CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The blueprint was already rigged with a Metahuman, and the riding physics seemed perfect for what I needed. I showed him my first cut, and he had very valuable animation suggestions. He assisted me in animating the character movements and giving it a more natural feel.

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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. Game Production / Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Even cooler, Neil is modeled after studio founder Allie's IRL late father, Neil, who had a penchant for all things animal and a deep love for the Grateful Dead. Check out the Animation updates later in this issue of the Kristala dev blog to see what these babies look like added to our character and fashioned into a ferocious sneer.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Their leather armor is often decorated with twisting vines, animal imagery, preserved flowers, and other natural craftsmanship. To fix the bug, one of our Gameplay Programmers, Julian, modified the root blending in the character's animation montages. Rigging / Animation. Projectile cast animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

It may not seem like it would be a difficult piece of the game-dev puzzle to figure out, but we've struggled to make the fog in our demo level look realistic without also causing sight issues for players in game. Rodrigo also added an animated Game Save/Loading icon too, which we ultimately ended up changing to a blue hue (vs.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Secondly, the animations that trigger when a potion is consumed take significantly longer to play out compared to the new VFX animations we have in the works for these crystal designs and results in having to halt the player while the animations play out. link] Rigging / Animation. Shield Bash. Idle / Idle Patrol.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Character Animation Blueprint. To animate the character we need to create the animation blueprint. Give the new animation blueprint name BP_Player_Animation and open it in the editor. Inside the Player_Character folder Right Click and create a new folder called Blend_Spaces.

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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Game Production / Rigging / Animation. This sprint, Game Producer Allie continued her work on the rigging and skinning for the revised model of our female main character, ensuring its skeleton and controls were sound. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. link] Sound Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

[link] Rigging / Animation. Just as you read in our Programming section above, there's a ton of content our Animators have been working on this sprint in relation to the major boss fight that will be featured at the conclusion of the upcoming Kristala demo. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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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. link] Rigging / Animation. The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala.

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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. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. Sound Design.

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