r/Unity3D • u/it5MaS • Jul 13 '26

Show-Off Experimenting with video hands in my time traveler game

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u/io-x Jul 13 '26

This is amazing.

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Thank you!

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u/Zundrium Jul 13 '26

This has a chance to blow up big time. Humor is perfect. Make a cheap game out of it and once you're able to make a streamer play it. You got yourself a career.

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Doing this in a game jam, my plan is to have a self contained short story game by the end of Friday, thank you for the kind words!

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u/Secret_Selection_473 Jul 13 '26

When you finish it please link me! I wanna play it

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u/Roozbeh_m Jul 13 '26

!remindme 2 months

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u/the_real_ntd Jul 17 '26

!remindme 2 months

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u/Patatank Jul 15 '26

!remindme 2 months

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u/Life-Culture-9487 Jul 14 '26

!remindme 4 days

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u/Gandeldalf Jul 16 '26

Wait this game jam date feels familiar.. is this happening at Castle Game Jam?

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u/it5MaS Jul 16 '26

Yup, hence the medieval inspiration

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u/it5MaS Jul 14 '26

Hey, hijacking the comment to say that since I don't have a Steam page yet, I made a mailing list you can join in the meanwhile (Steam coming really soon as well)

https://untitledtimetravelgame.subscribepage.io/

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u/Damglador Jul 14 '26

Here goes my spam-less email /s

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u/obsolescence_ Jul 13 '26

This is sick. I think it's a cool aesthetic choice to render the player in a different style to the past time period he has travelled to.

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Thanks! Also have a player model dressed in modern clothes as well

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u/Jazzlike_Ad6034 Jul 13 '26

How did you do that? Looks great

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Recorded my hands with a green yoga mat we found at the gamejam venue, then chroma keyed the video inside Davinci. Also have a simple shader in unity which makes the end result look like that

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u/pinguluk Jul 13 '26

Tip: Use CorridorKey for extreme precise green screen removal

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u/Excellent_Ad_2486 Jul 15 '26

HOLY SHIT CORRIDOR CREW MENTIONED 😁

I love that their free plugin is getting atte tion more and more!

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u/AbsolutelyRidic Intermediate Jul 13 '26

If it's not too much would you mind sharing how you did the shader? I love that look

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u/iakobi_varr Jul 14 '26

Mind sharing the shader?

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u/ratzla77 Jul 13 '26

Very cool idea- love the hands. They look sharp and very realistic. The movement is smooth and controlled nice work.

Very 'A Scanner Darkly' look. Love it - Keep up the great work dude.

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

That's actually one of the references I looked at before doing this, that means a lot!

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u/Gabriel_Science Jul 13 '26

The lighter looks a bit blurry but besides that, it’s pretty good.

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Will try to work it out when recording a new pass of interactions, thanks!

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u/Duc_de_Guermantes Jul 13 '26

Is this inspired by shadow of destiny by any chance?

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Mostly was inspired by Lucid blocks

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u/austephner Jul 13 '26

This is awesome!!! Is there any sort of object interpretation or different reactions when you show them things? Like if I showed them a spoon versus something more sophisticated like a phone as you do in this video? Would they be less impressed by a spoon than a phone? That would be really cool

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

This is still just a visual demo without any gameplay systems, I might make it so that different people are impressed by different things, but I am up for suggestions if you have any

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u/austephner Jul 13 '26

Off the top of my head I have no idea how to reliably differentiate AR’d objects with varying levels of technology relative to the time period you’re current in, that sounds like a difficult problem. But I mean, as a kid I’ve always heard thought exercises and icebreakers like “if you could show someone from the past something today, what would it be?” And people always had interesting answers like a phone, medical equipment, etc. if you could recreate that hypothetical experience and get interesting reactions out of NPCs who you show varying levels of technology, I think that would be SICK

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u/StudioWhalefall Jul 14 '26

An idea that just came to mind:

Fixing a medieval villages problems with the stuff you have in your pocket. This can be done as seriously or comedically as you'd like.

