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Zeek · 11/17/2007, 02:17 pm

It just dawned on me that we could have a very nice potentially community-driving commentary for Season 2 on the DVD. Reason being is because I remember how the forums came up a number of times in the commentaries in one sense or another.

So, I think this thread should be a list of questions (relavent or not) involving Season 2. For practicality reasons, the questions asked my be directed to either the Designers, Sound Guys, or Production team a la last seasons commentaries. For now, it is just for Episode 201, but hopefully, as the episodes come out, this thread will grow with more questions with the vain hope they will be picked and answered on the commentary somewhere.

Who knows?! Maybe you're question will end up being answer and you could be immortalized forever on the DVD that comes with your Season 2 purchase form TTG!

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Questions for the Design Team

What was your main reason behind redesigning the main street... besides the obvious want to use the Maimtron 9000 in a fun and chaotic puzzle?

How many boxing levels were there when that mini-game was originally planed out?

Questions for the Production Team

Was it difficult to include keyboard commands for the mini-games that use them?

The lighting and even that single explosion at the beginning were all really well done! How big of a challenge was that compared to Season 1 which didn't have as much ambiant lighting or any explosions at all?

Question for the Sound Guys

What the hell is being said in the final puzzle's BGM?

Guybrush Threepwood · 11/17/2007, 02:32 pm

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Originally Posted by Zeek

What was your main reason behind redesigning the main street... besides the obvious want to use the Maimtron 9000 in a fun and chaotic puzzle?

I think even I can answer this one

- it is because by the end of the season one, pretty much everyone was getting tired of seeing the same street in every single episode.

tabacco · 11/17/2007, 02:40 pm

Close

Also, this thread is a great idea.

Mel · 11/17/2007, 02:59 pm

If you uncensored Timmy, what did he really say?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT

I think even I can answer this one - it is because by the end of the season one, pretty much everyone was getting tired of seeing the same street in every single episode.

No one got sick of looking at the same Sesame Street.

(j/k)

Zeek · 11/17/2007, 03:26 pm

That reminds me, who did the rag-doll animation for the Elmers?

Zeek · 11/22/2007, 10:45 am

Something for the Production team that got me curious:

The Brady Culture Chia pet grew rather fast in 201. I, and probably like many others, were expecting it to be one of those slow growth that would change from episode to episode. Is this one of those secret status bars that indicates how far you are in the plot of the episode by how much flora has grown on the clay statuette?

*can't wait to see how big the fro gets come 205*

And for the Designers:

How long did it take you guys to write the acronym for PARANOID?

LOL

Zeek · 12/12/2007, 01:12 pm

Question for the Production Team

This will probably be answered when the actual episode releases, but I'm curious as to how much of the character animations made it from the trailers into the game, particularly with Episode 202. And in a related "for fun" question, which animation did you guys do exclusively for the trailer for 202 that you wish was in the game?

tabacco · 12/12/2007, 01:23 pm

We almost never do custom animations for the episode trailers, actually.

**Jake** · 12/12/2007, 01:34 pm

I think Chia Brady in 201 grows more and more every time you come and go from the office, and yeah, what Doug said about the trailer is right. Nick built that out of animations from the game, either shots which were directly captured straight out of the game (with handheld camera effect), or pieced shots together from a bunch of animations and moments in the game, reconfigured for the trailer.

Zeek · 12/12/2007, 03:38 pm

Care to explain the different animated sequences then in the trailer for 201?

I don't remember Sam crouching down during the Snow Devil description or the Soda Popers climbing a snow bank and then looking over it ever appearing in the episode.

tabacco · 12/12/2007, 03:56 pm

Those were existing animations, the scenes just didn't appear that way in the game. They're two different things.

Zeek · 12/12/2007, 05:17 pm

Beaten by a technicality. I guess that means we'll see Sam put his hand in his jacket pocket in this episode.

Diduz · 12/13/2007, 09:59 am

I would like to listen to an audio commentary by David Nowlin and William Kasten. I would also like to actually SEE them while recording the lines. We saw a bit of David in an old BASound featurette, but William is still undercover.

Zeek · 12/13/2007, 12:15 pm

Oh, I'd like to see some of the faces of the VAs as well! I can't help but wonder what the voice of Bosco looks like. And if Vegas comes back to do a voice, I'd REALLY like to see what he looks like.

Actually, to be honest, I just want to see a thread started here questioning if the VAtress who does Sybil is as hot as she sounds.

Guybrush Threepwood · 12/13/2007, 12:42 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeek

Oh, I'd like to see some of the faces of the VAs as well! I can't help but wonder what the voice of Bosco looks like. And if Vegas comes back to do a voice, I'd REALLY like to see what he looks like.

Actually, to be honest, I just want to see a thread started here questioning if the VAtress who does Sybil is as hot as she sounds.

Didn't Jake post a link to her on IMDb? I think that had a picture of her on it.
I'll do a search.

