[GEMINI] Final Year Games Project [WIP]
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CORE MEMBERS
Vicki Barglik - Art Director / 2D Character Artist / Project Manager
Haw Chan - Game Designer / Tech Artist
Tristan Kevin Laskowski - Hard Surface Modeller
Shueb Islam - VFX Artist / Sound
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FREELANCE
Cleo Edwars - Music Development
Gabriel Cingel - Lighting Artist / Blockout
Gabriel Monteiro - 3D Character Modeller
Laurelynn Austin - Environment Concept Art
Emi P - Environment Concept Art
Jacob Challis-Wagstaff - Texture Artist
Jericho Posadas - Animation Fred Austin - Animation
Philipp Canales - Foliage / 3D Artist
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SYNOPSIS
Stylised / Low-Poly / Open-World / Puzzle / Ambience / Third-Person
With the One World out of balance, you must traverse the True World and the Other World, as the Gemini God’s two worldly existences, to collect the fallen constellations of the Zodiac. Using all of the different Zodiac abilities, you solve puzzles to explore the ruins of the One World, and return it to harmony.
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Hi 😆 Gemini Game concept artist here (Vicki)!
I present some beginning concepts of the playable character: Gemini!
Above are some silhouette thumbnail sketches of what the character could potentially look like.. 🤔
I took some of the more interesting silhouettes and added detail, but we decided on a more simple look in the end!
One of these cute designs caught our eye! Which do you think it it will be? (Find out in the next episode... dun dun dun! lol)
See ya!
Thanks for tuning back in to the second episode of the Gemini Project lol
We left off on a cliffhanger - what will the main character look like?
Well here he is!
Gemini is the main character of the game, and will be playable in both versions of the One world and distinguishable due to colour variations! We also want the head piece to have a gradient of opacity like in the original chibi design as well as some cloak details :3
I wanted to explore the colour possibilities below first...
Take notice of the very cool rune/pattern details i added to the scarf and cloak! I'm undecided on which i like best... HELP! lol
The takeaway from the people around me was that the more vibrant colours were more popular, so i did some more colour studies! Favourites?
All in all, were still unsure.. We want the character to fit in with the world while standing out! Maybe the final colours will only be decided when the world design will come together?
Stay tuned for Gem boys turn around!
Byeeeee!
Hello again!
*cue dramatic music*
ENTER: GEMINI TURN AROUND!!!!!
(with a stand-in colour scheme)
Cant wait to see him in 3D!!! ❤️
WELCOME BACK!
Exciting progress!!!!
With the help of Mr. Gabriel Monteiro, Gemini is slowly becoming his 3D self!
I did have a bit of things for him to edit though!
And he delivered, the absolute king!
Obviously i am never satisfied LMAO and gave him more things to change....
Gab the legend responds with beautiful edits!
AAAA IT LOOKS SO GOOD! crazy to see your work come to life!!!
Love u Gab ur the best ❤️
Look forward to more edits!!
Laters!
3D CHARACTER UPDATE!
Gab did a bit more to the cloak thats worth showing!
He started retopologizing the model 😆
But we did ask for even less polys...
ITS COMING ALONG!
YAAYYYY
Be prepared for yummy trousers....!!!
They look so good no?? Ty Gabb!!
❤️
YOU
ARE
NOT
PREPARED
FOR
THIS
Literally.
I went WILD when i saw this omfg
Gab is a god omg
im crying its so pretty - and the sparkles on the head piece scarf ❤️
Hi hi!
So, Gemini will have abilities he'll be able to unlock.. and I drew up some quick motions for the look of the animation of each of these abilities 😆
There is a Charged jump (Libra)
A Directional Charge Attack (Aries)
A Shooting Ability (Sagittarius)
Im not sure about the logistics of charging/plunging into a breakable rock with your face and about the way Gemini looks when shooting.. but thats for future me to worry about LOL
Helluu!!!!
Ive been working on some plants for the foresty area of the map!!
What do you guys think?!
Here is a sneak peek of the block out for the sky island region!! And below is one more block out of the main building in sky island :). Can't wait to see the complete product myself.
Cool project
Wow, really loved the final version for that character! Nice shapes and textures.
Can't wait to play!
Hey hey hey is me again uwu
I wanted to show off how I got to the stage of the final logo design!
Initially I wanted something that maybe encompassed the Gemini sign ♊️ and the idea of the two worlds... so i came up with these...
And I finalised one of the designs we liked....
But damn. It wasnt it. The genini sign looked more like a 2 than the the sign and the vibe was just so old fashioned looking...
Back to the drawing board!
I tried some looser and modern fonts, but nothing was sticking...
UNTIL!!!!!
I tried incorporating those runes from Gemini's clothes that i designed earlier - like with the squares and lines - and we liked it soooo much! I think it turned out so good!
I finalised it in indesign and voila!
The title logo :DD
YAY!
I've been trying to make a 'picture' logo for the game 🤔
Initially i tried using the letters of the fonts to make like an overlapping logo...
But we weren't too into it...
I then tried incorporating the Gemini sign into it again... We like these more, but were still unsure about which one we like..
