Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In today's issue, you'll get an update on all the custom 3D assets we've been working on for the capital city of Nisar, plus a peek into our process for creating a fully functional facial rig for our female main character. 3D Asset Design. Ready to take a break from the mundane and dive head-first into the magic of Kristala?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today we're serving up some seriously exciting updates, including a look at our new, custom game cursor; updates on our new player character's rigging and animation; and a sneak peek at our newest WIP level area. 3D Asset Design. We can't wait to see this come to life even further as Nick continues working through his list of assets.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Once the production began, I had more drive to assemble the scene using the foliage tool and Megascans assets. My Technical Assistant, Marc, helped to calm me down and pointed out how certain assets could be done in a smarter and cheaper way without sacrificing the visual quality.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

With the updated armor sets handed off to our 3D modelers, James then whipped up a few fresh concepts for some of the remaining items in the Kristala demo that needed to be replaced with newer models, including: Keys to unlock various gates and doors. Welcome signage for The Dalamase, the level featured in our demo. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The last time we met, we were right in the thick of preparing an early, pre-demo build of Kristala for unveiling at the PlayNYC virtual convention. 3D Asset Design. The Nisarga clan is the only clan that will be featured in the Kristala demo. link] Next, Shelly started a base model for our mutant fox enemy.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3D Asset Design. Once completed, Karena will work on a rig for the hatches that will allow them to open and close during gameplay. The build contained a portion of our demo and opened with a tutorial section at the start. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Here we go. Check it out!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Since then, we've been laser-focused on our next big milestone: completing the entire vertical slice for Kristala.Which means we're inching closer and closer to the official release of the game's demo too. Here's a reminder of this asset's concept, followed by an in-progress turnaround and a snapshot of the finished piece. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

3D Asset Design. Our team was a bit more drawn to the darker version, so you'll see that set featured in the Kristala demo once it's released on Steam, itch.io, and Gamejolt. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Plus, we'll introduce you to three of our newest talented dev team members too!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

In last month's dev blog installment, we introduced you to the progress we'd commenced on the overhaul we're currently giving to the entirety of the Kristala demo—including characters, enemies, levels, and more. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo. Let's dive in.

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DameDev.tv

JULY 19, 2023

Importing Samples To make our life a bit easier, let's import an XR rig from the Unity sample assets. On the right side, under the Samples section, import the Starter Assets and Hands Interaction Demo. There is an incredibly useful prefab located at Assets/Samples/XR Interaction Toolkit/2.3.2/Hands

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

3D Asset Design. This sprint, our 3D Asset Designer, Nick, continued working through the long list of models that will detail and decorate the desolate and beautiful, ruined city of Nasahara. link] Will then moved on to address a series of additional tasks to help us get ready to package the first build of the demo for Play NYC.

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