Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

Lastly, Nick revisited the 3D model for his previously created Anagativa skeleton to improve its shape and textures before handing it off to Allie for rigging and animation. After finishing up the forest townhome models, Cass then started in on texturing each of the structures. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Technical Director - Engineering lead. All engineers report to her. Architects the game’s major technical features and framework, then gradually shifts to managing the engineers that join the team and keeping them tasked out and productive. Environment Artist : Models, textures, and places the stuff in the game levels.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

For him it's not about the graphics, it's about source engine access and engineering processes. Being able to pinpoint bugs in the core Unreal Engine code, fix them, and submit patches to Epic is how modern software development works. I would never maintain my own engine branch.

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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. We're looking forward to seeing how Cass textures this beast of a model once he's done crafting it. Check it out!

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

iXie is an Indian company that was founded in 2011 and is a division of Indium, a global digital engineering company. Another specialty of Nuare Studio is 2D art, 3D high and low poly modeling, texturing, and VFX. Art Services, Engineering, Audio Services, Functionality QA, Localization, Localization QA, and Player Support.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

The walls' scorched texturing alludes to the carnage that has taken place in this once-great city. All pieces of furniture were purposefully modeled and textured to represent a general state of decay and neglect.adjectives that lend to the abandoned nature of many of our levels. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Now that both versions of the Cathedral models are complete, Cass can begin unwrapping the UV's before diving into the tedious texture work. This sprint, Karena was able to tackle the UVs and begin texturing. Rigging / Animation. Take a look! Here's a look at Nick's 3D version of the Myrtuna crest.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Below are two videos that showcase the throwing functionality; the first is an in-depth peel into the actual programming process within Unreal Engine 4, and the second showcases the throwing in action within the Kristala game build. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

High Resolution and Texture Quality : Running the game at a very high resolution or with maximum texture quality can overburden your graphics card, resulting in low FPS. Adjust the settings downward, such as reducing texture quality and turning off special effects like bloom or ray tracing.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This is the only place where you'll get a monthly, in-depth look at the development process for our inaugural title, Kristala - an enchantingly delightful 3D dark fantasy action RPG developed lovingly with Unreal Engine 4. Here's a look at Cass's finished model for the coliseum, complete with unwrapped UVs and applied textures.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

NVIDIA RTX Unreal Engine Branch (NvRTX) NvRTX is a custom UE4 branch for NVIDIA technologies on GitHub. It is now available as a plugin for Unreal Engine 4.26; the latest version can be found at NVIDIA Developer or Unreal Marketplace. Unity has announced that DLSS will be natively supported in Unity Engine version 2021.2

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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. I experimented with both Unity and Unreal Engine since real-time workflows seemed most practical for me as a solo artist. Building out the space station in Unreal Engine.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

We can't wait to see what all these look like when they're fully detailed, textured, and placed in the Kristala game build. Wanna see what this set looks like fully textured and detailed? The sprint, Karena was able to finally nail the crystal-like texture she was aiming for for this important item.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D models can be rigged and then animated, placed as stationary objects in a scene by a layout artist, simulated or destroyed by an FX artist, and used for shadows or holdouts by a lighting artist. 3D modeling software 3D modelers use a range of software for modeling, sculpting, and texturing.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

In order to initiate these changes, however, it was vital that we had proper environmental and character concepts to work from so that our 3D modeling team was fully capable of bringing the Kristala that exists in our minds to life in Unreal Engine. Here's a look at the textures Karena was able to add to these pieces over the past few weeks.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now that he's done with the model itself, Cass will focus on unwrapping the UV's before getting started on the detailed texturing for this colossal beauty. With Shelly's keen eye for detail (and impressive modeling and texturing skills), she's been able to capture exactly that with her new and improved crystal models. Take a look!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. We'll walk you through Nick's entire process for modeling and texturing these Twiggies in the comprehensive version of today's dev blog.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We've shown off 3D Generalist Joe's progress on this shield in previous installments of the Kristala game dev blog , but after a few other minor tweaks and revisions, the piece is now completed and ready to be implemented in Unreal Engine. link] Rigging / Animation. Walk / Run / Run with Shield Up. Shield Block.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

We especially love the scale-like indentations Bianca has started to add and we can't wait to see how he looks with painting and textures. The texturing featured in the below video is just a stand-in, but you can see how this plugin helps us better tame this feline fur. 3D Environmental Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Naturally, these environmental pieces will be found next to various headstones within the Graveyard level area we're currently working on detailing in Unreal Engine, but you'll have to wait until you play to find out who—or what —is actually doing the disturbing. Rigging / Animation. Check it out!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. During his first official pass, Pete was finally able to make the textures and shaders work in tandem.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 6, 2018

In this mega guide, we'll be importing models, their materials, textures AND animations. First you need Godot Engine's "Better" Collada exporter for Blender. you are creating your textures in Blender it is likely that you will leave this off too as you will be providing the normal map required for Godot. Let's do it!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Although he'd already completed the base models and initial texturing for the Nisargan Impaler and Rosethorne Swords prior to this sprint, Cass spent some time this month further refining each design and finetuning its details. Here are two of the different texture variants Pete showed off this sprint. Rigging / Animation.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 23, 2017

In my opinion, this feature is rather useless and I don't think any mainstream 3D engine supports extra object pivots either. It's a very, very rare use case for artists to re-use the same model and apply different textures to it. The reasoning behind this is that animation is imported in game engines mostly from characters.

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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. Behold, friends! The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala. Check it out!

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