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IMPS Production Update March 26, 2010

Hey IMPS fans,

So this past week, Dave and I (Nathan) went out to visit Eric in his beautiful chateau in the forest filled mountains to work on more prop and costume parts. The crisp mountain air and higher altitude made for some excellent AB mixing of Polyurethane. While we waited for molds to kick, Eric gave us his ‘dog and pony’ show of the look of new and unexplored Relentless hanger bays for Chapter 4. All I’m going let on is that I feel bad you’re going have to wait to see them, because they are a new level of WOW! The good news is that, very soon, Pete should be handing me a lot of the final FX shots for Chapter 3 and I believe some of the afore mentioned Chapter 4 plates make an appearance at the very end of 3. That means I get to hit high gear with the editing and deliver picture lock to Andy so he can give it the sweet, sweet sounds and score that we all love to hear.

Visiting with Eric was additionally awesome as he monitors way more of the message boards and blogs than we can. He shared a lot of the positive feed back about Chapter 2, which is always inspiring. Thank you all for your patience and enjoying what we’ve striven so hard to get to you.

If you haven’t already – check out and join the I.M.P.S. The Relentless Fan Facebook page started by Chris Walker. He started it without us even knowing and the next thing we all know it’s a great place to visit. Kudos Chris!

Enjoy some pix of our hard work in the mountains.

Thank you all, you rock!
Nathan and the Blacksheep Squad

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Chapter 3 Update February 26, 2010

Hey IMPS fans, Chapter 3 editing has been under way for quite some time now, but we hit a fixable snag. Our cutting system has been AVID DV Express on the greatest technology 2002 had to offer with a Mac 15″ laptop. I’ve heard that DV Express was discontinued three years ago so you all can imagine how fun tech support would be. We are now updating all the Chapter 3 (and beyond) edits and footage to Final Cut Pro on a borrowed Mac laptop. Woo! The bad news is all the catch up, the good news is that we skip two generation losses by foregoing an on-line session. So hopefully the end result will be more technically pleasing.

As for voices, we’ve been doing a good amount of sifting as we try to bring the same level of quality performances for each character without using the same people too many times. We’re happy to find that all the major roles have been cast and dialog editing is underway.

Please enjoy a few of our photos from the pick up ‘green screen’ shoot we did in January. This was actually the 1st footage that we’ve shot in HD. We’ve come a long ways since the Hi-8 cam days!

Thanks for the continued support and interest. We’ll have this to you as soon as technology and life lets us.

Best
Nathan, Dave & the rest of Blacksheep Squad

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Chapter 2 Updates December 28, 2009

Happy Holidays and New Year from the Blacksheep Crew!
The chapter 2 script has been posted!
We’ve added some desktop wall paper images for download as well! Enjoy!

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General Update December 06, 2009

Hey all! We hope you’re enjoying Chapter 2!
Thanks to all for your emails and comments! It’s great to hear you cheering us onward!

We’ve posted some (actually, MANY) effect shots and (a few) model images, so go check them out and enjoy! We’re still gathering our materials together to post the script, the credits and some FAQ’s on Chapter 2.

Also, we are in the process of rendering a higher res version for download and possibly making available other file formats. Time permitting. (edit: we have posted an AVI file format for download!)

The Chapter 2 Downloads page is available and contains various download links and a torrent file. We are still streaming on Vimeo and it is limited to the 100 source downloads per 24 hours.

We as many of you are awaiting for Chapter 3 release. We have no release date for you at this time but hold steady (and hopefully not another five years) as we’re continuing to work hard on the remaining chapters.

-Blacksheep Crew

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Chapter 2 Downloads

We are still obtaining more available download links but here’s a start: Download Chapter 2 from Filefront [edit update: filefront appears to be either at a limit cap or having issues. Either way, it may be down at the moment. We’ll keep you posted when more info becomes available.] (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Also, we have the chapter 2 music score by Andy Garfield available to download: Download Chapter 2 score from MakeItCool (NO LONGER AVAILABLE – Please see our Chapter 2 Music Download Official Page.) We will be making the script available soon for those interested in making translations or just enjoy reading it. Also, FX shots and visual screen captures will be up soon on the site. Stay tuned!

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