Remaking The Simpsons Hit and Run, But its Open World #1

[@manicj369]

It would be funny if instead of an island, you put a glass dome around Springfield 😂

[@hectorsanchezlorenzo3501]

Yes, he should do it

[@ultgamercw6759]

That is a really good suggestion.

[@lachlantaylor1225]

That would be great! I think the water and island vibe is a bit odd and makes the surroundings feel a bit empty, a dome would be a great and Simpsons lore accurate alternative!

[@randomwatermelons6542]

That would be epic, just like the simpsons movie

[@tobicrowther]

@@randomwatermelons6542 exactly lol, that's the point

[@soulsociety3867]

Most people are so hype for this because the game was their childhood and seeing it with todays technology is mind blowing

[@jacobharris7700]

I did played it back then 😁.

[@harjkunn]

Totally agree, looking forward to more episodes

[@rogue8146]

so depressing to know that ill never be able to play it ;-;

[@SassyOnline]

Facts, it's still one of the best games I've played to this date and I still play it with mods at the age of 22, so not purely for nostalgia.

[@BeardyGit89]

JUST PUT A FUCKING D ON THE END

[@paratraxx]

A huge part of my childhood. I'm so glad to see how many others enjoyed this game, let alone remake the whole thing. Big up to you, bro!

[@somaeleric3456]

the reflective windows look off compare to the general artstyle of the game, try adding a matcap overlay on top of the windows and lower the reflection a bit.

[@whyisblue923taken]

Yeah, he just wanted the reflections because he can get them with the RTX graphics. It's better to keep the aesthetics as close to possible.

[@somaeleric3456]

@@whyisblue923taken i know i'm talking about those two lines of stylized reflection they to can be ehanced if he use a matcap since it uses camera mapping it gonna compliment the rtx look he going for without detachin fom the og artstyl

[@Cc-bh3ye]

yeah i agree, the windows look chrome

[@BrennanLetkeman]

yeah, it'd be nice to write a shader to do that blocky white stripe 'reflection' but with dynamic angles instead of baking them into the texture - it'd fit the art style but still move and look slick

[@nucIeer]

Yeah, I think instead of deleting the original textures, making them like 10% of their original transparency could keep the original looking style while also having the cool reflections

[@hamfellow512]

This video is like watching a kid play with their Christmas presents for the first time. Such a great video man!

[@burnout3722]

Yea, but I want to play with those presents too!

[@fynkozari9271]

I used to play this game in 2008 on a laptop. I couldnt stop playing it was so much fun.

[@BobSmith-zo9ls]

Cool! This was the first game I ever worked on as an intern and Environment Artist at Radical Games back in 2002-03. Nice to see people still appreciate the work we did. Good luck!

[@jt-nf1gg]

made my childhood better! thanksssss

[@hojdog]

Awesome. What have you worked on since?

[@agnosticpreacher6911]

Wow. what else have you worked on?

[@MrSilei]

Ty for the best game ever

[@YumariYatasuka]

did ya really? and as an intern did you even actually...you yknow do anything? or just watch as other people did it?

[@djcook]

This is insane. I NEED TO PLAY THIS

[@GracefulTube279]

agreed on both parts and full suport on cleaning youtube

[@красивый-у8щ]

I remember when you where a Fortnite channel

[@Prod.Zeek0]

love ur vids

[@147brix5]

Imagine saying "omG Dj CoCk hiIii'

[@jackw6583]

You read the first 5 seconds?

[@GoodBloodGames]

I've never seen a better Unreal advertisement. I'm sold

[@theirishviking9278]

free on the epic games store... for some reason

[@kingderpygoat]

@@theirishviking9278 cause epic made it

[@amelyoussouf3726]

@@theirishviking9278 it’s the one good thing made by epic

[@mrplayfulshade]

I mean it looks good but I think your overselling it a bit

[@blopp6240]

@@amelyoussouf3726 metahuman also

[@hellavibesofficial]

Not only is this a great idea, but the way you are explaining and showing the steps you are taking is a great way to inspire others to get into this type of thing. Well done your work looks awesome and it has a ripple effect.

[@FatDino]

Really enjoyed this one, looking forward to the next episode!

[@musaplusplus]

hey what are you doing here ??😂😂

[@SomeOne-qh3nj]

Ayyyy the remake guy

[@Serenity_Media]

Love your work man!

[@reubs]

Thanks man you killed that jetpack joyride remake btw

[@gojirazillasaurus6341]

hi dino!!!

[@ZeroX252]

A nice trick for "immersion" with any glass surfaces is to adjust the hue slightly. For neighborhoods whites and blues make the most sense for windows. In cities play with greens, yellows, blues. It's something simple and quick that does a lot to breathe life into a world.

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

Yeah, that's not glass, that's 100% reflective mirror, so you gotta use some tricks to make it look good

[@reubs]

I will try this in episode 2!

[@ZeroX252]

@@reubs it's really just something we don't realize about the world we live in. Glass isn't all one color. Buildings have bronzed glass windows, green tinted glass, blue tinted glass, even what we normally consider optically clear is really emerald colored on edge. It's very subtle. Time can be spent to tailor this for specific look (like trying to match a real building in engine)

[@lukealexander6233]

@@reubs when will episode 2 be released?

[@215eskimo]

seeing you do stuff like this has really inspired me to learn unreal, about a week ago I downloaded UE5 and from watching your tutorials and devlogs it has really helped me, for once i actually know what I am doing and I’m not just following tutorials all day without learning a thing.

[@zzirfamo24]

You can’t do this to us, “ this will not be downloadable”. The OG devs of the game said they would love a remake we need to get this out to them so they can allow this to come out.

[@jackystarboi3152]

Vivendi Universal is still active, and Fox interactive turned into "20th Century Games" after the merger

[@MiniRunnera7]

Pretty sure it's up to EA as they own the license

[@teremokgames]

I also don't get how the stupid copyright laws work in this case. 1) You can't sell - obvious, it's other people intellectual property. Okay. 2) But you can use it in your youtube videos, earning money off it via youtube monetisation. Not obvious, but okay, at least we have that. 3) But you can't let other people download it for free - really?! From all these three options this looks like the most benign imo.

[@Th3BlackPhoenix]

@@teremokgames well, if people can play a better version for free, why would they buy the old version? In that way EA would, theoretically, still lose money.

[@talibong9518]

@@teremokgames They still make money selling the original, having this version available for free would lose them sales from people choosing this version. Also if others saw this homemade version and mistakingly believed it to be the real game, the fact that it's unfinished along with any bugs it may have could put them off buying the original.

[@inybisinsulate]

Rather than deleting the windows have them at low opacity and the remaining texture staining the glass gives it a better sense of perspective. Gigantic reflective textures only work when far away you're suppose to see the insides and/or dirty glass.

[@Alistair]

but then he'd need interiors for everything too

[@inybisinsulate]

@@Alistair no it just has reflections but with reduced strengh so you see the glass itself a bit. Fully clean windows are an eyesore and don't apply at all on windows close up you can see reflections on them and the easiest way is just the glass dirtyness. Basic color does work just full reflection is what I have grown to abhor.

[@JordonRenn93]

I think it would be so amazing to see a studio or publisher support a fan made project like this and make it into a real release.

[@hojdog]

Big time. Everybody wins

[@h.reynoso151]

Excellent idea! Like Black Mesa!

[@SchmuckAmok]

It would be nice, but can't ever happen mainly because characters like Apu, Dr Hibbert, Carl, etc are offensive to people now

[@numpty94]

Ive Only payed full price on release for maybe 3 games in the last decade and THIS I would definently be buying on release no question, this game needs to happen

[@lordvader1703]

No need tbh, PCSX2 emulator renders it in HD and it looks pretty good

[@mattm7220]

As incredible as this is, I hope you realise it's just torture to watch it all come together so beautifully, after the video started with a "this game will never be available for download" disclaimer 😭

[@bmxchamp4]

Right? And it irks me even more when he's going over the checklist and saying "I want it to be multiplayer, it'd be so fun to do missions with your friends". But yet, that seems COMPLETELY pointless if it's not going to be distributed. Wasted effort IMO

[@songfultomcat]

@@bmxchamp4 word I'ma make an online game for nobody to play lmao makes sense

[@jacklunn4038]

It’s copyright laws. The company who owns the rights to the original game would sue him and he would be forced to shut the game down. A similar thing happened with Pokémon brick bronze. It was a Roblox game which although it had a different story line and map/areas/gyms/etc, still used Pokémon models, moves and mechanics and Nintendo sued them and they were forced to shut down the game

[@mattm7220]

@@jacklunn4038 Oh I absolutely understand that it's a copyright thing, and that's fair - I'm just saying it's torture to watch it get remade knowing it will never be released because of the copyright issues

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

It's weird tho, you have to watch out for copyright even if it's only a free fan project?

[@ZarkWiffle]

It might not be to everyones tastes but it would be cool to see a toon shader on the characters to get them more accurate to the source material.

[@oorto1393]

I think there's basically two approaches to remastering the game, either he can try and implement the TV show look (toon / cell shading) or to go with a more RTX aesthetic, which for the characters I think could be more of a claymation look (toons that are made of real physical materials), similar to how the looney toons look in the new Space Jam movie. Personally I prefer the latter because I think it just brings a lot more opportunities to do fun stuff like the super reflective windows and to get creative with how this world and these characters would look if made out of real-life materials.

[@ZarkWiffle]

@@oorto1393 Why not both? You could put cell shading and other tricks to make the characters look like they do on TV and try for as photorealistic as you can get with the old assets for the environment. You would end up with something like Roger Rabbit or the new Chip N Dale movie

[@reubs]

This might just be in episode 2 ;)

[@joem13yearsago73]

Just can it, ok

[@InfinitySpiritD]

11:20 "That's the thing. If you just do a LITTLE bit of work, you can get a GREAT result by just redoing a few of the shaders instead of relying on AI upscaling." Was that a jab at the GTA Remastered Trilogy? Because I'm all for that. lol

[@devgumdrop3700]

Just a quick tip for blender: when you want to select vertices, make sure you turn x-ray mode on (its the icon with the two overlapping squares on the top right corner of the viewport that can be seen at 14:48). Then you'll be able to box select all vertices, including those at the back of the meshes too, and you won't get any remaining ones. Because İ noticed you had a few remaining vertices at 14:10. Awesome video by the way, really inspirational.

[@WeatbixZ]

In edit mode can press 'L' with the mouse over a region of the model you want to fully select aswell 👌

[@krajsyboys]

@@WeatbixZ Omg! How have I not known this before?! Ty! You have saved future me so much time

[@PhantomC027]

@@krajsyboys Just to be a bit more in-depth than WeatbixZ, 'L' stands for linked and will select vertices that are connected.

[@Floreum]

@@PhantomC027 When pressing it, you will also see a little pop up menu on the bottom left that lets you change how the linked selection behavrior works as well.

[@thealpha3016]

I feel like a kid again watching my favorite GameCube game come back decades later, keep doing this project and I hope the Developer of the game helps you out! 10/10 would play Online!

