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.
The Faculty of Information Technology Monash University is currently running a Maya 3D Competition.
The Competition has two categories
The first is open to all students in Secondary School and Tafe (conditions apply) in
Australia.
The second is the new "Open Category"
The "new" category (due to popular demand) is open to all non High school and Tafe students in Australia. (conditions apply)
The High School/Tafe category has two entry options:
1. Short Animation (no longer then 3 minutes)
2.…
Locally developed Half-Life 2 mod called Dystopia is finally coming! Set your alarm clocks for Saturday morning and join other eager fans in downloading this highly anticipated title. Dystopia could be described as a team-based first person shooter set in the future with mission objectives and classes for characters...
"By far the most common question we've recieved during development has been; "when's Dystopia coming out?" Right up until today the answer has always been "when it's done". Well…
Krome Studios have just put up the website for their latest Ty game called TY the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan. The site offers fans an array of cool information including:
- News: TY and his mates will provide regular news updates of the game and their status.
- EnTYclopedia: helpful information on things found in the game including characters, locations, vehicles, etc.
- Fun Page: as the name implies, visitors can entertain themselves with the many options found on this page…
Next week we'll be showing a DVD of the IGDA Quality of Life Summit keynote from GDC. There'll likely be some discussion on some of the issues raised afterwards. By all means turn up for the DVD, and then leave, or turn up in time to miss the DVD, and just enjoy a beer and a chat. It's entirely up to you, and you won't get frowned at either way.
Visit IGDA Melbourne for more info @ Http://www.igda.org/melbourne
Nocturnal Entertainment Australia together with web-hosting specialists TakeThisHost have formed an agreement with US publisher Telegames USA, which sees them as the exclusive importer/distributor of several of Telegames's Game Boy Advance(tm) titles within Australia. None of the titles have ever been released within Australia previously.
The two titles initially covered by the agreement are:
- "Ultimate Brain Games" (UBG): A compliation of classic board games including Chess, Checkers,…
Tuesday 6th September
Stomp was incorporated in 1994, and with its team of 100, has grown to become one of the largest independent entertainment distributors in Australia.
Stomp is a full service Import Distribution Company of music, music related merchandise, DVD movies, Gaming products, and fashion; currently supplying over 4000 retail stores throughout Australasia. Stomp's combined services allow our customers access to the widest range of product of any company in the marketplace. With a…
Award recognizes 100 private companies in Asia that drive the technology industry's future
Belmont, August 20, 2005 - Red Herring magazine today announced that BigWorld has been named one of the Red Herring 100 Private Companies of Asia.
"Getting selected for the Red Herring Asia 100 list is quite an achievement," said Red Herring editor-in-chief Joel Dreyfuss. "We had many strong entries, a reflection of the depth of entrepreneurship that has taken hold in Asia."
"We are very pleased that…
Anuxinamoon has organised a very special Sumea Activity #3 for you modellers out there to participate in!
All you need to do for this activity is:
- Model a low polygon mesh around 800 triangles.
- Unwrap the model into 1 sheet
- Create a high polygon source model. I recomend zbrush for the more organic types.
- Render out a normal map at 1024 or if you can 2048 to be shrunk down to 1024.
- Apply the Normal map to the low polygon mesh.
Now you can texture your pet rock if you wish but it is…
Still in time for global digital games Comp
Council's Economic and Cultural Development Committee Chair, Councillor Jan Grew, said the Gold Coast was one of 12 GDCN member cities.
'Gold Coasters taking part in this international contest, aimed at encouraging the development of games and game art, are encouraged to attend the information session,' said Cr Grew.
The information session will be held on 8 September 4.30pm at All Interactive, Level 1, 58 Kingston Drive, Gaven. Please RSVP on 5582…
Wellington, New Zealand - September 05, 2005 - Sidhe Interactive announced today that they will offer a tuition scholarship to the value of NZ$4,000 for students wishing to study on Media Design School's Graduate Diploma of Game Development.
"The New Zealand game development industry has experienced rapid growth in recent years", commented Mario Wynands, Managing Director of SidheInteractive. "Sidhe is delighted to continue helping ensure this growth is sustainable by offering opportunities to…
