Category Archives: Videogame

Rain, Sand, Stars – Time lapse modeling 0

Once we have the concept art, the 3D model is sculpted. We use ZBrush to get a first approximation to the character’s volume, and then it’s polished in 3DStudio. Bones are created from a deformed biped (indeed, there’s creepy moment at 3:02 where you see the guy inside the Yak), vertices are properly weighted and [...]

Categories: Modeling,Videogame

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Published:
May 29, 2011 – 9:48 am
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By LuisAnton

Rain, Sand, Stars: time-lapse painting 0

We hope you like this concept art painting time-lapse video (I still have doubts whether that’s the correct order for all those words…). It’s a Yak! Yaks are bull-like creatures that will grace peacefully until you move nearby. If they are annoyed you will be chased until you outrun them. Some will forget about you soon, [...]

Categories: Design,Videogame

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Published:
May 26, 2011 – 3:09 pm
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By LuisAnton

Walking on the surface of a planetoid with Quaternions 0

In Rain, Sand, Stars, all objects inhabit little planetoids a la Mario Galaxy (or much before that, a la The Little Prince). Therefore, at each time step, all dynamic objects must be rotated so they stand upright on the planet surface. In a game like Mario Galaxy, their transform.up should coincide with the normal of [...]

Categories: Programming,Videogame

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Published:
May 19, 2011 – 9:54 pm
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By LuisAnton