[@gkscoob1507]

I was kinda young when this game came out. So never really got into it that much. But the first memories I have of gaming are running to the jet car and blasting round the city. Was such a fun time

[@DIDDLOTIC]

This was my first game as a kid. I played it over and over for years. This video touched a spot in my soul. Even as a full grown man I would buy this remake and play it 100%

[@NekoLoliChan]

only thing is, he cant really sell this because its using copyright. but if it were free to download and play not making money off from it and since its a fan based remake, i think that can actually work if he lets it go for download

[@Alistair]

@@NekoLoliChan depends where it's available for download, any official place would get takedown notices in very short order

[@fearthislyricist5259]

@@NekoLoliChan But he could legally accept "Donations" so people who actually enjoy his work can help him progress..

[@fearthislyricist5259]

@@NekoLoliChan But yes, If he sold the actual game it could potentially be a court case 4 sure.. Donations is a good work around that when your dealing with remaking licensed games

[@T-B-D]

Don't want to rush but so exited for this whole series can't wait

[@AnonymousuomynonA]

you spelled excited wrong

[@T-B-D]

@@AnonymousuomynonA yes I did, what of it?

[@AnonymousuomynonA]

@@T-B-D it's incorrect.

[@janitobomnito4289]

Honestly I don't know anything about making games but seeing all the improvements and (more than that) hearing you have fun and loving what you're doing is making this series really enjoyable for me.

[@herusolares5320]

One environmental improvement I can think of, is to turn the lake next to Burns' mansion into a wooded hill. The same woodlands where Homer encounters the "alien" in the X-files episode. We also see part of the woods in the establishing shot of the powerplant.

[@MetiriPersonal]

you've probably gotten this message a million times by now, but in Blender, if you have floating/disconnected meshes, you can go into edit mode for the object, hover your mouse over the object you want to select and press L to select the disconnected/floating object. This depends on your selection mode, so if you are on vertex select, you need to hover over a vertex and press L, if in face select you hover over a face. It helps in avoiding straggler vertices while deleting stuff. It's L because it selected "linked" face/verticies/edges. Using box selection is great, but you need to disable Limit Selection to Visible so you can actually select objects behind object in the view as well

[@lawmagejusticiar]

The tech we have these days and the community that has done projects just makes this so much easier to do. I love it. I can't wait to see this and many other remade projects people do.

[@mmmmmmmmmmm10]

This is like watching a documentary about how the GTA remastered games were made. Import OBJ files, upscale textures, adjust colors in post processing, paint on some trees, use default UE4 water. Done, $70 please (except this 1 guy did much much better than their whole team of devs).

[@itsJules8]

He probably put more effort in this then rockstar did for gta remastered

[@Hietakissa]

@@itsJules8 well Rockstar put in quite literally 0 effort since they didn't even make the remaster, Grove Street Games did, they just published it.

[@BsPkown]

Can you link that video?

[@sherbershlemel6937]

its sad because the remaster could have been good if they would just put the effort in, ue4/5 are really versatile and easy to use engines. they ripped off millions of people

[@talibong9518]

@@sherbershlemel6937 One guy converted GTA SA in to unreal 4 and it was looking great until he got a C&D. Rockstar should have just paid him to do it and bought the RoSA and high poly model mods for SA while leaving GSG to work on 3 and VC

[@V2rocketproductions]

This is amazing! I remember my parents never letting me play GTA as a kid, so this was my alternative. Spent so many hours on it. Such a timeless classic.

[@christiantaylor1495]

you had good parents!

[@upinsmokewego59]

So same

[@mcq2879]

Simpsons was ahead of the curve cause they allowed you to run over kids with your car in hilarious fashion

[@startingbark0356]

@@christiantaylor1495 why is it good if your parents dont let you play GTA ?

[@emperorpalpatine1469]

Most small children aren't nearly old/mature enough to understand even half the satire... My parents let me play San Andreas for like a week until my privileges were taken from me. Why? Because I began cursing like a sailor, and I'd pretend we were in a police chase every time we went somewhere 😆😆 Not to mention my newly found interest in firearms and gang activity LOL

[@terminusest9179]

I used to play this game years and years ago, I loved it and I still feel like it had much potential, love watching you remaking this and modernising the game to be open world. Love from Australia mate.

[@dnut.ape.way2soon989]

I know m8 I've watched each episode for about two hours each of the past 4 nights I go to sleep watching this. i wanted to go to law school now I'm rethinking because I would honestly spend my days remaking games like this, Spy vs Spy, Commandos, Freedom Fighters. Me and my mum did not have much most of my younger years and she could only afford a fake super Nintendo loaded with games and then I got a PlayStation 2 in 2011 and it was my main system until I got a psp vita from my friend and I play retro arcade games on my 2gb ram windows XP/7 dualboot Thinkpad. I still play modded versions of GTA on my PS2 I would love to maybe create free games like reubs that could be deployed on various hardware so many around the world can keep up with the evolving fun games

[@katkazam5246]

I don't know if its just me but the post processing looks a little TOO rich well or its just that the grass looks a little too burnt also this series is gonna be pretty cool

[@TheGameBoyss]

It's not just you, there's something off about the post processing effects

[@argythefox]

@@TheGameBoyss i don't know how i feel about vignette

[@JacobKinsley]

Looks like a heatwave

[@zdendas13]

@@argythefox It makes it worse tbh. Should've stayed with only changed saturation

[@zdendas13]

@@TheGameBoyss It just doesn't have the cartoony feel to it

[@PDR-]

Blender tip: going forward, to select all verts for a separated object press L on the object you want to select. Would love to help with any blender issues just let me know

[@bersK00]

Yeah, he had a ton of floating verts after deleting those. Also make sure to use Xray mode when selecting clumps of verts to not skip the hidden ones.

