'War Of Change' | A Semi-Original Animated Short

This was one heck of a journey to develop, but in the end, i'm really proud of the final results. Welcome to the aftermath of the War Of Change!

I started development of this back at the end of the summer vacation, came up with the whole concept of this animated music video whilst listening to this very soundtrack during
a drive home. I fleshed it out more afterwards. After that, i 'drew' a whole world around this concept that would fit with it.

Now, i did want to model my own models for this occasion. I spent some time scouting the internet for fitting concept art that didn't go above my sloppy skills with 3D modelling. I
eventually settled by modelling the legs of the robots after models from an old Xbox game(which i adore), as a little nod to it. For the rest i took inspiration from all kinds of
games, concept art and existing models.
I took inspiration for the buildings from this abandoned city called 'Pripyat'.
This took like...2-3 weeks to model them all, after that, i sent the models over to Mikequeen123. Who had the horrible job to rig them, he had to wip out all kinds of crazy tricks
on order to make them able to work, as well as having an IK-Rig be possible on the robots.
In the meantime i called up my buddy 'TheImperfectAnimator', if he could create me a simple SFM map with a broken open road. He did that quite quick, to my surprise.
A few weeks later, when everyone was rigged and dandy, i began.

I began posing and scene-building the entire street, using the road as a guidance. And then lighting, which was quite the trouble. You might notice that the shading is quite...bad,
but this is due to SFM's limitations in lights, i can't properly shade characters with a light that has a huge reach and width.

Then began the long process of animation, which went quite well. I took extra care and paid attention to camera shots and what they showed and how models were shown on it.
Many of the shots went well and were done quick, with the exceptions of the hyper-active fight scene's, which were a drag to animate. I procrastinated a LOT during those scene's, but i
pulled myself through it all. As you might imagine, those scenes were a drag to animate due to the fast movement and so MANY particles that had to be directed and guided(1 scene had around
256 particles).
Then came the glorious rendering, which took ages!

After that all, it was editing, adding filters to increase the feeling of an apocalyptic setting and make it more movie-esque.

I'm not gonna beat around the bush here, i picked Foxy as the main character because the majority of my subscribers are here for FNAF/SFM's. I didn't want this to go by unnoticed :C.
I also picked it as a nod to GoldenLane Studios(GLS), their 'Freddy My Only Friend' animation inspired me for the setting/atmosphere.

Gigantic thanks to Lucifersam01 for dragging me through this, supporting me and giving advice where need be!

Please flag, ignore or downvote offensive/mean comments. We are here to have a good time, after all.

All the audio and other representations belong to their respectfull owners. Thanks in advance.
I solely own the animation, editing.

Song:

Thanks for watching!

[pepper]

Aahh...i remember i was a young little boy. 10 years old watching this being so hyped and ecxited to see the creativity of Fnaf and reality mixing.Wish i could just time travel and remember all the times i clicked that rewatch button.

[TheHottestDog]

Its been over a year since this video and I still remember it and I still watch it. This was one of the best SFM animations I've ever seen. I hope in the future, you keep making incredible stuff like this. Amazing work man!

[brittanytaylor]

It’s been 7 years since this came out and it’s a clean animation for being so old

[eneocct]

4 years AND still wondering how this exists. But not regreting it at all.

[krishmech]

God, I remember when shit hit the fan every time you uploaded one of these. A journey that started with “Demons” by Imagine Dragons, and ended with this. Each and every one has its own identity and story behind the song. My favorite out of the saga has gotta be your animation for Starset’s “My Demons, ” but this is a close second. It’s times like these where YouTube recommends things that remind me of that silver age in Fnaf SFM where music videos were the talk of the town. A time of Madcritz (formerly) sending essay long constructive critiques in every comment section, and of Maxie (Rest in Peace) climbing higher with every new stylized treat. And all throughout, people like XboxGamerk, XGBXDasian, and so many others, were slowly making their way to the top. Really enjoyed seeing this again. Thank you.

[TheLunaticGmaer]

Well I'll be damned. That was absolutely mind blowing. And yes I did read the description, I just feel like a Foxy doesn't work here, but I understand your reasoning. :)

[Andiematronic]

Wow, this is awesome! Didn't expect to see any TFK in the fanbase! I've seen them live before, and they're fantastic. I can't believe you went through so much work for for this one, that's really really cool. :)

[markusk]

I saw this video for the first when I was around 8 or 9 years old. Now I'm turning 16 this year. This still hypes me up to this day.

[FreddoFrappe]

This was amazing, I can see all of the effort that went into developing this spectacular video! It's sad to think this video is the end of the major music videos. Stellar job, Mr Breino!

[MrBreino]

Now this was quite the journey!

Please read the description for more information!

Credits:
*Mikequeen123; for porting, texturing and rigging all my custom models for this animation. Like i said twice before, he's amazing!

*Lucifersam01; for huge support and help with almost everything. Check him out!

*Ruccy; for extra technical support and being a great help when asked to!

*Robgamings; for help when it came to editing Gabo's Foxy!

*GaboCOart; for his awesome public Foxy model, i like it too much!

And of course Thousand Foot Krutch for this amazing song!

Thanks for watching!

[thefallen]

Me watching this 3 years ago: WHAT THEY BETRAYED WHY!?
Me now: seen that coming

[Sunny_Rain]

So the story is that they fight Foxy then they team up with him THEN they kill him?


I don't get it.

[Yui]

Came back 3 years after and this is still one of the best songs for me at least

[AngryPig]

I came back to watch this for some nostalgia and i just noticed how the name “Afton Robotics” is written on there. That such a cool reference that makes the plot so much more intense.

[MrClay]

This is for sure the best sfm I've ever seen. :D The animation was beautiful and fun to watch. Your models turned out amazing too! And 256 particles for 1 scene!? Wow!

[eageltheYTman]

i have been looking for this for the past few days. not because i was remembering the animation, but the SONG MAN. ITS AS GOOD AS I REMEMBER

[loganm.theninja]

I like how the evil robots have "Afton Robotics" on them. :P

[toybonnie]

at the end the robots were like "on to the next one"

[randomnessanimation]

The amount of nostalgia coming back to this music video after so long is unreal!
This video is what introduced me to this song and band!

[permathefox]

people keep saying "why didn't the master robot die when foxy was shot." well the other 2 survived a shot. they were obviously designed to be resistant to their own weaponry. the 2 bots can just play dead after being shot. they probably send messages to and from eachother to plan it out. love the animation btw.