oh good, cuz there wasnt a whole lot of programming on display in the Shenmue HD videos@oneida: A correction: he is not a programmer, but a 3D graphics designer. [An interview of him, here: http://teamyu.net/Shenmue.III/topic,189.0.html]
Congrats to Kid Nocon!
He started making Shenmue HD and then his dream came true."I was a Sega fan since childhood," he explained, "Because of that I'm a big fan of the games made by Yu Suzuki, and Afterburner, OutRun, and Virtua Fighter are games that I still enjoy playing. So I took a lot of interest when Shenmue was announced.
"Before the game was launched I saw many trailers and screenshots about it and began to imagine the game in my mind. When the game hit the streets and I played for the very first time, it was what I had imagined the whole time waiting for it to launch. During play, although knowing nothing about Yokosuka and Japan in general was hard, as time went on I started to feel as if that place was like my own village, and Japan became natural. Shenmue was the very first game to give me the notion of 'I'm living in this place.'"
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Knowing that games such as Afterburner, OutRun and Virtua Fighter are close to his heart alongside Shenmue, we had to ask what NoconKid would say to Team Yu's namesake, Yu Suzuki, if he had the chance to meet the legendary designer of all these games:
"For Yu Suzuki I have the utmost respect, and to be able to make Shenmue with him would be the best opportunity and the greatest glory."
After seeing what he's accomplished so far as a lone wolf, there must be many fans eager to see that opportunity come NoconKid's way. We asked if he had any final comments for those followers of his progress reading this interview:
"I started this project with the idea of 'If I can do something to revive Shenmue...'
"Working alone on this project, that probably will take a long time and never see the light of day as a game, but I want to at least make a free roaming world and give it as a gift to all my fellow Shenmue fans in the world.
"Of course I will be happier if Sega can hear our pleas and make Shenmue HD and Shenmue III."
http://teamyu.net/Shenmue.III/topic,189.0.html
I guess that's cool, I'm just wondering if the programmer there was really the main force behind this project.
Most of what I've seen that impressed people came from the artists that worked on this, right? They used UE3 and they haven't released anything playable, so what did the programmer actually do on the project? Just wondering.
They should've just hired the entire team behind the project, since the art assets - to me - look more like what people would expect from Shenmue 3 than what I've seen from the actual game.
I guess that's cool, I'm just wondering if the programmer there was really the main force behind this project.
Most of what I've seen that impressed people came from the artists that worked on this, right? They used UE3 and they haven't released anything playable, so what did the programmer actually do on the project? Just wondering.
They should've just hired the entire team behind the project, since the art assets - to me - look more like what people would expect from Shenmue 3 than what I've seen from the actual game.
Good thing he wasn't throwing a Shenmue themed party or we'd be hearing about him getting sued.
His Shenmue HD.
Cool of Sega to hire him instead of just shutting down his project.
He'll benefit from the team greatly as they will also benefit from him. This is incredible news. His work on Shenmue HD and its painstaking amount of detail if nothing short of amazing:
Hazuki Residence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWhauvTOWY
Fantastic news for not only him and the development team, but for Shenmue fans everywhere.
If you're unfamiliar with the Shenmue HD fan project, here's the trailer for it.
I guess that means that Shenmue HD will be put to a halt, and any worry you have about Shenmue 3 not looking pretty can be put to rest.
Congrats to Kid Nocon!