Flying Carpets Games

Hello!

Today I’m very happy to introduce the work of our animator François Gilbert. François and I used to work together before (in another life) and so I know his work is of the highest quality. Please check out his most recent demo reel HERE.

Ok, so this week we are showing the first basic movement animations of the girl. The feel of the controls is probably the most important element in a game in my opinion since it’s the primary way of interaction for the player. That’s why François and I put a great deal of care and love in the movement system; the walk state alone has 12 animations with up to 4 animations blending at a time. The system itself is something I didn’t really see in other games, so I might do a technical diary video later to explain it (if anyone is interested).

Also, there is good stuff coming:
– Monaka is working on the first promo art.
– Peet is finishing up the robot model.
– We found our music composer! More info soon!

Something good came in my mail box yesterday, Monaka’s latest concept art! This time it’s the Robot’s turn. The robot wears an armor that breaks when he is damaged. The player can only repair the robot while controlling the girl and been near him. This is one of the action that strengthen the bound between the two characters. Peet can now start modeling the robot, stay tune for that!

Happy new year everyone, all the best to you and thank you for your support! I’m hoping that 2013 will be the year that The Girl and the Robot gets more attention from the public.

I decided to worked a little bit over the holidays on adding details to the first level. My main skill is game design but I try to improve my new found architectural and hand-painted art skill everyday. Here is a video showing the latest shots of the first level. I enjoy doing this very much, I believe it will pay off in the design that the one doing the level design is the same person that does the level art. However, I noticed that doing art stuff is taking me quite a bit of my time, maybe I’ll ask Peet to help me with some props if he has the time… Anyway, the robot concept art from Monaka and the girl animations are coming soon!

I can finally introduce Peet Lee, a very talented 3D artist from the UK. Peet was semi-following my project on the Unity forums for a while and contacted me almost immediately when I started looking for a character artist. I’m very happy to have him on board because he can convert Monaka’s concepts very well in 3D and his hand-painting texture skills are among the best. You can check out his portfolio in the link section!

I’ve placed the model in game to see how it looks, enjoy!

Oh and, there is yet another team member lurking in the shadows :D Since, the work on animating the girl can now begin, I’ll introduce the animator soon.

Hey!

I have been busy with some government courses for starting a new business, but now I’m back at doing the level art and design. Starting this business has been kinda crazy, but so far I’m enjoying myself very much :)

In the meantime, enjoy some of the silhouette of the robot by the very talented Monaka.

Also stay tune for the girl model coming soon. The 3D artist working on it is simply amazing and I can’t wait to introduce him.