Abstracted sadness - Mario's mystery meat pixel animation

I planned to finish this project back in summer of 2023, but then got distracted by job, other drawings and later - world's crisis and my broken mental state.
First half of the animation was finished in sping 2023 0:00 - 0:44
I could bring myself back only in the december of 2023, and finally finishing the project now 0:44 - 1:52

I will be honest - I am not very happy with the result. I was making the animation in Pixilart and bringing it together in AE (adding some noise on top). Learning how to implement my ideas while making animation was the reason why I was making a lot of mistakes, the entire short is held by duct tape. The first half in particular looks very stiff and upsets me. But at this point I just wanted to finish this animation already and move on, so I didn't change anything.

On other side, I kinda feel happy to finish it. I was and am struggling a lot, so actually finishing something and not throwing it away halfway through is a miracle for me. Sponge is literally my spirit character lol, and after all, it was made for fun, so... being not perfect is fine, and it's good that I got to learn something XD

But right now things are finally getting better. Thank you all so much for following and supporting me, I hope I will make more cool animations in the future! q(≧▽≦q)⭐

[kaibrinix]

I can't stop replaying this video. This video actually got me to play the rom hack. The animation with the best song from the original soundtrack really captures the feeling of the original rom hack and how weird and sad it actually was. Even if you didn't like the end result, I personally think this turned out to be a really good animation.

[thenewguyinred]

This animation made me realize how depressing and miserable Sponge’s life is. All he ever wanted was some happiness and validation, but all his siblings kept ignoring him, and every princess he tries to save ends up dying. Sponge is a lonely lonely man, who can do nothing but wallow in his own misery. Indeed, being a sponge f*cking sucks.

[GoldRust]

Holy shit, this was beautiful. You should definitely send this to Vinny if you get the chance, I'm sure he would be awestruck by this.

[himelmao]

SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE FIRST FEW TO VIEW THIS, LEGIMATELY AWESOME! SERIOUSLY YOUR WORK AMAZES ME

[T_Man]

When he got there, the princess was dead

[chocolata]

Wow!! omg this is seriously so amazing! A pixel art!... Animation!!
I remember you from your first ENA Pixel Art, you've really gone so far! And I'm really glad you have gotten so much more recognized, you really deserve it bud

[Coolguy.]

This game will go down as one of, if not THE best romhack in gaming history, and i mean it.
Also, awesome animation!

[mrtsuyo]

This really perfectly encapsulates the Sponge's experience on his miserable mystery meat journey, you did an outstanding job my fella

[kagemay]

I know you say in the description that you personally don't like the end result but I think this is wonderful and it captures the essence of the hack very well, Vinny would probably love it. Hopefully you're hanging in there despite everything that's going on!

[ALB]

This animation brought back a few memories I had playing this rom hack. You really did a wonderful job on this! :)

[jesselochner]

god damn, man. vinny would love this.

[jorgerampini]

Hermano te quedo de 10, imagínate que le hagan secuela y te pidan esta animación para hacer un breve resumen de lo que paso en el juego anterior 😮

[inktonythekaonashigaster]

this is some really impressive animation

[Turner_Strait]

Holy absolute bananas, this is INCREDIBLE. The artistry, the expressions, the "camera" angles and shots... The split frames with the princess corpse! My god, I love this

[anthonysalazar]

De todos los mods, room hacks de Mario. Este sin duda es mi favorito no solamente por qué el contexto es muy random si no que el personaje (Sponge) representa ese tercer hermano que no es tomado en cuenta 💔

[WhiteMageBenoni]

One word and one word only:


Amazing.

[yorp]

Yo this is actually fire. You put so much work into this

[HoldenVontz]

this is incredibly well done and deserves more views, your pixel art is insane

[alanvargas]

The fact this is a masterpiece and should most likely be in the end of the game of the neutral ending

[urubuciberiano]

Honestly, this is one of the best animations i had ever seen, i literally cant stop watching it man, you did a amazing job and i wish you the best