2017 – Severalfighters

DLC Quest Game Appreciation Report Supplemental Material

12DecemberseveralfightersGame Design & DevelopmentDLC Quest, University

My research notes (read: list of things to think about and what i thought about them, train of thought) and a more rigid scientific spreadsheet of my data. This page is just a wrapper so that i can harvard reference both of my research docs into my report in one go in case anyone wants

Monogame Demo: Bobcube

21OctoberseveralfightersBobScene Engine, Matt's software

Good news everyone, I’ve made yet another demo in Monogame. This time I’ve been working on adding a polygon renderer to my Monogame “Engine”, so here’s some Cubes in various rotations. I’m still a ways off being able to make a proper 3D game, specifically I absolutely need Collision, but progress is progress so here’s

Monogame Demo: Monoparticles

13OctoberseveralfightersBobScene Engine, Matt's software

A little physics sim i made in Monogame, probably horribly wrong but hey it’s the first real progress i’ve made in the field. May only work on 64 bit windows 10, i dunno, i haven’t tested it on anything else. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3bAkbqjp8mGbW5zVFNlNW4zWUE Next: BobCube programmable mesh renderer

3D Charcter Animation 6: Self Evaluation

28Aprilseveralfighters3D Character Animation

So here it is. Given the sheer amount of keyframes that went into that 316 frame clip i kinda misjudged how long 10 seconds actually was. Probably why i misunderestimated how quick i had the eyes darting around. Looks kinda stilted and floaty, like Mid-90s mainframe animation, which i guess makes sense: they were pioneering

3D Charcter Animation 5: Hours before editing

28Aprilseveralfighters3D Character Animation

Animation done. Not shown: the camera moving around. At the moment i’m editing the video. It’s set up to fade in. from black for a few frames.

3D Charcter Animation 4: Last minute tweaks

27Aprilseveralfighters3D Character Animation

Since last report i’ve: Modelled some (admittedy faulty but servicable) mouth geometry. Removed the torso for polys so i could add teeth. Split skin geometry into Hand, Legs and Head sections so weights could be mirrored. added teeth. Essentially completed Sweep’s character model. Animated the first 316 frames (10 seconds) of the “Do the Mario”

Matt continues to watch Beast Wars at ungodly hours.

2Aprilseveralfightersreviews#transformers, Beast Wars, Dead sparkless eyes, John Cena, Part 2, Review, Summary

Oh thank god! it’s twenty past one April 2nd BST, which means there’s no timezone where it isn’t past midday april first and i can stop hiding under my duvet and start watching more Beast Wars! (seriously if Donald Trump is a thing there’s literally nothing you could have said yesterday that the cynic in me wouldn’t agree with)

Last Time on Beast Wars!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Kiss!

Matt watches Beast Wars at half four in the morning.

1Aprilseveralfightersreviews#transformers, Beast Wars, Part 1, Review, Summary, The Golden Rocket

Transformers Beast Wars! I love this show. Sure the primitive CG is so dated that the first two seasons are literally older than me but the writing’s pretty good as far as i’m concerned. Unlike a lot of kids shows you see these days it doesn’t feel the need to turn it’s protagonists into idiots so kids can learn shit or in order to move the plot along, it’s witty, epic and even has some pretty great character moments dotted throughout. If i had to pick a favorite Transformers series then Beast Wars would definately be in the running.

The age old battle between Donkey Kong and Barney

3D Charcter Animation 3: belated progress report

27Marchseveralfighters3D Character Animation

Yeah, i totally suck at this regular progress report shtuff. At the moment i have my character model made (mostly). It’s based off a couple of sketches i made. As you can see from the arm phasing through her clothes i’m currently skinning. i also have to At the moment i’m playing around with the

3D Charcter Animation 2: Animation clips

10Februaryseveralfighters3D Character Animation

Here are some clips I’ve gathered Clip 1: No, I am your father. Also known as “Luke, I am your father” thanks to years of misquoting, or “Obi-Wan killed your father” on set to prevent leaks. Advantages: Scene features pretty expressive body language and (at least from Mark Hamill) face acting. Most shots focus on

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