Re: Loki...

[Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net>]

Alan Chen wrote:

> Of course a "movie scripting" game may be perfectly fun to him. Creating a story
> and using the game engine as a reduced complexity rendering engine might be
> just right as a creative playground for some kids. (With a large enough
> library of everyday models, it might be useful for sketching out gameplay too :)

Yes - he already makes stop-motion animation movies using Lego and a digital camera.

   http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/lego/index.html

Scroll down to "Just for Fun!" and see one of his early works.

Making movies using 3D graphics is quite a bit easier than building
games - but we still lack good (free) tools to allow you to do it without
heavy programming.

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