We put extra effort into making the audio as immersive as possible, so if you're not someone who likes AI animation you can always sit back, close your eyes and let your imagination do the rest! ❤
I recognize the images and animations are AI generated but I would like to stress consistency. The immersive audio and animation, nice work but the faces need to remain consistent for each character across the entire short for stills and animation alike. Referencing 00:48 sec segment highlight this. Physical descriptions of creatures also need to match, even in books with little illustration... IE number of eyes, arms etc... otherwise, this is great storytelling and the visuals to go with it help to build the world, I like it.
@@michaellinnet6095 @RandallPowers-g8r Are you guys okay? I'm well aware of the freakish super-dreadnaught thing humanity used to style on the alien armada at the begining of the story. My point was it's kinda funny that when they rolled up on one of the alien empire's planets, Instead of using some wacky planet-cracking super weapon, Humanity just threw really spicy bombs at them. The absolute contempt of that move was like that time Riddick killed some guy with his tea cup. Pretty funny.
@@jimmietherustle3622 Plus, it echoed the beginning of the story, when the two cadets were arguing, and the one said that they HAD to bring in a massive fleet to finish off their home world, because it was such a historic event. How lame would it be if they just nuked them?
@@michaellinnet6095the empire was at war with another species not humanity that massive ship was used to help they're alien allies when they were desperate. So now the empire is dealing with two species instead of one.
I think the goal was to reduce the Empire's home planet to a barren (radioactive) wasteland as karma for all the planets the empire left barren. The goal wasn't to crack open the planet. What goes around comes around
@@missingin_action1914 At least, not yet. The animation tech is improving constantly, and even for a short film, this wasn't as bad as it would of been last year.
0:53 Everyone always thinks their war is the "final" war. Because they can't imagine even worse horrors than what they've already witnessed. Even in the vastness of space, war... war never changes.
I really appreciate the effort that went in to this. Generative AI for video is in an uncomfortable spot right now. No longer impressive simply for working at all, but clearly "not ready for prime time" yet. Starbound is pushing the edge, and that is how progress is made. Keep up the good work!
I find the West's fear of AI and even robots quite weird. Artists on TH-cam are among the most obnoxious ones when it comes to anti-AI sentiments. In the mean time my country is going all out to grab a piece of that AI pie after missing out of the Western factories(thanks to our last leader's crippling fear of globalization) that turned China into an industrial powerhouse over night. Our civil servants even got a crash course with AI awareness early this year and now everyone's sharing the Top 10 AI apps lists to use in their work. I remember when I first started working far away from home in 2001 wishing for someone to make robots that I could buy and keep my mother company while she was all alone working in the rice fields. Fast forward to 2024 and parts of the West are of AI and robots. It's funny because real life mirrors what popular media have presented such ideas: In anime Asians embrace AI and robots while Hollywood showed how the West would fall into existential crisis and mistrust them.
@@dareka9425 it's not a fear. It's that generative ai is theft. Built on the backs of thousands of artists and hundreds of thousands of man hours, without recompense of any sort. To create some lifeless, soulless monstrosity that people such as yourself try to call art.
@@dareka9425 its because there is at least a dozen movies that show what could happen if AI gets out of control... and humanity seems to be pushing AI that direction.
Having all three of you was awesome. I didn't watch most of the AI video, but it was cool having two men and a woman doing the voices. Much more of a radioshow vibe!
Considering that you don't have a huge budget and this is a first effort, it exceeded my expectations. My husband was laughing so hard about the 'man' going into the kitchen for a beer. He said that was his brother 100%. When I used to write he was my editor and focused on character dialog for a writers' circle. He said its like Metropolis. Honestly, it was a bit rough but no one else has anything even close. So, 5 out of 5! 👍👍👍👍👍
ha ha ha yeah, thats my brother, auto parts guy, rides a Harley. btw, Silverbird got published in England writing in Roger Zelazny's Amber universe. I used to have the biggest fights over how characters would speak with Ben lol. I really appreciate the truly grand effort that the authors etc put in on these videos. And, yeah, Metropolis.
OMG!!! OMG!!!! This is the best HFY story ever. This animation is 100x more fun to watch than any of the scifi stuff coming out of Hollywood these days. What an incredible job!!! PLEASE do more of these.
