Ross Scott

Merry Christmas, new Game Dungeon! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

December videochat with fans. Had a lot of music questions this time, we'll see if my humming gets copyright claimed. This went on too long, but there were some interesting topics, including sort of a stepping stone to the Dream Software. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

I meant to mention this days ago and forgot. I was on a gaming podcast In the Deep End where I was asked several game questions. Most of it was more or less a recap of the Game as a Service is Fraud video, but there were some other discussion also. Here's a link to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/inthedeependpodcast/episodes/Accursed-Farms-Game-Preservation--Piracy--and-YouTube--Ep--7-e1aon93 This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Links to some of the music tracks mentioned in the December 2021 videochat: MDFMK - Missing Time Offspring - Genocide Draven April Fool's Day Theme Transformers movie theme Best cover of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme Cheap Trick - Reach Out Tower of Mist from Symphony of the Night Bowerstone theme from Fable Orchestra Castle theme from Super Mario World Ambient Wonder from Halo Peril from Halo 2 Theme from The Black Hole Breach theme from Path of Exile Xbox trailer music for Path of Exile

These are some leads I've had on 2D image / video & model generation. This is not the dream software, but it is an interesting halfway point I'm seeing how far I can take. Some stuff worth checking out: Best 2D to 3D depth map generator I've found (Midas v3): https://github.com/isl-org/MiDaS Instructions + code for a way to fix the flickering from Midas, however, I believe it is only for v2 of Midas + the instructions are only for Linux, but the code is apparently cross-platform: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1YOLXsb4JUOD1wt5TXB2ln78koocm-bu8?usp=sharing#scrollTo=zUYrfiNRfTUv https://github.com/facebookresearch/robust_cvd Method to generate model from a depth map + contains links to open source code on how this was made: https://depthplayer.ugocapeto.com/ Sample content I made containing footage + different versions of depth maps to experiment with (about 330MB). I generated it with Midas v3, and I used 2 different temporal blurring scripts on the depth maps in order to balance out the flickering: https://mega.nz/file/H6BERRqZ#QWuZlHimMmq83zy9AZpMPnVsui7WrRCNZiXGNBGKG0M There's also the program StereoPhoto Maker + Depthgate, but I found that while they do an okay job, the depth can't be pushed without skewing the convergence too much, which can hurt your eyes. I think converting to actual models that can be manipulated will have much better results. STUFF TO SOLVE: 1. Figure out how to get the anti-flicker code working (preferably for Windows 10, but Linux would be good also). 2. Figure out how to have a dynamically changing model based on the individual footage frames + depth maps. Maybe modify the code from the model generator? 3. Figure out how to export above models to VR + and / or batch convert it to frames for stereoscopic video. 4. Integrate the Midas v3 depth map generation code with the anti-flicker code (this one is a longshot and may not be doable). Feel free to reply here or email me ([email protected]). I'll more reliably notice the emails. Work on this could go towards a future video!

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 5:00pm UTC on December 4th at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. Things still happening. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

November videochat with fans. This one felt less crazy while I was doing it, but now I don't know. Talked about future video plans, Facebook's metaverse, other misc. things. Also, I'll be streaming Darkwood on Nov 13th at 6pm UTC on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

This was related to a recent videochat, this is a list of artists (so far) I've been looking at for finding wallpapers. They almost all contain environmental art, particularly sci-fi or fantasy settings:

New Freeman's Mind episode! I think this is one of the better episodes. Hope to have future ones out much sooner than the previous one! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 5:00pm UTC on November 6th at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. I have a lot of plans in my head and don't know what's next, but they all involve more videos. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

New Game Dungeon! Happy Halloween! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

New Game Dungeon! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

New Game Dungeon! More coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

October videochat with fans. I felt like this one was above average and felt about 15% less crazy than usual after doing these. Talked some about a future Carrington Event, how to take over the world, immersive sim games, and if being an alien would affect my life. More videos coming this month + I'll be streaming Sunless Sea at 5PM UTC on October 9th, (probably additional days too) at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »