First a little background: I am a student of communication design at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the University of Porto, Portugal. I am conducting a work regarding a marketing campaing for a new gaming console. I am performing a small research to understand what kind of experiences attract game users. I would sincerely…
Hi, I'm gathering research for my University FYP about the character modelling pipeline and would like to find out the variations of how people create a character. I was hoping you could tell me what your own pipeline is for creating a 3D character, for example do you create a base mesh before sculpting the high poly? Do…
Hi guys, this is my first post here. I am currently in my final year studying 3D Computer animation and am studying Physically Based Rendering. I have made a short survey, takes around 1 and a half mins to complete about PBR and texturing. If you have the time it would be incredibly helpful to hear from such talented…
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2009/09/19/research-finds-that-atheists-are-most-hated-and-distrusted-minority/ Crazy, apparently people that don't believe in a god are scary. Atheists are the smartest most level minded people I know, and I think its insane that the general population dislikes/fears them... Thoughts?
Hey friends and fellow Polycounters :D For those of you that don't know already, 3 classmates and I are starting a Video Game Studio in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Currently we are trying to gather sufficient amounts of market research to determine if our vision is the same as our consumers, so if you could fill out the survey…
Dear Professionals,I am a student at South Pasadena High School working on my senior project where each student must research about a career that they are interested in. I'm interested in your career and would like to learn more about it, so I've created a survey (linked below). The survey would only take 2 minutes of your…
Hey folks! I'm new here, a brazilian who loves games, cinema and discovered the 3D CG as a solution to work in one of these areas. I'm recently doing a research about character design for tridimensional games. I would like to know more about low poly game character design for games, but didn't found a game to explore yet.…
Hi there, I'm relatively new to PolyCount so wasn't sure if this was the right place for my question - if not then feel free to move it. I'm a student currently writing a research document on 'How would one make low poly game assets effective within a contemporary game engine in today’s increasing demanding market?' Could…
Hi, Below i have linked a survey that i have created that will help provide information about how players perceive damage to characters within games. This survey is a part of my MSc Dissertation entitled, The Application of Character Damage within Games. This dissertation seeks to understand how damage systems have been…
Ive been working on this for a few weeks. I was a contract artist over at Robomodo for over 9 months working on mostly props but have a lot of free time lately so I created a little sci-fi level. The first week was figuring out all the technical stuff my lead usually did within UDK, i.e. world setup, material setup, asset…