Howdy partner,
It’s been a while since our last Production Update, so why not break the silence with another one instead! There’s been quite a few things that we worked on since the last time we spoke. One of those things has been the character creation in Wild West Dynasty. So today, we want to talk to you a little bit about it.
One of our goals with Wild West Dynasty is to make its world as authentic as it can be. One way you can introduce authenticity is through variety. Can you imagine living in a village or city and all the people living there looking exactly the same? Neither do we! It would look rather creepy actually, when you think about it. We spent many hours working to make sure that this is not the case. We’ve made a large number of cowboys and cowgirls models and textures so that our people in our game will be unique and special.
First up, we create 3D models of our townsfolk. Believe it or not, some of our models in the game are based on us at the studio. We have scanned a few of our faces and popped it into the Wild West Dynasty’s world.
And here’s a “bare” 3D model below:
Digital models of characters.
After we created the model, the next step is creating and putting some clothes on them. Working uniform, everyday outfit, special occasion suit - they’re all there. We do a lot of historical research to make sure that we are as historically accurate with our clothes too. And the designs start with concept art.
Looks like our Cowboy will not be left without garments - original concept art piece.
We have to admit that this process is a bit time consuming and requires a lot of work on details. But once we have the designs ready, and they’re implemented into the code, it definitely feels worth it. Here’s an example of one character model wearing a few different outfits.
A few examples of clothing options.
Here is another example of a concept art turned into a 3D model.
And of course, the most important detail, the different styles of long johns!
Comfortable AND stylish. It’s only a matter of time before the long johns make a comeback.
Apart from clothes, we are also working on our environment - buildings, furniture, saddles, animals, etc etc. There’s a lot of objects and “things” that we are creating to make the world as rich as possible. If you like, we can show you some in our next update. Just let us know below. And as always, let us know what you think of the update, and if you have any questions, just ask us in the comments section.
Stay tuned and speak to you soon Cowboys and Cowgirls!
Yours,
Virtual Magic Games and Toplitz Productions teams