"ensign bring my book on the Geneva Suggestions written by the famed Canadian author Excticis Fo'Genocitis." followed up by a "Yes Admiral Fo'Genocitis the Fifth"
A great technological demo. We're not quite there yet but it was great hearing you all work together. If the animations aren't too much work then keep at it. Regardless I'd love to hear you all together more.
Please do more collaborations like this. This gives the stories a ton more life. The A.I. videos are cool, you guys did good with the limitations of current tech, but far less important/enjoyable when compared to the collaborative work.
Loved having more than 1 voice actor in a story. The animation, was good, but not the best. I think what really made this story stand out is the background noises, felt really immersive.
I have been very critical of some stories on this channel in the past, but THIS is what I have been hoping for from you guys!!! Every voice has a place in a story & this is how it should be done! Thank you for setting the bar to a standard that represents Humanity.... FUCK YEAH!!! 🤙🏽
the video was a good start. needs more polish, but dont quit! the audio and presentation was spectacular. i was thrilled to hear all of you working for the voices on this project. great job everyone involved. thanks for your efforts.
I liked this one, the background sound and diversity of voices really brought it together. I didn't see any visuals because I only listened while at work. But the audio aline certainly kept me engaged.
man, we're getting close to the point where VAs can just dub as actors. A camera, face tracking software and refined AI and boom, you can make a small movie
The ending was just beautiful. I'm so sick of those oh they all put down their weapons and got along at the end nonsense stories. Monsters should suffer the fate of monsters and this story told it I love it.
super cool, you guys are the pinnacle of what HFY content can be on youtube, actual human narrators/voice actors and always good quality stories, your own writers as far as i remember too.
Okay just finished. Great fun story. The opening massacre bit was gripping, the chit chat getting intense the philosophical followed by death all around. Done care what people have to say about animation, its a damn good story. The end was like the end of Sopranos.
OMG this is so cool is all of you guys! narrating, acting, interacting, all of you in one single video! this is so awesome!!! plus the music, sounds and personality you all bring to this channel. I am not supporter of AI content but I can see how much you work on this and can't/wont hate on that. The story was cool a nice space battle, with a twist at the end that made me chuckle xD
This really highlights the future of animation. Its really quite incredible what can be done now. Im excited to see how the technology grows and matures
the AI hallucinations are hilarious! the prompts need tweeking and all but its still better than the recent MCU crap. Very entertaining! i'm hopeful for the future! :)
I really love how this feels... It's all coming together nicely now and y'all are doing amazing work thank you for these stories I REALLY love reading❤
Love the whole thing... and i have fath its only going to get better! Love hearing ALL my favorite voices (well,almost all) in this❤❤❤ Great job everyone 🎉🎉❤❤
I applaud you for using this technology in such an ambitious project. The AI, though impressive at this stage, doesn't keep up with your writing for me, but with that said, the AI elements are impressive for what they are. It has progressed incredibly fast, and I look forward to seeing what you are able to do with it once the tech becomes even more refined.
This feels like the natural progression of this kind of content. You have a bunch of awesome voice actors now have them all work on the same awesome project.
Great story, and great effort! For a low budget, first try, it's both impressive and, more importantly, entertaining and enjoyable. With the channel growing and experience accumulating, it can only get better. I'm already enjoying it, and look forward to seeing more!
I didn't watch the AI animation. I kept it on just audio and imagined if this had been hand drawn animation. Very cool putting the voice actors in one skit.
I loved the Collab. But if a dark ending with that family scene, though nice touch with the nuke joke to break the moment. You guys need to do more of these collabs.
Oh man, that was so cool. Usually, these stories are good, and after sifting through channels of AI TTS, knowing there's actual people behind it is refreshing enough, but the absolute labour that went into this? Amazing. The sounds were incredible, well timed, the lines delivered so beautifully by the cast members. And that twist at the end? Damn. Well played, Starbound. Well played.
Good story, the Ai animation wasn't the worst and added a nice touch even if it couldn't stay on model consistently but I'm sure if you do more they will get better but a solid start
What? What kind of ending was that? Left us all hanging. I hope there is a part 2. Got me really interested then the last comment, "that's lame." More, please.
