Project: quarter 3: 2013 The Idea Creating a custom board game, complete with its collectors edition items.
A Complete project for the creation and advertising of a custom built game with its own richly crafted story and characters. Drawing inspiration from the D&D style of gameplay as well as a generation of RPG board games, this game with give the Indian audience a unique experience in terms of gameplay and storytelling. Coupled with the uniqueness of the packaging, the entire kit will be a welcome addition to any collectors archive. Collectors items include: Art book: Deliverable: with actual artwork done to make the product's art. Character concepts, material textures etc. The Archivists Handbook: Deliverable: detailed description of the characters. Their customs and history. Information regarding armor and weaponry. The game manual: Deliverable: custom made game dynamics. Character movement patterns, strategies and conditions of victory, etc. The game board: Deliverable: twin game boards for a two in one gaming experience. Packaging: deliverable: Interactive: Lighting to create a unique appeal. Game assets: 60 unique cards with character images, spells, powerups, etc.: custom made. 12 markers: Custom made 2 six sided dice:
Non Game assets: Video Trailer for the game: from the viewpoint of any one character. 3D and AE. Website: Time permitting. Poster Ads.
Skills that will be learnt in the process: An understanding of Slavic, Celtic and Asian art forms and culture and its amalgamation with fiction to create a new fantasy universe. The understanding of the art and culture will affect the art, gameplay, powers and unit types etc.
3D design: In particular, Advanced lighting and rendering in vue. Architectural design and scene creation in lightwave. Lighting and animation, exporting etc. in DAZ 3D. Advanced material creation and texturing across various platforms. Creating armor in Maya, Lightwave and fluid dynamics in RealFlow.
Working with matte painting in Photoshop and Vue. Electronics and packaging fundamentals.