Introduction to Game Development: Assignment 1

1. Introduction to Game Development: Assignment 1 Written Work By Simon Rose Design Brief: Limbless Roman Centurion/Soldier

2. Research + Influences Roman Centurion Helmets Feet Existing Characters Real Life Interpretations

3. Research + Influences Limbless Characters Joka, from Klonoa Andross, from Starfox Wii bowling Fella, DeviantART Mascot Rayman Grimly in Crash: Mind Over Mutant

4. Research + Influences Character Hands Character Movements 2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 To come up with the limb and body movement of my character, I studied freeze-frames of the popular limbless character Rayman on PS1.

5. Ideas + Design Initial Ideas Helmet + Face I decided to pick this helmet as it used all of the elements of the research that I had done. This includes the red feather, golden rim and silver helmet shape. I also went with a large nose to give the character a more friendly appeal. Body I decided to pick this body as it was easy to draw in flash and shows a definite line between the front and back of the character, as well as his armor. I took inspiration from the real roman soldier drawing. Hands I used a three strap sandal as this is what actual Roman soldiers war, as depicted by all the research that I did. I also chose the feet to be rounded and toeless, making them easier to animate without loosing the relevance to my influences. I chose the three finger hand as it was easy to draw and shows a good representation of a real human hand. The thumb can also be used to add to the realism of the character. Toga I decided to add a toga to my soldier as it will add complexity to the simple body armor shape. Feet

6. Ideas + Design Complete Character Ideas 1 4 2 3 5 Final Character 6 7 Using all of the different parts of my character I designed 7 complete designs, after this I rated them all out of 5 and chose the best design. With a few tweaks I redrew it in flash and coloured it in to be animated.

7. References http://www.imageenvision.com/cliparts/body-armour http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/rome/artefacts_rome.htm http://www.clipartof.com/portfolio/toonaday/illustration/cartoon-black-and-white-outline-design-of-a-centurion-guard-1046822.html http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/rome/artefacts_rome.htm http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/aliens/access/curatorCol/roman.htm http://en.fotolia.com/id/11213766 http://www.elec-intro.com/roman-armor http://graphicleftovers.com/graphic/illustration-of-roman-soldier/ http://en.fotolia.com/id/18897938 http://www.dreamstime.com/foto-de-stock-royalty-free-soldado-romano-image551545 http://www.thisnext.com/tag/body-armor/ http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/Romans.htm http://www.realarmorofgod.com/roman-soldier-costume.html http://www.antoninewall.org/resources.php?sec=education http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/roman_army.htm

8. References http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/1OTtO06SP7M52gi5m8pD6CnahbW8CzxE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rayman_character.jpg http://sandrathachao.deviantart.com/art/Rayman-Don-t-fall-152069789 http://www.3dsbuzz.com/rayman-heading-to-3ds/ http://klonoa.wikia.com/wiki/Joka http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Andross http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090419154649/crashban/images/e/ee/Chgrimlymom.jpg http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=fella

9. References http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-63609121/stock-vector-white-cartoon-hands-collection-set-of-variety-vector-gestures-icons.html Screen Captures taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSwD44ilFyo Rayman 1 Playthrough (PS1) – Part 1 – Pink Plank Woods User: vingamer0723 http://tateillustrationnewblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/handy-stuff.html http://www.jamiesale-cartoonist.com/blog-of-cartoons/how-to-draw-cartoons-hands/ http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-53105836/stock-vector-collection-of-cartoon-vector-hands.html