1 / 22

Creating Scalable and Dynamic Graphics for World in conflict

Creating Scalable and Dynamic Graphics for World in conflict. Rodrigo Cortes. Lead Artist for World in Conflict 9 years experience in the games industry Worked as 3 D artist, level designer, animator, concept artist Previous titles Deathrow (Xbox), XIII (Xbox), Ground Control II (PC)

dahlia-klein
Download Presentation

Creating Scalable and Dynamic Graphics for World in conflict

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Creating Scalable and Dynamic Graphics for World in conflict

  2. Rodrigo Cortes • Lead Artist for World in Conflict • 9years experience in the games industry • Worked as 3D artist, level designer, animator, concept artist • Previous titles Deathrow (Xbox), XIII (Xbox), Ground Control II (PC) • Works mainly on new concepts

  3. Introduction movie

  4. Screenshot movie

  5. Environments

  6. Design challenges • Hundreds of units on-screen

  7. Design challenges • FPS-like quality units up close

  8. Design challenges • Recognizable from far away

  9. Design challenges • Fully 3D RTS Camera

  10. WicED • Terrain tech • Texturing 8-16k textures • Proping • Scripting

  11. WicED movie

  12. Showbox • Working with props, characters, particles, etc. • Extensive pipeline • Built around Lightwave/modo format

  13. Showbox – Units Movie will be here!2 min duration

  14. Showbox – Houses Movie will be here!2.5 min duration

  15. Asset control • Propdump – godsent!

  16. Team • Art team grew from 8 to 24 during the project • 75% of the art team had never worked professionally before • Outsourcing – or lack of

  17. Team • Responsibility over your own tasks • No ordered overtime • Trust on inexperienced people – you will be surprised! • Can only be successful with Senior staff

  18. Project • Iterative process • Implement fast • Test extensively • Evaluate • Keep what works • Don’t be afraid throw stuff out • And Polish, polish, polish

  19. Iteration Movie will be here!4 min duration

  20. Project • Living workspace • Singleplayer scope changed • Last minute features • Destructible terrain • DX 10 • Phone Calls/Preludes

  21. Conclusions • Iteration • Outsourcing • Responsibility • New team • Be ready for change!

  22. Q&A • Thank you for listening! • rodrigoc@massive.se

More Related