Hello and welcome to this short post describing the steps I took in preparation for the End of Year Show. I was responsible for a large portion of the concept art for this project. During my time as a student at Ulster, and especially during our game development collaboration project last year, I found that […]
Hi! Welcome to my Final Submission of the Major Project. In this insanely long post I hope to give you extensive insight into the last few months, during which Dillon, George and myself teamed up to create “Down to Earth”. Strap in, as we’ll be covering aspects of the production pipeline starting from the very, […]
Storyboard Script Posters 3D Assets Wardrobe Bookshelves Cactus Energy Core Grandfather clock Table Lamp Nightstand Oven Painting Frame Potted plant Shelf Alarm Clock Sofa Sofa chair Alien plant TV Stand Old-school TV Chain (Bezier curve control)
Initial findings and C.V. I started this assignment with a decent grasp of C.V., but I chose to research them further and see what else I could learn. Much of the advice I came across were things commonly repeated on this topic: Keep things short and to the point Don’t include irrelevant information Highlight the […]
Gameplay footage Entire buildings Parts of buildings Backgrounds Props Tiles Animations
Hello and welcome to the remainder of my journey through the Vertical Slice Project. Gathering inspirations/references With a selected art style, I prepared to get into the swing of things. What better way to do that than to gather an abundance of visual references? The group set up a Miro board, which I promptly put […]
Between Art and Propaganda: The Rise of Polish Animation 1946–1956 Following our presentation, I would like to briefly share with you more of my findings and perspective on this particular piece of research, as well as any problems I ran into. Starting off, I found the topic of the article to be intriguing and distinct. […]
Hi there! In this post, I’ll be covering the journey I took towards helping my group decide on a suitable art style for our game. NOTE: Our game is called Fat and Cat. It is a 2D platformer about a fat labrador, and his buddy cat, trying to find their way home. Some elements of […]
Hello and welcome to my journey through assignment 2! To keep things simple, this post is going to be split up into four main parts – one for each animation followed by a final reflection. All of my animations were done in 2D, just like for assignment 1. Weight lift from the ground Starting off, […]
Weight lift Running jump Lip-sync