I think it was supposed to be 30 minutes and 33. Also, with the anticlimatic ending, Earth wipes out the Empire and the high school kids are like LAME! But so very realistic!
A fantastic work of science fiction...I think that when the AI animation matures, this will be remembered as a first time classic in the field. The story line from an unusual vantage point was extremely unnerving, reminding me of early Twilight Zone TV shows. 😉👍
We put extra effort into making the audio as immersive as possible, so if you're not someone who likes AI animation you can always sit back, close your eyes and let your imagination do the rest! ❤
I'd like to offer a couple of my stories for your consideration. I was an r/hfy contributor for a few years before deciding to write a book.
As long as the story isn't also AI created..
I recognize the images and animations are AI generated but I would like to stress consistency. The immersive audio and animation, nice work but the faces need to remain consistent for each character across the entire short for stills and animation alike. Referencing 00:48 sec segment highlight this. Physical descriptions of creatures also need to match, even in books with little illustration... IE number of eyes, arms etc... otherwise, this is great storytelling and the visuals to go with it help to build the world, I like it.
@@kataseiko Nope, story and narration is always human-made on this channel :)
love the AI you using! keep them comming
"And then we NUKED THEM!" " really! that's lame" had me rolling. This amount of effort is great thank you to the whole team.
I bet they were shooting for 30 minutes and thats a wrap at 33 minutes. I like the end, its anticlimatic for the humans but not the Empire.
"and then we nuked them!" Damn, the navy must have been feeling pretty spiteful if they decided to use relics to flex on that empire.
How do you think the nuk was launched ? Not having a ship kinda kills the story Ace
@@michaellinnet6095 @RandallPowers-g8r Are you guys okay? I'm well aware of the freakish super-dreadnaught thing humanity used to style on the alien armada at the begining of the story. My point was it's kinda funny that when they rolled up on one of the alien empire's planets, Instead of using some wacky planet-cracking super weapon, Humanity just threw really spicy bombs at them. The absolute contempt of that move was like that time Riddick killed some guy with his tea cup. Pretty funny.
@@jimmietherustle3622 Plus, it echoed the beginning of the story, when the two cadets were arguing, and the one said that they HAD to bring in a massive fleet to finish off their home world, because it was such a historic event. How lame would it be if they just nuked them?
@@michaellinnet6095the empire was at war with another species not humanity that massive ship was used to help they're alien allies when they were desperate.
So now the empire is dealing with two species instead of one.
I think the goal was to reduce the Empire's home planet to a barren (radioactive) wasteland as karma for all the planets the empire left barren. The goal wasn't to crack open the planet.
What goes around comes around
the visuals maybe arent the best, but i love the colab between VAs
i couldn't care less of the animation but it is a delight to hear all of the VA's in a single video.
I like it it’s almost like a motion comic
This, the animations are ugly AF and the story is better without them but the mixed voiceovers is great!
@@gprimegaming They're (The animation) AI generated, can't expect them to be good lol
@@missingin_action1914 At least, not yet. The animation tech is improving constantly, and even for a short film, this wasn't as bad as it would of been last year.
_"Let this be the first, and _*_last,_*_ time this happens."_
Holy *_hell_* that line gave me chills.
Literally had me nervous! Bravo!
Watching AI not having object permanence in this video gave me chills, when I remembered AI is allowed to drive cars in some regions of the world. :D
This was a buttload of work and a new standard in HFY stories. Very well done. Subbed for this.
thank you!
0:53 Everyone always thinks their war is the "final" war. Because they can't imagine even worse horrors than what they've already witnessed. Even in the vastness of space, war... war never changes.
Look like they’re “final” war is there end time doom war.
The humans really went “The Enclave is NOT hear to help.”
Well, at least to the enemy
"This is the war to end all wars."
H.G.Wells
Aug. 14, 1914
I'm not sure what ww3 will be fought with but I know ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones
And he made it clear, they are finally fighting the final fight! FINALLY.
Genocidal Xenos: "Lets fck around and see what we find!"
Humanity in Heath Ledgers Joker voice: ".... Hi"
As the saying goes: "F*ck around and find out."
I really appreciate the effort that went in to this. Generative AI for video is in an uncomfortable spot right now. No longer impressive simply for working at all, but clearly "not ready for prime time" yet. Starbound is pushing the edge, and that is how progress is made. Keep up the good work!
