Mary Doe Journal

The Undead Zone Is Almost Upon Us

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:06:34 +0000

It’s been a long time since we last posted on Moddb, but we have been working hard at improving the levels and the details within the Undead Zone campaign. We have also been working on the feature film I, Frankenstein, creating all the creature effects and putting a lot of effort into getting Mary Doe the movie up and running. Another exciting side project we have been developing is an upcoming game that will be announced sometime in the future.

A lot of work has gone into the Undead Zone over the past year to make it perfect. We have made changes to the gameplay elements of each level, improved textures, designed 3D models and finally implemented the Tom Savini dialogue. We are now working on fine tuning the sound design for each of the levels to create an atmosphere that is unique to each of them.

We are in the process of finalising the campaign and releasing a beta version for you guys to play, hopefully over the next few weeks. If you are interested in testing a beta version of the Undead Zone, “follow us” on Moddb so you can be notified when we release it.

Below you can see our latest screenshots showing some of the improvements we made to the maps.

SCREAMFEST MAKE-UP AWARD

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:42:07 +0000

Screamfest L.A 2010 – Make-up Effects Group – “Best Make-up” award for Needle.

The award is on its way – thanks John & Dee.

UNDEAD ZONE & BEYOND

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:48:12 +0000

I was with Daniel all day yesterday going through the Undead Zone game. I got an in depth presentation on all the levels and all the aspects of the game play.

We worked on a few environment “detail” tweaks – adding more carnage and depth to the look of the game. Suggested a few more obstacles and refining of the story game play.

I am extremely proud of what Alex and Daniel have achieved. The level of detail and game play is amazing. These guys came onboard because they liked the Mary Doe project and brought to the table an aspect of the world that I would never have had the knowledge or experience to achieve. I’ve been inspired by the game, the technical achievement, the fun and coolness of playing it and the richness it adds to the Mary Doe world.

I spoke with Tom Savini today and he is finalizing his dialogue for the game, based on some story changes we made.

Daniel has already started putting the seeds of an idea for a new game into my head. Something that we have wanted to plan for when we release the Mary Doe movie. A high end independently produced game using the Valve Source Engine or the CRYEngine3. It will become available via digital download on Steam for the PC, XBLA for the Xbox and the PSN for the Playstation 3.

Alex is excited by the prospect of the new game and I feel the wheels have been solidly set in motion.

UNDEAD ZONE UPDATE

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:10:08 +0000

The Last Stand – establishing a desert military outpost – FINAL LEVEL environments for the Mary Doe – Undead Zone computer game. It’s taken a while but the guys have put so much work into building an awesome game. All credit goes out to them. From detailed locations to well crafted level interplay – you won’t be disappointed. JUST ADD ZOMBIES!

SNEEK PEEK GRAPHIC NOVEL ART

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:45:00 +0000

The new Online Graphic Novel by Daus Von Roe will blow your Zombie Mind – COMING SOON!

ZOMBIE FAN ART

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:40:36 +0000

TWITTER @MaryDoeMovie

admin — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:45:39 +0000

Mary Doe is up on TWITTER.

Some of our fans preferred to stay up to date with us on Twitter, so we made it available for everyone to participate on the journey. Spread the word – Tweet… Tweet… Arghhhhh…

Go to www.twitter.com and check us out @MaryDoeMovie.

Direct link at www.twitter.com/#!/MaryDoeMovie

MOULD-MAKING & SCHEDULING

admin — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:25:51 +0000

Thanks to Gab and Grant for spending most of the week at the studio helping me mould three of the huge zombie sculptures. When completed, they are going to be major animatronic puppets for some of the key sequences in the film. We estimate it will probably take around eight puppeteers to operate them – all OLD SCHOOL, in-camera effects, that will blow your socks off. The sculptures look amazing – they will impress when you see them in the movie.

Gab and Grant are two friends that have been helping Paul and myself from day one on Mary Doe. Fibreglass mould-making is hard work and it’s great to have them drop by to lend a hand.

Can’t show you the moulds we just completed as it would give too much away – but here are some other works of art!

Also, a big thank you to Bob Donaldson our 1st AD, who on numerous occasions has graciously come in to help me set up a preliminary schedule for the shoot. He’s an absolute pleasure to work with and I know his vast experience (THE PHANTOM, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II), will make my life easier when we are onset.

Paul’s back for a four week hiatus from THE HOBBIT next week and will get back into finishing two more of the sculptures – and we do it all again…

MARY DOE IPAD COMPATIBLE

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:21:09 +0000

We finally got a working iPad version of our Mary Doe and Creative Nerve Entertainment websites. Daniel had to go in and make some major code changes to get around the incompatibility of Flash on iPad. If you have an iPad, you can check us out and look even cooler using the latest technology. However, getting the full Mary Doe online experience is best accessed from your normal computer workstations: as all the music, animated menus and interactivity, remain fully functional.

US GOVT. ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:17:09 +0000

A blog post by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that mentions a “zombie apocalypse” as a lighthearted way to get Americans to read about preparing for hurricanes drove so much traffic that it crashed the website, the agency said.

The Zombie Apocalypse campaign is a social media effort by the CDC’s Public Health and Preparedness center to spread the word about the June 1 start of hurricane season.

The CDC is a U.S. federal government health agency based in Atlanta.