The Neverhood - A 90s Adventure Game, Remade in Unreal Engine 

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Glad to hear that! If this ever spreads around more, maybe I'll get the chance take it further :)

I would definitely pay for an HD remake of the game if you ever get the chance to finish it. Even as it is, it looks amazing and I would love to see more.

Same here!!! Take my money!

Same here. Loved the freaking game and I'd pay a lot for a HD remake

how much? cuz i'd pay 75 bucks.

How can you improve on the real thing though? The original was done by photographing real clay.

@@andrasziegenham6766 Nothing wrong with the real thing! This person just did a good job of remastering it

I'm not sure about "improved" The lighting surely is more realistic, yet to me it looks worse somehow.

this isn't hd claymation/sprites, it's all 3D. He made shaders that look like clay with normal map, i presume

^ All 3D, all real time. I may have needed to play with the camera a little bit to reveal that, but I tried to stay true to the original as much as I could.

What I hate when people mention 3d, is that people assume making it OBVIOUSLY 3d is the end result. But really, the fact is 'all real-time', gives a more polished, unified look to how the world reacts to each other. Keep that camera static and let the world interact with itself. The way the shadows are casted, the way light bounces, etc. I'm tired of the industry relying so much on making 3d obvious isntead of perfecting the aesthetics. I want point and click adventures that stay static but render everything 3d. Camera movement can easily make something look fake. Because natural we want the camera to match the way our head moves. When it moves out of sync, it feels...imperfect (though this effect works best with "found footage" styles). Nonetheless, great work Ravenok. You did what I attempted before UE4, but never had time for when the industry got access. :)

@@sbnewsom Sorry, but is there a more simple explanation of this? I'm confused.

​@@GabrielAidley He means he wants the 3-dimensionality to be subtle, shown only by how the environment interacts with itself.

No it’s not. Just opening the window in the first room it appears less atmospheric or creepy as the original. This one is too well lit.

Because this is all digital instead of actual clay, it lost that charm the original had. It's art style is closer to Armikrog rather than Neverhood

@@kptcl-er7pm I agree. There's way too much light.

What a compliment! haha thanks mate, Happy you liked it!

It would probably take you years to make the entire game, with this level of percision

@@tFighterPilot On my own? Probably quite a while. But if I do this, I'll form a small team :)

@@Ravenok Not the hero we deserve, but the hero the Neverhood needs.

@@freakin9430 More like the Hoborg of this newer Neverhood

@Ravenok and how is the situation look like now?

That's likely to never happen, but yeah, it'll probably be easier. :)

Mithguar probably, they can’t remake original Neverhood and Skullmonkeys because EA have copyright of this games since 1998 (?) => this is why Armikrog doesn’t have original characters from the first game.

Maybe the original tapes were in low quality themselves.

There was no original tapes, it was done on a consumer grade digital camera from the mid 90s with a 1.75 MP resolution

I think I've read somewhere that all their equipment (including the real-life model of The Neverhood) was just disposed of after the game was finished. I doubt anyone has the original files or photos

I'll take them both

I just don't understand why won't they release it on steam. it's such a shame

@@Seaoflife. Licensing clusterfuck meaning no one who really could has the rights to do so that combined with issues on modern operating systems meaning it would need to be updated

@@Seaoflife. The Neverhood is a game from 1996, it works on Windows 95 and uses some archaic DirectX solutions... and what is the biggest problem - EA doesn't care about this game but has a rights for it.

Neverhood LD > Armikrog

I agree. The licensing of the neverhood's a tricky one though so I don't think it'll ever happen. When I made this it was owned by EA and probably long forgotten under a pile of other lost franchises. I tried to get in touch at the time, but nothing worked out from it.

Thanks! Excited to show you what's coming :)

I copied light patterns visible in the original game. :)

Very heartwarming response :) I hope so too, one day.

That you! You taking a while to figure it out means it works exactly as I hoped it would! ^_^

Thank you! Glad to see you found the video after all this time :)

Thanks! :)

Thanks! Always great to see others driven by something you made. I'm definitely working on more, hope to have something cool to show very soon! Visit the stream sometime :)

I haven't ruled it out, but I will need permission from the copyright owners and funding to carry this forward. Maybe one day the stars will align :)

Shouldn't be that hard to get Doug TenNapel's attention.

