The Outline Bar by Digital Sounds System
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The Outline Bar (2021) -- Polynomial ^ DSS
An invite released at Outline Online 2021
3D modelling, video, and voiceover: Polynomial
Music: Ketsa - Drop [licensed]
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Special thanks to: reality404 - founder and co-host of the online bar,
havoc and the Outline orga team, RBBS for running a sweet Jitsi server
that makes the magic possible, the many denizens of the bar, the folks
in chat who stick around for our inane drunken shenanigans, my mate
DanHatesNumbers for being my sounding board, Lynn for getting me into
this mess in the first place, and my wife for putting up with me
during crunch time on this project.
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This started out as an idea for making some fancy backgrounds for the
streaming setup in OBS, and quickly got out of control. Everything you
see was hand-modelled in Fusion 360 - fridges, cups, bottles, truss,
laptops, Amigas, TVs, DJ gear, lights, noodles, tables, chairs... even
the damn cage nuts in the server rack. For some reason I was compelled
to go to absurd levels of detail, like modelling the PCB inside the
Amiga... you can barely even see it! But I feel like it was worth it.
In total the renders took around 6 CPU-months of processor time.
Luckily my workstation has 56 cores (112 threads) so I didn't end up
releasing this for Outline 2022 instead! That didn't stop F360 from
running like ass with this kind of project, though. With the timeline
enabled it became unusable about 3/4 of the way through the project.
Turning it off helped, but the entity browser is basically useless at
this scale. It was often faster to just move the camera around to find
whichever object I needed. Terrible tool for this kind of job. But
isn't that part of the fun?
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This archive includes the exported F360 project. Feel free to take a
look around and check out some of the hidden details. I'm releasing
the whole thing under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, so enjoy.
Speaking of licensing, the soundtrack on the video was released by
Ketsa under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (NO DERVIATIVES) license, which normally
prohibits its inclusion in videos or demos. I bought a commercial
license to use the music without this restriction. If you distribute
the video yourself, please do so under the CC BY-SA-ND 4.0 license.
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I want to take a moment to thank reality404 for starting this whole
bar idea. The last year has been weird at best, and soul crushing at
worst. For a lot of us, demoscene events are a much-needed way to blow
off some steam and feel part of a community. The bar at Outline has
always been a wonderful social hub, with a kind of unique spontaneous
culture. Bringing that energy to the online space has delivered much-
needed catharsis to me, and no doubt countless others. I'm glad to be
a part of it. So, please, raise a glass to reality404 for turning the
online bar from an idea to... reality ;)
Hope to see you all at the bar soon.
Cheers,
- Polynomial^DSS
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P.S. this is my first proper NFO :D
P.P.S. no, that's not Okkie's real phone number.
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