Sun of the Children - Game Process and Art
Sun of the Children is a character-driven narrative game I created for my MFA Creative Thesis. This documents the creation of the Art and the characters from concept to game-ready. The demo can be downloaded on Itch: https://dsquared-games.itch.io/sun-of-the-children
Concept art for Sun of the Children.
Initial concept art describing the curiosity of the characters.
Early game design mechanics for the protagonists to portray their relationship.
Early World Design.
Assets for world building.
Background Art Concept.
Sun of the Children - AnimationTest
Grasshair Girl design process. I wanted an innocent look for her and took references from Tezuka's Metropolis. But later settled for something more abstract and connected to nature rather than a bipedal.
The symbol on Grasshair Girl's face was inspired from the symbols in the Hmong culture. This symbol represents Love.
The layers of the character were topologized, rigged and animated in Maya. The texture maps were created in Sprite Illuminator and painted in PS.
Grasshair Girl's Idle. This game character was created for a side-scroller. By rotating the model, the 2D layers are revealed.
Grasshair Girl's swimming animation. This game character was created for a side-scroller. By rotating the model, the 2D layers are revealed.
When the two characters meet, they transform into an avian-like creature and their from transforms into 3D.
Key pose for their 'Dance' when the characters meet.
Stardust Boy 3D form character design.
Grasshair Girl Retopology
Character Scale Comparison
Animatic and Final In-game Comparsion. The game was built with the Unreal Engine 4.