Another VTuber project from earlier this year, this was a personal project where my goal was to learn applying realistic face tracking to a non human character.
This was a commissioned project of a Twilight Princess inspired 3D VTubing avatar. My first time creating a VTuber, so I learnt a lot and enjoyed bringing the character to life!
Recently completed VTuber commission of a cute little Jerboa Knight! Was a pleasure to work on such a fun character and I learnt a couple of new things about stylized shaders and rendering along the way.
Computational mathematics is not mathematics as you know it! As I have learnt, you don't need to know every mathematics trick in the book to start using this, and you can take some of these ideas and start approximating a lot of physical phenomena.
This is a small work-through of how to model a diffusive process using a very simple computer code. It purposely doesn't cover some of the finer points, but it's a good start for those who maybe have always wanted to include different, interesting…
Kotaku Australia has conducted an interview with GDAA president and Tantalus CEO Tom Crago. In it, Crago discusses a number of topics including tax concessions and games classification, as well as the accomplishments of the GDAA over the last 12 months, and its priorities moving forward.
Here's a snippet:
Kotaku AU: Are there any issues facing the games industry in Australia at present that you feel haven't received enough attention, such as employment opportunities, skill demand, etc?
Tom…
Ok guys, just letting you know that the tsumea modeller challenge 10 is happening in two weeks!!! We're still working out the details for the challenge, but if there's anything you'd like to discuss about it, feel free to do so at our forum thread about it!!
World class handheld games developer, Firemint, have released their first game on Apple handheld hardware called The Sims DJ. And while it's not exactly for the eagerly anticipated iPhone, it's a testament to the capabilities of Firemint and yet another great milestone for the Melbourne based developer.
And while we're looking forward to what they're going to accomplish on the Nintendo Wii, I thought it would be great to find out more about The Sims DJ, and what Firemint thought of developing…
The local games industry had a presence at Gen Con Australia which was held in Brisbane this weekend, and the Courier Mail had a write up about it with independent Brisbane games developer, Halfbrick Studios. Halfbrick Studios CEO, Shainiel Deo, talks about the humble beginnings of their studio, and the growing industry in Queensland. From the Courier Mail...
"It's still a relatively small industry in Queensland, but it's growing and it's growing rapidly, globally," Mr Deo said.
"Australia is…
AustralianGamer have an interview with Senior Associate Producer, Jeff Outlaw, who works over at Pandemic Studios Brisbane. Jeff outlines what his job entails, how he got into the industry, and all the good and bad about working in games development...
My current title is Senior Associate Producer, and I handle the Animation and Design teams. On our project, an Associate Producer's role it to facilitate communication among different teams within the project. We help to coordinate schedules,…
Mick has posted some informative news that Stephan Conroy will be on the ABC next week, noting that this would be a great opportunity for folks to hound him about a fair tax incentive for the local games industry during an audience question and answer session.
Mick's detailed how you can get some questions to him so I'll post his message below...
Hi All,
I've just been watching Q&A on ABC and it appears that Stephan Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy…
Press Release
Qantm College announced yesterday that FEE‐HELP is now available for eligible students undertaking degree courses.
FEE‐HELP is a loan scheme which assists students to pay all or part of their tuition fees. The Australian Government pays the student's tuition fee to the College on behalf of the student, and students begin to repay their FEE‐HELP debt to the Australian Government once their income reaches a prescribed threshold. Guy Chandler, General Manager, made the following…
Digital distribution was supposed to solve a lot of things, and make software purchasing a hell of a lot more conveniant in the process. And while it remains conveniant for many people, the new model seems to have hit a major snag as game publishers and now software developers are a bit resiliant to charge the same prices to consumers in different regions around the world. News.com.au reports that Australians are paying up to five times for the exact same software offered elsewhere. From News.…
