Game Designer / Technical Artist
Sweeping the Ruins
Lead Game Artist, 3D Technical Character Artist
Sweeping the Ruins is a co-op strategy action game where you fight a corrupted giant monster threatening the town using your wits and the environment around you. You have several traps and weapons to use at your disposal, but you'll need the help of your partner to defeat it unscathed.
Roles | Lead artist, 3D modeler/rigger/animator
Tools | Unreal Engine, Maya, Substance Painter
Duration | 2020 - 2021
Team Size | 20+
2-Player Co-op
Strategy Action
Awards and Recognition:
❖ Showcased at USC Games Expo 2021
❖ Published on Steam
About:
Sweeping the Ruins was created as a year-long school capstone project. It started out being developed in Unity, but we transitioned to Unreal Engine early in development to take advantage of its built-in blueprint systems. It proved to be a good opportunity to learn the art pipeline in Unreal Engine.
My Role:
As the art lead on Sweeping the Ruins, I helped conceptualize, establish and oversee the visuals as well as the overall look and feel of the game.
I collaborated with the director and producer to manage and delegate tasks to the artists on the team. I was also a 3D artist who worked on 3 characters and various prop/environmental assets such as the ballista, wrecking ball, ground, and walls. Through modeling, texturing, rigging, and animating the 2 protagonists from a 2D concept image, I learned . I also concepted and designed the game's Monster from scratch, and developed it from concept to a fully game-ready and animated character.
Additionally, I also utilized Unreal Engine's blueprints and created PBR materials to give the environment a look of stylized realism.
