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Detta är ett blogginlägg
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Detta är ett blogginlägg
Det här är ditt nya blogginlägg. Vi har lagt till denna text och bild som exempel på vad du kan göra. Nu är det bara för dig att skriva din egna text, lägga in bilder, video… ja, vad som helst. Du kan ändra allt och även ta bort det du inte vill ha.
För att redigera denna text, peka här och klicka på knappen ”Redigera text”. Bilden kan du ändra eller ta bort i ”Ändra bild”. För att dra in nya […]
Can a game make you sleep better? 2.0
Hello and welcome back to my daily blog-spamming!
It occurred to me that I haven’t talked a lot about the actual game we made during the project, except for the short introduction that I gave in this post. In short, Slumber is a game that is supposed to help the player sleep. It’s intended to be played on a smartphone or a tablet, in bed, before going to sleep.
In my last post I promised to explain what a nudibranch […]
Can a game make you sleep better? 2.0
Hello and welcome back to my daily blog-spamming!
It occurred to me that I haven’t talked a lot about the actual game we made during the project, except for the short introduction that I gave in this post. In short, Slumber is a game that is supposed to help the player sleep. It’s intended to be played on a smartphone or a tablet, in bed, before going to sleep.
In my last post I promised to explain what a nudibranch […]
Watercolour fish
Happy friday everyone!
In my last post I talked some about how to make the Slumber fish in 3D, including modelling, rigging, and animation. Today I’m going to talk a bit more about the same fish, but focusing on the textures instead! As an example I will go through the process of creating the juvenile Koran Angelfish below (credit to http://fishy-bizness.com/ for the picture). We chose to depict the juvenile version because it has a much more clear and readable pattern […]
Watercolour fish
Happy friday everyone!
In my last post I talked some about how to make the Slumber fish in 3D, including modelling, rigging, and animation. Today I’m going to talk a bit more about the same fish, but focusing on the textures instead! As an example I will go through the process of creating the juvenile Koran Angelfish below (credit to http://fishy-bizness.com/ for the picture). We chose to depict the juvenile version because it has a much more clear and readable pattern […]
Quick fish in 3DS Max and Unity
Hello again!
Two weeks has now passed since Gotland Game Conference, and I’ve spent [insert relatively large measurement of time here] eating delicious noodle soups and writing the obligatory report that comes with the course. Now I have some blogging to do, so I thought I might explain how the Slumber fish came to be! Excited?? Great! Here goes.
Slumber is a 3D game, so naturally the fish must be in 3D. That means we will need a mesh, textures, and animations. Since we wanted the […]
Quick fish in 3DS Max and Unity
Hello again!
Two weeks has now passed since Gotland Game Conference, and I’ve spent [insert relatively large measurement of time here] eating delicious noodle soups and writing the obligatory report that comes with the course. Now I have some blogging to do, so I thought I might explain how the Slumber fish came to be! Excited?? Great! Here goes.
Slumber is a 3D game, so naturally the fish must be in 3D. That means we will need a mesh, textures, and animations. Since we wanted the […]
Wedding guests
As planned from the moment of animating Väinämöinen the sprites of the wedding guests were assigned to a previously existing skeleton. However, they were assigned to the skeleton used to animate Ilmarinen, not Väinämöinen, since Ilmarinen’s skeleton was more sophisticated than Väinämöinen’s. Väinämöinen, for example, lacked a neck, since it would not be visible behind his beard. Rather, the male wedding guests were assigned to Ilmarinen’s skeleton. For the female ones I created a new skeleton exclusively for their models, […]
Wedding guests
As planned from the moment of animating Väinämöinen the sprites of the wedding guests were assigned to a previously existing skeleton. However, they were assigned to the skeleton used to animate Ilmarinen, not Väinämöinen, since Ilmarinen’s skeleton was more sophisticated than Väinämöinen’s. Väinämöinen, for example, lacked a neck, since it would not be visible behind his beard. Rather, the male wedding guests were assigned to Ilmarinen’s skeleton. For the female ones I created a new skeleton exclusively for their models, […]
Serfs
The serfs required even less time and work than the wedding guests. For the actual animation, at least. More sprites had to be organized, rescaled and cropped in Photoshop before being implemented but not as much work was necessary in order to animate them. The scene consisted of three serfs working a huge bellow for Ilmarinen’s smithy. They only needed one animation: The serfs had to hold a rod for the bellow, going up and down with it. This animation […]
Serfs
The serfs required even less time and work than the wedding guests. For the actual animation, at least. More sprites had to be organized, rescaled and cropped in Photoshop before being implemented but not as much work was necessary in order to animate them. The scene consisted of three serfs working a huge bellow for Ilmarinen’s smithy. They only needed one animation: The serfs had to hold a rod for the bellow, going up and down with it. This animation […]
Frog Minion
