Project Plan

I have drawn up a rough project plan which details how much time i have allocated to the different tasks that are necessary to finish this project when i should finished with them as well. I have scripting in all the months that we have because i think it will be necessary to be able to do the things i want to do, and also because i always want it on my mind so not to procrastinate.

Blocking out Lvl

I have started to block out the level in UDK, mostly based on my level map that i posted here the 20th, but what you do not see on the drawn map is that i also have a lower level which is going to be accessible by lift.

More Concepts

I've been thinkin of a new outfit for the main character, in addition to a gun, it felt too boring to have just a character in normal looking clothes running around, so i've been doing concepts of a more modern looking  jumpsuit outfit as well as a gun that the character would hold at-the-ready in his hand to create a little more supense.

Proportions

Here's a comparison shot of the my character before and after the 1st feedback.

Map

This is a rough drawing I made of the map that I will most probably use as the final map in UDK, i also plan to have an elevator that will take the player to a lower deck and possibly an upper deck as well.

I have also made my first "request" on epic's UDK forum about the sonar-like radar mechanic idea of mine.

 

It may be a small map compared to others but my idea for the level is to instead have many things for the player to do rather than have a lot of running for the player.

TestRender

This is a test render shot of the character I have made using first Zbrush then, using decimation master, transferred it to maya where I converted my Hi- Poly zbrush model into a Lo-Poly game friendly model.

I have had some problems with my normal maps making the characters face look very weird close up, so this is one of the things i still need to iron out.

Concepts

These are some concepts i did during the summer holidays, some of these are of an early character design i did of a man that was suppose to have a little futuristic design, and there is also some spaceship designs.

Looking at...

To get a little inspiration for how I want my ship interior to look like, I had a very clear idea of how the design of the ship ship should be, i wanted a dark, rusty, old ship with inspiration from hangar ships, submarines that kind of close narrow corridors.

Started The Blog

This blog is for documenting the production of my third year major project.

I started sketching ideas during the summer. This year i wanted to have a more controlled environment than what i had last year, i found it very difficult to cut off the map in a natural way last year, so this year i plan to have the lvl take place aboard a spaceship which will make it much more easier and also allows me to hopefully concentrate more on the important things.