[SFM HORROR] LOD

Side-main characters when they are far away from the main character with zero screen time

for those who don't know an LOD (Level Of Detail) is used to make objects and textures less quality the further the player is from it to save on performance.

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so glad SFM horror is popping off this year. ngl SFM has uncanny valley potential with its engine and models

I LOVED THIS CONCEPT! It so new and refreshing, instead of the basic "monster out there" it more of the fake reality trope. Like, he is stuck in somekind of Gmod/Half-Life 2 game and can't leave, and the more he walks, the more it being unloaded and everything is getting (presumably, as another comment by @Der_Key said, about the protagonist walking away). Everything start to be disconfigured and low poly, and after walking so much out of bounds, the "light" (probably the gaming code) has unloaded him and loaded him into somebody else game (not a actual nightmare, like you think). Like then do when then recycle NPCs and all

always feel bad for the NPCs in stories where they become sentient and realize they're in a stimulated reality

Cant think of anything worse than being cursed to forever walk gm_bigcity as a regular human being.

I like the idea of the phone edges being sharp instead of it being just a very dull piece of undetailed block

To be able to create great animation is one thing. To be able to use bad animation as a writing tool is a whole nother level. Very well made. You again prove why you are by far my favorite SFM RUclipsr.

The uncanny chortling noises those mist NPCs made was exquisite.

Love how the time at the beginning is 404

man if this guy is in like a gmod world or something could you imagine the terror if this guy ran into the gmod player character that would be terrifying because of all of the powers and tools that they have

this is such a cool concept because it makes you wonder if the stuff you see in the background is just a part of the jank that comes from using source, or an actual part of the detail getting removed (ex. sharp polygons on models like ears and fingers, repeating textures on every building, stuff like that)

I love the little detail of the models on the desk switching to lower quality ones as he walks away!

So glad you utilized the low poly models.
VERY creative!

I'm a Horror Animation Channel, and I absolutely LOVED this...
The Unsettling atmosphere and sense of dread and Isolation were excellent..
Felt like a fever Nightmare!!! Brilliant 👍👍👍

10:00 I love how the the items already started to enter their LOD states once he has walked away meaning that he is still stuck in that place

the two steps at a time at 6:06 is peak

The time at the beginning being 4:04 in American time is such a fun little detail along with the lod falling and then waking up with dreams about falling sometimes being interpreted as a fear of lack of control which a simulated character would most definitely feel this is definitely one of the greats among surkee’s already peak lineup

I've been a fan for a long time, and I just want to say I love with these original horror animations that you have these very bizarre, cool ideas that could only be accomplished in a medium like sfm. bravo and well done.

For a reality that slowly degrades further and further into lower quality, somehow your animation & video quality manages to increase regardless of this situation.
Absolutely well done!

Is no one gonna talk about how good that bus stop at the beginning looked?

7:05
when you wake up and have to walk to the bathroom with a discombobulated leg from a bomb ass sleep

at 9:15 i really love the touch of your precious moon

This is legit the backrooms except you accidentally step inside a gmod server lol

oooo animation looks smooth

This has the potential for a part 2, ngl. Like, he now trying to find out what is going on or something like that

I like the way the video distorts the illusion of reality of the game, reminding you that everything is all strips of code and numbers.

You know it’s a good day when surkee uploads

How it feels when your leg falls asleep as you get up too fast. 7:05
Jokes aside for those who don't know, the title is short for "Level of Detail." In any Source game when objects are farther away from the player, their poly count basically gets lower to save on system usage and power. The male citizen with no eyes is known as "Cheaple" in the files, he only has one mesh, and it has an extremely low poly count. You can spot him often in the background of a couple Half-Life 2 maps farther away. There's also "Metrocop Cheaple" which is lesser known, but he appears mostly in render target cameras, like the security system seen in Kleiner's laboratory.

Babe... Wake up, Surkee just uploaded a new SFM horror animation.

This is incredible!

pov: you are self aware npc in a source engine game

the sound design is something else as always

Surkee, check out a creepypasta “Brother, Where Are You?”

Man, seeing your videos in my recommended is always such a treat! Keep it up bro!

That's just my pc trying to run any game
Also, FUCK YEAH MORE SURKEE!!

4:22 Ain’t no way! That’s David Blaine, the HL2’s flying guy

YOU KNOW WHEN SURKEE DROPS IT'S GONNA BE SOME HEAT

I feel like this veered a bit much to the silly side. But still, good concept. And idk what that sky thing was at the end, but it was a cool effect

Hell yeah, more peak.

When the devs focus more on content updates than bug fixing

THE GOAT BACK WITH ANOTHER VIDEO LETS GO

The life of Gordon Freeman’s evil brother Fordon Evilman

The king is back?!

This is what happens when you play or develop video games for to long, you start to think you're in one...

It was truly a great scary and suspenseful short film

Cannot explain the dopamine rush experienced from laying in bed on an extremely rainy night and getting a notification that Surkee uploaded, thank you goat 🙏🙏🙏

i was expecting it to end with him waking up, and then looking at his finger to see the same cut still there

dude this is actually super creative!

lod lowering at 10:08 is a insanely good plot twist

I love the content you're creating! Keep it up

How did you get a picture of me for the thumbnail?

Thank you for the wonderful sfm animationa

Bro dreamed he was in a sourcefilmmaker video, witnessing the maps graphics and npcs😂

I love how absurdly crazy the end was before he woke back up, this is literally basically Existential dread done in a different take

Great idea for video. So many possibilities for plot twist, hope to see more like this.

This is both an amazing and terrifying concept

It is a good day (or evening in my case) when Surkee posts :)))

the fact this is already with hl assets and stuff, you can barely tell the difference lol

all of this never would've happened if it was made in SF2M.

LEETSSS SGOOOO!! HE UPLOADED!! Bouta make me a bowl of popcorn and put this on the big screen :]

The goat has uploaded once again!

Just wanna say you were at the bottem of my list of people who i was expecting to have a rainworld video on there channal

I really liked the music, added flavor to it all.

amazing job on the animations your getting better and better with ever vid keep it up

5:09 ambatukam cameos

Looked it up recently, LOD means "Level Of Detail" or "Level Of Development"

Free Guy, but it's a creepypasta horror mod.

the best accidental comedy this month

Man, that was a TRIP.

Your videos coming out is heaven

Love you bro thanks for making these.

Love your content a work of art animation i hope you make most of your analog stuff or animations mostly with good endings instead of death endings.

Almost expected him to turn all low poly at the end

yk that the day bout to be good when Surkee drops out a vid🔥

Sentience being lost in the code, great idea

Shouldve had 2d impostor images scattered all around as citizens ngl

the one low poly leg was so slapstick I laughed out loud

surkee upload, me happy

The source 2 engine really is the G.O.A.T

I rlly like ur anims ❤

This edible aint shi- 9:15

I was not expecting to actually be about lod's lol

Beautiful work

Just got to say I appreciate your videos in wish the best for you in the future

Now this is quite frightening. I guess when you give life to non sentient beings, they feel more human and we have more pity for them. Hope this video rq he’s out to others

Nice, another SFM Horror love your videos bro

Always awesome.

Must be a another Monday 😅

looking like a parity of make good choices

HE DROPPED

oh LOD he comin

i love the silence of it all

Great vid

1:24 that's one high quality sign 💀

Don't worry guys, the game just didn't register he got off the chair, so it didn't know it had to load the rest of the map, thats why he comes back to the chair at the end, the game just took time to realize where he was supposed to be.

ngl this one feels like a fever dream

Bro realized that he’s living in a video game

Twist facts: He lives in Ohio..