With the frog minion I had the exact opposite task as with the wolf. In this case the smaller frog enemy had to become lighter than its sibling. Since all animations that were needed for the minion was already created for the boss I merely had to refer to the animations of the latter. Because the anatomy of the two frogs, in terms of the size, scale and shape of the sprites, was different enough to require two separate skeletons […]
Frog Minion
With the frog minion I had the exact opposite task as with the wolf. In this case the smaller frog enemy had to become lighter than its sibling. Since all animations that were needed for the minion was already created for the boss I merely had to refer to the animations of the latter. Because the anatomy of the two frogs, in terms of the size, scale and shape of the sprites, was different enough to require two separate skeletons […]
Frog Boss
After having studied the movements and the anatomy of frogs jumping I began animating the frog boss. Because the anatomy of the wolf had not been as correct as it could have been the Character Designer and I worked together to make sure that the frog enemies would be able to be animated properly. The frog boss was the final enemy the players would have to defeat in order to complete the vertical slice. Given that, he had to be […]
Frog Boss
After having studied the movements and the anatomy of frogs jumping I began animating the frog boss. Because the anatomy of the wolf had not been as correct as it could have been the Character Designer and I worked together to make sure that the frog enemies would be able to be animated properly. The frog boss was the final enemy the players would have to defeat in order to complete the vertical slice. Given that, he had to be […]
Wolf
One of the first enemies the players would encounter were wild wolves. I managed to acquire template images for running and jumping canines and based my animations on those templates for those specific animations. For the attack, heavy attack, idle, knockback and death animations I was forced to improvise based on the shape and size of the sprites in comparison to the skeleton of the wolf and references consisting of video materials depicting wolves in sanctuaries. I took some liberties […]
Wolf
One of the first enemies the players would encounter were wild wolves. I managed to acquire template images for running and jumping canines and based my animations on those templates for those specific animations. For the attack, heavy attack, idle, knockback and death animations I was forced to improvise based on the shape and size of the sprites in comparison to the skeleton of the wolf and references consisting of video materials depicting wolves in sanctuaries. I took some liberties […]
Ilmarinen
When all animations for Väinämöinen were completed I duplicated the file I was working in and deleted the sprites used for him. I then replaced them with the sprites created for Ilmarinen. In the Finnish national epic Ilmarinen is the master smith. He is the one who forged the sky, so masterfully that there are no seems or traces of nippers nor hammer, among other magical items. He is also a very close friend of Väinämöinen.
Due to some minor differences […]
Ilmarinen
When all animations for Väinämöinen were completed I duplicated the file I was working in and deleted the sprites used for him. I then replaced them with the sprites created for Ilmarinen. In the Finnish national epic Ilmarinen is the master smith. He is the one who forged the sky, so masterfully that there are no seems or traces of nippers nor hammer, among other magical items. He is also a very close friend of Väinämöinen.
Due to some minor differences […]
Väinämöinen
The first character I provided animations for was Väinämöinen. In the Finnish national epic Väinämöinen is the bard immortal. He is birthed, already an old and wise man, from a celestial being laying in the ocean and washed ashore, where he proceeds to use his magical voice to sing trees and vegetation to the world. Väinämöinen is inherently magical and he uses song to shape the world or summon objects or beings into existence.
He was one of the playable characters […]
Väinämöinen
The first character I provided animations for was Väinämöinen. In the Finnish national epic Väinämöinen is the bard immortal. He is birthed, already an old and wise man, from a celestial being laying in the ocean and washed ashore, where he proceeds to use his magical voice to sing trees and vegetation to the world. Väinämöinen is inherently magical and he uses song to shape the world or summon objects or beings into existence.
He was one of the playable characters […]
Learning Spriter
The first task that was assigned to me was to learn how to properly use Spriter as a tool for animation. For previous projects I had been using both Adobe Flash as well as Adobe Photoshop for animation. Even though neither of said programs provide tools for animating exclusively frame-by-frame, that was how I had primarily operated. What this means is that I had worked by drawing a figure in one frame and then had to draw the same figure […]
Learning Spriter
The first task that was assigned to me was to learn how to properly use Spriter as a tool for animation. For previous projects I had been using both Adobe Flash as well as Adobe Photoshop for animation. Even though neither of said programs provide tools for animating exclusively frame-by-frame, that was how I had primarily operated. What this means is that I had worked by drawing a figure in one frame and then had to draw the same figure […]