Tuesday 28 March 2017

Logo idea


- Alexei

Oark's Quest Logo Idea


Thursday 23 March 2017

Wednesday 22 March 2017

Tuesday 21 March 2017

Monday 20 March 2017

Ogre Texture


Elf Castle

Colour Block Out

Stylization Sketch

- Alexei



Crystal Elf Castle Sketches




- Alexei

Friday 17 March 2017

Ogre Texture Process


Tutorial Feedback - 17/03/2017

Tutorial Feedback - 17/03/2017

Work Submitted by Student:

  • Forest tree billboards - Some lighting (lit polygons vs flat billboards) to be resolved; might be atmospheric fog
  • Ogre retopo

Issues Discussed:

  • Issues when importing to Substance - Use the Game Exporter, delete history within Maya, check materials, check UV sets, triangulate, Orient (Z top, Y side, X forward)
  • Castle design - it doesn't quite fit the current art style; don't overthink it too much, it is a simple asset to be seen from far away)

Student Action Before Next Meeting:

  • 10 DAYS UNTIL THE VIVA! - The presentation is going to have to start having more time dedicated to it.

Environmental Billboards




- Alexei

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Monday 13 March 2017

Tutorial Feedback - 13/03/2017

Tutorial Feedback - 13/03/2017

Work Submitted by Student:

  • Retopo of Ogre started
  • Part of the hand/arm functionality
  • Texturing trees assets, tree billboard assets

Issues Discussed:

  • Get the arms sorted
  • Look at Simplygon to dress out of your level
  • High at front - medium middle low

Student Action Before Next Meeting:

  • Get the forest in the level sorted
  • Sound effects - not music - sorted
  • Textures on Characters - assets etc.

9 TO 5 AEVERYDAY

Character Model Scale


Friday 10 March 2017

Tutorial Feedback - 10/03/2017

Tutorial Feedback - 10/03/2017

Work Submitted by Student:

  • Ogre Sculpt
  • Tree texture paint

Issues Discussed:

  • Ogre sculpt needs some hand geometry; right now the fingers are a tripod
  • IK arms attempt
  • Trees with smooth and normals [normal maps need a normal node in the material graph]

Student Action Before Next Meeting:

Two extra tree textures




- Alexei

Monday 6 March 2017

Tutorial Feedback - 06/03/2017

Tutorial Feedback - 06/03/2017

Work Submitted by Student:

  • Oark's Quest

Issues Discussed:

  • Audio - Music and Sound effects
  • Animation - At the melee enemies (core)
  • Art assets
  • VR Arms  -Skinned + in engine - IK (perhaps)
  • VR HUD - Conventional HUDs do not work in VR, these elements will need to be either on the player or in the environment - think contextual

Student Action Before Next Meeting:

  • See above
  • 3 weeks to presentation

Friday 3 March 2017

Tutorial Feedback - 03/03/2017

Tutorial Feedback - 03/03/2017

Work Submitted by Student:

  • Oark's arms
  • Melee enemy animations

Issues Discussed:

  • Emissive veins are too thick and aren't bright enough
  • The VE camera is still auto-exposing and there are still past process effects
  • The animations need to be smoothed and at certain points

Student Action Before Next Meeting:


zSphere Ogre Ref


New Trees (changed)





Further changes




- Alexei

Thursday 2 March 2017