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New ICE/Syflex tutorial online

Michael — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:13:06 +0000

Learn how to make deforming feathers: How to combine ICE dynamics and syflex

mbFeatherTools Released!

Michael — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:43 +0000

I am proud to announce the release of mbFeatherTools!
Check it out at feathertools.michael-buettner.com.

The online documentation is also up now.

Snowreal is Phase 2 Winner!

Michael — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:25:05 +0000

My Mod has won in Phase 2 of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest and made an awesome 5th Place!

If you haven’t checked out Snowreal yet, you can go to the Snowreal Site.

‘Urmel2′ Animation Reel

Michael — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:19:52 +0000

Here is my new animation reel! These shots are all from the feature film ‘Urmel voll in Fahrt’ (english title: ‘Impy’s Wonderland’).

Download Quicktime Version
(right-click and ’save as…’)

Snowreal going wild

Michael — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:55:03 +0000

Snowreal recently got featured in the biggest german games magazine Gamestar. It is also remarkable how many views the Snowreal Trailer received on youtube. After 3 days the trailer already had over 30,000 views! You can read the article here (if you know german):

Snowreal Article

Snowreal released

Michael — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:59:24 +0000

I released Snowreal around midnight this friday, and it is creating alot of buzz since then. The trailer got over 10000 views just on saturday! Check the mod out on snowreal.blogspot.com

It’s time to put out some more info on those pages…

Urmel hits the cinemas in 2 days

Michael — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:28:15 +0000

“Urmel voll in Fahrt” will be in the cinemas on March 1st! I watched the final movie a week ago at the premiere, and I enjoyed seeing my shots fully rendered and with all post processing effects. It’s something different than those hardware-shaded playblasts! For Casts and Crew you can visit Urmel Voll in Fahrt on IMDb.Com and you can Watch the trailer right here. (quicktime required)

Snowreal coming along well

Michael — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:30:11 +0000

I’ve uploaded some screens from our multiplayer test yesterday. It was really good to play this in multiplayer and see what gameplay ideas work and what don’t. We had a blast pulling each other across the mountain with the viper and grappling hook!

First video of Snowreal online

Michael — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:34:40 +0000

I’ve thrown together a video of the mod I’m currently working on. I also had alot of fun doing a first multiplayer test on the Playstation 3 today!!!

Kickflip Quake on ModDB

Michael — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:03 +0000

In 11 days this mod is gonna be exactly 8 years old! I uploaded Kickflip Quake to the ModDB, and the news instantly made it to planetquake. I heard that with the improved netcode of the Darkplaces engine, this could work quite well online. I can’t recall if I’ve ever had a KFQ session against another human being…
If you haven’t played it yet, grab it off ModDB or if you’re too lazy to install Quake1 again, you can just watch the video!