It is kinda impressive it's holding shape for once. But yeah.
I find the West's fear of AI and even robots quite weird. Artists on TH-cam are among the most obnoxious ones when it comes to anti-AI sentiments. In the mean time my country is going all out to grab a piece of that AI pie after missing out of the Western factories(thanks to our last leader's crippling fear of globalization) that turned China into an industrial powerhouse over night. Our civil servants even got a crash course with AI awareness early this year and now everyone's sharing the Top 10 AI apps lists to use in their work.
I remember when I first started working far away from home in 2001 wishing for someone to make robots that I could buy and keep my mother company while she was all alone working in the rice fields. Fast forward to 2024 and parts of the West are of AI and robots. It's funny because real life mirrors what popular media have presented such ideas: In anime Asians embrace AI and robots while Hollywood showed how the West would fall into existential crisis and mistrust them.
I think it was pretty kool, I get it's new and it's going to take a while for it to be fleshed out, but it was kool to watch.
@@dareka9425 it's not a fear. It's that generative ai is theft. Built on the backs of thousands of artists and hundreds of thousands of man hours, without recompense of any sort. To create some lifeless, soulless monstrosity that people such as yourself try to call art.
@@dareka9425 its because there is at least a dozen movies that show what could happen if AI gets out of control... and humanity seems to be pushing AI that direction.
Having all three of you was awesome. I didn't watch most of the AI video, but it was cool having two men and a woman doing the voices. Much more of a radioshow vibe!
Yes. Having all of the VAs collaborating on the same story made it even better than when one of them does all the voices.
I, Think the 2nd voice is AI, text to speech. The narrator is real for certain.
This was very, very good. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
Three narrators this time?
This channel just keeps getting better and better.
I love It!!!
Considering that you don't have a huge budget and this is a first effort, it exceeded my expectations. My husband was laughing so hard about the 'man' going into the kitchen for a beer. He said that was his brother 100%. When I used to write he was my editor and focused on character dialog for a writers' circle. He said its like Metropolis. Honestly, it was a bit rough but no one else has anything even close. So, 5 out of 5! 👍👍👍👍👍
ha ha ha yeah, thats my brother, auto parts guy, rides a Harley. btw, Silverbird got published in England writing in Roger Zelazny's Amber universe. I used to have the biggest fights over how characters would speak with Ben lol. I really appreciate the truly grand effort that the authors etc put in on these videos. And, yeah, Metropolis.
OMG!!! OMG!!!! This is the best HFY story ever. This animation is 100x more fun to watch than any of the scifi stuff coming out of Hollywood these days. What an incredible job!!! PLEASE do more of these.
Ngl I love stories where Humanity just goes: “phuck it! Bring me the Geneva Checklist!”
Another name I like for them is "Geneva Suggestions".
"ensign bring my book on the Geneva Suggestions written by the famed Canadian author Excticis Fo'Genocitis." followed up by a "Yes Admiral Fo'Genocitis the Fifth"
@@Omnidestrophic Let my tombstone read thusly: Excticis Fo'Genocitis wuz here.🤣
The checklist
Absolutely loved it! It is so much better with all the different voices working together! Please, do more of this!
A great technological demo. We're not quite there yet but it was great hearing you all work together. If the animations aren't too much work then keep at it. Regardless I'd love to hear you all together more.
reall good art
Please do more collaborations like this. This gives the stories a ton more life. The A.I. videos are cool, you guys did good with the limitations of current tech, but far less important/enjoyable when compared to the collaborative work.
"...and then we nuked them."
Human soldiers are a pragmatic lot. No time for showmanship. Just as well, really.
Best thing after work, change my work clothes, get comfy, Load a Bowl, crack a Beer and watch Starbound o7
is that a bowl of cereal?
Damn. Love it. Y'all gotta do some movies in the future for sure. I'm waiting...
Loved having more than 1 voice actor in a story. The animation, was good, but not the best. I think what really made this story stand out is the background noises, felt really immersive.
That was great having three of the four of y'all working together to tell the story made it much more interesting
I have been very critical of some stories on this channel in the past, but THIS is what I have been hoping for from you guys!!! Every voice has a place in a story & this is how it should be done!
