Who we are

Team STASIS is the home of a small group of student game artists from De Montfort University tasked with creating a playable game level from absolute scratch, utilising the UDK development software.

From concepting, visual design, research, asset building, level progression and finished pieces, this blog records the progression from 19th January to 30th March 2011.

Team members include Arron Manchester, Sam Clarke, Izzy Kahn, Sai Ali, Steven Jones and Tom Edwards.

For any questions or feedback please feel free to leave comments.

P.S A run through and fly through of the finished level shall be posted soon!

Friday 4 February 2011

Computer Desk Variants

Pretty much finished texturing my desk now, Ive included some variants here to see what you all think, should I just chose one colour or have duplicate desks with two different colours for other rooms?
The top left and bottom left show the difference between the subtle dirt and worn effect I have made. Theres no specular on this so the metal looks pretty drab, im not too sure on how to make this metallic if anyone could advise.

I've also repositioned the handle on the cabinet as it didn't make sense previously.
Hope you like! Cheers!


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  1. Tom Edwards Concepts5 February 2011 at 17:02

    nice one man, im liking the dirty one the most, the others look brand new. maybe add even more dirt, stains and marks. not sure about the metal, maybe have a look at some unreal shaders :)

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  2. Game Art Jinx5 February 2011 at 19:12

    Cheers man, yeah this really needs to be decided as to how much grunge/dirt are going to be on the assets. I like the concept of a killer being clean and tidy and like Jolyon says 'he sick of seeing bloodstained bathrooms' but at the same time the brief is a survival horror, and walking around a clean place isn't exactly scary. I think we've gone down the Thriller path rather than gorey horror. Needs deciding really.

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  3. Sai8 February 2011 at 13:15

    agree with arron :) our concept is cool, and i think we should leave adding mess till later when we have a better idea of the area.

    personally, i love dark wood, but i think the beechwood works better with the silver.

    Also, think of the materials - if its a proper wooden desk, you wouldnt buy expencive wood for a lab or work area desk, so mahogany would be a bit much :P Pine seems very common.
    If its chipboard in a plastic coat i guess any effect would be okay, but it will have to be made a bit shiny in the specular map. Kinda like the work desks in the labs in uni. Are they plywood in a plastic coat? Anyways, it may be something to consider :)

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  4. Game Art Jinx8 February 2011 at 13:26

    Yeah I was going for the coat effect on chipboard/mdf. It meant I could get away with bad seams on the the corners as they tend to be in RL :D Im not too sure on how to apply shaders in UDK atm, need to look into it. Cheers Sai

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