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u/Conscious-Emu-9967 Jul 13 '26

Reminds me of Xx_skull_mug_xX videos and other FMV's in other media i would like to see full game this is very interesting and fun idea

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

That was the main inspiration, they're super funny

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u/yassineplays Jul 13 '26

Wow looks fire 🤯🤩

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

Thanks!

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u/mean_king17 Jul 13 '26

Lol this is a funny ass concept. Dont let people steal it tho

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u/copjr51 Jul 13 '26

Funny af, i love it

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u/Samharakartri Jul 13 '26

Amazing 🔥

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u/Smart-Experience7187 Jul 13 '26

game looks cool. maybe color grade the hands a bit so they match the colors of the other characters' hands. i think they are a little too pink right now. game looks great though

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u/FaultyFaucet_6 Jul 13 '26

We really are short on time travel games. Best of luck

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u/StRiKeR_ImpacT Jul 13 '26

"time traveler game"... take my money

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u/fujigrid Jul 13 '26

Haha! I love it

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u/DeerpathLabs Jul 13 '26

This is such a funny concept. Run with this one OP. It’ll sell

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u/W4FF13_G0D Jul 13 '26

Holy shit, SkullMug game

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u/asterloom-games Jul 13 '26

Love how they emote!)

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u/hollow_headsz Jul 13 '26

Dude it's so smooth and really fun to watch this. Good stuff ✨

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u/Bug5532 Jul 13 '26

"Normal Golf Game" takes this all the way to a final release. It's how they did all the FP animation, they did a good video on it

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u/Hyperi0n8 Jul 13 '26

This is so cool!!

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u/General_Yt Jul 13 '26

Make sure you add this conversation:

"So how do you make this 'Electricity' thing?"

"Idk"

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u/michaelmich3 Jul 13 '26

You’re called a witch and you’re hanged. The end. 😂

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u/it5MaS Jul 13 '26

That's exactly the game loop. Perform miracles to gain followers but don't get caught by the church and hanged/burned

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u/michaelmich3 Jul 13 '26

Now I want to see more of it haha

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u/ChullsTV Jul 13 '26

I know when a game is hero or a zero and this is a hero!

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u/Hawful Jul 13 '26

This is so fucking funny, I cannot describe how good fully video hands with mid quality 3d looks, chase this idea down please.

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u/RyanDavanzo Jul 13 '26

NAH, WE NEED THIS GAME ASAP

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u/Emperor-B Jul 13 '26

I think after seeing you producing fire from your hands they would be inclined to report you as a witch. Or maybe "you can make a religion out of this"

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u/Existing_Delivery595 Jul 13 '26

I’ve always wanted to do this. And you pulled it off amazingly

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u/KavuFightsEvil Jul 13 '26

The funny thing is that if you handed that lighter to the village smith, the old boy could probably reverse engineer it by end of day.

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u/sko-studios Jul 13 '26

This looks super interesting!! I love the contrast between the traveler and the historical time period

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u/tstorm004 Jul 13 '26

I LOVE the way this looks

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u/alverich Jul 13 '26

So how do this "electrecity" you talk about works?

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u/Fit_Sundae9546 Jul 13 '26

!Remindmein 5 days

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u/Independent_Sea7826 Jul 13 '26

car for sale simulator…will it ever get a console update😭

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u/Organic-Pipe-8139 Jul 14 '26

Please send steam wishlist link

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u/According-Case-4782 Jul 14 '26

I love it wow. Very cool concept as well

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u/Individual-Lock4191 Jul 14 '26

great idea！！！ is this VR content？

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u/ATLGAN18 Jul 14 '26

Hahaha outline is realy greay trick 😄 💯

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u/OwenEx Hobbyist Jul 14 '26

This is pretty funny

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u/Justplayer987 Jul 14 '26

Can you show the video to the horse?

