Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

3:22 - Conversation wheel with “personality” icons and paraphrased words 3:39 - Dynamic inventory in game cinematics, show player’s items 3:46 - Scripted Player equipment change during cinematic 4:04 - Quest variables (e.g. My expertise is in gameplay, so that’s where I will be focusing.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox?

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Human writers enter details of an NPC’s roles, personality, and parameters. Nor did any of those jobs touch upon programmers, artists, animators, and other creative roles in digital entertainment. Ubisoft’s video demo of Ghostwriter makes the tool seem useful enough.

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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. What we can tell you is that the place beyond was once home to a prominent NPC you'll meet during gameplay.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Animation: Two perspectives, the separation of cloud and mud Lost Ark has a sincere visual performance, among which are various cutscenes from a top-down perspective. Re-animating the cutscenes into a top-down view, or even removing them if possible, would not detract from the game in terms of art quality and continuity.

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