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Post by misthalu on Nov 28, 2019 8:44:26 GMT
I'm a sparetime gamedev, and tend to go for niche platforms for some reason. Currently that niche platform is blu-ray players. You can code games for blu-ray players using Java. All blu-ray players run Java as part of the blu-ray specification.
They are extremely limited of course, compared to other platforms. That's just what makes it fun. It's an intriguing challenge.
One thing blu-ray offers / encourages that other platforms don't, is the usage of videos. So in my latest blu-ray game I'm using a video as a background. But that's about it. The video is a universe with music. Everything else is just arcade game on top of it.
When you put the disc into a PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, it doesn't list itself under "Games" but rather under "Videos".
But the question is: Is this a FMV game?
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Post by WorldWarIV on Nov 29, 2019 14:06:46 GMT
I don't think so sadly, but nice game!
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Post by misthalu on Nov 30, 2019 8:35:07 GMT
I don't think so sadly, but nice game!
Yea I didn't think so either. 
But the platform is definitely suitable for FMV games. It's already been used for "Liar's Dice" on the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which I will probably make a video of soon.
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Post by WorldWarIV on Dec 3, 2019 13:38:23 GMT
Those look more like platformers or mobile games to me, an FMV is more like an interactive movie like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwKlWwkEvYHave you played a lot of FMVs? |
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Post by Zomel Wrangler on Jan 3, 2020 20:20:23 GMT
What do we think about games that have FMV components to them, like the Myst series? Or games with FMV cutscenes like Wing Commander or Command & Conquer?
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Post by WorldWarIV on Jan 3, 2020 23:08:23 GMT
Good question. I would tend to include any game that is a point and click featuring real actors at some point in the FMV genre. Padmore might be able to provide a better answer than me though.
What about you? What do you think?
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Post by Zomel Wrangler on Jan 3, 2020 23:22:28 GMT
Yeah, with those examples, I'd be inclined to call Myst an FMV but not C&C. Because in Myst, the actors appear greenscreened into the same environment you play with, while in games with only cutscenes, the gameplay is totally unrelated to the FMV.
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