Thursday, 3 October 2013

This image was some ideas for how content from the 1950s movie Forbidden Planet could be adapted to create a modern action game. The tower on the left was the reult of playing around with different geometry to try and create an industrial like piece of alien technology. 

The image on the right was the result of me trying to give Robby the robot a visual update, it consists of numerous floating sections that can come together to change the bot's form. Originally the sections would form an orb like object but when it comes into contact with the humans it takes on a humanoid form as it stands on two legs, has two arms and a head which is normally the center of the orb. It changes to a human like form to make it seem more relatable not only to the human characters, but also the player. I took to calling the updated design 12-0-13-E (ROB-E).

The bottom image was an unfinished result of me trying to figure out what this long lost race of aliens would look like, I found this to be extremely challenging as it is hard to come up with an idea that is truly "alien". After some consideration I think that the aliens would have to have been similar to humans anatomically as my idea for the planet is similar to the earth thus, evolution would result in a humanoid creature. The aliens would also have to appear to be extremely wise and civilized as their technology is thousands of years more advanced than the human's. I later did a 3D sculpt of what the aliens could look like as well as the human military soldiers.