This post will detail research into the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the prairie style of architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect that specialized in organic architecture. This is the practice of creating architecture “which sought to integrate humans, architecture and nature together so that each one would be Read more…
This post will document the initial planning of my animation for Visual FX and Post Production. To plan out the animation I drew a storyboard. I drew out the key point of the animation, annotating them to include camera motion and VFX in the frame. The animation is inspired by Read more…
The first animation of the production piece is a walking animation. This animation was made following the guide I created by tracing over the video I took as reference. This displays the pose-to-pose principle as the guide features key positions of the character rather than every pose in the sequence. Read more…
I have made another animation guide for my third animation, this animation will be the character walking. To create this guide I took a video of myself walking in different ways. I realized towards the end of recording that I would need to be able to use the visuals to Read more…
I have created a simple blockout of the playable level, with lighting, in Unreal Engine. All screenshots were taken by me in Unreal Engine.
A collection of three of the prototypes made throughout the Rapid Prototyping module. The three included in this video are from the themes Fragments, Paper and CYOT (Choose Your Own Theme).
The seventh theme for Rapid Prototyping is CYOT, choose your own theme. [27/04/2022] When choosing the theme I would use for this, I wrote down various types of games. I wrote small notes next to each type relating to ideas I had for them. I ended up choosing top down Read more…
By tracing frames from this clip Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), I have created a guide for animating my character. This animation shows a character warming up before a fight. I thought this appropriate for my character as they are a fighter themselves. I will be altering the movements and Read more…
The sixth theme for Rapid Prototype Design is Teamwork. I started by writing down relevant words to the theme but didn’t get very far with this method. I then looked at some examples of teamwork focused games, writing down elements about each. When coming up with ideas, I focused on Read more…
The fifth theme for Rapid Prototype Design is Voice. Voice is required as a key element of the game, not speech.