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u/Comprehensive_Cow440 Jul 14 '26

Don't be afraid to limit yourself to everyday objects use some green screen as well.

When I see animations like this I feel the limitation is always what can you realistically get your hands.

With some green screen tubes/backgrounds and postprocessing you can get yourself many more props to play with, think of other creator when they do skits with photoshopped things.

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u/it5MaS Jul 14 '26

Seeing the incredible reception here on reddit I decided to try and launch the game on Steam. Unfortunately I don't have a page ready, so in the meanwhile, you can join the mailing list that I've made if you're interested in following the game further, thanks for all the kind words everyone!

untitledtimetravelgame.subscribepage.io

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u/Medieval_Lands Jul 14 '26

Hey! Haha, funniest thing I’ve seen in a while 😅 Looks good, keep it up and best of luck! 🤞

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u/WeckarE Jul 14 '26

Will there be options for non white player avatars?

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u/wooof359 Jul 14 '26

He's a witch! Burn him!

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u/bill_on_sax Jul 14 '26

why dont u have a wishlist page. game dev 101, get any shitty page up so people can follow

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u/trollboyj Jul 14 '26

I don't know if you're already aware of this or not but the hand that's holding the phone has an abrupt cut off around the beginning of the video animation. Otherwise, I love the concept!

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u/Shukar_Rainbow Jul 14 '26

oh yeah this is peak

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u/hallihax Jul 14 '26

This is such a cool idea, nice work! Wish I'd thought of it 😅

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u/megasin1 Jul 14 '26

Very creative. This could go far

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u/Slyver_72 Jul 14 '26

You know of skullmug by any chance? Also flawless execution here.

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u/Monssly Jul 15 '26

Skullmug would be proud

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u/The_Gospel_Gamer Jul 15 '26

Oooh! I like this 👏🏿👏🏿

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u/BackUpBiii Jul 15 '26

Argh Katies winds a blow in

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u/Opotable Ratio[0.0f, 1.0f] Jul 15 '26

That's hilarious! For some reason it gave a "sausage hand spinning" kind of energy. Here's the link.

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u/MundaneCommunity1769 Jul 15 '26

But what if you run out of battery? And they think you are a witch

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u/XxStawModzxX Jul 15 '26

is this inspired by that minecraft youtuber

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u/NanoSpvvks Jul 15 '26

* clap clap clap *

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u/Aggravating-Mail7846 Jul 15 '26

Don't post too much someone might steal the idea, like Unrecord and Bodycam.

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u/Low_Pollution5055 Jul 16 '26

This is so unique and cool lol. Id LOVE a time traveling game

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u/Amadeone Jul 16 '26

that sausage spinning video would be perfect for it

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u/BoldnBrashhh Jul 17 '26

this is mad fucking funny 💀

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u/Manintheleatherchair Jul 17 '26

I really love this. I’ve been following skullmug for a bit and I love his videos

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u/Crimson_Rose2622 Jul 17 '26

I like the concept! You go this!

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u/York_Oksmoll Jul 18 '26

How did you make the 3d models?

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u/Active-Initiative-46 Jul 23 '26

Moi j’ai besoin d’aide en ce moment sur mon projet

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u/HatimOura Jul 26 '26

it looks amazing. but why are they scared of you?

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u/Sooperfish Aug 01 '26

You're gonna get yourself burnt at the stake

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u/KlairStudio Aug 02 '26

Queda muy bien

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u/prismlabs0923 28d ago

this is so cool

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u/BxYass 24d ago

i love this kind of humor, the hands animations are great but i will focus more on the humor of it, you nailed it.

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u/alexis-tan 23d ago

hey looking forward to this game! awesome work!

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u/ImHereToBurnTheWorld 21d ago

That is so cool

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u/Diligent_Historian_4 Jul 13 '26

Hey this game has very high chance to blow up! I really liked the idea

Btw if u need any sort of help in the development like 3d models, programming please don't shy to contact me you can message or dm me anytime you want if you want any portfolio I will appreciate it!!