Psave Pseudoburger

ZASkaggs

MOST RECENT UPDATE/S:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifwQE80R2Q"]Pseudoburger Update 08 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyLAp38Dr0"]Janitor Sculpting Timelapse[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM_FG6Cdt8"]Update 07[/ame]

ZASkaggs

So I'm making a comedy adventure game called Psave Pseudoburger.

Presently I'm trying to get the protagonist together, but I've never been too strong at character art so any advice would be great.

The main plot point in Psave Pseudoburger is that you work for a once-successful fast food franchise called Pseudoburger.

You play as a man who's recently been promoted to a position so prestigious that no one at the company is actually sure what your duties are.

I haven't made any hair yet, because that's going to take some experimenting, but I'm probably not going to leave him bald. I think it might be wise to add the eyebrows in when I make the hair, and put them on the same texture sheet.

4600 triangles right now.

ZASkaggs

He's going to need some teeth.

Andreas

Tasty. I would remove that crease on the back of his jacket though.

I like him bald, consider leaving him that way.

ZASkaggs

I kind of liked him bald too. It made him look too much like a slick executive at some kind of high-powered tech company or something though. He needs to look like he works for a once-great burger franchise now on its last legs.

The eyebrows are just placeholders for now, the uvs are laid out over a part of the hair. I like the way they look though, so I think the final eyebrows will be quite similar to these.

The suit could use another pass, thinking about pinstripes. I'll tone down the seam in the back when I do that.



[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAIDEK8WWKk[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Revised the suit. Still a lot that I need to improve on I think, but for now this will do. I need to move on to some other elements of the game.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2FgVxkb_g[/ame]

Rhoutermans

I like it The shoes are so shinyyyy

ZASkaggs

An early test of the rig. My inexperience rigging has been a problem, but It's getting there.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRLYBM9J1I[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Placeholder walkcycle:

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUGtNr6QO4[/ame]

Torch

The character itself looks cool, although animation feels kinda robotic - limbs kinda 'snapping' in movement, lacks a feeling of weight to the character almost as if he's floating while walking. Also, you could probably have a bit more twist in the torso. I'm not an animator though, so just trying to crit as best I can. Keep refining it and show another update

ZASkaggs

I appreciate the feedback! I'm not much of an animator either . I'll get there eventually though.

ZASkaggs

Some basic features are now in place.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrQ6j1qXEqo[/ame]

Belias

nice work man...

Avanthera

Haha, that's an interesting little game setup you have so far. The character turned out really nice! The animation could use some weight behind the steps, but it still looks good for a non-animator. If you're trying to make a whole game by yourself, doing this more simple style will definitely work in your favor. Good luck!

ZASkaggs

Thanks for the support guys!

I hope to improve my animation skills considerably over the course of this project. I expect to do a few drafts of the walk cycle before I create one good enough to keep.

Little feature update:
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXb-WhBSM0[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Got the inventory system working. I'm looking forward to getting my focus back on the art soon.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=01r0B4F0sKw[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Finished the dialogue system now. All of the UI is likely to change before the project is done.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWQQ7Zj4zQ[/ame]

harricool

hi there nice model good work on the suit...since you are giving him teeth u should keep his mouth open and give an inner extrusion for inner part of mouth...ur gray-scale model shows the character mouth doesn't have an opening....keep up the cool work

ZASkaggs

Thanks, he actually can open his mouth already (as you can see in the second half of the rig test video above). The reason that the low poly looks like he can't is because I modeled it so that when he closes his mouth it locks up perfectly so that the vertices from the upper and lower lip occupy the exact the same space.

This was, in retrospect, a serious mistake. It makes rigging unnecessarily complicated.

ZASkaggs

Just another feature update today:
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKdBybB7GU[/ame]

I'll have an actual art update next, probably tomorrow.

ZASkaggs

Just some simple computer props today. The texture jobs on these props are going to be very light and largely driven by the AO. This is both because I think it's going to suit the cartoon look of the game and (crucially) because this is a solo project and I have a lot of content to get through.

I'll try to go back and clean up the worst looking assets after I get further along in development. These look good enough for now though.

ZASkaggs

Video update:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W09l-jGl2aI&feature=share&list=PLdhGa_9RNQQfu-Nh9lmv1biyCkm95Y1K_"]Pseudoburger Update 06 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Hey, I've finished a new character. I also have an indiegogo campaign up if anyone's interested: http://igg.me/at/Pseudoburger/x/3357696

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtorT2Mafs0"]Security Guard Turntable[/ame]

ZASkaggs

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM_FG6Cdt8"]Update 07[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Timelapse!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyLAp38Dr0"]Janitor Sculpting Timelapse - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Didn't do a timelapse of the retopo after all (compression was crap), but here's an image:



Polycount is about 3,500, which is higher than I'd like. I might go back later and optimize some of this stuff if I have the time.

Dave Jr

What Game engine is this? And where di you learn to program? are there any particular tutorials you could possibly advise?

ZASkaggs

The game engine is Unity.

As for programming, my skills are rudimentary and years out of practice. So I can't really help you there.

I'm using a visual scripting system called Playmaker for this. Everything I've done for Pseudoburger was made that way. Here's a link to their website in case you're curious: http://www.hutonggames.com/

ZASkaggs

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifwQE80R2Q"]Pseudoburger Update 08 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Another one!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G_jEKn53Zg"]Pseudoburger Update 09 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs

Been too long, a quick little WIP shot of some props: