The Power of Collaboration

 

Through collaboration humans can achieve many great things.  For example, a group project.  Everybody takes turns doing parts of the project,  in order to complete a greater whole.  Group mates bounce ideas off of each other to make a complete vision.  You name it.

Collaboration is also the way movies and video games are made.  Take Lord of the Rings for example.  JRR Tolkien's book is the source material, and Peter Jackson comes up with how to make the scenes play out, but there were also hundreds of people who worked together to bring the films to life.  There were actors who played the characters.  There were makeup designers that made shoes that resembled bare feet for the Hobbits.  There were other make up designers that made the Orc actors look like Orcs.  There were model and set designers that built places like Helm's Deep, and Minas Tirith.  There were computer animators that brought the more fantastical creatures, and battles to life.  There were script writers, and cameramen who gave the film's story the intended look and feel.  Without all these people, The Lord of the Rings would not be the sensation it is now.  

Even now, you can see collaboration in video game development.  Take Friday Night Funkin' for example.  Phantom Arcade handles character design and animation, Ninja Muffin handles coding, and Kawai Sprite does the music.  But even they have help.  Week 6, which is made to resemble a retro dating sim, had it's sprite work done by one of my professors, Moawling.  Moawling even helped design the character, Mommy Mearest.  Sr Pelo, Tom Fulp and Johnny Utah have helped by including their own characters, Skid and Pump, Pico, and Tankman, in the game.  A lot of the newer songs are done by other artists, such as Lotus Juice, and Tee Lopes.  Even people that modded the game, like BB-Panzu, Abnormal Poof, and Terminal Repo have gotten involved with developing the official game.  Thanks to all these people, Friday Night Funkin went from a simple Game Jam project, to a large scale Internet sensation.  That is the power of collaboration.