Currently we are in the process of a large animation-do-over. We decided to create an aiming mechanisme to let the player shoot things, but with that we felt the need to start from scratch with our animations to ensure a more natural transition into the unarmed or armed state.

This short clip shows our new walk animation. In the days to follow we will work on running and jumping, but also creating the aiming animations.

So it has been a while since we last uploaded a video for Project “Life…”, but that doesn’t mean we’ve not worked on it. Not as much as we wanted, because real life intervened, but none the less.

In this clip we tried to show you a complete picture of what we got so far. From all the rough animations, till stitching levels together with some sort of portal. Opening doors and making the game pop just a little bit more with the help of post processing.

Now we really want to focus on getting the levels larger and packed with cool puzzles for the player to solve.

This is a clip of the first animation and mechanics test for “Life…”. At this moment the character can walk and jump. The mechanics are there for running, but we are yet to finish the animation for it.

🎵 Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone. Neck bone connected to the head bone.🎵

Although the model is not completely finished, we wanted to start rigging it and maybe putting it in the game to start development of the basic mechanics and animations.

We got the basic components down, like the body, shirt, pants, shoes and yes, also socks. You gotta have socks!

Anyway, over the next few days we are going into the details. Texturing and sculpting, to make our main character really come to live and win over our hearts.

Not sure on the hair  though. Whether or not to go with realistic hair or just a solid shape. We’ll see how that goes after putting the detail in, but please, share your thoughts in the comments!

I don’t think we have to sign him up at the dentist’s just yet, but it sure was fun modeling these chompers.

So the base model is nearing its final form. We’ve chosen to go for a cartoonish style character, which should resemble a 5 or 6 year old boy, once finished. Obviously the forehead is quite big at this stage, try to picture it with hair on it, but I think we will reduce that big melon a bit when we get to the hairy part. 😅 

We are going to work on the details now. The eyes, the mouth (with teeth), the feet and as we go, trying to improve the base model as well. Getting more details in the hands by adding fingernails for example.

Do you find these kind of post interesting? Should we post more or less? Tell us what you think  😉 

I never could draw, let alone draw hands. In 3D modeling it isn’t much better, but we’ll get there. I’m glad we chosen to go for a cartoonish look, so it doesn’t have to be that detailed. 😅

We started blocking out our main character. We have some ideas, but please, let us hear yours. Should we go for a cartoony look or more realistic?

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