Teaser/Trailer
NodeCore currently does not have an "official" teaser/trailer video, and would very much like one. For this purpose, a sort of open-ended "contest" will be started.
The video chosen by the developer(s), with some feedback from the community as a whole, would be featured on the ContentDB page, this article, and possibly other places (e.g. if the project ever gets its own homepage).
Criteria
N.B. any/all criteria may change over time, as more is learned.
Necessary
- Whole, and each and every part, is licensed CC0, CC-BY, or a mix of those.
- Nothing preventing it from being hosted on YouTube, PeerTube, and similar platforms.
- Submitted to the project (contact Warr1024) for consideration for this purpose (we can't use it if we don't know about it).
Preferred
- Video should be under 2 minutes (or length should be justifiable from content).
- Video should be engaging, probably have some kind of narrative structure.
- Pack in as much vanilla NodeCore content as possible, gameplay across tech levels, features, etc.
- Focus on "teasing", not "tutorial" (spoilers are okay, but avoid showing all of how they work).
- Show only vanilla content: use vanilla textures, avoid mods that are visible in-game.
- Avoid showing/mentioning anything other than NodeCore (e.g. other games for comparison).
- Bake licensing/credit info into the video (e.g. card at ent) in case metadata/descriptions are lost.
- Keep the video project and raw footage so you can maintain it (make & release fixes).
Nice To Have
- Publish the video project source files somewhere, if feasible.
- Best possible audio/visual quality: good settings, high res/fps, low-loss encoding.
- Make a high-quality encode available from before mangling by YouTube re-encoding.
- Use more "cinematic" than "practical" settings (e.g. lower display_gamma).