iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2025

Game studios today face a growing challenge: delivering visually compelling, platform-agnostic gameplay without sacrificing responsiveness or stretching production timelines. The most successful studios treat that window as non-negotiable. Asset Optimisation That Prevents Late-Stage Rework First impressions matter.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

To create these lighting effects, 3D lighters often use some of the following software: Autodesk Maya : Maya is an industry-standard 3D lighting and rendering software employed by some of the biggest VFX, game, and animation studios and allows the execution of large, complex shots. sun/moonlight, overhead lights in a building, etc.).

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The animator can also create characters using digital rigging. It’s more mechanical and technical than 2D animations and requires input from other departments to create 3D models and complex character rigs. 3D animation lets you drop your 3D rigged model into a digital scene and manipulate it. 3D Animation.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Rigging : It’s about building a framework of bones and controls to allow the movement of 3D objects or characters. The Role of the 3D Game Artist A 3D game artist is a specialist in charge of producing 3D game assets using programs like Autodesk Maya, Blender, or 3ds Max. Here, the game’s finishing touches are applied.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 10, 2025

VFX studios use specialized software and animation techniques from early planning to final rendering. Asset Creation and Development The asset creation phase builds all digital elements needed in the final composition. The studio runs a high-performance computer network that lets teams simultaneously process multiple shots.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

link] 3D Asset Design. Last on our list for Asset Design updates are a couple models brought to you by the newest member of the Astral Clocktower family, Shelly! Joe continues to power through setting up our Nasahara Ruins level and establishing a cache of assets to use for both scenery and obstacles. Here's the bug in action.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

link] 3D Asset Design. When she's not working on the Anagativa model, Shelly's been applying her texturing talents to some of the existing assets both Nick and Cass have previously created. We can't wait to see what else Shelly has up her metaphorical sleeve to make our existing 3D assets even more realistic and lifelike.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Once the production began, I had more drive to assemble the scene using the foliage tool and Megascans assets. My Technical Assistant, Marc, helped to calm me down and pointed out how certain assets could be done in a smarter and cheaper way without sacrificing the visual quality.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

A single shot or asset will often travel through numerous artists and multiple departments before being finalized. As an asset takes shape, it must be presented in a turntable so its look can be properly inspected and approved or given notes by relevant supervisors or clients. So, where do you fit into the production pipeline?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 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

OCTOBER 8, 2020

3D Asset Design. In our last issue, Nick had rounded out the month of August by getting started on the assets needed for our Nasahara Ruins level. Karena began working through a list of assets needed for the Nisarga clan's capital city of Nisar. Animation / Rigging. There will be rum! Here's a look at Karena's process.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Once a scene is completed, animation cels are layered on top of each other and photographed in succession using a special top-down rig. And, most critically, the initial material used in creating cels also happened to be highly flammable, which could be a problem under the hot lights of a film studio. But who knows?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Kristala is the inaugural title from the leading ladies behind Astral Clocktower Studios, a female-owned-and-operated indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. If this is your first time joining us, we're super happy to have you!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. link] Rigging / Animation. We especially love the double moons Tiff created and showed off in the video below.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. In-tact and broken Amulets.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. To rig and animate the character I could have used of course my preferred 3D-modelling software, but I found an amazing (it really is!)

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Behind every immersive world lies a meticulously crafted game art pipeline, a process where raw ideas evolve into interactive, polished assets. In the early days of game development, creating assets was a fragmented, time-consuming process. But how exactly does a simple sketch transform into a fully animated, game-ready asset?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Rigging / Animation. link] Programming.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

and try your luck at winning a FREE PS5 Disc Edition, courtesy of women-lead indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Featuring the latest releases from studios large and small—and from developers old and new—Play NYC celebrates every facet of gaming in a way that only the Big Apple can. Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. 3D Asset Design. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Here we go.

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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. Can you spot it?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

To summarise it, failing to make and scale a high-quality RPG will likely doom a studio. To avoid this unnecessary scenario a studio should consider two elements: Trap 1: Watch out for over-extending your production costs. Just look at Hero Wars from a Playrix associated studio. Same Studio. More depth. Better graphics.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. 3D Asset Design. Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

3D Asset Design. This sprint, our 3D Asset Designer, Nick, continued working through the long list of models that will detail and decorate the desolate and beautiful, ruined city of Nasahara. Animation / Rigging / Game Production. But first, let's dive into what the dev team has been up to over the course of the last sprint.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Our ultimate goal is to create a gameplay experience that feels completely individual and unique to players. Level Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

A studio working on an RPG has to focus on depth over core gameplay, have incredibly robust live operation capabilities, and nearly impeccable production processes that keep the content fresh for the players. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. Which makes sense.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!)

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here’s a short preview of the game that we’ll create: Download The Assets And Complete Project For This Tutorial. Download The Assets. You can download the assets and the complete project for this tutorial by clicking on the button above. to open it.

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