Thank you for setting the bar to a standard that represents Humanity.... FUCK YEAH!!! 🤙🏽
you made me laugh ✌
Silverbird is laughing cause I use America F yeah from World Police as a meme.
@@rembrandtshadows Who isn't?
That was EPIC!!!! I love how you got all of the cast to join in for this massive effort.
This is the most fantastic thing I've seen on TH-cam! Holy crap you did a great job! Replayed it like a movie!
Well done for the first AI video story. Appreciate the hard work everyone put into this project. It will only get better from here.
You always have great storys, so now Im ready To be missing the characters tomorrow when I get home from work. ❤
This is gonna become a Cult Classic Short Film... Bravo
if anyone is paying attention, it might wind up as class material in a film class.
Wow, the animation are amazing. ❤
the video was a good start. needs more polish, but dont quit! the audio and presentation was spectacular. i was thrilled to hear all of you working for the voices on this project. great job everyone involved. thanks for your efforts.
Oooooh this is new, lots of voices, i love it. Animation? Kinda trippy but i not quite as bad
this is actually peak, i also love the VA collabs
keep it up yall, you are all amazing storytellers and amazing voice actors
Raising the bar, I’m diggin it
Looks at General 'Jill': Is that y'all Hannah Barron?😍🤣 That southern accent is killing me!!😄👍👍👍
I liked this one, the background sound and diversity of voices really brought it together. I didn't see any visuals because I only listened while at work. But the audio aline certainly kept me engaged.
I've been wanting a collab from the narrators for quite a while, an animated collab is even better. Great work.
The combination of narrators was fantastic. The animation was a Nice touch but as always... the story needs to be the best part, and this was great.
man, we're getting close to the point where VAs can just dub as actors. A camera, face tracking software and refined AI and boom, you can make a small movie
I loved the optional closed captioning! I loved the collaboration of the 3 of you working on this! I'd like more please!
The ending was just beautiful. I'm so sick of those oh they all put down their weapons and got along at the end nonsense stories. Monsters should suffer the fate of monsters and this story told it I love it.
well they mostly hit civilians who were just living their life’s
super cool, you guys are the pinnacle of what HFY content can be on youtube, actual human narrators/voice actors and always good quality stories, your own writers as far as i remember too.
Okay Starbound has just hit lightspeed😂 with some subtle character development you are going to rule the council😊
Very well done, Starbound! Excellent stuff as always. Loved the collaboration of narrators. Thanks.
I've been waiting for you all to get on a story together
There are parts of the AI gen video that looked pretty realistic, almost like a movie. Love they're incorporating it into their stories.
Okay just finished. Great fun story. The opening massacre bit was gripping, the chit chat getting intense the philosophical followed by death all around. Done care what people have to say about animation, its a damn good story. The end was like the end of Sopranos.
I have enjoyed your work for some time. Your solo episodes are great, but the team effort was on a new level! Fantastic job!
OMG this is so cool is all of you guys! narrating, acting, interacting, all of you in one single video! this is so awesome!!! plus the music, sounds and personality you all bring to this channel. I am not supporter of AI content but I can see how much you work on this and can't/wont hate on that.
The story was cool a nice space battle, with a twist at the end that made me chuckle xD
WOW! I especially enjoyed hearing all of you in the same video at the same time.
This really highlights the future of animation. Its really quite incredible what can be done now. Im excited to see how the technology grows and matures
This was amazing. I love all of your voices. Great work
Excellent story along with equally amazing narration and animation. I look forward to more stories with animation like this one.
the AI hallucinations are hilarious! the prompts need tweeking and all but its still better than the recent MCU crap.
Very entertaining! i'm hopeful for the future! :)
I appreciate bringing in the different story tellers to work on one story. It breaks up some of the monotony, also the AI video is really neat
Good to see all the narrators working to their strengths together. Hope this gets the extra views and subs that it deserves.
this was really good, can't wait to see what is next
I really love how this feels... It's all coming together nicely now and y'all are doing amazing work thank you for these stories I REALLY love reading❤
Love the whole thing... and i have fath its only going to get better! Love hearing ALL my favorite voices (well,almost all) in this❤❤❤
Great job everyone 🎉🎉❤❤
Well done!! I love how it was produced from the Aliens perspective! You just got another new subscriber!
