NOTA Trailer: would love to see something like this for ZK

Not sure how many of you have played NOTA (another spring game) but MasterZH just released a very professional looking trailer for it, check this out:

That is extremely good. I would certainly play NOTA from looking at that if I didn't already know that I did not like it. We need something like that.

nota will allways have beter trailers then zk, cause nota units wear XS/TP and ZK units just barely fit into the XXL size clothes.

zk units need to go on a diet they are too fat, it makes their battles seem silly, like 2 fat kids fighting

a graphical representation of what ZK units look like

quote: But yeah, it would be pretty great if it weren't much longer than needed.

I feel like I've seen that youtube video before...

Oh yeah, emo-haircut guy in front of a green-screen making clever-ish observations on whatever is popular, utilizing a too-close camera and waaay too many jump-cuts.

And at 3:12, an idea for an aircraft strider.

luckywaldo7: Is there a reason the Denny Schneidemesser stuff isn't allowed to be used in a trailer?

epic trailer music playlists on youtube:





now, someone must find out licencing issues after listening to all of them (~300 tracks) ... ;)

quote: If people have suggestions of freely-licensed trailer-worthy music, that would probably be a huge start.

Pick some. The intended use was to make a "robot opera" type of situational-playback music widget, but i've never got to it (and probably never will). All of this is various flavours of CC.

Also this is pretty much all trailer. The tracks on jamendo are 30-sec "demo" versions of the full deal, but by necessity of how jamendo works, they're also CCBY.

I think a trailer shouldn't only be "EPIC!!!", it should also show ZK has a lot of strategic variety to offer. It shouldn't only look like "OMGZ NUKE!" (smashing planets into eachother, anyone?) but also "omg, this looks like well made game with great balance, I would like to try out some clever tactics in this!"
It should show some early raider game, some RPS, some sneaky cloaky stuff, some great synergies (shields, spiders,...), team interaction maybe (synergies over factories e.g.: OPetto stunning stuff, team coming in to kill; cloaked roaches; zeusdrop; bd luring AA, glaives kill; domi under shield), heavy killing stuff, antiheavy killing heavy, assaults breaking porc, great push, killing eco, krow killing push with dbomb, then suddenly NUKE.
A trailer should have it's mini story, which builds up in a highly strategic back-and-forth game that keeps on escalating, it should keep the viewer on the edge of his chair, wondering about which side will win. His yawn should drop more and more with every cool tactic/unit that is introduced.
The NOTA trailer looks kinda fancy for people who know spring, but I personally think it's a mess, it just shows lots of big battles, without focussing on what the units are doing and why, how strategic decissions lead to small (or big) victories.
In a good trailer, every shot must be necessary and must add to the trailer. (in the NOTA trailer, most shots could be cut out without affecting the trailer)

I would really like to help making this trailer: discuss a script and play the game(s) that are 'filmed'. But I can't run the game smoothly on high graphics, I don't know how to record and I don't own any fancy editing software.

Maybe we could make a short, EPIC, 'cinematic trailer' and a longer, more strategy-focused trailer, which maybe shows UI elements (mapmarkers, eco, line orders, ...) that are used to execute said strategies. The first one should attract more casual players looking for entertainment, the second should attract more competitive players looking for a challenge. (or maybe commentated matches are even better for this)