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. 3D Asset Design. Ready to take a break from the mundane and dive head-first into the magic of Kristala?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

3D Asset Design. To kick things off, Nick continued working through his list of custom assets needed for our various level areas, including the swamp villages of the Dalamase, the singed streets and charred abodes of the Nasahara, plus some additional trinkets and items meant for a few of our special NPCs. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. 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. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

After fiddling around and running some tests, Will was able to make it so that the character can effectively roll through various environmental objects - like the barrels shown in the clip below - to destroy them. link] 3D Asset Design. Here's the bug in action. This sprint, Nick has been hard at work in the Kristala greenhouse!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces. 3D Asset Design. Here's a look at the initial concept for this beautiful armor, followed by some progress shots Nick shared with our team while working on this stunning set.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

We’ll be sharing some clips from David’s recording sesh for Hiratrola—plus many more making-the-trailer goodies—over on the Kristala Patreon hub , so join us over there if you’d like to snag some exclusive Kristala content you definitely won’t find anywhere else. Concept Art. Staff Parry Icon. Riposte Icon.

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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. Concept Art. These pieces will vary in both shape and strength.

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The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” – Steve Jobs Overview In this lesson, we will handle the concepts of Life and Death. Combat Result System Now that we have the concept of hit points and a dying status, we have everything we need to determine when a combat has been concluded. Summary In this lesson we focused on the concept of Health. Did you win?

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Both games were incredibly successful and powered by humongous content machines that could deliver maps, weapons, modes, and items at a regular cadence, thanks to a combination of large teams and a low bar for asset fidelity and design complexity. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

As in Skyrim, my animations are charmingly janky, with penises occasionally clipping through eyes and noses, or even through the back of the skull entirely. Violence is usually the first thing to prototype in an action game, but here it surprised me how much work it took to hack violence into an existing system that had no concept of it.

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