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A VR SWORD-FIGHTER

R3 - Rogue Robot on Rampage

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Game Design Prototyping Art Direction

PLATFORM

DESKTOP . HTC VIVE

TOOLS

unity . Blender . Illustrator . Photoshop

PROJECT DURATION

Three Months

R3 - A first person sword fighter experience built in Unity for PC and HTC Vive.

0 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.

1 CONCEPT SKETCHES

2 VISUAL DESIGN

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LIGHTING AND COLOR COMPOSITION

Lighting and Composition. The aim was an ominous, fantasy twilight.

I added volumetric fog, lights and post processing to create the right look and feel. The fireflies also contribute to the game mechanic by clustering in areas of interest.

THE LOGO

Concepts.

Final emissive decal created in Unity.

CHARACTER SETUP - REINHARDT

Reinhardt 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.

WYRD, THE WASTELAND

The enemy's home, and ours.

Wyrd serves as our hometown and personal construction site. The land has a strong magical imprint.

THE GENERATORS

Reinhardt's source of life and energy.

The generators are reserves that draw on the magical imprint in Wyrd. They can be found where there is an abundance of fireflies that are drawn to their power.

THE PROTECTORS

Reinhardt's protectors and killing machines.

3 PROTOTYPES

The game was developed as small modules that were tested in VR before incorporating visual design, final models and animations.

4 EXHIBITION

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Demonstrating at GEC 2020.

My teammate - playing R3 for the millionth time.

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.