My name is Karl Andersson, and I recently took part in a group assignment to create a prototype for a game. The game had to be produced in UDK (aka Unreal Toolkit, the baseline toolset of Epic), and there were some fairly strict limitations on polycount and textures.

With that in mind, we tried to construct a concept that relied on the strengths of the toolset – primarily, it is intended for first person view – and throw in some more exotic elements like puzzles and moving parts.

We put a lot of emphasis on the story, not just in terms of background, but also through the visual style, mechanics, and audio design – we wanted the look and feel to be coherent with the overall setting.

In all, I think we managed to produce a good, playable concept of what is doable in three weeks. We were also lucky enough to be featured in Epic’s official showreel of UDK projects, shown at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Screenshots:

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9f7IFckJnY

Epic’s UDK Showreel from GDC2010: http://g4tv.com/videos/44735/Unreal-Developers-Kit-GDC-2010-Development-Update-Trailer/

Team members: Tomas Almgren, Gari Malkoc, Fredrik Englund, Karl Andersson, Jonathan Lönnqvist, Erik Spellerberg

 We have had a lot to do lately here at futuregames but the most busy days are now over so i decided to paint some environment concept. I decided to pick a fantasy theme giving me freedom to explore. My goal is to speed up my workflow and be more brave with colours. Lucky me im having such awesome classmates allways ready to poke me

Three days ago i made the very first piece of my “crystal crater” series. There you can see how the crater looks from the outside.   

The next two pieces am i satisfied with. One colder and one little warmer with a touch of vegitation. This is what you will find reaching deeper in the caves of the crystal crater. Im thinkig of adding warmer colours and more vegetation the deeper you reach.  

John Troive

Right now I’m working on a jellyfish project. This is a prew render that I’ve been polishing in photoshop. The main plan is to texture it and maybe animate it. I will poste the finished result later! See yah!