Final Prototype

This is a video of the final game prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z_AaxS9MQGI

The final game prototype plays sufficiently, although I an displeased with the visuals.  Looking back over the project It has been an intense experience for me at times even demoralizing but educational. I have witnessed how important enthusiasm and communication can be in drive a project forward. In hindsight I believe that we collectively made some counterproductive decisions. Although I feel a sense of accomplishment that we were able to continue on as a team in still produce something at the end. The game would have benefited for a far longer polishing period, dues to problems and delays the time for this was drastically cut short.

Crating The Game Characters

I begain the 3D charater buy blocking out the mesh using the ZSpheres tool in Pixologic ZBrush. I found this to be a very intuitive processes and very quick despite having only done it once before.

Once the Zsphere shape had been blocked out I then started the rather time consuming task of sculpting the charater (much like clay).

After the sculpt the models topology and become so distorted that a low polygon model can you be created with nice, clean topology to me the character suitable for use in a games engine.

I created the new topology by using a program called 3D Coat. I was a very exact process, although admittedly it was more time consuming that I had anticipated.

Game Charaters

Here are the fist iterations of thumbnails I have done for the games character. After analysing the with peers it was agree that design eight would be taken further as is have the strongest shape. It also fits the look we are trying to achieve in the game. I will also be using these designs to create the 3D model I will be using for my professional specialization module where I aim to create 3D sculpt and make it suitable for use within a games engine.

Game Assests

Hammer House

It was decided by the team that the Hammer House game was a more achievable and realistic concept to meet the brief. This is why we have started development on this.

The cocept is that four players rummaged though a house as the frantically smash all objects in sight to find five items (gold coins at this time).

As the game is multiplayer a simple combat system will be implemented to allow for a more competitive experience.

Project Drop

After difficulties with development we can to a team decision to drop this concept in favor of the Hammer house one. This was decided as we couldn't created a fun to play prototype for our weekly meetings, it is believe by our designer that it would not be possible to realize this game concept in the available time left and that the professional thing to do would be to drop it for a more realistic and attachable idea.

The Wrekoning