This is my finished animation for my new ship which I have created, in this video you can see the ship been chased by fire.

Trip to Huddersfield Uni

On Tues 25th May, We went on a trip to Huddersfield Uni for a Acceptance agreement signing what this basiccaly means is that if we get the correct amount of Ucas Points in this case 280 and we apply for Huddersfield at asuitable date they will revserve us a place and we will be immediatly accepted.

We saw Huddersfield in-house studio Canalside which has done the Xbox Live Arcade game Yo-ho Kablamoo other games we saw were from the Royal Armouries. I played one of the games they had on display it was called Champions it was in the style of Street Fighter but with a suit of armour from the museum itself.

The level of work was pretty advanced as such work we saw was 3D models with very high levels of detail. The students who were working on a new game had multiple 3D programs such as Maya and 3D StudioMax.

The special event they had going on was GameRepublic it was fourth year Uni students from Unis in the surronding area they were showcasing projects which they have done. There were people form the games industry that came in to judge them there were people from Team 17, Rockstar Leeds and Sony.

Huddersfield had special, exclusive equipment given to them by Sony which helped filter 3D shapes and objects so it can be viewed without any medical side effects. Also they had equipment which made a whole room interactive it was called Live Lab. They use motion projecters so a user can interact with many objects.

I would definitley choose Huddersfield as one of my choices as the quality of the course seems really genuine and also it is very accessible form where I live so I don't have to move away from home to go.

Face in the Fire!

Can you see the face in the fire.Used with a mix of glowing lights and pyro particle effects.

Dude looks like a lady!

I have finished my comic for unit 67. The comic is based on Samurai Jack been challenged by an unfaced samurai. The story is cliched Jack wins of course. I developed the comic in photoshop.

To Inifinity and Beyond!

First up my Animation: My First ship is flying round a planet which has been textured to look like its on fire. Since its my first animation I wanted to go with something basic. The ship is been chased by a spiky sphere. For some particle effects I made it blizzard triangles (the only option it had). Also to add emphasis for the burning planet I have projected some bitmap images using a light feature. For the background of the animation I have placed a haunter with a particle effect in its hand this makes the scene a bit more sinister. Also near the end of the animation the ship is supposed to explode the feature failed but I kept it in to show that I acknowledge particle effects. I can't upload a video as it is been difficult but I can upload some screenshots.