Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

SYKOMANA CRYSTAL: The Sykomanans are masters in matters of the mind - gifted in the mental arts of both telepathy and telekinesis. Part of this initiative includes refining the player character's model so that it closely matches the incredible concept art l_aciel has created for our Anagativan beings. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

[link] Next, Will worked on modifying the death systems for our main character (and some of the game's enemies) to allow them to utilize the new death animations Producer Allie recently created (make sure you check out the Game Production section to see them in action). Concept Art. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. Much like our concept art team, our 3D modelers put in a ton of work this sprint to create fresh designs that will replace a bunch of the existing assets featured in the Kristala demo. Rodrigo also added an animated Game Save/Loading icon too, which we ultimately ended up changing to a blue hue (vs.

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Today we’ll try to figure out the main peculiarities, styles, and differences of 2D art in game development. Even though some players consider 3D game art superior to 2D game art and believe that the latter is not so popular, we are sure of the opposite. Let’s figure out what makes 2D art special. What is 2D Art?

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? What does the Art Team need to know about this quest or level? And that’s humans! That’s what we do. We are all storytellers to some extent.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

After fiddling around and running some tests, Will was able to make it so that the character can effectively roll through various environmental objects - like the barrels shown in the clip below - to destroy them. Animation / Rigging / Production. Here's a peek at some of our favorite moments from the past week's streams. Lucky you!).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

With some incredible concepts from our art department as her guide, our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been working on modeling a few base armor sets for our three variants of Kota soldiers. Concept Art. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Please join us in giving Rodrigo a super warm welcome to the ACS family.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Once considered a thriving mecca for Anagativan art and entertainment, the Nisargan city of Nasahara was set ablaze during the Great Kota Rebellion, forcing its frightened denizens to flee the city they call home in search of safety and solace. link] Concept Art. Rigging / Animation. link] Programming.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

MYRTUNA CRYSTAL: As a mysterious clan of necromancers, the Myrtunans are gifted in the art of foresight and knowing. In the clips below, you can see the Dodge issues in action. The first clip shows a lack of forward momentum when the dodge mechanic is engaged. o [link] Concept Art. Animation / Rigging / Game Production.

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

  Side note: Watch the clip in this link if you’re not familiar or just interested in understanding the difference between CPU and GPU.  When batched, the animations from the Advanced Foliage Shader go a bit crazy and make the grass float around. That’s it. When

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

link] Not only does this new trailer feature a ton of sweet cinematics created right in Unreal Engine using our own models and animations, but it also showcases two new characters you’ll meet in gameplay during Kristala too. Concept Art. you thought our Art and VFX sections for today's blog were chonky, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Concept Art.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Although comic book artists and cartoonists work in the visual arts and have similar jobs, their career paths differ. Although you need to have knowledge about art, you need not pursue a particular degree or comic book artist training to become a successful comic book artist. So, should you consider going to art school?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold. link] Rigging / Animation. Are you ready to get dark, dear friends?

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Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 18, 2004

5) The game is state-of-the-art, as far as 2D goes. The last time you read state-of-the-art and 2D in the same sentence was back in the early 90's. The game will be fully animated and include wall-to-wall original music and full voice. 3 Programmers (in the scripting language) 5 Artists (skilled in 2D animation).

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

The stunning Cruising Pavilion installation at the 2018 Venice Biennale My previous cruising game The Tearoom focused on the emotional and psychological aspects of cruising, and eventually went on tour with the fantastic group art exhibition Cruising Pavilion.

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