WIP!

It's been a while!

Little GIF of something very WIP that I would like to attempt to make in UE4.

Xerath Ult Concept

It's been a long time since I posted anything on here as school has been pretty intense this semester. I did however decide to start a personal project.

One of my friends challenged me to create an Dark matter-esque projectile using black white and dark blue. I saw this as a good opportunity to work on an effect that deals with interesting timing, and an appealing value structure. I also really love Xerath's VFX (from League of Legends) and would to create something similar to one of his Ult charges.

This is what I came up with for now:

I'm also using this as a chance to learn how to emit a particle along a spline in Unreal 4. More to come when the progress comes along!

High Poly Sculpt

It's been a while since my last update... so here's my boss guy I've been working on!

I wish I had more time to spend on him, but alas, prepro calls!

Boss Design Final

This is the finished painting of my boss that I created for drawing for game art class.

HE WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WORK ON! I can't wait to model him next semester.

Camera moves

There are two shots of interest:

They start at 2:25.

The slow pan across the bridge, and the shot where Legolas enters the gates.

Boss Process

The liquify tool is fun!

Here is just a preview of what I'm working on:

Boss Battle Analysis

From one of my favorite games of all time, I'm choosing the boss fight from Darksiders 2 when Death has to fight Samael. Not only is it one of the absolute coolest fights, but it has some interesting "BADASS" things that happen.

The Player is first introduced to the room with Samael sitting on his throne. After a long cutscene, the fight ensues.

The room itself is pretty neat. It's Samael's throne room, which is a pit of flame, lava, and the demonic architecture that is present in Darksiders 2. It's divided into two areas: a medium sized open Platform for the initial fight and the player, and the Throne platform. A retractable bridge connects the two, but is only present at certain times during the fight.

How does this fight integrate the mechanics?

I feel as though this fight addresses Darksiders 2's most valued mechanic directly: dodging.

Samael has many abilities that require the player to dodge-roll at the right time. If they mess up on the timing, they take heavy punishment. It's tricky to get it right in this fight, but challenging and fun!

There is a certain feeling of flow in this fight, that once the player gets his dodging and knowing when to attack right, you feel rewarded.

VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rR4gi3bVc

The Lord of the Black Stone: Samael

Phase 1:

-Samael teleports on top of or near the player, doing various combos.

-He often teleports back to his throne and summons giant fireballs, which he then throws at the player.

Phase 1 ends when Samael's health reaches a certain point. After a small cutscene, the bridge is raised and you can walk up and attack Samael directly. He then casts you off and the coolest part of this entire fight happens...

HE PULLS THE FIRST PLATFORM INTO THE THRONE PLATFORM. BOOM. JUST LIKE THAT.

Phase 2:

-Samael continues teleporting and his combos (but with a few extra stronger attacks).

- He teleports to his throne, then he spawns explosions underneath the player. To avoid dieing, the player must keep moving using the dodge mechanic.

Then cue awesome cutscene.

The entire level layout helps enhance the whole "limited but open space" dodging mechanic. It also gives a clear separation for the player and Samael when he throws his fireballs.


ISOMETRIC LAYOUT: