[Riot Creative Contest 2017] - radm0bile

radm0bile

Hey All - Going to get started on some block ins to work out some ideas. Want to start this thread as a placeholder for now

Stoked to see what amazing stuff people come up with!

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Last one!



Thanks to everyone for all the amazing feedback along the way it really helped. Cant wait to see everyone's finished pieces! There is so much good work here it blows me away.

radm0bile

Long time no update!

This is just a WIP of what I have currently. Its not very far along as I am trying to get the skeleton of the effect all made. There still needs to be the attack itself and impact on the next sphere as well as work on the timing, anticipation and color.

The idea is to have the constellation follow a path to the other sphere and activate a shield at the moment. I'll see how that works.

Loving what I see from others so far!

radm0bile

Trying to work out the connecting section

parag

Oh this is looking amazing  

radm0bile

Just playing with some colors to add depth - Let me know if it works.

Added some contrast to the values in the stars so they get darker toward the outside as well. Cheers

bem56

This is really cool!

radm0bile

Updated some of the colors and timing.

Still more to do in that area and the impact at the end is pretty placeholder at the moment.

radm0bile

Some timing and value tweaks. Still more to do with the impact and a status effect.

Yanni

I'm really liking this, very nice!

radm0bile

Hey thanks a lot!!

Kassyndra

The color palette is so satisfying to watch!

radm0bile

Thanks!

radm0bile

More tweaking timing, colors, value etc

Kassyndra

This keep getting better and better!

I want to ask though. How to you create that 'flow down' effect? It looks gorgeous!

radm0bile

Thanks a lot!! - Are you talking about the end part? If so, I am using two cylindrical meshes with masked out ends to hide the edges. Then panning a smoke texture and stars down them. Then I erode the texture alphas through the shader to expose more negative space if wanted.

Hope this helps!

Jchisolm

The progress on this has been awesome! Really loving the direction of it so far. The falling nebula effect at the end is super satisfying! The one thing that stands out to me is that the constellation trail of the projectile feels a bit disconnected. It doesn't seem as noticeable as the motion and flash of the source sphere it's coming from. 

radm0bile

Thanks man!! Yeah I definitely understand what you mean. The connecting trail doesn't have any of the violets in it either which might also contribute to its feeling disconnected. Im gonna have a look at that and see what I can do. Thx!

DeviousShadows

Wow, the progress is just breath taking!

radm0bile

Thanks!!! Hope to keep improving

Kassyndra

Thanks for sharing your technique! It looks super neat, really. My only suggestion is that the 'debuff' part maybe could use some fading glow to help communicate the expiring power, and it might help communicate that 'Hey! something is being affected here!'. Right now I can see some fade but it's super subtle and I think it could be spiced up!

This may also be only me but I think the missile could be launched earlier? Right now it's kinda 'Constellation absorb' *0.1 second or dead air* 'Launch!'. My suggestion is the missile should launch as soon as the constellation collapsing midway or as soon as it starts collapsing, but it's subjective though, I think.

radm0bile

Thanks for the feedback! I definitely get where you're coming from. That's a great idea for the debuff, it should add some visibility to highlight that its affecting the player.

I'll look at the timing of the constellation firing as well. I'm sure it could be improved upon. Thx again!

radm0bile

A few more tweaks. Trying to address some feedback and make the ending more connected. Definitely more feedback to implement though.

Kassyndra

The debuff part is so good! In fact, I think I love the tempo of your ability. The movement and timing is so lively and elastic! The timing between the cast and the missile, for me, is almost almost right. There's still about 3-5 frames of dead air in my opinion.

Still, the diamond is on its way to its complete cut! Cheers to you woo woo!

Pop2corn

Really nice !
How did you the smoke ad the end for the debuff? It's really smooth the way it flow ! circulat mesh / polar coordinate with uv pan maybe ? 

radm0bile

@Kassyndra - Thanks a lot!! I love the way yours turned out too! The colors are so on point! - I definitely see what you mean about the delay, ill put that on my list next to take a look at. Thanks for the critical eye.

@Pop2corn - Thanks! Yours is looking good so far as well! Fantastic timing. - The smoke at the end is a couple cylinders that are tapered on one end and have the ends masked out to hide them. Then yep, you guessed it just panning UVs and eroding the texture in the shader. 

radm0bile

Last one!



Thanks to everyone for all the amazing feedback along the way it really helped. Cant wait to see everyone's finished pieces! There is so much good work here it blows me away.

ibanez_cc

Love the color!!

radm0bile

Thanks!!!