Final Project: Introduction Animation

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For my final I created the introductory cinematic for a small game I was working on in another class. It revolves around a super-powered canine called upon to save his Roman Army. I included the game and the still panels. The panels are simply JPEG stills I made in Illustrator. I then imported them into Flash and added animation on top of them. Run DogGame.swf to view the animation and game. The end panel comes last after you beat the game. There is an accompanying audio track as well. The text and additional animation for each panel is as follows:

Panel 0: 53 BC: The Roman Army is advancing into Gaul, pacifying and civilizing the heathen barbarians
(Animation: overlay arrow thrusting into Gaul from Italy)

Panel 1: But an evil druid, Vercingetorix, in his twisted tower, has rallied the Gauls and empowered them with his wicked spells
(Animation: None)

Panel 2: Unfortunately, the well-intentioned Romans, kindly spreading their civilization and gods and asking only subjugation in return, were swiftly routed by this new force
(Animation: A tattered flag on the flagpole waving in the wind)

Panel 3: Being the gods-fearing folk they were, the Romans did the only thing that made sense: Collected all the cats in Gaul and made a temple out of their bones as a tribute to the gods. They even roasted the meat and left it with the temple.
(Animation: Fire flaring up and down slightly. Smoke from the fire waving slightly in the breeze. Soldiers tossing cats to each other and then in the fire to cook them)

Panel 4: Their efforts were not in vain. Impressed by the bizarre display, Zeus chooses the most zealous of the Romans to imbue with heroic powers
(Animation: A comet comes blazing down from the mountain, hitting the ground. Added in still arms in Flash for the soldiers)

Panel 5: Pickles the Dog of War (start screen)
(Animation: Waving exuberant soldiers, dust/smoke rolling along the bottom of the screen)

End Panel: Victory (end panel)
(Animation: None)