Thanks for watching! I invite you to join me soon, as I start a new project. :)

Sharp! Now that's dedication. Yes, there are a few things missing, and some bugs. Some due to bad methods I utilized due to lack of familiarity with UE4 (and only getting started as a programmer), but some due to other limitations. If you look a bit more, you'll find some other things, such as a missing "effect" animation when the hammer hits, and more :)

Nevertheless, this is the best reincarnation in other engine. Have You received a notification from EA or former devs?

Had a sort of shout out from some of the original devs, but no word from EA.

@@Ravenok You did an amazing job here! It's really wonderful and I would like to buy Neverhood remake like this one. It's sad that EA has copyrights for this game :( You could make it great again :P

He did react, check out tweets by me around April 2017, it should be there :)

Sweet! Have you ever thought about getting on Mr. TenNapel’s channel where he hosts The Doug Show? Yes-he has his own collections of streams where he interviews people. Just ask him on his website, and see what happens.

Nope didn't really think about that! Maybe if something happens with this project it'll be a good thing to do actually.

The whole game in fact was sculpted.

@play lover Original game. This remake is fully 3D designed.

Haha I'd love to see a mention from you once you're done watching the 250h streams. That'll be a record :) Honestly I'd recommend sticking to parts you're interested in (I wish I'd have some way to map out the content better, but for now try to use titles and descriptions). Thanks for the compliments! Glad you liked it and happy to see this is still being passed around. Yep, it's all completely rebuilt from scratch using UE4 and 3D, rendered in real time. I realize today that this has not been obvious enough to people who've seen this. And yes, both Doug and the nice folks at Pencil Test Studios have given their 'subtle nods', which was an exciting moment. :)

Step 1 is getting permission to actually sell it after. Step 2 is raising funds and raising the team. Don't know which one is harder. :)

Hey! Thanks for the kind words! Yes everything is documented and on RU-vid, the entire process excluding nothing. I tried to include a brief summary of what's happening in each episode to make it easier to predict what's in there, since it's all raw streams and hard to watch in full. Stop by the stream when you get the chance!

I wish I could, if an opportunity came through I'd definitely consider. Maybe if the video gets enough attention. Few things are complicated enough to ignore demand. :)

Lol thank you haha ^_^ Warms my heart to read such words! I hope you're right. :) I'm doing all I can with the new game. It's a much bigger undertaking. But with the same attitude! and hopefully it's enough. Things are going well so far :) I hope you find the archive useful despite the horrible curation (nonexistent actually). I initially planned on adding a bunch of timestamps and add highlight videos, but this proved too much together with development work and life stuff. But at least it's all there, all un-cut, so everyone can see what it looks like when it's not sped up x1000.

*"Things are going well so far :)"* I'm so glad to hear that! *"I hope you find the archive useful despite the horrible curation."* Don't worry, titles makes it easy to navigate ;) May the Rendezvous be with you! [Fingers Crossed]

Thank you!

Hey! Thanks! I tweeted the folks behind the original, some of them from PencilTest. I hope they see it! This project has been a lot of fun, and great education. Hard at work now, to start a new one, using all of this new knowledge. Hope you pay a visit from time to time :)

I'd love to! But it's too much work for just me, especially since I won't be able to sell it after. It's up to EA at this point ^_^

Thanks! I had this project on my mind for a while before I started it, and had a lot of clarity regarding exactly what I want to do with it. So in this case, happy to say that it did turn out very close to what I planned for. I did expect a better result in some areas though :) Happy you like the result! :) At the time, yes I did try to approach EA (who holds the IP). The original creators of the game were also aware of this project. But not much resulted from it sadly. If the opportunity presents itself, I will consider it still, though. :)

Someday! hehe

Maybe with enough influence, EA would have interest in this project. It's really up to them at this point, as the copyright owners. :)

I actually sent the ceo of EA an email yesterday to stop sitting on this game and not doing anything with it

That would be the plan, yes. It's all very achievable.

@@Ravenok And what can we do as a simple men to putting pressure on EA?

@@peterd.4476 Who knows. I was actually hoping this project would get their attention by being more popular. But it seems it's not reaching all the fans, or they're dormant ^_^

Wait EA has the rights? That's heartbreaking because we all know if they can't make it a live service online game it's not going to be made... I would love for this to be remadeb

Thanks!