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Reviews for "Hotel Abyss"

mildly funny

I liked the silhouette animation at the start. Unfortunately, that was just about the last animation in the piece that I liked. After that, the characters just slide around, which wouldn't have been so bad if you hadn't set our expectations higher in the first few seconds.

The guest looks so different between the exterior and lobby shots that I wasn't sure it was supposed to be the same person.

Why do several of your characters look like their necks are rotated ninety degrees so that they point straight forward out of their chests? The guest in the exterior shot looks like this, and then later one of the hotel employees does too.

You've got stray pixels on some of your pieces so that, for example, when the manager hands over the key small glitches appear on the wall behind him.

Going up the stairs it looks more like he's riding an escalator.

The 3d effect in the hallway scene (where it looks like the camera is panning down from the ceiling to maybe just above head level) is done well enough to seem out of place with the crudeness of the rest of the art; you might want to cut that.

Finally, it's an awfully big setup for a pretty small joke. I think that was the point, but... meh. It doesn't quite come off.

Pigmash responds:

Thanks for the constructive critisism.
Glad you liked the silhouette, but I dont like animating legs. I did make his arms move when he first entered the hotel which made it less of a slide.
Not sure what you mean about the 90 neck thing though.
Yes, it looks like he's taking an escalator instead. Unfortunatly i found this mildly amusing so i kept it.
Sorry if you thought it was a build up to that joke at the end, I just needed to end it somehow. Maybe there will be a sequel (And maybe it will include legs)

Interesting.

But it needs a bit of work. The sound quality wasn't all that grand, and the graphics could stand to be polished up a bit. I really liked the story, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Reminded me of a poorly drawn David Firth flash...

i liked it. it reminded me of the style used by david firth (salad fingers). ill wait for a sequel but im not waiting at the edge of my seat...

interesting!

The story was definitely weird... but interesting. I would like to know where you go with this one. The graphics were ok too. Not great, but then they don't need to be. I think it fits the style.

What you should look at for changing or improving your movie is the animation. It looked like all the characters were being moved around on conveyor belts. Add a little head and/or shoulder and/or arm movement while they are walking. So even if you do not see their legs, it seems like they are walking.

Keep at it... I'm looking forward to part 2

can you maybe put more of a story

this need more of a story line
and more is needed to fix this