A DUAL ASCENT

Still In Development Being my 5th year game and, therefore, my last school project, I had the opportunity to be the lead animator and lead rigger. The challenges were to fully understand the tools that the Unreal Engine provided (that and those from the animation software) and succeeding in creating believable animations for a semi-realistic art style.

’Etoile’ in game and rig showcase : Alpha Version

’Pelerin’ in game and rig showcase : Alpha Version

’Etoile’ (V4) : Locomotion blendspace showcase

Each of the two characters required a lot of animations to make them feel as alive as possible.
Going from walkcycles variations to flavor animations (such as special Idles and unique interactions), ’A Dual Ascent’ uses (so far) close to 80 unique animations.

Etoile : Gameplay animations (Alpha)

Pelerin : Gameplay animation (Alpha)

To streamline and make Etoile’s facial expressions feel more natural /realistic, I‘ve set up a facial mocap rig and reused the tools that Ifacial mocap and Subdivriel have created to capture my face. The animations captured will then be reworked and tweaked to work in the game artstyle.

Models used made by Yasmine Meziane

Environment art shown in the in game sequences made by Lisa Grimonpont and Alice ‘Hamackova‘ Martin

Etoile : Gameplay animations (Alpha)

Pelerin : Gameplay animation (Alpha)

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