Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

link] Will also worked on setting up several of the original musical tracks that will be featured both in the Kristala demo and in the full version of the game. 3D Asset Design. First, Nick worked on modeling a couple of old, moss- and dust-caked beds that will be featured in the various homes, huts, and burrows found in Ailur.

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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

link] 3D Asset Design. When she's not working on the Anagativa model, Shelly's been applying her texturing talents to some of the existing assets both Nick and Cass have previously created. We can't wait to see what else Shelly has up her metaphorical sleeve to make our existing 3D assets even more realistic and lifelike.

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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

MAY 14, 2020

link] 3D Asset Design. Our go-to environmental designer, Cass, continues to create the various structures and dwellings that will be featured in various areas of Kristala, like the Nasahara Ruins and the small villages that pockmark Anagativa clan lands. Here's the bug in action. What do you think these might be used for in the game?

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

Read about Aurore's journey from architecture to real-time 3D and see one of the magical worlds she built as part of the Real-time and Virtual Production Course at CG Spectrum, which was featured by Unreal Engine as part of their Community Spotlight! Why Aurore made the switch from architecture to virtual production.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

The event kicks off on March 26th and runs through April 2nd, so be sure to check out our Events section for more details on the Kristala booth and which game island we'll be featured on. 3D Asset Design. This gorgeous crest features the signature leaf from the mighty Jhacanda tree crossed with a Nisargan stave and Rosethorne sword.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

And if you're making the typical aspirational photorealistic action game, you'll probably want UE's gameplay architecture and free photoscan assets too. But if you want high-end then UE5 Nanite / Lumen is light years beyond Unity HDRP anyway? Most recently, respected developer Ethan Lee has weighed in.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Kristala Featured at IWOCon 2020. 3D Asset Design. In our last issue, Nick had rounded out the month of August by getting started on the assets needed for our Nasahara Ruins level. Karena began working through a list of assets needed for the Nisarga clan's capital city of Nisar. Animation / Rigging.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3D Asset Design. Check out Cass's interpretation of that idea in the crystal sewer lamps featured below. 3D Designer Karena has also been working on the large, cylindrical tree homes that will be featured in the Nisargan capital city of Nisar. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Here we go. Level Design.

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Game Designing

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A 3D animation rigger is a member of a visual effects team who helps to prepare 3D assets for animation. And, we will provide you with some tips you need to begin your journey getting started in 3D animation rigging. Rigging is best thought of as building the skeleton of a 3D model that will dictate how it can move when animated.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Makes all of the high level decisions, including major features, story, world building, budgeting, scheduling, team composition, marketing, contracts, etc. Keeps tabs on all of the incoming art assets to make sure they adhere to style and meet requirements. There’s a lot of them, so let’s just jump into it. The final decision maker.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

After over a year of exhibiting at various online game conventions, we can't properly tell you how stoked we are to be presenting an exclusive build of Kristala—featuring our revamped demo level—at this year's Play NYC convention. Kristala at Play NYC 2021.

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Until this rig is no more jiggeling down down on it’s hips.     I need no acid, no whores - I visit the Asset Store, And get more gun sounds than a military force, so I click, click, tick, tilt and shift it - until I ship it. …Until this bug is fixed. Check my sprite, check my sprite. The scenes is lit!

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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. That completely saved my shots.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Level editor allowing players to create their own tracks is one of the main features. Almost every 3D asset is painted using only one atlas texture. Adjusting mesh, rig and skinning needed a couple of iterations. Majority of props work on the same principles as the rest of assets.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. Concept Art. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!)

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

While rethinking our initial decision to use potions for the Health and Mana consumables featured in Kristala, we decided to work up a new design for our poison antidote consumable too. Once she'd finished with the steps for Dalamase, Bianca then started working on some assets that will be featured in the Nisarga clan's capital city of Nisar.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

3D Asset Design. As has been the case for the past couple months, 3D Asset Designer, Nick, has steadily been chipping away at the long list of models he's working on that will be used to help detail our Nasahara Ruins level. Their sacred crystal features a fiery inferno of molten rock and flame.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

3D Asset Design. In last month's issue, we gave you a little introduction to the work our 3D Environmental Designer, Cass, had done on the first set of Jhacanda tree houses that will be featured in our Nisargan clan levels. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Kristala Featured at IWOCon 2020.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

Since the pandemic began, we've exhibited Kristala at a few awesome virtual conventions like IWOCon and Game Carnival; and while these cons are fun and feature a ton of interesting panels and industry speakers, they don't quite replace the value of in-person conventions. Kristala at Play NYC 2021. In-tact and broken Amulets.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Work within the supplied KitBash3D Mission to Minerva Houdini file — all assets and associated materials are already loaded and ready to use. Organize assets into groups (e.g., Create new groups to separate geometry or use the groups provided by KitBash3D, which are especially handy for splitting up assets for destruction or animation.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The game is simple but is packed with tons of behind the scenes features that will allow you to understand the “why” behind the “how” a game is created in Unreal Engine 5. Here’s a short preview of the game that we’ll create: Download The Assets And Complete Project For This Tutorial. to open it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 6, 2018

He is collaborating with Yann Burrett and Ben Tristem on their upcoming Godot course on Udemy , and offered to share a tutorial on how to import 3D assets from Blender using Godot's "Better" Collada exporter. Importing 3D assets. So you want to import 3D assets into Godot? Has a bone based rig. Let's do it!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

If you're curious about the backstory behind how the Gilsankan mage got its magical powers, stay tuned to the Kristala game dev blog so you can learn how to become a Patron and get exclusive access to Lore pieces featured in the Sagas of Kristala before anyone else.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Once a scene is completed, animation cels are layered on top of each other and photographed in succession using a special top-down rig. A feature-length film created using cel animation can easily have hundreds of thousands of individual animation cels, making the whole process extremely time-consuming.

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DameDev.tv

JULY 19, 2023

Also, enable the Hand Tracking Subsystem and Meta Hand Tracking Aim by ticking the respective checkboxes in OpenXR Feature Groups. Importing Samples To make our life a bit easier, let's import an XR rig from the Unity sample assets. 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

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. The second character reveal features the first major boss you’ll encounter in Kristala: Hiratrola, the Abandoned Son.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As we move closer and closer to completing the vertical slice for Kristala, our dev team has been working hard to finish all the designs, models, and mechanics that will be featured in Dalamase, the level area that's featured in the slice. Each of the six clans has its own specified area within Anagativan territory. 3D Modeling.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

However, the way that Unity has developed Cinemachine makes it streamlined, with a quick learning curve, and robust features that make it worth the investment. Importing assets is not just accurate, it is quick. While subsequent versions of Unity are incorporating more artist-friendly features, it is still, at its heart, a game engine.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the benefits is that it's also used by other 3D artists such as modelers and animators, making the sharing of files and assets more streamlined. Creating or applying light rigs based on concept art or on set reference. Here’s a quick 3D lighting tutorial about how to use Maya to light your scene.

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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. Their sacred crystal features an eye to represent this special Myrtunan gift. Take a look! What do you think? Pretty sweet, right?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

In our taxonomy we breakdown RPG genre into 7 sub-genres based on games’ features and core gameplay. This game significantly cheaper production budget with assets being done in relatively low-quality 2D. The point I’m making is that high-quality asset production is not the only way to go. mid-core 2019.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

We break down RPGs into 6 sub-genres based on games’ features and core gameplay. One has the lowest possible production values, while the other boasts assets built by a multi-hundred team. Fighting games pride themselves on high-quality heroes that are expensive to model, rig, animate, and integrate.

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