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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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

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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Nevertheless, Puzzle RPGs look to be at their peak while Idle RPG revenues have already declined.

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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

MARCH 20, 2021

Rigging / Animation. In the last issue of the Kristala dev blog, we showed off the progress our Studio Founder, Game Producer, and resident Rigger/Animator, Allie, made on the custom facial rig for our new character model. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. link] Sound Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires. This makes RPGs the third-largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.0Bn) and Puzzle ($5.1Bn) games. Puzzle RPG Within the Puzzle RPG Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle continues to reign supreme powered by its strong home market of Japan, which brings over half of its +$600M a year revenues.

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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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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

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

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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