[@BensRandom]

Otherwise UE5 also has some modeling tools built in which might be enough to get the job done

[@Haze_EternaI]

0:17 instead of getting all butt-hurt and canceling your project, instead he compliments you. Absolute Chad..Idk if copyrights expire on games, but kudos to him

[@Lets_Talk_Creps]

I am fully invested into watching this project grow. The Simpson’s Hit and Run was such an iconic game from my childhood and I’m already loving what your doing with it. Great job 👏🏻

[@LeechWoman]

to each and their own. Virtual Sprinfgield PC from the 1990s was a much better springfield exploration game.

[@vgaportauthority9932]

It's so nice to see the tools maturing in a way that makes them very easy to get into. We're closing in on it being as easy to make a game in Unreal as it is to make one in Dreams at this point. Being able to chuck things in there and have it work immediately feels like a super power.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Yeah, it really does. I can't believe how powerful these tools have become!

[@rover5058]

That's why 50% of triple a companies switched to unreal engine 5, because its very easy and simple to use. It makes their job a lot easier so they can focus on other things more such as story,soundtracks etc. The next 5 years of gaming will be revolutionary, you know how everyone is saying games aren't fun anymore or they're not as good as they used to be ? Well it's coming back now better than ever !

[@CmdrCorn]

Wow you've never done any 3d modeling? Thats insane, and as someone who used to to architectural models, you've inspired me to maybe just mess around and see if I can imagine myself making a game or assets or something someday. Thanks for showing us behind the scenes.

[@KrikZ32]

3d modeling is really not too hard nowadays once you get familiar with the software. I got pretty good at it just using wings3d back in the day, which is like windows 95 paint compared to stuff like modern maya or 3dsmax.

[@masterkeef420]

I mean he pasted most of the stuff from the original game

[@CmdrCorn]

@@masterkeef420 exactly... That means he got to do all the fun stuff like texturing. I had imagined he would have to manually do a bunch of crap like importing .dwg files and rescaling them or something terrible. Also it means there are people out there who just want to use other people's models, which sounds like an opportunity too.

[@rickyberwick]

amazing

[@joem13yearsago73]

Ya thabns ricky. Like and susrcidbe

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@joem13yearsago73 what is wrong with you?

[@joem13yearsago73]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings are you ok?

[@GagaTube1]

Omg it’s ricky

[@joem13yearsago73]

@@GagaTube1 ty mahm. B sure to lik and suscrib

[@quacklesandwich]

This game has always been a favorite of mine from my childhood. Glad to see so many people giving it the attention it deserves. I remember getting my ps2 handed down from my dad and he bought me this and crash bandicoot and sly cooper. I remember I was still pretty young and obsessed with this game. So to encourage me doing better in school, he would offer me cheat codes for the game if I got all A's on my report cards. I know it wasn't much, but to me having that one extra car unlock was videogame magic. Hands down one of my favorite games. This looks incredible already, can't wait to see what else you have to add!

[@pixelarbiter]

Honestly, I love this so much, I completely undertand the not releasing this but it's really satisfying to watch this all come together. Great Work!

[@ellaaa1498]

This is actually very comforting to watch, I like the way you don’t edit too much and leave all the info in. The music is so soothing too, what song did you use in the background? Thanks so much for making this, I used to love playing this so much and wish I could again. So nostalgic. I also love watching videos like this as they are super interesting and you are so talented! 👏

[@fynn8252]

I'm not sure about the one at the beginning, but at 5:41 it sounds like an extended version of "Meydän - Away" here is the direct link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5OVi4RqmrShp8U&ab_channel=ConcentrationRepeats

[@reubs]

Thank you! The music is by a very talented producer meydan, he is really slept on. The track is Meydan - away

[@ellaaa1498]

@@reubs thanks so much. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@OneWayCH]

Pleaaaseee let this project not die!!! This has so much potential and is such a hella cool idea! Keep the great work up!!!

[@pappadam9408]

This is how Rockstar made the GTA Definitive Edition. But you did a much better work than Rockstar.

[@_Ike]

It's actually insanely cool to be "sponsored" by your own creation. It takes the money grab feeling out of it, and it just seems like you're entirely passionate about what you've made. Darn cool.

[@Gredran]

That’s amazing how fast this came together! That modded is a godsend but you putting it all together in Unreal is amazing :) Great job with all of this! Definitely a new follower! I wish I could use Unreal but my computer catches fire(not really but kinda) but I’m always watching projects in it! Great job again!

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

My dream is to get into graphic and game design and I feel I’ve learned so much watching your videos. You are my number one inspiration as a beginner and I want to just say thank you so much for sharing your passion. Unbelievable work on a classic favorite of mine and many others.

[@MetallicaBand2]

Awesome. Now, once you're finally done with the game, maybe "accidentally" leave your computer unprotected leaving it available for some evil genius to hack in and steal the finished product finding out later that it was distributed to the masses for all to enjoy. Once out there, no company can stop it.

[@staticbuilds7613]

Ah... The Ubisoft method

[@dylan6259]

Hate when people post this stuff and say there is no way of ever playing it. I'd rather just not know it existed.

[@libniteles]

@@dylan6259 we have to understand his side...nobody likes to be sued by a multimillion company.

[@NekoLoliChan]

@@libniteles there might be a way around it , as long as you not making money off from it and its completely free and a fan made based game im sure you can get around it This makes me want to make my own games and then put it out there for people to play lol sadly im not smart but if i try i might make something work..