This is the best work yet 🎉🎉🎉i😊
I applaud you for using this technology in such an ambitious project. The AI, though impressive at this stage, doesn't keep up with your writing for me, but with that said, the AI elements are impressive for what they are. It has progressed incredibly fast, and I look forward to seeing what you are able to do with it once the tech becomes even more refined.
This feels like the natural progression of this kind of content. You have a bunch of awesome voice actors now have them all work on the same awesome project.
This is a great first try to add animation! Obviously there are some issues to resolve, but I enjoyed this.
This was absolutely amazing. I really enjoyed the animation along with all the different voice actors. Great job guys.
yes..... all of them together in one story... i have waited so long for this and it was worth the wait....
Y'all really pulled out all the stops on this one. All hands on, background audio, animated visuals... The whole Shibang. Damn good stuff.
this was an interesting production. I would certainly like to see more :)
Great story, and great effort! For a low budget, first try, it's both impressive and, more importantly, entertaining and enjoyable. With the channel growing and experience accumulating, it can only get better. I'm already enjoying it, and look forward to seeing more!
Definitely would love to see more of the stories adapted to this format. It makes it more captivating to see the characters come to life literally
Great production and teamwork guys! I look forward to many more of these.
I didn't watch the AI animation. I kept it on just audio and imagined if this had been hand drawn animation. Very cool putting the voice actors in one skit.
yeah but hand drawn is a million dollars an episode.
I loved the Collab. But if a dark ending with that family scene, though nice touch with the nuke joke to break the moment. You guys need to do more of these collabs.
OMG!!! 53 seconds in and I am already excited!!!
Outstanding job!!!
Well done! Best video ive watched so far on this channel.
this was awesome, my only nitpick would be the alien girl had hair xD
You did a great job on the video I hope you keep making it better.😊👍
Oh man, that was so cool. Usually, these stories are good, and after sifting through channels of AI TTS, knowing there's actual people behind it is refreshing enough, but the absolute labour that went into this? Amazing. The sounds were incredible, well timed, the lines delivered so beautifully by the cast members. And that twist at the end? Damn. Well played, Starbound. Well played.
i love the animation, it doesnt seem like its overdone or not enough its perfect
Oooo, fancy video/audio. I like it!
The animations were good! There’s progress to be made, but this added a lot to the video! This Is how AI should be utilized in the community!
exactly on point
Fantastic! I'm so excited to see how the channel is progressing. Love the VA collaborations.
I'll say the AI is actually pretty good. In a few years i think you guys will be making some awesome short films!
Narrator collaboration! Moving pics with moving mouths. Time to start a movie production company.
maybe get 100 people to contribute $100 each to start. . . .
Love this format, animated action made it more interisting.
absolutely amazing! Well done. Thank you for posting.
Well worth the time and very much appreciated, thanks.👏👍
Thanks for the amazing work, this is now my favorite past time, the stories are so rich.
Oh and those billowing gray clouds that destroyed ships looked like pyroclastic flows!! 🌋🌋🌋
Love it. ✌️
Good story, the Ai animation wasn't the worst and added a nice touch even if it couldn't stay on model consistently but I'm sure if you do more they will get better but a solid start
Thank you the visuals are getting better but sometimes the storyline is more important
This is amazing! Loving the voice acting with multiple people. This channel is really coming together
What? What kind of ending was that? Left us all hanging. I hope there is a part 2. Got me really interested then the last comment, "that's lame." More, please.
I think it was supposed to be 30 minutes and 33. Also, with the anticlimatic ending, Earth wipes out the Empire and the high school kids are like LAME! But so very realistic!
Dialog was believable and appropriate. This begins a genre that takes shorts to a new level.
Wow This Was amazing and I can tell that this would have taken a long time
I LIKE the video that goes with this story! So much better than cycling images. 5 stars!
Loved it, fantastic effort and I look forward to the next one.
Amazing, keep up the work you three ❤ and the rest of the team and writers too ❤❤❤
A fantastic work of science fiction...I think that when the AI animation matures, this will be remembered as a first time classic in the field.
The story line from an unusual vantage point was extremely unnerving, reminding me of early Twilight Zone TV shows.
😉👍