Please see this old Patreon post I just made public to share with you all the moving parts and details of this overlay! https://www.patreon.com/posts/53087662
For us six Dorks who are quite often in Danger, and who stream that D&D danger live on Twitch at Twitch.tv/Draeneth, a stream overlay for such adventures was oft considered by many members of the adventuring party. Would they go on, deprived, unembellished for a moment longer?! Nay, Rhos said! And so hence forth, she worked in her free time (until minutes before the next play session) to deliver such an overlay, garnished in stained wood framing and decorated with objects that give nod to each individual Dork.
I had almost as much fun making this overlay as I did writing that paragraph, and despite it was a squeeze on my schedule to make, I don't regret it!
One of the benefits of working in an artistic field is being able to suit up my personal pursuits outside of my career with custom-made assets. When I get the chance to do that, especially when it also benefits friends, I jump at that chance.
The wooden dragon mouth at the top lights up when our Dungeon Master speaks, and each character portrait lights up around the edges when speaking as well! In combat, a character card with stats appears above the DinD logo at the bottom. In the future when we stream again, I hope to add in these details with a fun animated entrance.
Is this all overkill for a small friend group campaign? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
P.S. The map in the open screen portion of the overlay was not done by me, it is just from a screengrab of us playing in session.
For us six Dorks who are quite often in Danger, and who stream that D&D danger live on Twitch at Twitch.tv/Draeneth, a stream overlay for such adventures was oft considered by many members of the adventuring party. Would they go on, deprived, unembellished for a moment longer?! Nay, Rhos said! And so hence forth, she worked in her free time (until minutes before the next play session) to deliver such an overlay, garnished in stained wood framing and decorated with objects that give nod to each individual Dork.
I had almost as much fun making this overlay as I did writing that paragraph, and despite it was a squeeze on my schedule to make, I don't regret it!
One of the benefits of working in an artistic field is being able to suit up my personal pursuits outside of my career with custom-made assets. When I get the chance to do that, especially when it also benefits friends, I jump at that chance.
The wooden dragon mouth at the top lights up when our Dungeon Master speaks, and each character portrait lights up around the edges when speaking as well! In combat, a character card with stats appears above the DinD logo at the bottom. In the future when we stream again, I hope to add in these details with a fun animated entrance.
Is this all overkill for a small friend group campaign? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
P.S. The map in the open screen portion of the overlay was not done by me, it is just from a screengrab of us playing in session.
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Nothing is overkill in the pursuit of DORKY DANGER. This looks so freaking awesome I want to do something similar for our group, its SO good
Aa thanks so much dude! you should! Its so much fun to have your own fresh look. I might actually revamp this at some point with more of a talking heads style to see more expression from the characters and have a bit more visual interest.
Oh? I'm not familiar with them. The map within the overlay isn't done by me, in case that's what you're referencing. Its a screengrab of a map we used in game in one of the first few sessions.
It did make it very pleasant to look at, as otherwise the stream is largely a more static image.
Oh thanks! Ah the map is actually just within the overlay, its a screengrab I took while we were playing in an early session and were using the map for something, maybe I should make that more clear. The overlay AROUND the map however is all me.
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