[Student Game Demo Project] SPRING

Hello everyone,

We are a group of second year students from University of Hertfordshire. We have just started working on our game demo project and so we will keep you posted here for feedback, ideas and general comments.

Now, for the into:

The summary:

A third person RPG set in a Tibetan inspired landscape, where water is sacred. Our protagonist, Jikai, along with his spirit companion, Cahya - the water spirit, goes on a journey to find what is causing the water of the land to dry up. In the level we are making we find Jikai and Cahya on their way to an ancient and abandoned temple. There, an angry spirit who has been feeding off of the water’s energy awaits them. His unease and anger has cursed the water flowing from the temple and he is not backing down peacefully.

As we have 3 month to finish it. we will be doing a small level to show the scale and feel, but it wil be a demo, not a full game.

The team:

Catarina Rees - Environment Art, Prop Art

Diana Karakushyan - Environment Art, Lighting

Darina Koycheva - Technical Art, UI

Jay Mooney - Character Art

Rose Tolley - Animation

As of now we are working on the greybox and finilizing concepts. We would love some feedback and ideas to throw at us if you have any!

The Inspiration:


The Concept:

The Temple (Diana Karakuashyan):

The Protagonist - Jikai (Catarina Rees):

The Sidekick - Cahya (Rose Tolley):

The Antagonist (J Mooney):

This is our greybox so far, some things need polishing, however, we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback will be much appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_l4LdFFCV0&t=3s&ab_channel=DarinaKoycheva

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Hey @daribarik1,

Hope you’re having a wonderful week so far!

I can’t wait to watch this develop. The art style and story are already so captivatingly beautiful. Cahya is the most adorable little water spirit and I can see the environmental aspects of this demo resonating with a lot of people.
Will we be getting sneak peeks into the development of the combat system? Or snippets of the character art as it progresses?

Hope to see more soon. Sending you and your team lots of support! :slight_smile:

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Thank you for the kind words @PresumptivePanda !
Our aim is to have weekly updates of all the work we have produced, so yes, character, animation and environment works in progress will be on here as well as progress of the different systems i will be workng on!

This our first group project and we are all very excited to bring it to fruition!

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Hey Everyone! Time for an update after one of our wip submissions! Things are going slow, but steady, Here is another walkthrough as well as some cool shots from our level, enjoy!



Some character progress:


We hope to hear what you think!

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Hi again @daribarik1,

A tiny glimpse at Cahya and some hard-core Avatar: Last Airbender clothing nostalgia? This project has quickly become one of my favorites!

Can’t wait to see Cahya in all of their water-elemental beauty. :heartpulse:

Sending you and your team support and encouragement. Cheers!

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Let me make you even more nostalgic! Our animator has been blocking the final cut scene for the demo, using Aang’s rig! As cool as he is we cannot wait to see Jikai and Cahya kick the spirit’s butt… Enjoy! :slight_smile:

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AHHHH, love it! :face_holding_back_tears: Anxiously awaiting your next post!

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