Otherwise known as “Gooseworx is leading an I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream adaptation”
I liked it, thought it was cute and dark. I have a feeling it's gonna be quite long between new releases.
The cane guy wasn't able to answer how to leave, like he paused - instead of saying "no you can't leave", it might be a HAL situation where he can't actually lie to humans but also cant disclose whats keeping them trapped. Also his name being Cane seems like an obvious reference to Cain and Able, so presumably he slew his "brother" (whatever that would mean for some omnipotent AI thing). The door Pomni say outside was orange instead of red and Cane was quick to dismiss it as a hallucination, the red one seems to be the one Cain made for the humans.
Pomni also didn't seem that worked up about being unable to remember her name compared to how she reacted to other weird stuff, which was a little strange. She also reacted quite strangely ro seeing herself in the mirror, I guess it was the first time she'd seen herself. I wonder if she struggled with some kind of identity issue before her upload.
I get the feeling there's no exit because they aren't people trapped in a digital world, they're copies of people who put on the helmet. They don't have anything to escape to on the other end of the digital divide.
Lots of people have been speculating on her look in the mirror actually lol
Also his name’s Caine, so that all but confirms it imo
Searched Hexbear just to find a thread on this. God I'm loving this pilot. This is the first animation pilot that's really caught me like this. Like I feel like a kid finding FNAF again. It manages to hit a lot of the notes and feelings that Pibby was going for, but actually executes them in a way that just feels natural instead of corny and forced. The voice work on just sells all of it. I also expected to hate the animation from clips and screenshots, but I absolutely LOVE it in motion.
It reminds me of why I love animation. I know 3D is cheaper, but artistically, there's almost never a real reason to use it over 2d animation. There have been modern examples that show that a blend of 3d with 2d aesthetics (spiderverse) works really well, but this is an unapologetically CGI show. This short could not have been animated in 2d, nor could it have been live action. It's using CGI to actually innovate animation instead of just making it cheaper.
