Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

3D Asset Design. To kick things off, Nick continued working through his list of custom assets needed for our various level areas, including the swamp villages of the Dalamase, the singed streets and charred abodes of the Nasahara, plus some additional trinkets and items meant for a few of our special NPCs.

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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

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. Last issue, we shared 3D Character Designer Bianca's progress on the model for our Nisargan forest nymph NPC.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Now that we're so close to completing the vertical slice for Kristala, our modeling team has been able to work ahead on assets for new levels and finish up some outstanding pieces still needed to fully finetune and detail Dalamase. They were instead created by a special NPC for a specific purpose. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

With revamped weapons well underway thanks to James, another of our talented artists, Amanda, worked on revising the concept for an important merchant NPC that will help you score all the wares and goods you need to complete your Raksaka Proving. Here's a look at just a couple of the dwellings Hassan was able to create this sprint.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A hostile NPC statue wakes up, which means you can lure it away from the door.) SHINY ART STYLE: The most obvious difference vs its Skyrim mod roots is the art style -- it went from 2011 pre-PBR Skyrim to 2020 UE4 Quixel 4k photoscans with subsurface scatter'd Character Creator NPCs.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

With all core mechanics and elements now in place, the last thing on the list is to add any last-minute assets and address bugs. Our third concept artist, Harold, also worked this month on detailing a few overview pieces and associated callouts for assets featured in this great Nisargan city.

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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. Gustav is a friendly NPC you'll encounter along your journey through Ailur.

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Game Global

JUNE 28, 2021

Not only do game localizers translate in-game text, but we assist with any assets and materials that surround the release of a title. These assets might be about a game you have translated yourself, games translated by others, or titles that might not even be published in your language.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While it would be easy to simply use existing environmental pieces like rocks and trees from the Unreal Engine marketplace, it's important to us that the bulk of Kristala's assets are completely custom pieces that are created by our team. As we mentioned above, Cass wasn't the only artist on our team to create custom props this sprint.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

link] After getting the landscape materials and swamp assets laid out, Tiff then started adding vines and moss to the trees, strategically placing some glowing mushrooms, and establishing the right amount of ferns and additional plant life to help set the mood.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Some players may try to guess an NPC's sexual mood based on stereotypes like muscular tops, skinny submissive twink bottoms, etc. But obviously if they're facing toward you or if the butt is otherwise concealed, then you must guess or rely on your memory. However, my code randomly assigns different body types, skin colors, and clothing.

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