Category: Final Year – Major Project

      My aim with the project was to set out to improve my knowledge and skill in 3D modeling, particularly around gaming development. I believe that I have achieved that by creating assets that were low poly but still detailed, baking materials to lower polycount, conducting tests in unreal engines, optimizing lighting andContinue reading Evaluation and Future Plan

The purpose of my project was to make game-ready assets and optimize them for a game environment. As my project was pushed for set up towards the end, I was not able to fully test the efficiency of my environment but was able to do a few small basic ones like below https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/BuildingWorlds/LevelEditor/InEditorTesting/#:~:text=Click%20the%20Play%20dropdown%20button,testing%20section%20of%20the%20Toolbar. The environmentsContinue reading Game Testing

In my original exploration of cinematography, I wanted main shots of the building from the outside, I want these to be eye-level shots from far away so the entire building can be shown, such as standing across the street watching the construction happen. For the interior shots of the building remodel, there is a niceContinue reading Cinematography and Edit of Video

Before I began production I wanted to touch upon what I knew about building game environments. I know that compared to cinematics that gameplay needs to be lower poly and be able to run smoother, and that computers can handle heavier framerate, usually sitting at around 60fps, while console games usually play at around 30fps.Continue reading Full Asset Production + How to build a game environment

Below I have listed my notes on the feedback given to me weekly in semester 1. I have just drafted the feedback for semester 1 because it involved the planning stage, whereas I feel like in semester 2 there was less feedback that influenced the project and that feedback was mostly ‘how-tos’ on production. WeekContinue reading FeedBack on Pre-Production

After researching environment designs from artists and speaking to the lectures, it was suggested the best way to start my project was by doing a blockout, a very rough 3d sketch using basic assets of my concept. The purpose of this was to play my space and shots of the environment. First Basic Concept ThisContinue reading Blockouts

After confirming how to look for a realism style, I turned my attention to artists that would help me shape my project. For the older style saloon there was an abundance of work for a Western theme as a couple of years ago Artstation ran a Wild West environment challenge. Similarly for the newer environmentContinue reading Artists

Choosing an Art Style (The last of us 2, not my image) (Ghost of Tsushima, not my image) As I exaimed in my dissertation, most modern game environments are spilt into 3 categories, Caricaturism (more commonly referred to as stylized), photorealism and abstractionism. The 15 Highest-Grossing Video Games Of The Decade (And How Much TheyContinue reading Choosing an Art Style and Colour Palettes

Our major project is our last project and opportunity to fully develop our skills and interest in a specific aspect of animation. The brief emphasises a development in artistic and technical skills as well as research and organisation. The brief seems very open-ended, as long as its a complex enough project to develop my myContinue reading Major Project Brief and Initial Idea