Which is your favourite?
Any tips or ideas?
Hewwo uwu
So! We were thinking of having a statue in the altars where Gemini is able to pick up and unlock new zodiac abilities.. and ive designed something!
We can later cut up the 3d model maybe and have it be a part of the ruins scattered nearby!
AND!! each zodiac sign can have a statue with different horns and the orb in between them will be corresponding to the zodiac altar it guards!
I can not wait to see your character in action.
How is the level coming on?
I have been TRYING my best to figure out the architecture of this world...
This one is the design of the spawn point Gemini Altar where the game begins...
(Left to right: Floating island with pillars and waterfalls spawn point, bridge, exit with statues guarding the exit)
I tried incorporating the rune design from the clothes within the architecture again, as always trying to tie everything in the world together contextually...
But it just seemed too intricate for a simple bridge, so i tried toning it down... Maybe a mix of these will work in 3D? Who knows...
What do you think? Do they work? no? yes? maybe?
Extra stuffs I did!
I was thinking about the potential crosshair design for the shooting and time stop abilities... I like the bottom right but maybe it maybe too bulky for the game?
I was also brainstorming some designs for the leading lights that will help the player know which direction to go in...
I think maybe the left is interesting but the weight ratio of the design is not it yet - I'll have to rework it for sure!
Thoughts?
I also sketched up some pillar designs for the altars.. im not sure how i feel about them but its just the beginning!
HI!
Laurelynn Austin made some lovely concept art for us for the Sky island/Cave part of the worlds!
Sky Island:
Caves:
With minor colour alterations....
Which do you like more?
Thank you Laurelynn!!
We Initially, for ease of testing, used the keyboard controls to move the character and use abilities.. BUT!!
I present to you, the new and improved controls!
I hope these controls will be comfortable to use!
Do you think anything should've been different?
I made a loading screen? But its just a 2d animation and frankly there was probably a way easier way of doing this animation in 3d.. And that would've probably made it able to be playable in correspondence to the loaded percentage...
I'd also like it if the animation were to continue and be 'erased' in the same way it appeared.
How can we do this?
I tried developing the Sky island architecture 🤔
Were thinking of making each part of the models separately so that they can be modularly assembled and thus give a lot more variety in architecture while not giving us a lot of work! YAY!
HIII!!
Ive been continuing with the flora of the two worlds!
Here are some designs (Some older recoloured/reworked)
What are your thoughts on these? Like them?
So! Jericho Posadas, another absolute UNIT of a KING, rigged and did a bit of animation of our Gem boy!
It looks SO GOOD!
I believe he used a plugin called kawaiiphysics to make the head piece flow in such a lovely way!
The cloak got a bit buggy..
BUT! He managed to fix the cape too!!!!
IT LOOKS SO PRETTYYYYY!!!!!
Vote Jericho for best boy
Hellu :>
Just wanted to show an updated version of that lady statue from before...
Which version do you like best? She will stand around a roundish altar on pillars!
the last one is the best but they are all amazing
cant wait to see in color
Hiii 😆
Jericho made some lovely animations for little Gem boy!
Idle:
Jump:
Run:
Walk:
Here we have a little clothed turn around...
But the cloth simulation for the cloak isnt entirely what we want - It looks kind of rubbery and heavy and folds in weird places... and the bottom of the fabric is all warped
We want it too look more whimsical and light while simultaneously more stiff?
Kind of what you see in Journey mixed with a hint of Gris!
Another gif showcasing our issue
If anyone has an idea about how to make this look nicer, let us know!!
Maybe theres some sort of sim out there that will do this for us without us having to animate everything by hand!!
Thanks a bunch!
Here we have a little extra Idle animation made by Fred Austin!
So cute and alert uwu
Our music artist, Cleo Edwars, has been working on some lovely tunes!
https://voca.ro/13fqm0FoOhyv (CLICK HERE)
HIII!!!
I designed some more architecture! This is for the altar where you will be able to redeem collectable stars and use them for unlocking constellations! It will also double as a portal to the Other world
You cans see here the bare bones of the altar... The stone in the middle (which may need to be bigger?) would be the portal - it would be nice if we could see the other world looking at it, but im being told that may be hard.. Ideas?
This is the constellation unlockable part of the altar, where you can attain zodiac abilities! Some of the 'particle cloth' is cut\torn making unlocking that designated zodiac impossible! But some are whole - these are the currently playable zodiac abilities! The Gemini zodiac's designated 'particle cloth' will be already ' unlocked (the ability to enter the two worlds)! Unlocked constellations will glow while locked ones will not!
Finally! You've seen these ladies here! There'll be 6 of them 'guarding' the altar of the Zodiacs!
Here you can see more detailed or initial versions of some of my designs as well as a birds eye view of the altar!
What do you think of the alter <3?
it looks great <3
Here is a rough one, made according to the concept @cheysien drew. Overall, I like the vibes of it, especially the floating 'curtains'!
A peek of the game before Gold Submission :).
Complicated water material done by our freelancer.
Credits to him: https://www.artstation.com/a_eos