Upcoming Promo Video (part 2)

Putting together a promo video to advertise the Star Legation was a lot of fun, but it was also a challenge, because I've only finished programming 5% of the game—the demo. Thankfully, I have most of the background art and all of the CG's in the game already finished, so I was able to simulate some parts of the game that I have yet to program. I went to a few scenes in my script and programmed some of those moments exactly as I plan to when I actually arrive at those points in the programming process. Then, I recorded the gameplay of those moments and made short videos. I then brought those short videos into my video editor and cut them to highlight a few moments, adding in some slow panning camera movement. For example, the encounter with the Chiraktis Queen was set up exactly as it will be when Trey is ushered into her throne room. At several points in his conversation with her, Trey will have choices about what to say. I programmed a scene with 3 choices, and linked one of the choice buttons to the text that Trey will actually speak in the game, and then I recorded myself “playing” that scene, selecting that choice and seeing the resulting text emerge. Nevermind that the other two choice buttons didn't actually lead anywhere yet—they will when I get that far in the game, but for now, my intention is to give you a clear picture of what the game will look like so you can decide if it is something you might want to play when it's finished.