BEAT-EM-UP! | paranoidMonkey + soac

paranoidMonkey

Hello everyone
My teammate got really busy and wont be able to work on this challange. I'd like to change the name of the Entry please.

Theme changed



Challanges:

- create it as most Current-Gen and believable as possible with Unity3D or UDK(don't know yet)
- use of modular meshes and materials
- enhance my Lighting and Post-Processing skills
- finish the project and have a nice portfolio piece


Here we go. Just a quick mock-up of the base.



3D Blockout soon!


stay tuned.
Good Luck to all! : )

paranoidMonkey

Well, first post Updated.

Just a simple mock-up of the base.




Blockout tomorow.

Cheers

paranoidMonkey

the simple blockout is done. Ready to start modeling some assets.

cholden

Are any of these areas visibly open to space? As in, windows you can see planets and stars (like your ref), because if it isn't, that tube should be all glass.

paranoidMonkey

hm! you may be right. I was too focused trying to keep it as close as possible to the original design/movie.. (where there are no windows to the exterior).. and almoust forgot that I can actually change it! : P

So that section will be glass as you suggested and the next room will be something more interesting than the one I showed here, maybe a control room with some nice big windows and buttons everywere!

thanks mate

paranoidMonkey

It's time for an update.

I've been quiet for a long time now. And the reason is that I changed the style of the base quite a lot from what it was at the beginning(basicaly a copy of the movie).
Now the problem is that I've never been really into this sci-fi style(spaceships, space stations, starwars..), you name it.
So without a concept to follow it's been a big challange for me to create something interesting.

This is the actual status of the control room.



Thats it for today. Working hard for tomorrow's update.

ParoXum

Well, I think you're spot on with your choosen style. But it's still a bit early to tell, without textures.

Looking forward to your next update now

paranoidMonkey

Another update!

here is the background that will be used in my scene. I've done it in photoshop with 4096x2048 and I'm planning to use this in a plane, yeah cheap way I know..

but is there any way to create a skydome out of an ordinary image like this one? the only one I know is from a panoramic photo, but how about handpainted skies?

btw it looks nice with light shafts on.

cholden

This is a side-scroller challenge, putting your sky on a plane isn't cheap, it's smarter than anyone wasting tris on a dome. I used a plane, but I also bent it a little bit to give extra padding.

ParoXum

Yeah same as cholden here, skydome isn't an option. I spent 400 tri on a bent sky-plane and well, it works pretty good and maximize the texture space/usage.

You've made a really nice background btw

POFFINGTON

I love that movie, looks like you guys are off to a great start, can't wait to see the finished product

gsokol

Awesome...the control room looks really cool.

paranoidMonkey

@ cholden, ParoXum - ahh nice then! but, paroXum isn't 400 tris too much for a bent plane? Care to share the wireframe? just to get a clear ideia.

Thanks for the support people

ParoXum

Well it may be a bit much, I did it without proper optimization in mind but now that I approach the 175k limit I might as well optimize the sky to less than 60tris.

Here's what I have currently (optimized a bit):



Bottom voluntary stretched to blend in heightfog

paranoidMonkey

Thanks ParoXum really appreciated! : )


I'm UVing.. and running late.. :Z

Well.. colors! This will be the end of the "level".
5 different Props, 2 of them are duplicated, it need 2 or 3 more to give some variation.

paranoidMonkey

didn't managed to finish it in time, but I'll open a new thread and continue to work on this piece for portfolio.

Best of luck for all the finalists : )