Hey,
Name is Ryan. I've been doing VFX for a little over a year, and I'm pretty excited about this contest. It's also my first one that I am entering and actually going to see through to the end.
I have never actually played LoL so first couple of weeks are going to be research for me.
I'm excited to see everyone else's stuff too so good luck!
Oh! Also, I plan on starting this thing off in UDK 3 since that is what I am most comfortable with. I haven't actually gotten around to getting 4 yet but might try towards the later part of the contest.
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Also to anyone interested, if you have a school email and want to register with gitHub, you can get a year subscription to Unreal 4.
https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-4-free-for-students-through-github
I have an idea of where I'm headed with the first effect. I'd like it to be a projectile with a great impact. It might have a trail that lingers after the projectile takes off and a bit of a sonic boom type shockwave.
I took a little bit of time to get into LoL as well and got through the tutorial. Going to read up a bit before I choose my champion. I'm sure all that will have a heavy influence on what I want to do for this contest too.
My posts after this should be less wordy as I concept and create more. Can't wait to see what everyone else is doing! Also really glad we have until December to work on these.