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Alice: Otherlands Asset Drop

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Contained in this post are links to digital assets for Alice: Otherlands.

This content was made possible by generous support of those who backed the Alice: Otherlands Kickstarter campaign. My sincerest thanks to all those who backed, supported, and worked on the campaign.

Otherlands represents a narrative exploration of Alice’s journey after the events of “Madness Returns.” Being fan-funded and deriving from the property’s film license, Otherlands carries an unusual, rogue-like status next to the “official” content contained within the games published by EA.

It’s uncertain whether we’ll see Alice continue to explore Otherlands (in film or games), or if her adventures will continue along a different path. Despite the magical nature of these explorations, their existence requires real world funding and planning – a fate controlled by mysterious corporate and legal doings.

For now, we have two short films and supporting art to sate our appetite for psychological adventure. Directors Troy Morgan and Ed Goin take us on journeys as unique as the characters whose minds Alice invades. Their visions add to the growing collection of art and storytelling that’s grown out of the Alice series.

Linked below are digital assets produced by the Otherlands project. These can be used to recreate the physical rewards from the Kickstarter – Art book, DVD, and BluRay – as they are the same files we used for physical production. Due to legal constraints we are unable to sell physical rewards outside of the Kickstarter campaign (now ended).

If you just want to watch the videos (not download the video files), you can do so via my YouTube Channel.

These assets may be reproduced and distributed freely, but not offered for sale in any format.

“Leviathan”
Full-res, Uncompressed Leviathan
Youtube/Vimeo Streaming

“A Night at the Opera”
Full-res, Uncompressed
Youtube/Vimeo Streaming

Disc Files
DVD ISO
Bluray ISO

Art Files
Complete Art Package
The Art of Alice Otherlands – Digital Art Book.zip
AOL Artwork Assets
DVD:BluRay AOL Cover:Disc Artwork

Music Files
MP3 Soundtrack

Content Listing for Complete Art Package

• High Resolution PDF of Alice: Otherlands Art Book (50 pages, full colour)

• High Resolution copies of all Spicy Horse Alice: Otherlands Artwork, suitable for printing- 22 full colour illustrations, namely;

– A Royal Blue Knight – Shu Yan
– A Wilde Mind – Zeng Shuo
– Above the Clouds – Shu Yan
– Alice 20000 Leagues Under – Joey Zeng
– Butchers Mind – Tyler Lockett
– Butchers Mind II – Luis Melo
– Lust, Money & Time – Zeng Shuo
– Otherlands Gallery of Minds – Lin Ran
– Painter’s Mind – Fancy
– Stone Queen – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Arthur Conan Doyle – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Bram Stoker – Shu Yan
– The Mind of Charles Darwin – Pt1 – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Charles Darwin – Pt2 – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Henri Matisse – Nako
– The Mind of Robert Lewis Stevenson – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Sarah Bernhardt – Zeng Shuo
– The Mind of Thomas Edison – Nako
– The Mind of Vincent Van Gogh – Chen Xue Jiao
– The Mind of William Morris – Nako
– The Others – Alice Otherlands
– Wonderland Transformed – Tyler Lockett

• Alice: Otherlands Logos / Spicy Horse Logos

• “Leviathan” Conceptual artwork – (Alice Dress Renders, Environment Concepts, Model Test Renders, Rendered Images/Stills, Story boards)

• “A Night at the Opera” Conceptual artwork – (Dragon Test Footage, Production Photos, Sketches, Storyboards)

• Alice: Otherlands MP3’s Soundtrack/Score – 2x MP3’s, composed by Walter Sickert

• Alice: Otherlands Wall Poster Artwork – High Resolution Download – 600mm x 1630mm approx

• Alice: Otherlands Graphics/Borders + Alex’s Artwork – 7x full colour illustrations + collection of design elements used in A:OL media

• Alice: Otherlands Blu-Ray & DVD cover/disc artwork – Suitable for printing or digital application

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24 Hours Remaining – Alice: Otherlands

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Just 24 hours remaining in the Alice: Otherlands campaign. A few days ago it might have looked like we weren’t going to make it. We were all freaking out, right? This morning (in Shanghai), with 24 hours remaining, the outlook is MUCH MORE POSITIVE. At the current rate we’ll hit our funding target and then some. Yay!

Thing is, we’ve got to keep freaking! The most important thing you can do RIGHT NOW is spread the word. Tweet, post to Facebook and wave the flag.

Tweet this: RT @AliceOtherlands, Less than 24 hours to go #Kickstarter kck.st/16F4yvT

Facebook this: Less than 24 hours remaining to make Alice: Otherlands a reality. Support Alice’s next adventure down the rabbit hole – kck.st/16F4yvT

Our directors are getting excited too. Troy wrote me this morning to say he’s been dreaming about exploring the mind of composer Richard Wagner while Tsui Hark is working on ideas for an adventure into the mind of Van Gogh. The success of this campaign is going to quickly enable these brilliant directors to take us on some very wild rides.

Meanwhile, my talks with various financiers, distribution platforms and other people who want to help continue to advance. This is shaping up to be something really special. And in another 24 hours we’ll know if we’ve done it or not…. what am I talking about? Failure is not an option! Let’s do this thing! 🙂

Today I’m going to give you with a couple of promotion images. If you’ve not done so already, swap out your Facebook cover image (banner) with either of the two provided here.

And if you’ve not yet done so: BACK THE PROJECT.

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A Living Eulogy for Otherlands

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Three days, twenty hours until the campaign is over. It’s led a brief but spectacular life so far. Will this weekend find us celebrating its success or mourning its loss? The numbers are so close it’s hard to say. While there’s still a glimmer of hope, I offer you a recap of what we’ve accomplished so far – and a glimpse at what might be if we succeed:

• The Otherlands animation project is born from the ashes of a sacrificed OZombie campaign.

• Autographed DVD’s, Blu Ray’s, Art Books, Posters and more are added as backer rewards.

• Animation Storyboards and Thomas Edison arrive at the 25% funding mark.

• Stop-motion animator Troy Morgan signs on as we reveal Van Gogh’s mind and hit the 35% mark.

• Motion graphic animator Ed Goin joins us as we unveil a series of beautiful Alice lithographs.

• Alice soundtrack composer and musician Chris Vrenna joins the creative team on Otherlands.

• Legendary Hong Kong film director Tsui Hark lends his creative voice and support to the project, moving Alice one step closer to the big screen.

• Otherlands flies into the mind of Hilda Hewlett as we attain 50% funding altitude.

• At 60% funding we peer into the mind of Oscar Wilde.

• Tons of press coverage lands alongside a drama-inducing glimpse inside the mind of Saint Saens (yes, it was made from manipulated Beksinski art, yes it was offered for sale, then not).

• Susie Brann (voice of Alice) and Roger Jackson (voice of Cheshire Cat) announce their involvement as we zoom past the 70% mark and set our first stretch goal.

• And lastly, we present the mind of Bram Stoker as the campaign bites and claws towards 75% of funding.

It’s been a wild ride! A quick and creative campaign racing towards an imaginative goal. The combined talent, creativity and passion we’ve presented throughout the campaign could deliver some truly amazing animation – and make meaningful progress towards Alice’s debut on the big screen.

It’s all here – the creative vision, the proven animation talent, a legendary writer/producer/director of big-budget action films, the “musical voice” of the Alice series, the literal voices of Alice and her grinning companion… A complete package. A full house.

What more could we ask for?

Well, a lot more. We’ve barely scratched the surface of awareness needed to make this thing a success. Alice fans from around the globe are emailing me every hour to say they’ve just stumbled upon the campaign. They heard about it through a friend of a friend. Or when some drive-through customer shouted “Otherlands!” in response to , “May I take your order?”

This campaign will live or die based on how effective we are in spreading the word over the next 90 hours.

Here’s what you can do right now:

Tweet this: @AliceOtherlands, Less than 90 hours to go #Kickstarter kck.st/16F4yvT

Facebook this: “Alice: Otherlands” is American McGee’s Kickstarter campaign to make a series of animated shorts based on Alice’s latest adventures. Less than 90 hours remain until the campaign ends. Help make it a success: kck.st/16F4yvT

Then do whatever other crazy stuff you can think of to raise awareness. Get CRAZY!

Speaking of crazy… Did you know French actress Sarah Bernhardt slept in a coffin to better understand tragic roles? Well, now you do! And today’s Otherlands adventure is an illustration of Sarah’s beautiful mind, as rendered by Spicy Horse artist Joey. We’ll be adding this to the campaign, as usual, as an add-on at $65 + $10 for international shipping.

From Shanghai with Crazy in my Brain,

-American

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Return of Alice (Video Madness)

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Snail Fight!

Here’s the official statement regarding the “Return of Alice” video which was being presented at www.returnofalice.com

Yesterday, a few sites picked up a video of Alice made by one of our fans and confused it as an official trailer of Alice 2. I wanted to clear up any confusion – as I mentioned in my post it was unofficial, and does not represent any of the final art direction or story elements in Alice 2. We look forward to sharing information on the game in the future.

The content has since been removed from returnofalice.com, but it still lives in its original location – on the website of its creator, Troy Morgan. You if you missed it, you can see it here.