[@Klug2424]

Here's hoping a "friend" of his backstabs him, and posts the full game for download somewhere.

[@maxington26]

I love how you hit back at the headlines simply by creating another video and effortlessly pushing the project further. And your "free tools" ethic :)

[@ActuallyGoose]

Absolutely incredible to see how quickly you got to this point. The post process isn't exactly what I would have gone with. Probably would have adjusted the sat and gain about 1.2, but the rest looks awesome. Exited to see the rest

[@Aixalld]

never played Hit and Run, this makes me want to play it, but I'm so happy we are at a point that more people can port older games, like NFS, Jak and Daxter etc and make them look better

[@Jake-0011]

WHERE IS JAK AND DAXTER, DID SOMONE PORT IT. I MUST KNOW! I don't want to replay those games, I need to and every time I tried to emulate them something would break

[@AoiHeartStranger]

Better? This looks bland as fuck.

[@robsmall6466]

@@AoiHeartStranger Guess better is subjective. When the original game came out it was released on formats that were designed to use a CRT. Guess if people played the original today it would mostly be through emulation with a modern flat screen and the user tweaking the settings. Therefore not getting the best impression of how the original game should look. So when they see a new shiny HD homebrew version they are blown away. Love to see a new version or sequel officially. I believe there has been some interest

[@Joshyy_C]

Not just look better, but make them the games they COULD have been

[@AoiHeartStranger]

@@aaa69200 or even better, some ps1 emulators can render models in higher resolution, i know that dolphin for wii/gamecube can do something similar.

[@abefroman53]

Remaking Simpsons Hit and Run open world edition. Step One: download a finished Simpsons Hit and Run open world map and open it.

[@obamastolemyvcr1446]

Videos like these give me the motivation needed to keep making games, thank you for making this series.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

reubs: Simply decompile it? How do you decompile it though- reubs, seeing the Decompile option: *Curb Your Enthusiasm intensifies* You know you've made an impact when even the original game's lead designer is impressed. When it comes to Simpsons games, I've really enjoyed Tapped Out (as urban planning what I'm into), and as much as I loved playing that app, seeing this open-world version of another Simpsons game in the making is just incredible. Truly doing God's work

[@xaviersunderland9840]

hopefully this makes EA realise we want a remaster :(

[@PotatoToon]

Too much of a legal hassle, also Tapped out makes too much money, and even if they make a remake they will probably lock characters, cars, costumes and more in a shop where you have to pay with real money. EA is gonna EA.

[@KaguyaH]

@@PotatoToon Not to mention they'll have to remove Apu who played a part in the game's plot.

[@tobicrowther]

@@KaguyaH why would they have to do that?

[@danshadrack6398]

@@PotatoToon That is completely wrong, Apu wasn't cancelled. His voice actor, Hank Azaria decided on his own that he wasn't comfortable portraying the character any more, so he decided to retire him.

[@robotorange747]

@@PotatoToon bruh why lie?

[@retro1sheet925]

Really incredible stuff, man. Amazing to watch you work. The skyscraper upgrade was dope!

[@reubs]

No experience but want to learn how to make games with me? Check out my new course! bit.ly/makegameswithreubs

[@thealpha3016]

Honestly I cant wait! Bell is on and I got all the time in the world!

[@radwanradwan5594]

Do not forget to activate the Blueprint Nativization Method option through edit, then project settings, then packaqing, then Blueprint Nativization Method =Inclusive

[@MichealGumbo]

I can’t wait!

[@clay.457]

Can’t wait!

[@YOEL_44]

Next time try Real-ESRGAN with the anime model, textures can look even better.

[@TheIshikawaRin]

This is off to a great start and seeing this game remade will be glorious. However, may I suggest looking at adding some kind of toon shading? I think this remake would benefit a lot from a more stylised look rather than just the stock UE5 graphics it's currently being developed around.

[@gorosaurs]

I was gonna say the same thing. All the super shiny surfaces and realistic lighting completely detracts from the Simpsons' art style. This makes this look more like a Simpsons reskin of an entirely different game than a modern day interpretation of H&R.

[@Spikey100000]

@@gorosaurs this is such a good point

[@NIGHTRIDER364]

The shiny windows (particularly on the houses) looks kind of off. I think this is because there's these significantly more realistic textures next to the cartoony ones. A possible fix for this might be to add old texture back on top of the shiny texture but opaque, this will likely work best with the windows that were originally colored blue. I have no real experience with game design, so if you give my suggestion a try and it doesn't work then apologies ahead of time. Loved the original game and love the work that you're doing so far.

[@hunte5748]

Bro no they don't, they look great your just picky

[@sanick4864]

@@hunte5748 Nah, they look way too realistic in relation to the cartoonish ambientation

[@hunte5748]

@@sanick4864 they look fine to me

[@sanick4864]

@@hunte5748 cool

[@AbandonedHub2]

Eh they look okay to me, but I see what you mean

[@SkipProductionsYT]

this was so cool, that im honestly thinking about doing this myself, just to roam around. thank you for making me feel better in a dark point in my life, i appreciate your work and dedication. cheers!

[@bransonb.v.ehrlich1699]

You got this! Happy to see this motivate you to create your own!!

[@thegnome9529]

King

[@superafins]

it made me happy to read this. glad you're doing better!

