[Story] Christmas Brake

In late December 2013, the progression is good. In addition to the work in progress, the Vector Hero & Villain are about to be fully completed in mapping and shading. Moreover, the animation is completed at 40%. Holding the delivery date around February/March seems still conceivable if production speed is steady.

But here is the big news : ultimately, the game release is scheduled for the last week of January 2014. This leaves us a month less than what we thought. It was obvious that it would be impossible to meet the deadline… But we were not demoralized ! (more…)

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Cockpit Panorama

By Team on January, 2014.
A 360 panorama from the inside of the Vector Hero cockpit. Please go inside the article to enjoy the view ! (more…)

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Shading Vector Hero 2/2

By Team on January, 2014.
Shading is completed on Vector Hero! Here is a turnaround and large still frames : face, profile, top and perspective view.

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Shading Vector Villain

By Team on January, 2014.
Shading is completed on Vector Villain !

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Animation Shot 20

By Team on January, 2014.
Animation process for the Shot 20 from previs to finished animation.

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Overpaint Shot 110

By Team on January, 2014.
Preparation of mapping and shading was made in 3 steps : selection of references, first quick overpaint to explore options and a second more detailed one. (more…)

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History Shot 110

By Team on January, 2014.
This video shows the process of making the Shot 110 from modeling to compositing. As we said previously, this shot was our key reference for the look of the film. Final frame here !