R3: ROGUE ROBOT ON RAMPAGE
A VR Sword-Fighter
R3 - A first person sword fighter experience built in Unity for PC and HTC Vive.
Storyline
The story starts in a futuristic setting with the main character, the Engineer, building a giant robot. Unsatisfied with the mechanical nature of the robot, the Engineer builds an artificial heart for his creation.
The heart proves to be too powerful for the Robot. It wreaks havoc in its attempt to control its emotions. The Engineer, the protector of his people, slashes the Robot’s chest apart with his sword and removes the heart. Unable to destroy the powerful artefact, he flees to hide it, never again to be discovered. The Robot, enraged at losing its heart, sets off in its search, destroying everything along the way.
Devastated, the Engineer lures it to the abandoned land where he created the Robot, and attempts to kill it before it finds its heart.
CONCEPT SKETCHES
visual design
LIGHTING AND COLOR COMPOSITION
THE LOGO
CHARACTER SETUP - REINHARDT
Reinhardt is the primary enemy to be stopped before the heart is found.
The model was developed as a modified version of the free character ‘The Blacksmith’. I carefully removed the unnecessary items of clothing to add my own. The eyes are replaced with twin furnaces and a large gash is torn across its chest. Smaller gashes are made at other areas with a metallic grating inside to complete the look.
ENVIRONMENT SETUP - WYRD, THE WASTELAND
THE GENERATORS
THE PROTECTORS
PROTOTYPING
The game was developed as small modules that were tested in VR before incorporating visual design, final models and animations.
EXHIBITION
We presented R3 at a 3 day exhibition at NIC. The first day presented challenges that we had not come across while testing with friends and family. Many people were completely new to VR and needed time to acclimatize and understand what is happening.
From day 2, one of my teammates started playing the game for every attendee to help them get over their apprehension.
Exhibiting at the Games Emerge Conference 2020 by Pixel Arts Game Academy - 2nd Prize
AWARDS
GAMES EMERGE CONFERENCE 2020
RUNNER-UP FOR VR GAME R3
GOOGLE WOMEN TECHMAKERS SCHOLARSHIP
RETREAT TO GOOGLE AUSTRALIA FOR PROJECT R3