Project Dynamo - Mobile MOBA character designs

deanmay

Project Dynamo is an upcoming kid-friendly MOBA aimed at the age group that thinks any and all jobs are the coolest thing ever.  Characters will drive mechs based on a variety of service jobs, from construction workers to astronauts.  Target platform is iPad and Android.

Project Members -
Amber Ansdell: https://www.artstation.com/amberansdell
Chris Ruiz: https://www.artstation.com/smearg
Dean May: https://www.artstation.com/deanmay

Designs by Amber Ansdell, Chris Ruiz, and Dean May









For the flagship character design, I modeled out Budge and his bulldozer mech based on my initial concept - 


He'll be a tank character in the final game, but for now he's a proof of concept.  Started with a high poly in 3ds max-


Took it down to 8.8k tris-


Baked normals at 2k in marmoset 3 before building materials in substance designer-


And finally taking some beauty shots in Marmoset-


More to come soon! Over the next couple months I'm planning to model Posh's London bus mech and Henry's freight train mech, keep an eye out!

Bar0n

This looks very cool! 

Looking forward to see the bus mech

deanmay

New mech in the works, as well as a character sculpt courtesy of Chris Ruiz!  His work can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/smearg

Budge character model (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/medbE):


And driving his mech (grime and decals to come):


Progress on Posh's London Bus mech:

Concept:


Some additions by Amber Ansdell:


And the mech in it's midpoly state:


Lowpoly and material pass to come in two weeks!

Olingova

Really love the concepts!!! I personally really look forward to see the farmer mech, yeah decals nd maybe a bit of weathering will be cool!

deanmay

Thanks! Amber built us a couple generic splatter stamps for the mud and grime, gonna try them out on Budge in substance painter soon.

Quantm

Looks nice. Agree putting some works on texture would be awesome. Too clean and plastic-ish. Some badass/battle-worn feel maybe?

deanmay

That's the idea.  Not gonna go too heavy with the wear and tear since we want to preserve the toy-like aesthetic, but some flavor will help.

deanmay

Some progress on Posh!  The mech is sitting at 8.7k tris, and is currently on a 2k texture sheet.

Also, Chris has been hard at work on the pilot - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PWJmr


Gonna do a grime pass on both mechs in the coming week.

deanmay

Budge is just about finished!  Posh coming soon as well.

deanmay

Rig coming in the next week or so!


Also, a preview of the next mech and pilot, Dusty and his street sweeper:


Mech sketch by Amber and myself, Dusty ortho courtesy of Chris

Stay tuned!

Olingova

Soooooo cooool!!! Love it!! The bus one looks great the colored details reaaaally do the tricks!! Makes me think that one or two red and blue cable on the construction mech could maybe be a nice touch keep it up!!

deanmay

Thanks Olingova!

Quick update with Budge and his mech posed and looking terrific -