Introducing a new Taipei Days character!

Sasquatch

Not much is known about Sasquatch. As much as we know is that he is a hermit living up in the mountains of Taipei. We also know he is absolutely crazy and likes to go off topic a lot and confuse people. While he not scheduled to appear in beginning part of season 2, he will definitely be featured soon. Like most characters in the TD universe he is based off of an old friend of mine from the US. This friend even did some fan artwork for the show. If you haven’t seen the show yet, I suggest checking it out and leaving a comment. Taipeidays.com

Tags: Random Tuesday, Sasquatch, Taipei Days

I guess Leonardo da Vinci was right when he said “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” I seem to be unable to stop myself from adjusting “finished” released work. I can’t tell you how many times I have adjusted/fixed/changed the latest “Outtakes” episode since I officially released it. I’m gonna have to say about 10 times though. I thought it was perfect when I first uploaded it, but then I saw some errors, like someone was looking the wrong way, or a bottle was missing on the shelf, or the pause should of been longer for more dramatic effect, so I had to take it offline, play around and fix it and re-upload it.

Then I noticed that there was slow down and the audio didn’t sync up perfectly, and that some scenes weren’t crisp as I wanted to be. Well let me tell you, I have learned more about flash, and how to optimize it in the last 3 days then I have in the last 3 years. I joined a forum about flash that I should of when I first started, but thought it wasn’t necessary. I was wrong. But let me tell you, everything that has ever bothered me about the episodes has been fixed. Everything! I even had to delay writing this post so I can fix one more problem. I have an addiction.

On other news, I have changed the preloader a bit to include the cast, something more to look at I guess. As for announcements, I am prepared to announce that the main page will soon have a new better menu system, done all in flash(and a html version for losers) and it will include tons of easter eggs. I am also in the process of making a Taipei Days game, which can be played on the website. Now it will probably suck, but I am planning to release more than one.

After all of that is done, Season 2 of Taipei Days will begin. The new episodes will be longer, funnier, and in widescreen!

So go check out the newly updated episodes! Don’t forget to leave a comment, it encourages me to work faster and release better stuff. Taipeidays.com

Also on the website, comments are now enabled for all the episodes. So leave some feedback!

After a 2 year “vacation” the cartoon series “Taipei Days” that I have created and neglected is finally coming back. This wasn’t an easy thing to do. I didn’t want it to come back as the same old thing, so I had to re-create a lot of things. There were several flaws in the original designs of the characters and to fix that problem I had to redesign everything from the ground up.

All the characters, new and old, have all received many new enhancements, including 3 new animations! Below are pictures of the old characters and their new design, which I feel will make the series that much better.

Old Outdated Characters

Redesigned Characters

The differences might be hard to spot at first, but I assure you there are several improvements.

Not only have the characters received upgrades, but all the old episodes now include a pre-loader to make sure everything is in perfect sync. Now the whole episode loads (including the intro) before it plays. This was not an easy task since before when I didn’t have standards in place all the episodes were created with different frame rates. Episode One was 12 frames a second, Episode Two was 15fps and Episode 3 was 20fps. This I have future fixed, as all new episodes will be 12 frames per second, animation standard.

The pre-loader is not perfect as it will, as of now, automatically play when fully loaded, but that will be fixed with a “Play” button when the new episodes are released.

Talking about new episodes, those too have received an upgrade in the form of wide screen presentation! No more will you have to bare the crap of standard 4X3 viewing. All new episodes and specials from this point on are all presented in glorious 8-bit wide screen! You’re welcome.

The website, Taipeidays.com, has also been upgraded to be more useful and colorful! It now includes more things on one page, including character profiles of every cast member. They are kinda lacking as of right now, but soon with have more information. Every new character introduced in the series will get their own page, with stats, and quotes. Go check it out!

That about covers it. Until I can hire a group of Korean animators to do the animations for me, new episodes will come out when they are finished. Don’t worry, Episode 4 is currently in production as you read this. Go check out the website and let me know what you think, especially about the banners. That’s right, I added an “s” to the end. Go find them.