UVU Gaming & Animation: Skylantis: April 2012

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Skylantis came out of a Game Design course and has been carried forward into an advanced class by five students: Michael Chugg, Cameron Hughes, Corey Pullman, Andrew Winkler, and Joe Albrethsen.

A quick overview of the game follows:

Title: Skylantis
Genre: Action / Adventure
Description: Gizmo is a robot explorer who travels through the skies of Skylantis, an industrialized world (once a thriving place, but now in ruins) made up of floating

islands. He must build his map, find equipment, and fight mechanized enemies to win the grand prize: a legendary golden cog.
Purpose: The game’s purpose, for the player, is to enjoy the experience of exploring Skylantis as the robot hero Gizmo.

Skylantis is full of thought provoking challenges, puzzles, and battles. Players will also be rewarded as they uncover secrets and find power ups.

As students our purpose for making Skylantis is to fulfill school assignments - but more importantly, to build portfolios and actually release a playable game.

Platform: Windows and Mac
Intended Audience: Ages 5 - 17
Rating: E

We are using this blog to supplement our posts to the ACME Animation site.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

New Knee for Armor Bot

Boss Fight Screen Shots

Here is an in-game screenshot of one of the boss fights.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Armor Bot ambient occlusion render

Armor Bot

I have finished all the modeling for the armor bot and I am very happy with it.

Poly Count: 9306 k tris

I forgot the power supply piece for the grapple arm... but no worries ill make it real quick :)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Spin Boss Arena

This will be the Arena where the Second Boss encounter will be held.

Armor Bot WIP

This is what I have so far. Things are starting to come together and i'll hopefully have it all modeled out tomorrow cause the rest of it will go easy after I finish the head.