New Steve’s Quest Screenshots
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013We’re putting the finishing touches on the animation for the first episode of Steve’s Quest, and we expect to release the episode later this month! To whet your appetite, I’ll share a few — oh, wait, what should I call these pictures from the episode? Screenshots — or is that term only appropriate for video games? Stills — or does that only work for shots of live people?
My mind boggles over this question, and perhaps rightly so, as the online animated musical is, after all, a new art form. Maybe the fact that we’re breaking new ground means we can call these pictures anything we want. How about something totally unique, like “fruzzils”? Sounds vaguely Harry Potter-ish, but I don’t think that word ever actually appears in the books. Anyway, without further ado, help yourself to some fruzzils:
Gain, the hero of Steve’s sci-fi novel, emerges from behind a wall, poised to foil the dastardly plans of his nemesis, the crimelord Wotan.
Gain pursues Wotan into “The Net,” a Matrix-like virtual world that — you guessed it — you can enter by plugging a fiberoptic cable into the back of your head.
Gain discovers a mysterious antique telephone. What is its possibly sinister purpose?
Steve in bed, where he gets his most profound creative insights.
Steve’s Mom, on the phone — likely with the sinister purpose of harassing Steve.
Steve’s roommate Andrew, next to a truly enormous lightswitch.
A typical day at the Steve & Andrew residence.
I hope you enjoyed this brief peek into the Steve’s Quest universe — some day it will undoubtedly be called the “Steve-o-verse,” just as the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe is affectionately known as the “Buffyverse.” Anyway, more to come very soon!
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February 6th, 2013 at 8:27 pm
Can hardly wait for the more to come…looking good here…enormous light switch hahaha
I saw a funny universal figure painted on a light switch which was a Viagra ad – just not the same!
Fruzzils is a good word – derivation from????? I am wondering if it should have an e at the end…I just typed it that way originally…is thus it is a typo or just another new word?
Old phone…on wall how is it different from old phone on the desk…I have to go back and look at it again…
Free flow of thought processes here….trying to wait and be in the present moment at the same time
Thanks for sharing
February 7th, 2013 at 10:32 am
I loved this glimpse into Steve’s World. My favorite was the place he gets his inspiration:~) That’s true for me, as well.
I can’t wait to see all of this in motion. It’s so cool, Chris!
February 8th, 2013 at 2:36 am
This is so exciting! I can’t wait to see it!
Half of these fruzzils have some kind of phone in it. Hm…
February 8th, 2013 at 7:55 pm
Hi Patricia — oops, my photo captions may have wrecked any hope that people are going to perceive Steve’s Quest as PG-rated. The word “fruzzils” is entirely my own creation — I was going to call them Fruzzles, but I figured there is probably some puzzle game app with a similar name.
February 8th, 2013 at 7:56 pm
Hi Sara — wow, Steve is already a relatable character — that’s definitely what I’m going for! Looking forward to sharing this with you.
February 8th, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Hi Kelvin — yes, phones do seem to figure fairly prominently into the events of the first episode. It could be the fact that, where I live, if someone is not visibly on the phone, it’s only because they’re on the phone implanted in their ear.
February 13th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Truly enormous light switch… hahahaha. Goes well with the sinister phone.
February 14th, 2013 at 7:30 am
Hi Angie — you’re not going to tell me that the sinister phone has a salacious connotation now, are you?
February 15th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
You’ve come a long way, congratulations!
February 16th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
It’s looking good Chris. Looking forward to more!
(By the way your comment on The Hurt Healer gave me my idea for next week’s post so I shall be linking back to here.)
February 20th, 2013 at 7:03 am
Hi Lorrie — thanks, looking forward to sharing this with you.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:03 am
Hi Carolyn — glad to be of help.
February 22nd, 2013 at 12:06 am
Chris, this is looking so cool! I can wait to see it. If you want to do a guest post over at my place when it comes out, I’d love to have you