[Riot Art Contest] - Chantal LeBlanc
polycounter lvl 3
Hey all, I can't wait to get started on this FX challenge! I'll be doing my FX in Houdini with game usability in mind. I'll be sure to upload my progress as I make it.
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For my second effect I was thinking of something like morgana's tormented soil except made of sand and would create an area of effect slow. For this I'd like to do something really fun with particles and some kind of interactive texture maybe.
I already imagine it in-game. Would look awesome! \o/
Can't wait to see your future updates!
Loki, looks cool! Have you thought of how to cut it up so you can show it at the other angles? Or are you going to do a rerender for all of them?
Denmo:I have thought about it actually. It seems like there's roughly 2 shapes that its being made up of. I'll need the puffs at the end that can be viewed as sprites from any angle and then the shape from the top of the smoke being pushed. I think that should about cover it. Time will tell
For my second effect, I decided to create something similar to a plasma rifle. In the end, its going to end up looking a lot like Caitlyn Ult but with a sci-fi/techy twist. For now, I have the reticle animation going. I was originally going to have the reticle on the player who is shooting the rifle to simulate "looking through the scope" but the more I look at it the more I'm starting to think the reticle should be on the target. I'll be working more on the actual plasma shot today and will hopefully have more to post for you all as well! And as always, C&C are welcomed
The "data" is eventually going to be animating runes or numbers so it wont be so static. Also ignore the static tick marks... I forgot to turn those off. Whoops
Maybe a bit long and slow, though. And yes, I think it should be on the target.
So that they can see they're being targeted and thus hiding behind a comrade or getting out of range. ^^
But still, looking good, and I can't wait to see the full FX! \o/
EDIT: Could also have some kind of "clock" or countdown. Like some kind of gears or something, adjusting or rotating, and counting down till the shot. Just an idea I got from looking at those 12(?) small lines going from a 360° to 90° in your fx. ^^
For the gif, you might want to use ScreenToGif.
It works really well. ^^
For the bigger "spikes" (see picture), I'd see them rotating without scaling, until the end, where they'd shrink to the center, as if they'd "lock" the target right before the shot.
A bit like this:
(Sorry, I'm really bad at sketching xD)
Also, if you are looking to get a countdown feel to it, you could have all your elements lock in quickly, then use the three rings in the center for your count down. Complete one at a time (large: start to finish, medium: start to finish, then the smallest from start to finish) To really push that concept home for the countdown, you could give each an analogous color, yellow/orange/red etc.
And don't worry Mr.Nuget I haven't given up on the Sandstorm, I just think I need to re evaluate the way I was approaching it. In the meantime though this one is much more straightforward and is turning out to be a good warm up almost to the more complicated idea of the sandstorm
*Also ignore the bounding boxes. Can't hide those in a playblast unfortunately.
Anyway, like I said I'll try and get the in engine gif up tomorrow. Can't wait to share my progress!
Comments and critics are very appreciated!
Maybe too bright ?