Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Refactored blueprints and fixed animation bugs.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Builds, adjusts, and maintains animation skeletons for animators to make motions with. Sometimes called “ technical animator ”. Animator : [ Sculptor of time ]. Prop Artist : Creates the wire frames that form the shape of not living things. Rigger : [ The skeleton master ]. Who makes them work?

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Animation : This involves bringing 3D characters or objects to life by adding movement and motion. Lighting : Once the models are animated, the next stage is lighting. Prop art: It involves producing smaller pieces like weapons, furniture, and other things that assist to bring the game environment to life.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. Wrangling a dialogue system, from data entry all the way through to troubleshooting or bug fixing, is a common requirement. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? And that’s humans!

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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. We also really love how authentically Nisargan all the furniture pieces and props Harold created feel.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

With Cass tackling Nasahara, one of our talented 3D Generalists, Karena, continued working through various models for 3D props and items found in the Nisargan capital city of Nisar. Rigging / Animation. Stay tuned to hear more about the Cathedral and the mysterious attic NPC in future social posts and development blogs!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs over the past couple issues, you'll know that we've been working hard to come up with a way to create realistic-looking fur for our various animal-like characters. link] Rigging / Animation. In March, we welcomed our friend Shelly back to the ACS team.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

To round out this sprint, Joe started working on a bunch of props that will be found in Nasonder. Here's a list of all the bugs she addressed: Enabled functionality that forces players to equip consumables and spells, and to ensure the correct item is consumed (Kris Pearl) during the tutorial. Game Production / Rigging / Animation.

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