Kevin's Log - October 23, 2000
Ok from now on I am going to try really hard to post a plan
update every Friday.
That will make it a weekly plan and I can stop worrying about whether or not I have posted recently.
Any way, the Iceberg arena is nearly done. It is super sweet too. So far it is my favorite arena. It has more lights and whistles too. Fighter concepts for Chronos have started. There are people complaining about the models. The models are good the designs are solid and in line with the rest of the theme of this project.
This is a project like any other for any other company. This is not a movement; it’s not a futurist prediction. It’s a game. We have a centered theme, and so far only one bot fell out of that line and that was Pyros. Pyros was of course my first model on the project so he was destined to need tweaking.
Here is how the bots are designed.
The search for employees goes on. The problem is that a person who actually knows enough to get hired has such a huge ego about their skills they can’t imagine working for anyone but ID or Epic. The people who really want the jobs just don’t have enough of the learned skills we need.
So we go on.
Rob and Edgar are working on optimizations and some in-editor tool things and Edgar got the sound system finished. It is sweet too. The Iceberg arena already has a few placeholder type sounds running and it’s nice. Well since this is a Monday post I will be posting again Friday and hopefully I will have something to say.
~K~
That will make it a weekly plan and I can stop worrying about whether or not I have posted recently.
Any way, the Iceberg arena is nearly done. It is super sweet too. So far it is my favorite arena. It has more lights and whistles too. Fighter concepts for Chronos have started. There are people complaining about the models. The models are good the designs are solid and in line with the rest of the theme of this project.
This is a project like any other for any other company. This is not a movement; it’s not a futurist prediction. It’s a game. We have a centered theme, and so far only one bot fell out of that line and that was Pyros. Pyros was of course my first model on the project so he was destined to need tweaking.
Here is how the bots are designed.
- Step 1
- Create list of moves based on a theme. Create the moves so that they are balanced against other characters. Make sure they will be visually pleasing and effective in combat long and short range.
- Step 2
- Concept drawings start after evolving the theme used to create the moves. Then multiple variations are made to improve chances of hitting "the right one". Refine these ideas until satisfied.
- Step 3
- Model, paint, and animate the sucker. This is generally when the motion capture sessions start.
The search for employees goes on. The problem is that a person who actually knows enough to get hired has such a huge ego about their skills they can’t imagine working for anyone but ID or Epic. The people who really want the jobs just don’t have enough of the learned skills we need.
So we go on.
Rob and Edgar are working on optimizations and some in-editor tool things and Edgar got the sound system finished. It is sweet too. The Iceberg arena already has a few placeholder type sounds running and it’s nice. Well since this is a Monday post I will be posting again Friday and hopefully I will have something to say.
~K~