Skeleton Encounter

**Skeleton Encounter** is a video uploaded by Slamacow Creations. In this video, the group try to hunt down a ranger skeleton for their stolen items. The video was released on November 20, 2015.

## Characters

* Steven
* Dave
* Bart
* Ranger Skeleton
* Skeleton (cameo)
* Skeleton Horse
* Bird

## Description

*In this next minecraft animation, the trio runs into a scavenger looking for collectibles*

## Plot

The video begins with Steven, Dave, and Bart sleeping in a forest through the night with a campfire in the middle of the camp as a bird watches them from a tree branch.

Later that night, Steven wakes up to find that his striped blue and white shirt has gone missing, followed by Bart's purple bow tie, and Dave's GameBlock. They turn around to see a ranger skeleton dumping the items in a chest, along with a diamond and a ghast tear. He also tries to place Steven's shotgun in the chest, but due to the shotgun being too long to place inside, he discards it and closes the chest. The three look from a hill to see the chest. A bird on top of the ranger skeleton pecks him in the back to alert him. Dave attempts to grab the chest, but the ranger skeleton grabs it before he can, then starts running with the chest. Dave and Bart proceed to chase after the ranger skeleton. Steven tries to catch up to them, but trips on his own shotgun.

Steven looks at the shotgun before he throws it, creating a bump of blocks that soon sends Steven up in the air by a large pillar. As the ranger skeleton continues to run, he passes a tripwire connected by two trees by slightly jumping over it. However, Dave and Bart are not so lucky; they step on the tripwire and activate a lava trap that they fall into, and they barely fall into the lava. Steven then gets down from the pillar, uses the shotgun to change blocks into other blocks, then slips on some ice he created.

The ranger skeleton reaches a dead end and jumps off of the cliff. Dave and Bart stop at the edge to see that the ranger skeleton is riding a skeleton horse off into the distance. They see a pig and use their own pigs as a ride to catch up, while Steven makes a chunk of land come out from the ground. Bart steals a random skeleton's bow and tries to shoot, but all the arrows miss the ranger skeleton. He then uses Dave as an arrow which sends him smacking into a tree.

Meanwhile, Steven has lost sight of Dave, Bart, and the ranger skeleton and considers giving up, but still has the shotgun in his hand. He makes a long line of ice and a dirt wall. He smacks the wall with his shotgun which makes him slide through the ice. When he is about to reach the end of the cliff, he makes an ice ramp which sends him flying in the air. He sees the ranger skeleton and brings himself to the ground while Dave, Bart, and a pig watch.

Steven lands back on the ground, creating a pile of ice spikes that hit the ranger skeleton and a chunk of land that comes out from the ground. The chunk sends the ranger skeleton and skeleton horse flying into the air, spills the chest open, and the three collect their items. Back on the ground, the chest hits Steven in the head, and the video ends.

## Credits

Animation: Slamacow Creations

Rigs & Scene Assets: David Steele

Music: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Credits Music: Kubbi

## Trivia

* This is the last video released by Slamacow Creations before the two year hiatus, and the last video released in 2015. There were no videos released in 2016.
	+ A reason for this is because in the description of the video, Steven talked about how the tragic death of a family member impacted his ability to animate.
* Shortly before midnight on November 6, 2015, Slamacow Creations posted two sneak peaks of the video on his now-deleted Twitter account.
* The music used in the video is **Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2**, which was composed in 1851, 164 years before this video. The YouTube Audio Library version is used, and only parts of the nearly 11 minute long music track are in the video.

## Inactivity Updates

But for now... I have a really exciting announcement to share with you guys! I've decided to create my own original cartoon :) I've chosen the direction, and now I'm in full force with asset creation and script writing! I'm really excited to work on it, and I think you guys are gonna like it :) So for this year, I'm going to be focusing my energy on this project with the goal of releasing something on my channel by the end of the year! I’ll try to write updates here throughout the process. If there’s anyone who’s curious why stuff like this takes a lot of time, here’s a nifty picture explaining the steps in creating something like this :) http://i.imgur.com/2qHsLov.png
On top of this I’m also doing sub-contract animation work with a small company which has been a lot of fun! Then there’s my health; it’s nothing too serious but my health hasn’t always been the best...I’m trying to be better about it this year. I’m trying to limit the number of distractions by taking breaks and limiting my time on the computer (which is why my social media is gone). I want my main focus to be on life stuff and work.
So I think that covers most of it, thanks for reading through :) Sorry for keeping you guys in the dark for so long. I also want to thank every single one of you for your support over these years. Thanks for the kind words and the constructive criticisms :) I’m hoping to still create content for you guys!

First off, here's a work-in-progress preview image of the cartoon Supershigi and I are creating! http://i.imgur.com/3rm64hA.png
This past year was spent creating all the assets needed for the show. But now that we have the bulk of it ready, the animation process has now begun! We also have the pilot episode written out (as well as quite a few other future ones!) So we both are really excited to show you guys! As far as a release date goes, I would say in a few months. But if I learned anything during my animation experience, it's that I'm horrible with giving a release date for projects lol.
Welp, better get back to animating! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! Happy New Years as well! :)

## Sneak Peaks

The first sneak peak of the video. - Posted November 6, 2015 at 11:17 PMThe second sneak peak of the video. - Posted November 6, 2015 at 11:38 PM

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