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.
Sydney developers Strategic Studies Group have a new release. Taken from their website which explains it more accurately than I ever could:
"Strategic Studies Group has announced Decisive Battles of World War II: Korsun Pocket the long awaited sequel to The Ardennes Offensive in the Decisive Battles system. The game will be released in the second half of 2002 through Matrix Games. Korsun Pocket uses a greatly improved version of the Ardennes Offensive engine to recreate the desperate German…
Irrational Games (the guys behind Freedom Force) has posted a couple of days ago on their website that they are hiring. They're aiming to fill several positions at their Canberra studio. The new positions are Senior and Lead Programmers and a Writer, for Irrational Games' upcoming product line. MORE INFO HERE...
EA games have announced Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, a 3d platform action/adventure game for the Gamecube and PS2 by Brisbane developers Krome Studios. (Looks great!) Release date has been set to Autumn in the US, 2002. Links available at our Krome Studio profile section !
With all the hi-tech doom and gloom recently, it's a surprise to find that the games industry is still growing..
"The videogame industry seems to exist in a kind of parallel universe. Despite the recession, the protracted tech slump, and Sept. 11, sales of videogame hardware, software, and accessories increased 43% last year, to a record $9.4 billion"
More info here
Fujitsu, a world leader in hard disk drive technology, has developed revolutionary new read head and media technologies that will enable hard disk drive (HDD) recording densities of up to 300 gigabits per square inch (Gb/in?). The new technologies are expected to lead to the commercial introduction within two to four years of 2.5" hard disk drives with capacities up to six times the recording density available today.
More info here
Sony's Playstation 2 has hit the 30 million sold mark. So far, there have been 11.3 million units sold in North America, 9.9 million units in Japan, 8.8 million units in Europe.
Sony is also planning to release the Playstation 3 in 2005. The machine is expected to be around 200 times more powerful than the current PS2, and games will be downloaded and played over a highspeed fibre-optics connection.
Xbox sales remain high after second week of the huge price drop from $649 to $399. The number of Xboxs being sold double that of PS2s in Australia at the moment. More details at AustralianIT
Beta 2.1 of Day of Defeat has been released.. it contains the following changes :
added dod_koln
added dod_cherbourg
many map tweaks and fixes
reduction in texture usage in maps
reduced kar accuracy
grenadier down to 3 grenades
increased garand damage
reduced garand recoil
reduced grenade damage
increased grenade throwing time
decreased MG accuracy
increased sniper rifle damage
fixed sniper sway
fixed MG overheating speed
improved HLTV support - shows flags, objects, grenades, death messages…
I needed a reason to post the first quake related news item, and I've found one. Here is a link to pictures of a 56 player pile up on a Quake 3 map.. those Spanish people have way too much time on their hands.. SEE THE MADNESS...
Welcome to Sumea Launchpad.. This website is perhaps the first to provide a real focus on the Australian and New Zealand Game Developement industry. The main aim for Sumea Launchpad is to provide a focal point for Australian and New Zealand game developers and artists - those who are already in the industry, and especially those who are planning a career as a game developer. As you can tell, the news and information on this site is primarily geared towards the local industry. We do, however,…
