#bridgeport88

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I’ve kinda been dealing with Sims a lot again lately and honestly, their dumb facial expressions are actually really impressive for how old this game is.  Someone remind me to play TS4 again sometime so I can remind myself how this one is still better.

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I’m seeing fucking green

That episode I claimed to be working on, it’s taking a while isn’t it? Well there’s more where that came from - I think I’ve managed to turn the totally mundane into a science.

The science being visual effects. Visual effects that, with a bit of work, won’t even be noticed.

With the active Sim layers shot, I turn my attention to the background.

Then the background of the background. I’m using some @potato-ballad-sims assets because they happen to meet my requirements for this episode and because they’ve already saved me a couple of afternoons of work.

Put it all together et voila. It’s sure as hell not perfect because TS3 is still kind of a pain in the ass to work with, but taking advantage of the effects I can create using in-engine footage, half a dozen video layers and a few hours of work can make for a pretty good FX shot. One of about a dozen, in this case.

After that, all it takes is a little bit of postprocessing on top of the final composit, and then I can cut the shot down and edit it in. I didn’t do this one in one sitting but if I had, I think it would’ve taken me 4 hours. Not too bad!

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BRIDGEPORT'88 | 01 | Capitalism & Aerobics | The Sims 3

The gang is back again and this time they face their greatest challenge to date: a Monday. See how well it (doesn't) end up working out for them in this prem...

Here’s Episode 1, folks!

Well, shit, that took an age and a half but I finally got this one done. I’m pretty goddamn happy with it, too. There’s bits in it that I genuinely really like. 

So that’s that clusterfuck of a project over with, it’ll be a few weeks at least before I’ll be fully occupied by the next episode, so I’m going to try to stop letting this stupid Tumblr rot away in my absence.

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I gathered up a small Sim crowd to see how they'd behave in a crowded environment. A short recap of the events that followed in the next 3 and a half minutes.

The group quickly spreads out. 

The World’s Horniest Woman immediately starts hitting on the Blonde in Pink Top and fails(!) but tries again and succeeds. It’s good to know that no matter where and when you’ll go, Amber Parker is entirely consistent. If gay marriage were legal in the 80s I suspect she’d be in her 3rd one by the end of the afternoon.

Blonde in Green Blazer starts telling a spooky story and immediately attracts the attention of self-centered douche Kurt Deutschlander and the normally reserved, mature Laura Gallagher. Sims will be Sims.

Not a minute later, the aforementioned Casanov-ette has decided she’s not a fan of Blonde in Pink Top and moves on to Brunette with Bowtie (her wife in the “regular” 2010s universe) and pulls the exact same shit. 

It’s at this point that the crowd collectively decides to start awkwardly shuffling around to look for someone new to talk to....or shout at profanely. Sims will be Sims. Except Amber of course, she’s too busy to tell anyone what to go do with themselves.

Finally, before I decide the experiment has been worthwhile and (mostly) satisfactory, Kurt here decides to show something grossly shocking to Blonde Usually in Brightly Coloured Leotard but currently in Lilac Suit. I don’t think Two Sims One Cup existed in 1988, but then again, neither did smartphones so who knows.

Now for my next trick, I’ll double the amount of Sims. So long, suckers.

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BRIDGEPORT’88 (it’s a YouTube series)

I haven’t been posting for a while. Reason? I’ve been busy. With what? I’m making a thing. On YouTube. Fuck yeah. It’s a sitcom, except it’s not. Because it’s a Let’s Play, except it’s not. It’s both, because why the fuck not. 

I’ve been working on it for a while, and I’ll be working on it for a while. And then I’ll put it up on the internet, and then I’ll periodically put some more up on the internet. And in theory, you’ll all watch it and you’ll all like it. In theory.

Also, it’s going to be 80s-themed because I couldn’t think of anything more original but that’s okay because it’s going to be rad as fuck.

So expect more of this Bridgeport shit soon.

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Built a quirky little garage to fill up some empty space in Bridgeport. Pretty cool how much I’ve managed to make it look like a parking garage considering how little effort I’ve put into it.

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Whilst being busy with other things, such as nothing...

I’ve been taking some time to figure this whole “music” thing out. The idea is, of course, that I’ll be able to planned gaming videos with music of my own making.

Now I’m about two hours into figuring out the ol’ Korg M1 and I’m already overusing the orchestral hit, the official sound of people being kicked into the face. 

So as of now I can no longer guarantee that my TS3 Let’s Play will not feature face-kicking of any sort.