Monthly Archives: July 2015

Building Character Customization (Part 2)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by a_a

Review Welcome to the second part of my Character Customization blog post! The first part can be found here if you missed it, and it covers preparing a Blender3D file that contains a rig, several meshes weighted to that rig, and animations, … Continue reading →

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Building Character Customization (Part 1)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by a_a

For the past week or so, I’ve been adding more features to my asset build system on the Blender side and asset loaders on the Unity side to support character customization. What is character customization you ask? Read below! (And of course, if … Continue reading →

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Turning Concept Art into a 3D Model in Blender

Posted on July 16, 2015 by a_a

I’ve been writing a lot about the software engineering side of game development recently, and today, I decided to write about the art side. For my next game, I’m aiming for a lighthearted “cartoony” look, while capturing the adventurous fantasy … Continue reading →

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More Progress on Character Work

Posted on July 9, 2015 by a_a

While I’m spending most of my time working on getting my asset build pipeline working, I’ve obviously needed files to test with. Here’s a little bit more progress on the hero character. Most of the model and rig are still … Continue reading →

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Importing Blender Pose Markers to Unity Animation Events

Posted on July 9, 2015 by a_a

a.k.a. Blender to Unity Asset Builder (Part 2) I didn’t plan on writing a second part to the Blender to Unity Asset Builder post, but I found myself continuing work on my asset build scripts because for whatever reason, Unity … Continue reading →

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Character Modeling in Blender

Posted on July 2, 2015 by a_a

Work is still in progress on the hero character for my next game. I’m posting this animated gif to make up for the horrendous attempt from the previous post.

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Blender to Unity Asset Builder

Posted on July 1, 2015 by a_a

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on an asset builder to build my Blender models. Here’s the what, why, and how. What is an Asset Builder? An asset builder automatically processes content authored by artists, designers, etc. into … Continue reading →

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