less cool one...take it from me...the sound guy from the more cool one... *Shifts eyes*