Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

[link] It's been awhile since we've unveiled a new character in Kristala.which is why we're super pumped to share the progress our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has made on the Nisargan forest nymph NPC we've got in the works. In the clips below, you can see the Dodge issues in action. Animation / Rigging / Game Production.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Their leather armor is often decorated with twisting vines, animal imagery, preserved flowers, and other natural craftsmanship. In our last issue, we showed off Nicholas's progress on the details he's added to give this NPC the signature Keozan look. Here are a few clips to show off some of these camera adjustments.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Last issue, we shared 3D Character Designer Bianca's progress on the model for our Nisargan forest nymph NPC. Here are a few clips of our menu systems and consumables in action so you can get an idea of how they're intended to look - and work! - Here's a look at Allie's work on the Gilsanka's Sword and Teleport animations.

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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). Animation / Rigging / Production. Let us know in the comments!

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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. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

There's a specific role the damaged piece plays in the Kristala demo's core storyline, and it coincides with an NPC we've been keeping under wraps up until this point. Rodrigo also added an animated Game Save/Loading icon too, which we ultimately ended up changing to a blue hue (vs. link] Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Secondly, the animations that trigger when a potion is consumed take significantly longer to play out compared to the new VFX animations we have in the works for these crystal designs and results in having to halt the player while the animations play out. They were instead created by a special NPC for a specific purpose.

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