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Gamemaker Experiments 2022

5/7/2022

Been doing quite a few Gamemaker Studio experiments recently, including messing around with 3D for the first time. 3D has been a challenge as the vector math, and lack of built-in functions have been making it much trickier to work with than the usual smooth ride that is 2D in Gamemaker. Still I've come up with some fun projects and I will be using 3D for most future projects for sure.

Besides that I also made a quick bird to ward of other birds from our balcony. This was done in trueSpace, of course, and then made in wood and finished with an acryllic paint.

That's it for this quick update. Until next time.

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The Mallard

12/5/2022

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The Mallard Starcruiser is a spacecraft inspired by the great sea-planes of old. This spacecraft is a bit of a quick design but I had fun making it nonetheless.

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Electric Shock Therapist - Heart Attack Hotel (Mix Tape)

24/4/2022

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An animation + mix I made of some Electric Universe & Raja Ram tracks. I made this "mix track" a while back but I liked it and listen to it quite often while working so I figured I'd combine it with a 3D experiment I made and came up with this:

Additional artwork related to the project:

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The Anniversary Boardgame 2022

12/4/2022

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Once again I returned this year to update a game project I work on once every year; the anniversary boardgame. Once a year for our anniversary my girlfriend and I play a game that captures our memories from the previous years, our experiences and in some cases our troubles. Every year I also like adding a new gameplay mechanic and this year I decided to take it a step further making it a full on RPG with even a basic questline.

The game features various levels with cutscenes in between where I created renders. The character models are animated and made using a mix of MakeHuman and sculpting in Blender.
I tried not to get too carried away with the character designs but overall it ended up being a little more work than anticipated and me only getting it done just before the actual anniversary.

Here are some highlights of that...

A fast bow-firing animation...

...some stylish leather boots...

...and a quick scimitar design

There is also a companion app that goes with the boardgame where each of us can control our avatars on the board by giving them simple commands like hostile/defensive stance, toggle weapons and change the direction in which we're facing on the board, just for fun.

This was a fun project to work on for sure and I can't wait to see what I come up with next year. With the app and the RPG mechanics, there's a lot of potential for expansion so who knows, maybe next year I'll turn it into Elden Ring...

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First model of 2022 -A 3D Doodle

2/1/2022

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First creation of 2022. A simple doodle done on my laptop while in Italy. Say hello this happy swamp wizard creature.

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TCO-14 Redux

8/11/2021

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Redesigned my old TCO-14 rifle from my Interstellar Marines fan-art days. The design wasn't actually made specifically for Interstellar Marines but was a concept I'd made some time earlier that I then turned into a 3D model as it seemed to fit the theme of the game. I always liked the compact design of the rifle and the top rail design that I added later and given the fact most of my client requests now are for firearms ...be they science fiction or more realistic looking... I figured I'd use this as an opportunity to improve my understanding of what makes these things tick, so-to-speak.

This is the end result of a lot of 3D modeling and animation in Blender as well and while I'm not too happy with either the design nor the animation, I learned a lot during this project and I'm much happier with the overall design of the redux version vs the original.

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Hover Patrol Car

21/8/2021

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The Hover Patrol Car (HPC) from Hyperventila is a versatile vehicle that needs to get around the major cities of the central planets, quickly, be it on the ground or in the air.

I recently revisited this design from way back in 2019 and made a short animation, mainly to improve my knowledge of how Blender works. That's what I'm sharing here today. Oh, and I wrote another development blog on how things are going with the game, check it out!

Tymen

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L.E.V Yorktown

6/5/2021

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This is the L.E.V Yorktown, another ship design for a client like the previous blog. This one took a little longer though, about two weeks for both the exterior and interior. She is a fairly detailed ship with detailed hull, fully modeled bridge as well as about 42 individual smaller cabins behind those windows.

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Parallax

31/3/2021

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Another unique design for a client. The Parallax mothership, a ship controlled by an AI that has been on the run for many years. The ship is home to over 100.000 passengers and is more than two kilometers long.

I also had to design the AI's control room. A rugged dark space that is home to the AI itself. Each computer core surrouding the control area.

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Revisiting Older Designs & Making New Ones

22/3/2021

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Hi there folks! Besides Hyperventila launching on Steam, I've been doing more and more design commissions for people (gotta pay the bills somehow) and I'd like to just highlight some of my most recent work. Who knows maybe you'll like what you see and commission a design of your own.

M an t h a Q u a d c o p t e r

This project already rather stands out on its own by being a little more unusual than what I am usually asked to design. A client from Singapore contacted me to design their one-man quadcopter that they may even put into production one day.

It had to be light but also enclosed and not higher than two meters. The design was to be used for promotional shots and to pitch to investors.

The job continued with additional requirements for animation and adding a character + helmet. This took a bit longer but was a fun challenge nonetheless. Here you can see the two finished animations:

Additional animations are planned for this job but seeing as that I was charging less than a tenth of what I should have been charging on Fiverr, I'll have to drive the price up for the next one.

M a r s C o i n

One of my first commisions ever back in 2014, when this cryptocurrency was just starting out, I was asked to design the official coin for MARS. While perhaps not my best logo design ever they kept it all these years and even recently asked me to design an animated icon for their Discord community.

What better way to celebrate the launch of their Discord community than with a rocket launch.

F r o m T h e V 3 D A r c h i v e s

Now, besides creating new works of art, I've been looking back on my older designs and some of them really deserved a better render.

I also wanted to compile a video highlighting my best work in the field of spacecraft and prop design, so I embarked on the arduous quest of importing these old trueSpace models into Blender, setting them up with new materials and giving them a new render.

Which brings me to the next project...

B r i c k L a u n c h e r

Thanks to the animations above, I'd like to think, I got another job on Fiverr to design a prop for a clients game. A brick launcher. Simply a gun that fired bricks.

Well how does one go about making that? I figured you can't fire a brick with explosives or it will shatter to it had to be a catapult, a very futuristic catapult.

So I made it a rail-gun. Propelled by magnets, a metal basket fires the brick from the launcher. It had to have at least four or five bricks in a magazine of some type so there is also a reload mechanic.

This was a fun one and the client was very happy with the result.

T h e F u t u r e

Next up, a yet unnamed tower defense game for another client featuring these little ROBITs (pictured to the right)

There is also another custom ship design for Hyperventila coming up as a reward for my IndieGoGo supporters. I am currently streaming the design process on my Twitch channel whenever I have the time.

...and I'm also setting up shop on Shapeways! I will be selling some of my designs as 3D prints on there.

But all that will be in another future blog post.

Until next time, have a nice day!