Found it!

tabacco · 12/13/2007, 12:52 pm

That's Stinky. Sybil is Amy Provenzano: http://imdb.com/name/nm1754297/

Mel · 12/13/2007, 12:58 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diduz

I would like to listen to an audio commentary by David Nowlin and William Kasten. I would also like to actually SEE them while recording the lines. We saw a bit of David in an old BASound featurette, but William is still undercover.

There is a blog post that has a video of Jared Emerson Johnson doing some of the sound work and they show David Nowlin doing some of his lines. I think it was from late spring/summer.

tabacco · 12/13/2007, 01:00 pm

I think that's the BASD featurette Diduz was referring to

It was in the Interim Theatre, btw.

Guybrush Threepwood · 12/13/2007, 01:14 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

That's Stinky. Sybil is Amy Provenzano: http://imdb.com/name/nm1754297/

I swear it said Stinky... I even read it and thought "Stinky sounds hot?!".
I need sleep.

Badwolf · 12/13/2007, 01:42 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guybrush Threepwood

I swear it said Stinky... I even read it and thought "Stinky sounds hot?!".
I need sleep.

If it's any consolation, I did too D:

11/17/2007, 02:17 pm	#1
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Season 2 DVD Audio Commentary Questions List It just dawned on me that we could have a very nice potentially community-driving commentary for Season 2 on the DVD. Reason being is because I remember how the forums came up a number of times in the commentaries in one sense or another. So, I think this thread should be a list of questions (relavent or not) involving Season 2. For practicality reasons, the questions asked my be directed to either the Designers, Sound Guys, or Production team a la last seasons commentaries. For now, it is just for Episode 201, but hopefully, as the episodes come out, this thread will grow with more questions with the vain hope they will be picked and answered on the commentary somewhere. Who knows?! Maybe you're question will end up being answer and you could be immortalized forever on the DVD that comes with your Season 2 purchase form TTG! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions for the Design Team What was your main reason behind redesigning the main street... besides the obvious want to use the Maimtron 9000 in a fun and chaotic puzzle? How many boxing levels were there when that mini-game was originally planed out? Questions for the Production Team Was it difficult to include keyboard commands for the mini-games that use them? The lighting and even that single explosion at the beginning were all really well done! How big of a challenge was that compared to Season 1 which didn't have as much ambiant lighting or any explosions at all? Question for the Sound Guys What the hell is being said in the final puzzle's BGM?

11/22/2007, 10:45 am	#6
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Something for the Production team that got me curious: The Brady Culture Chia pet grew rather fast in 201. I, and probably like many others, were expecting it to be one of those slow growth that would change from episode to episode. Is this one of those secret status bars that indicates how far you are in the plot of the episode by how much flora has grown on the clay statuette? can't wait to see how big the fro gets come 205 And for the Designers: How long did it take you guys to write the acronym for PARANOID? LOL Last edited by Zeek; 11/22/2007 at 04:05 pm. Reason: Added another question

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11/17/2007, 02:40 pm	#3
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	Close Also, this thread is a great idea.

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Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	That reminds me, who did the rag-doll animation for the Elmers?

12/12/2007, 01:12 pm	#7
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Question for the Production Team This will probably be answered when the actual episode releases, but I'm curious as to how much of the character animations made it from the trailers into the game, particularly with Episode 202. And in a related "for fun" question, which animation did you guys do exclusively for the trailer for 202 that you wish was in the game?

12/12/2007, 01:23 pm	#8
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	We almost never do custom animations for the episode trailers, actually.

12/12/2007, 01:34 pm	#9
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,843	I think Chia Brady in 201 grows more and more every time you come and go from the office, and yeah, what Doug said about the trailer is right. Nick built that out of animations from the game, either shots which were directly captured straight out of the game (with handheld camera effect), or pieced shots together from a bunch of animations and moments in the game, reconfigured for the trailer.

12/12/2007, 03:38 pm	#10
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Care to explain the different animated sequences then in the trailer for 201? I don't remember Sam crouching down during the Snow Devil description or the Soda Popers climbing a snow bank and then looking over it ever appearing in the episode.

12/12/2007, 03:56 pm	#11
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	Those were existing animations, the scenes just didn't appear that way in the game. They're two different things.

12/12/2007, 05:17 pm	#12
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Beaten by a technicality. I guess that means we'll see Sam put his hand in his jacket pocket in this episode.

12/13/2007, 09:59 am	#13
Diduz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 321	I would like to listen to an audio commentary by David Nowlin and William Kasten. I would also like to actually SEE them while recording the lines. We saw a bit of David in an old BASound featurette, but William is still undercover.

12/13/2007, 12:15 pm	#14
Zeek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,127	Oh, I'd like to see some of the faces of the VAs as well! I can't help but wonder what the voice of Bosco looks like. And if Vegas comes back to do a voice, I'd REALLY like to see what he looks like. Actually, to be honest, I just want to see a thread started here questioning if the VAtress who does Sybil is as hot as she sounds.

12/13/2007, 12:52 pm	#16
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	That's Stinky. Sybil is Amy Provenzano: http://imdb.com/name/nm1754297/

12/13/2007, 01:00 pm	#18
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	I think that's the BASD featurette Diduz was referring to It was in the Interim Theatre, btw.