dudeguy23

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I've a question to the dedicated fans of "Mr. Bals". Has he ever said anything about other DUNE projects apart from this game? Considering that the next Villenueve movie is going to be based on the second book (and knowing David is probably going to make something then) isn't it better for him to do a new release than to update this one again?
he has mentioned interest in making another dune game at some point, yes. but not right now. he is focusing on horror in hongdae and plans on putting a "behind the dune" mini-game there.
maybe someday in the future he might come back to dune but he's planning on finishing his current projects.
 
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I've a question to the dedicated fans of "Mr. Bals". Has he ever said anything about other DUNE projects apart from this game? Considering that the next Villenueve movie is going to be based on the second book (and knowing David is probably going to make something then) isn't it better for him to do a new release than to update this one again?
He has indeed mentioned that he'd prefer to make another Dune game rather than just updating this one forever. BUT, as long as Horror in Hondae isn't finished, he won't start another big project. So until then, little updates for BtD every once in a while is all we can hope for.
 

Erebus69

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I've a question to the dedicated fans of "Mr. Bals". Has he ever said anything about other DUNE projects apart from this game? Considering that the next Villenueve movie is going to be based on the second book (and knowing David is probably going to make something then) isn't it better for him to do a new release than to update this one again?
he has said that he disliked using flash several years ago but has continued to making releases for 2-3 years since he made that statement. So not likely to see that change and has even released 2 games in about that time
 

Mr_Ainz

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he has said that he disliked using flash several years ago but has continued to making releases for 2-3 years since he made that statement. So not likely to see that change and has even released 2 games in about that time
But HiH is in unity, why would he choose to make the next project in flash. I believe If he makes a new DUNE based game it won't be flash
 
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Time for another bunch of fanart!

This time it's special, cause I've made my own!
We need some more Baron Harkonnen, right? I tried to mimic David's style as closely as possible, as an exercise to learn how to create digital art.
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And because I know some people here will be salty that Paul isn't involved or they can't stand the sight of Vladimir or both, here are alternative versions.
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Yueh got some love again. Someobody keeps commissioning these pieces.
By CiosArt
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By Dymitr3
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And the obligatory AI generated fanart. The quality keeps improving. Again, some of these guys have made so many that I am forced to select only a small sampling. Check out Balsa's discord to see the rest.

By Kisato
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By Night
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By MidFR
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by dictator90
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by Cr7
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johndqdo

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I downloaded it through mega and microsoft defender sent a warning when I downloaded it and when I ran it, is it safe or not? (As the defender sent out the warning I canceled the execution)
 
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But HiH is in unity, why would he choose to make the next project in flash. I believe If he makes a new DUNE based game it won't be flash
No he did not say he will go back to flash, instead he wants to make the next dune game (whenever that comes out) in unity. So basically this whole experience of HiH was basically a long way to get experience with the unity engine.
 

YeOldeWanker

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Time for another bunch of fanart!

This time it's special, cause I've made my own!
We need some more Baron Harkonnen, right? I tried to mimic David's style as closely as possible, as an exercise to learn how to create digital art.
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And because I know some people here will be salty that Paul isn't involved or they can't stand the sight of Vladimir or both, here are alternative versions.
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Yueh got some love again. Someobody keeps commissioning these pieces.
By CiosArt
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By Dymitr3
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And the obligatory AI generated fanart. The quality keeps improving. Again, some of these guys have made so many that I am forced to select only a small sampling. Check out Balsa's discord to see the rest.

By Kisato
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By Night
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By MidFR
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by dictator90
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by Cr7
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I have seen a lot of impressive A.I stuff over the last year, as I'm sure many of you have as well, but this is yet another mindfuck. It is scary how accurate it is in the imitation of Balsa's artstyle. A couple of these are so on point that they might've as well had been made by him. Unreal man.
 
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I have seen a lot of impressive A.I stuff over the last year, as I'm sure many of you have as well, but this is yet another mindfuck. It is scary how accurate it is in the imitation of Balsa's artstyle. A couple of these are so on point that they might've as well had been made by him. Unreal man.
Yes, a handful are so close that it really takes a pedantic eye to find differences. Still, AI isn't ready to replace human artists just yet. AI can do little more than pinups and a few other simple poses. As soon as you want two or more characters interacting with each other in specific ways, AI fails consistently and it takes so much editing and redoing, that you might as well not bother.
 
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