When I was involved in the My Little Pony community, I connected with an animator and was given the opportunity to work on an animation series with him. The series consisted of comedic animations parodying gameplay from the Sims, combined with the Saturday-morning cartoon of My Little Pony. As of 2023, the episodes I have worked on have gotten a combined view count of over 2.5 million.
Working as the lead writer, I was in charge of the following:
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Forming the initial story beats of the video
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Find ways to combine the story and characters of My Little Pony with jokes and references of the Sims
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Turning the beats into a script, then turning the English script into the 'Simlish' language
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Writing any flavor text, descriptions or extra pieces needed (such as furniture descriptions)
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Listening to voice recordings, providing feedback and direction to the voice actors
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Watching drafts of the videos and providing feedback
In addition, due to the popularity of the video, our small team managed to host two panels at Bronycon, the most popular My Little Pony convention in the world, in 2017 and 2019. Our panels filled the room to capacity, where we gave a behind-the-scenes look to a couple of hundred people each year and premiered a new episode much to their joy.
In addition to the episode above, you can find the rest of the videos I worked on below!