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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 8, 2023

For example, the AI-driven NPC (non-player characters) in the game can have their own behaviors and motivations, making them feel more like real characters. AI could also be used to provide feedback and guidance to help students understand the underlying principles and concepts.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

There are other ways to play with this fatigue and stamina concept. It probably took me 6 months to implement, iterate, and polish this concept up. It also doesn’t have to be stamina bars, it can just be about how fighting is done in farming games or talking to an npc. Effectively increasing your stamina by 24!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Concept Art. After Concept Artist Harold reimagined each level area in the demo, we then had him concept out the individual props that will be needed to carefully detail each environment. We really liked the concept of the existing logo, but we wanted to see what it would look like with a more realistic clock tower.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 31, 2023

In cognitive psychology, there’s this concept called “Cognitive Load”. You already have all of these things you’re thinking about already - this quest for this NPC, that collection for the thing you wanted to craft, how to defeat these particular monsters, etc. Beyond that maximum, you start forgetting things and need to be reminded.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Concept Art. In our last issue, we introduced you to a bunch of new team members that recently joined our growing family, including our newest Environmental Concept artist, Harold. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo. Let's dive in.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. The game says you must kill her first, like this, always -- and if she always dies so early, that means her concept doesn't get to interact with anyone else. It would feel terrible.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. 3D Modeling.

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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Last issue, we shared 3D Character Designer Bianca's progress on the model for our Nisargan forest nymph NPC. Part of this initiative includes refining the player character's model so that it closely matches the incredible concept art l_aciel has created for our Anagativan beings. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

In addition to a major NPC that we're currently keeping under wraps until our gameplay trailer is finished, Shelly also started working on the model for our male playable character. We also invite you to share any updates from your own projects or creations - 3D art, drawings, concepts, tracks.we Animation / Rigging / Production.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Game modes like FIFA’s Ultimate Team are a practical example of this concept in action. NPC (non-player character) Intelligence Enhancement The majority of the enemies in today’s games are non-player characters (NPCs), however, advances in AI are making it possible to give these characters some degree of intelligence.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

Concept Art. When we last met, our concept art team was working on finalizing a few last-minute items needed for our Vertical Slice. With these icons completed, James was then able to turn his attention back to creating a few detailed concepts featuring a bunch of the custom VFX we've got in the works. Staff Parry Icon.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

Concept Art. Pete not only possesses a wealth of talent and experience when it comes to concept art, but he's also an incredibly skilled character modeler and rigger too. As Pete's first official task for Kristala, we had him work on revising the concept art for a very important NPC, Gustav Gondasa.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Gradually all these advancements and upgrades add up to a NPC-driven town that can maintain and feed itself automatically. A high concept with a high execution. Do you believe in the importance of live sacrifices? But also veganism? Your cute animal cult will follow whatever "Doctrines" you declare.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Also, worth listening to my conversation with Pete Seicienski on his “Adventure Games” concept, which is very much related to this Sense of Wonder thing ). Although it’s definitely important to notice that all RPGs use both systemic and narrative cues to create a sense of wonder.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once. Why did something like that come to be?

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Okay, I got you to do all of this because we often find in our more advanced online course that we teach, students learn abstract concepts better if they first get their hands dirty working with the materials first. Step 5: Visual Scripting Language & Concepts. Like what is this small colored circle, or this one?

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Grid Sage Games

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Moria’s descendant Angband also included ego items ( over 100 properties), but expanded the concept of randomized items even further by adding the option to activate “Randomly Generated Artifacts,” abbreviated “randarts.” Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow. Just in that third screenshot alone there are so many concepts which feel new and confusing. This is great!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow. Just in that third screenshot alone there are so many concepts which feel new and confusing. This is great!

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Back in 2012, John Mix Meyer wrote "Women aren’t vending machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out" to critique proto-PUA concepts like the friendzone. In this situation, the NPC knows what you're here for and he wants it too, even if you kinda hate each other. Sometimes people have sex with someone they don't like.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Some players may try to guess an NPC's sexual mood based on stereotypes like muscular tops, skinny submissive twink bottoms, etc. 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. L of semen for each one.

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Real Programming

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With a rich history that includes introducing AI concepts in programming classes as early as the 1990s, RP4K is now seizing the opportunity to delve deeper into the exciting world of AI. State Machines and Behavior Trees: Tools for designing intelligent NPC behaviors and interactions.

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