[@Crazylegs7]

@@bransonb.v.ehrlich1699 im making one right now lol

[@Carrborokidd]

Keep your head up and remember baby steps are still steps. Waking up and getting through the day is a big accomplishment. I’m here for your success big or small. If you even need some tunes to vibe to when you’re down I got some low quality music on my channel 😂 cheers homie

[@GrumpySlob]

This is fantastic, so much nostalgia being brought back to life in such an amazing way. Really really impressive. Thank you for sharing this project with us!

[@DidarHussain.]

I would trade both kidneys for this to be released

[@BrokkysoppGaming]

Mate this project is too good I don't think I can continue to watch the series because I'll never get the opportunity to experience it! All I'll be thinking about is how envious I am of you ☺️.

[@ripper6342]

You won't be able to download it anyway

[@malcolmmorin]

"i want to make it open world" "i want to add multiplayer" "this game will never be available to download" And that's the end of the Remaking The Simpsons Hit and Run series. That didn't take long.

[@MrNiceTy]

ya seriously. :(

[@how2pick4name]

hahaha I stopped watching because of that. "But I want nobody to have it muahahaha" Yeah, no, bye! :)

[@Stitchmaniac2]

Yep, they’re literal cringe. Let them enjoy their fake unity project bc im not convinced they’re even doing anything actual game wise just poking around

[@anthemthurman5228]

@@Stitchmaniac2 it was made for fun. It’s a hobby of his I’m assuming. I’ve never actually watched this account before so it’s just a guess.

[@ishish8816]

@@how2pick4name because ©️ COPYRIGHT its not that hard to understand.. curb your entitlement to HIS work. He can be sued for mass producing / distributing the game. If it's a youtube video it's classed as entertainment even then it's a bit ropey. Whichever company owns the license now could sue him. If you want it that badly make it your damn self, oh wait!

[@rodjerdankist1125]

Really wish this could like be considered "abandonware" so this mod could be freely shared. I really want to try playing this. Looks hella entertaining.

[@Cmdrbzrd]

It basically will be abandonware when he's done, but he would probably forget about the game.

[@dnut.ape.way2soon989]

@@Cmdrbzrd well fair use laws allow for releasing mods. They allow for upgrading graphics, changing shaders. Reubs could be in trouble by even releasing this video. Reviewers and content creators on KZbin can make money but reubs loses any fair use protection if he is modding the game using property he does not own (that's even reading the manual to learn the controller scheme, and having some implementation of what he read in the project) at that point he could be sued in civil court and possibly criminal. You can't take the McDonald's logo and redesign it then use that to gain anything that has to do with wealth in this country. So KZbin views aren't any different, that's how Nintendo has kept many videos off KZbin showing the modification of switch as well as switch emulation videos disappearing. Applying this to reubs Simpsons project, At this point Reubs just did 10x the normal amount of work he usually does but this time for nothing. Even with the original developers permission, he still would need permission from Fox. Losing all video revenue would be devastating and wrong. So as a token of good faith, I agree with never even releasing this to the public. You're extending a token of good faith to the ones who own the rights. Think about all the other characters and super heroes modded into current games. They are intellectual property and not only is that stolen and used without permission, it's often a ripped sprite from another game where a developer spent money to create. KZbinrs are collecting add revenue which doesn't benefit the original game nor any rights holders as much as it would if they were to do a superhero cameo. Like Snoop Dogg in warzone, it's financially beneficial if they do it rather than someone mod in Snoop Dogg themselves from another game now there's multiple people and companies losing money. My only wish is that Reubs contacts the staff over at the nonprofit archive . org. their mission is to archive all digital media so that our digital history can one day be looked back on and experienced rather than stories being told from generation to generation. Reubs should certainly have direction in his Will so the release of this project to archive . Org will happen.

[@dnut.ape.way2soon989]

Basically by not releasing this at all, Fox and the original devs would be more likely to not try to demonitize his content. 7.5 million views, no big KZbinrs or media picking it up, very poor return viewership, poor subscriber/views ratio on his most watched video and all of these issues are an issue with KZbin overall with many creators. I even checked out the Patreon and even that has a relatively low amount of patrons compared to the views on any of his videos. He is used to doing work and putting it to the side, but to do this amount of work and shelve it but only this time you've been demonitized on now what's been your most popular video series, that would be a financial hit considering all the unpaid work and the moment you try to capitalize on any of your work, you're sued. I really hope we can get someone who works at Disney to at least send this guy a message to ensure him he won't get demonitized if he continues and shows off more of the gameplay.

[@Cmdrbzrd]

@@dnut.ape.way2soon989 🤓

[@rodjerdankist1125]

@@dnut.ape.way2soon989 daamn bro, are you on adderall?

[@WhosJmcGames]

I cant believe how easy you make this look. Looks amazing!

[@sddlol19]

In reality he didn't do anything out of the extraordinary, he just let an ai upscale the textures and put some foliage.

[@JBadAss98Gameing]

came here for the simpsons, ended up finding software to help me build a game with dialouge lines....jesus christ, I found gold and struck Diamonds. reubs, thank you.

[@G-G._]

why use the lords name in vain in the process? doesn't seem like its worth hell

[@leteks8797]

@@G-G._ sheesh

[@chahalele]

@@G-G._ cause jesus is his mechanics name XD

[@Tanezoner]

@@G-G._ you need serious help

[@G-G._]

@@Tanezoner ok indian

[@mike5636]

Dude, simpsons hit and run is really an open world game. I know you include that "but open world game" to attract viewers.

[@benji6871]

I know it is a very small detail that takes a lot of work, but I noticed homer is incredibly hunched, when if you look at the episodes of the simpson's when he is walking he leads with his hips in a much more cartoony fashion, if you could fix that it would be great but again, small touch with alot of work

[@musthabe_]

It's exaggerated a bit here but that's just how his running animation is in the original game.

