Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Unity has a rich and sophisticated animation system for the game development process , also referred to as ‘ Mecanim ’. It is a powerful tool for game developers to create dynamic, true-to-life animations for characters, objects, and environments in their games.

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Nvidia

APRIL 12, 2021

There is a growing need for digital humans and character motions across industries, but a common challenge is that character assets are traditionally costly to create as the process is tedious, manual, and requires skilled expertise.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3D modelers apply many processes to improve the look and usability of their assets when creating the characters, props, and sets that feature in your favorite video games and films. One important technique to master, particularly for video games, is level of detail (LOD). What is level of detail (LOD)?

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Well, in this 'not quite devlog' episode I rap about the ups and downs of a game developer's life.   Check my devlogs - I’m hustlin’ every night and day, Unity brought into the game and I’m here to stay -  Awake! Until this rig is no more jiggeling down down on it’s hips.   bye-bye).  

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

As you know, our mantra here at ACS Games has always been one of inclusivity, togetherness, acceptance, and love. Will also removed the jumping ability from the game and fixed a few bugs regarding the targeting of spells—like the Earthquake spell and the Impaler's special ability. link] 3D Asset Design. in their inventory.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Will then fixed another bug related to the game's poison system, which you can see illustrated in the log below. link] 3D Asset Design. Keep an eye out for these beautiful buds in the Kristala game. What do you think these might be used for in the game? Here's the bug in action. Let us know in the comments!

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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). 3D Asset Design. Take a peek!  [link].

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

There's been some game dev twittering about Unity vs. Unreal lately. And if you're making the typical aspirational photorealistic action game, you'll probably want UE's gameplay architecture and free photoscan assets too. I'm also interested in making web browser games as a way to bypass platform censors.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Once I have a story, I usually go straight to gathering reference, from both games and movies but also from the real world. Finish with a film-quality cinematic like Aurore's!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We're heading into spooky season, and there's no better way to celebrate an eerie action-adventure game than diving into the newest issue of the Kristala game dev blog. We can't wait to exhibit the game alongside so many other talented independent creators, especially because IWOCon isn't like regular cons.it's a cool con.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog. We've got you covered.

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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. The role combines both artistic and technical skills into a single job that is crucial for productions in film, television, video game development, and more. What is a 3D Animation Rigger? What Skills Do Character Riggers Need?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. 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.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

CG Spectrum graduate Hanny Lu talks about her experience studying Unreal Connectors: Virtual Production , a 12-week micro-credentialing program created in partnership with Epic Games. Once the production began, I had more drive to assemble the scene using the foliage tool and Megascans assets.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Our main goal was to create an easy to pick, approachable couch multiplayer game for up to four players. Graphic simplicity was dictated by the general idea of the game’s casualty. We’ve decided to set our game in a low-poly setting for the sake of readability. Almost every 3D asset is painted using only one atlas texture.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. 3D Asset Design. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Here we go. TANDARA CLAN.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Leadership Executive Producer (aka Game Director ) - The mastermind in charge of the entire project. Works with the executive producer to establish the game’s visual style and reference materials for the art team, then gradually shifts to managing all of the artists and keeping them tasked out and productive.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 14, 2024

A single purchasable asset is never atomic - the purchased item is comprised of many parts like the 3D model, the diffuse textures, normal map, occlusion map, any other materials, rigging, animations, shaders, and so on. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Game From Scratch

JULY 27, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Game Dev’s Guide to Fantasy Creatures Assets Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Game Dev’s Guide to Fantasy Creatures assets bundle. This is an interesting new approach to bundles as it consists of only a single $15 dollar tier.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

A solid game outsourcing partnership is reason enough to see your project as 50% complete. In a competitive game, players’ initial focus is on the visual component. Working with an established game art outsourcing firm with a solid track record alleviates any worry about deadlines or allocating internal resources.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

and try your luck at winning a FREE PS5 Disc Edition, courtesy of women-lead indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you're not familiar with the event, Play NYC is New York City's premier gaming convention. Kristala at Play NYC 2021. Here's a look at just a couple of the dwellings Hassan was able to create this sprint.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!), Concept Art. 3D Modeling.

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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. In the full version of the game, you'll be able to play as the Chosen Warrior from the clan of your choice.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. 3D Asset Design. Stay tuned to future issues of the Kristala game dev blog for updates.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow. CG Spectrum's Dept.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In this tutorial you’ll create a zombie horde shooter game with Unreal Engine 5 using blueprints. 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. Download The Assets.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala at Play NYC 2021. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

As the excuses he devised not to follow his passion faded, Anthony quit his full-time job to dedicate his efforts to exploring filmmaking within a game engine. The shell of the station and the asteroids came from a mining station asset that I found while trawling through Unreal Engine Marketplace. X-Wing animation using Control Rigs.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). As you might know, and I repeatedly keep saying, this game forms the practical part of my Master thesis. This work deals with the development and design of an open world game with a high.

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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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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

MAY 27, 2021

While you can probably make some assumptions as to what roles each Pit will play in the game based on their names, we're keeping the exact details under wraps for the time being. Tiff naturally started with the initial level area you'll encounter in the demo—the very first Kristal Checkpoint of the game. This sprint was no different.

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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. In a world where vinyl record sales are up and retro-style video games are all the rage, there may still be hope for a cel animation renaissance! Specialty Tools Used in Cel Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

The skills of a 3D lighting artist can be applied in video games, visualization , film and television, animations, and virtual production. 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.

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