Psave Pseudoburger

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

MOST RECENT UPDATE/S:

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifwQE80R2Q"]Pseudoburger Update 08 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyLAp38Dr0"]Janitor Sculpting Timelapse[/ame]

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM_FG6Cdt8"]Update 07[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

So I'm making a comedy adventure game called Psave Pseudoburger.

Presently I'm trying to get the protagonist together, but I've never been too strong at character art so any advice would be great.

The main plot point in Psave Pseudoburger is that you work for a once-successful fast food franchise called Pseudoburger.

You play as a man who's recently been promoted to a position so prestigious that no one at the company is actually sure what your duties are.

I haven't made any hair yet, because that's going to take some experimenting, but I'm probably not going to leave him bald. I think it might be wise to add the eyebrows in when I make the hair, and put them on the same texture sheet.

4600 triangles right now.

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

He's going to need some teeth.

Andreas · Jan 2013

Tasty. I would remove that crease on the back of his jacket though.

I like him bald, consider leaving him that way.

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

I kind of liked him bald too. It made him look too much like a slick executive at some kind of high-powered tech company or something though. He needs to look like he works for a once-great burger franchise now on its last legs.

The eyebrows are just placeholders for now, the uvs are laid out over a part of the hair. I like the way they look though, so I think the final eyebrows will be quite similar to these.

The suit could use another pass, thinking about pinstripes. I'll tone down the seam in the back when I do that.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAIDEK8WWKk[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

Revised the suit. Still a lot that I need to improve on I think, but for now this will do. I need to move on to some other elements of the game.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2FgVxkb_g[/ame]

Rhoutermans · Jan 2013

I like it

The shoes are so shinyyyy

ZASkaggs · Jan 2013

An early test of the rig. My inexperience rigging has been a problem, but It's getting there.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRLYBM9J1I[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Feb 2013

Placeholder walkcycle:

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUGtNr6QO4[/ame]

Torch · Feb 2013

The character itself looks cool, although animation feels kinda robotic - limbs kinda 'snapping' in movement, lacks a feeling of weight to the character almost as if he's floating while walking. Also, you could probably have a bit more twist in the torso. I'm not an animator though, so just trying to crit as best I can. Keep refining it and show another update

ZASkaggs · Feb 2013

I appreciate the feedback! I'm not much of an animator either

. I'll get there eventually though.

ZASkaggs · Feb 2013

Some basic features are now in place.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrQ6j1qXEqo[/ame]

Belias · Mar 2013

nice work man...

Avanthera · Mar 2013

Haha, that's an interesting little game setup you have so far. The character turned out really nice! The animation could use some weight behind the steps, but it still looks good for a non-animator. If you're trying to make a whole game by yourself, doing this more simple style will definitely work in your favor. Good luck!

ZASkaggs · Apr 2013

Thanks for the support guys!

I hope to improve my animation skills considerably over the course of this project. I expect to do a few drafts of the walk cycle before I create one good enough to keep.

Little feature update:
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXb-WhBSM0[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Apr 2013

Got the inventory system working. I'm looking forward to getting my focus back on the art soon.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=01r0B4F0sKw[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Apr 2013

Finished the dialogue system now. All of the UI is likely to change before the project is done.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWQQ7Zj4zQ[/ame]

harricool · Apr 2013

hi there nice model good work on the suit...since you are giving him teeth u should keep his mouth open and give an inner extrusion for inner part of mouth...ur gray-scale model shows the character mouth doesn't have an opening....keep up the cool work

ZASkaggs · Apr 2013

Thanks, he actually can open his mouth already (as you can see in the second half of the rig test video above). The reason that the low poly looks like he can't is because I modeled it so that when he closes his mouth it locks up perfectly so that the vertices from the upper and lower lip occupy the exact the same space.

This was, in retrospect, a serious mistake. It makes rigging unnecessarily complicated.

ZASkaggs · May 2013

Just another feature update today:
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKdBybB7GU[/ame]

I'll have an actual art update next, probably tomorrow.

ZASkaggs · May 2013

Just some simple computer props today. The texture jobs on these props are going to be very light and largely driven by the AO. This is both because I think it's going to suit the cartoon look of the game and (crucially) because this is a solo project and I have a lot of content to get through.

I'll try to go back and clean up the worst looking assets after I get further along in development. These look good enough for now though.

ZASkaggs · May 2013

Video update:

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W09l-jGl2aI&feature=share&list=PLdhGa_9RNQQfu-Nh9lmv1biyCkm95Y1K_"]Pseudoburger Update 06 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Jul 2013

Hey, I've finished a new character. I also have an indiegogo campaign up if anyone's interested: http://igg.me/at/Pseudoburger/x/3357696

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtorT2Mafs0"]Security Guard Turntable[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Aug 2013

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM_FG6Cdt8"]Update 07[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Aug 2013

Timelapse!

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyLAp38Dr0"]Janitor Sculpting Timelapse - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Aug 2013

Didn't do a timelapse of the retopo after all (compression was crap), but here's an image:

Polycount is about 3,500, which is higher than I'd like. I might go back later and optimize some of this stuff if I have the time.

Dave Jr · Aug 2013

What Game engine is this? And where di you learn to program? are there any particular tutorials you could possibly advise?

ZASkaggs · Aug 2013

The game engine is Unity.

As for programming, my skills are rudimentary and years out of practice. So I can't really help you there.

I'm using a visual scripting system called Playmaker for this. Everything I've done for Pseudoburger was made that way. Here's a link to their website in case you're curious: http://www.hutonggames.com/

ZASkaggs · Aug 2013

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifwQE80R2Q"]Pseudoburger Update 08 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Sep 2013

Another one!

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G_jEKn53Zg"]Pseudoburger Update 09 - YouTube[/ame]

ZASkaggs · Feb 2014

Been too long, a quick little WIP shot of some props:

Psave Pseudoburger

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