[@JasonTremblay]

I would definitely buy this when it's finished. The level of care going into this fan remake exceeds a lot of "official" remakes coming out these days. Well done, sir!

[@lominero5]

I love this, and I agree with your surprise. Programming is usually constant debugging and this just worked. Great work!

[@fernandofonseca1304]

The incredible things that you can make when you enjoy what you do! Congrats men this is awesome 👏🏼

[@eleonorakocharyan3812]

This is sooo fun! I don't remember when was the last time that I enjoyed a game video so much! Please keep it up! ❤️

[@slammedc2003]

The thing I really love about this is that just think of the possibilities and games that can be made in Unreal Engine 5! I hope there are some great ideas out there that come to fruition and revitalize the gaming space over the next few years.

[@domesticcat1725]

Detective show critics: "you can't just enhance a pixelated photo!" Unreal engine: hold my beer

[@sh1elds]

its called topaz upscaler, its around 120 bucks but worth every penny.

[@seigeengine]

I get this is a joke, but they're entirely different. AI upscaling makes assumptions based on other content on how to fill in detail, but there are limitations you rapidly run into.

[@FeralBoarding]

You can do this in Adobe Lightroom too, they called the feature enhance lmao

[@seigeengine]

@@FeralBoarding Entirely different methods.

[@burntwaffleiron]

@@seigeengine yeah but as technology advances it will be so much better :0

[@shmurkenhurken]

Super cool stuff man and good job on it! Something I didn't really agree with though are the windows, before it was part of the art style and now it's just a reflective surface, which to me is more impressive tech wise ofc but not when it comes to the art direction :)

[@jasminefox44]

this is honestly amazing, this is how i picture it when i havent played it for years and in my memory. well done man im gobsmacked

[@LiquidWIFI]

Looks good. I want to play Sadge. Good work :) ! xD

[@Razuldestroyer4]

450kg

[@Sid3300]

Funny world record holder

[@IMDislegsick]

Too much shine

[@Salty_tf]

xD

[@CrescentStorm]

450kg

[@kism4t574]

bruh the guy who actually made the springfiel map mod did all the work

[@SantaDeep]

Did he say the opposite?

[@kism4t574]

@@SantaDeep yes

[@sanicsonic2999]

I played this game for so long and I loved this game and the fact that you remade this game makes me very happy and I wish this was official and I could play this Good job!

[@SpectrumRecordings]

I honestly think you should remaster one of the GTA trilogy games I know you can do a better job than grove street games did in their latest remastered GTA games

[@oldsolesneverdie]

Grove Street games 🤣🤣🤣

[@lewis571]

But we all know how Rockstar would react...

[@taahaseois.8898]

@@lewis571 Take-Two Interactive*. They are the ones doing the sueing.

[@OrcintheBasement]

I’m pretty sure this is exactly what they did 😂 but just didn’t fine tune as much as this guy did

[@AhhhhMyLeg]

No 100% time and focus goes to this

[@kurtie6794]

My parents bought me Simpson’s Skateboarding and I absolutely hated it and felt it was a horrible waste of money. My standards were low for Hit&Run but it blew me away! One of my favorite games as a kid

[@calvancandy8384]

I recently bought an arcade table top console with original joysticks and buttons. It has thousands of games on it (all original arcade) including the Simpsons of course. Your work is amazing man!!

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

Sad to see you go the realistic look instead of using some toon shaders but otherwise awesome.

[@reubs]

Not committing to anything just yet!

[@BillBounce]

The work looks like magic, unbelievable! Yet the window reflections are too real, so much real that it removes cartoonish style, won't it be better add some reflection lines as a second layer like it was in the original game? Speaking about grass lines at 13:05 maybe it makes sense to vertically reflect every other piece so it will look like a wavy line?

[@Arcona]

Could do with stronger noise reduction when upscaling the textures, looks like the originals were quite compressed and full of compression artefacts. Also apply cell shading to character models, will look much better.

[@believeinmatter]

Im genuinely sad this won’t be available to download, you sir are creating a masterpiece of one of the most nostalgic games ❤️

[@TheOnlyEn]

Why cant it be dowloaded? He is making multiplayer tho

[@froydinger]

@@TheOnlyEn can’t for legal reasons

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

I loved Simpsons hit and run back in the day! I hope we get a remake one day.

[@The18x18x]

This is a remake but the stingy creator isn't releasing it

[@thedevil9743]

its truely remarkable that one man can build a remaster of a game in unreal and it end up looking better and have fully rotating signs unlike the gta defective edition

[@squidcaps4308]

Check drawcalls as you add more detail and specifically when you introduce a new material. Every new material adds one drawcall. It is very easy to accidentally end up with 1500 drawcalls and not really notice it in the editor, before physics objects, AI, pathfinding, game logic etc are added. The game engine does do a lot of optimizing for you, it can also mask the problem. This is where texture atlases and other such methods come in handy, houses in one area that all use the same shader can be combined to one atlas, so you can cram a lot of them inside one draw call. I was surprised that UV mapping was compatible... which would be destroyed if you used atlases, you would need to manually remap all of them. There may exist tools that do atlases for you, grouping objects/meshes and creating new image maps, UV mapping them but.. those usually make the image maps large, then it is a question if 4096x4096 atlas is better than 8 extra drawcalls... Drawcalls are done in CPU, everything has to wait when we process these, including GPU. It looks like each texture is its own material now, that adds a LOT of drawcalls to the base conversion already, and adding more on top.. I think it is time to check drawcalls.. or rather, it was since usually these videos come late and the project is much further ahead, so.. i hope i see performance monitoring in the next episode.

