Friday Update #1

[DJ-Ready]

Welcome everybody to our first Friday night update

Today we'd like to introduce you to a minor but pretty neat feature, facial expressions.

(some example facial animations)

It may not have a big impact on the actual gameplay (which will be revealed during the coming weeks) but we just love that kind of eye candy and to us, it adds a certain kind of depth to the game.

First, your character will perform certain facial animations depending on what he is actually doing. For instance, if you are hit by something and you scream a pain sound, your character will actually "scream " that sound. Though we don't actually have lip synced animations.
Now another nice little feature is that these animations will also react to anything you type into the ingame chat. So you will be able to perform certain expressions whenever you want, probably even combined with a "full body" animation if you're just standing idle while using the chat


Furthermore, we'd like to share one little wallpaper with you rendered by our talented artist Super Vegetto. More wallpapers will probably follow in the next few news updates.

See you next time,
- the NNK Team

[DaRk]

heh, thats actually pretty cool, although i was hoping for more depth on your first update.

[DJ-Ready]

We won't reveal everything at once .. especially since we just went public ;P

Soooo .... stick to the mod and you'll see goodies each week

[Shady-D]

Hey that's pretty awesome!
That's SV's texturing job right there for ya!
I got a little suggestion on the wallpaper which might make it cooler :3
Try adding a little blurred shadow under naruto's feet. Just to give it the little extra.

[DJ-Ready]

actually its kama's skinjob
SV did the face skins and animations though
and the cool render post


good idea with the shadow ..I might try that later tonight

[Mobius]

Oho!    Love the facial expressions!

Can't wait to see more

[Shady-D]

actually its kama's skinjob
SV did the face skins and animations though
and the cool render post


good idea with the shadow ..I might try that later tonight

Oh, hehe I was judging by the face.

[edit]
A closer look to the wallpaper still has me thinking it's by SV's style =P.. Guess Kama picked up a few tips and tricks from him.

[SV]

lol Kama practicly raised me.
He helped me when I started my path as a young, yet passionate modeler/skinner. <3 Kama senpai!

Actually, Sven modeled the Naruto, Kama skinned it all, GG rigged it and I did some final touchups overall, posed/rendered, created the new facial expressions and animated them. We're all responsible to that Naru piece of work. :3
You'll also see some of Killmore's animations on that model. You'll droll 'till you'll dry out. <33

And thanks for the comments guys, that's our main source of motivation.

[Lord Killmore]

nice pics there
@ sv : don?t  say that xD they?re not THAT awesome xD
but yeah stay tuned for a little animation video that will come soon ^^

[Synth]

That is awesome...

[DJ-Ready]

Actually, Sven modeled the Naruto, Kama skinned it all, GG rigged it and I did some final touchups overall, posed/rendered, created the new facial expressions and animated them. We're all responsible to that Naru piece of work. :3
You'll also see some of Killmore's animations on that model. You'll droll 'till you'll dry out. <3

A good working team I might say 

[Megla]

Nice update :p

Now show us the mad Sakura expression XD

[Shady-D]

lol Kama practicly raised me.
He helped me when I started my path as a young, yet passionate modeler/skinner. <3 Kama senpai!

Actually, Sven modeled the Naruto, Kama skinned it all, GG rigged it and I did some final touchups overall, posed/rendered, created the new facial expressions and animated them. We're all responsible to that Naru piece of work. :3
You'll also see some of Killmore's animations on that model. You'll droll 'till you'll dry out. <33

And thanks for the comments guys, that's our main source of motivation.

Lol.. Could've sworn it's almost the same style you used on your ESF 1.3 models.. Bardock, SV, Goku etc.

[TryForce]

A good working team I might say 

They should wait till they see our good working team with you ,kong and me

Yeh the style resembles on his paste models for esf, i agree on that, but from kama SV learned something precise i cant figure out. Its not accuracity i think its more the "love" to texturing.
Yeh SV, stop saying u are not awesome xD

[elcor]

very nice team,and sexy.
very good with the textures,i think that sv make it.