Perhaps the ending has not yet been written...

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Tree's Company

After what has been just short of a month, in and around 'real' work and a tough bout of the flu, I've finally managed to write a few changes into Eh'ko. And what is the meaning and significance of the tree-house 'egg'? Well you'll just have to wait and see...

    

And the proverbial teaser video:
Video: Eh'ko - Age Teaser

Saturday, 12 April 2008

Statuesque

Things are progressing well with the writing of Eh'ko, but to keep the creative flame burning, I thought I'd take a break and do a little concept work:

Moving On Up

Despite being happy with the overall design of the Remote Age Viewer, I felt that it was still a little static and lifeless. So, utilising the recently added animated texture functionality of the PyPRP plugin I was able to produce a moving, simulated real-time remote view of Ages:

Video: Animated Remote Age Viewer

I'm pleased that the idea also sparked some discussion about using the technique to animate linking book panels, a concept kindly taken to the next stage by Aloys and implemented in a test Age.