[@reubs]

Using one big master material :)

[@R-SXX]

That is new to me, since I always thought materials and textures are virtually free in unreal since you can't make a texture atlas for certain tex, or it isn't needed. Especially the one draw call.. Where did you read that? In the official documentation?

[@squidcaps4308]

@@R-SXX One drawcall per material has been true for the last 30 years. The engine can optimize things and combine materials but is very important metric to follow. Each drawcall has to be processed and then sent to the GPU. The more you can fit inside one drawcall, the more efficient it becomes. Procedural vegetation is one good example where the drawcalls are minimal while the amount of stuff to draw is huge.

[@ummmmmmmmmmmnmmmm]

I love what you're doing but I think there are super easy ways to make it look better: 1. Don't obsess over having it look "next gen". Upscaled graphics and lighting is already enough to be next gen 2. Keep the cartoony style. Most ps2 games didn't look like hit and run at the time. They were all trying to look "realistic" and now they look super dated. Hit and run still holds up because it's a cartoon game. A good reference would be TLoZ Windwawaker remake. 3. Turn down the saturation significantly. Our brains associate saturated colours with digital animation (aka the later seasons of the simpsons). Our brains associate desaturated colours with cell animation (aka the early seasons of the simpsons and the first 3 seasons of spongebob). Most people are interested in this remake for nostalgia and emulating the look of these old cartoons helps with that. I also think it just generally looks better to have faded tones in a cartoony game. Not call of duty levels of faded. Just do a side by side comparison of old vs new simpsons episodes and you'll understand what i mean

[@Ratzmoonmopes]

The way you think and talk about games "holding up" and being "dated" makes me sick and disgusted. I would never think or talk about games that way because I'm not infected with the same brain disease you are. ALL old/retro games look AMAZING to me. Even Harry Potter PS1 looks amazing to me BECAUSE it looks like a unique alternate universe, the fact that doesn't look like real life but a hybrid of something real and fake is what makes it so good. I get very immersed in all graphical styles equally without discrimination. All older game's graphical art styles are amazing, ESPECIALLY because they were a creative product of the times and technology. Please change the way you perceive older games, because it's toxic, pointless and you are only choosing to be negative for no good reason.

[@avaa5656]

Agreed!

[@Nico1a5]

actually the original looks great at 8k 240hz, or even 1440p 120hz, remake not needed

[@ummmmmmmmmmmnmmmm]

@@Nico1a5 I have a 1080p 144HZ monitor and agree that it still looks good. However I think the main reason for it's timeless quality is because it's a cartoon game. Using cartoon style graphics is akin to using practical effects in film. I do think if you lean into that aspect you can make a remake that looks really good. Even just the basic stuff like upscaling textures will improve the experience

[@Cmdrbzrd]

@@Nico1a5 Refresh rate does not equate to image quality or resolution.

[@Poetry4Us]

keep doing what ur doing man, i love people going hard in there work

[@xbox627]

why show me this if I can never have it....

[@whyisblue923taken]

It's funny how you can do all this stuff and didn't immediately think to right click and click decompile. You don't always think of the easiest solutions when the problems are almost consistently difficult. I think the windows would be better with less reflection and maybe a gray filter and the ability to have a dull glare, if possible.

[@TrueURIEL]

You are doing an amazing job!

[@actionsam7878]

This looks amazing so far, excited to see it all come together. I do have one tiny request though. Is there anyone you can make it all look cel-shaded? Because I feel that visual style suits Simpsons games better what with it being a cartoon. Here with the lightning everything looks a little too GTA and somewhat realistic. Maybe I'm nitpicking but still would be cool to see.

[@Simbabweman]

This is amazing, I'd love a remake of this game. I'm surprised SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom got one before this has. Don't know if it's a publisher's rights issue or if just no plans for it but it would sell very well. In the mean time it's great to see someone putting so much effort in to it themselves. The world looks great!

[@SondicoDenann]

This is awesome, you are very talented! Keep up the great work mate!!

[@TheAronPLAY]

Its amazing

[@borisvelickovic]

I was really excited when I saw your first video about remaking the Simpsons Hit and Run a while ago. I know you said this wouldn't be able to download, but could you please reconsider it one it's finished? I was thinking about making it Patrons exclusive, maybe it would be ok. I assume it's about the legal issues with the EA but it's been 19 years, they almost forgot about this game and that's why I suggested Patron. This is too good not to be played. Keep up the good work, we're waiting to see what is going to be next. Best of luck.

[@rory6987]

If he were ever to let people download it, patreon is a really bad idea. Maybe you're right that they wouldn't sue him, but they could, and would definitely win, especially if he made people pay for it

[@livingfray2340]

General rule of thumb with this sort of thing is companies will turn a blind eye if you don't profit from it. Making it patreon exclusive would just be asking for a takedown

[@phily5404]

this is AMAZING! not only I would 100% pay for this game, I can only imagine the amazing "DLC" possibilities (i.e. Shelbyville food fight; cart racing; shopping spree competition) well done reubs!

[@vgm_central]

this guy single handed puts more effort in his huge project than the whole rockstar crew in their GTA 3,VC,SA "definitive edition"

[@Isaacandjed]

Not really. He uses a lot of the same stupid "hacks" that R* did (lazy AI texture resizing, overuse of shaders and post-processing). Plus, this is a "complete remake" (if he ever makes it even close to that far) whereas the GTA remasters were just remasters, leaving all the old glitches intact. Completely different beasts.

[@vgm_central]

@@Isaacandjed yeah it was not meant literally xD but i understand your point :D