#TESLA VS LOVECRAFT COOP PS4#

Mounting Tesla on top keeps Tesla’s presence on the screen when playing as the mech, which we thought was important. We wanted it to have some makeshift feel to it (the loose chords) but also for it to look durable and powerful, like an armored vehicle. I wanted it to have a defiant expression, and the anthropoid form allows that. This final mech design looks more like an extension of Tesla, rather than just a metal can he is jammed into. The final model ended up rounder and stubbier compared to the original art because we wanted it to be compact enough to maneuver most areas in the game. Thinking too much about the technical stuff while sketching really blocked me artistically. I found it easier to come up with something nice looking this way. I did the Mech’s design as I drew a draft of the game’s “box art”, not thinking about the modeling part at all, let alone functionality in the game. I found the method of modeling the head by drawing the features on a plane, mainly using the knife tool, and then moving on to depth by moving and extruding geometry surprisingly handy! There was no need to worry about topology, as the face is not animated.

Tesla had very distinct features and hairstyle, so it was fun to caricature him! The whole character and the mech are modeled ”the old fashioned way”, no sculpting involved. I started on the Tesla model by looking at photos of him. This is why we have to exaggerate proportions and movements, to make them look like something.īlender is what we use, and general interface considered it has become a favorite for me in 3D modeling. For example, we as humans are not accustomed to seeing humans like birds do. I thought if Tesla vs Lovecraft was a movie, it would be one of those atmospheric stylized stop-motion films!Īs the game is top-down, we have to take that into account when designing graphical assets. The artistic style I’m trying to accomplish with the whole game is an atmospheric, cartoonish world with pleasant colors and a touch of grittiness and decay.

#TESLA VS LOVECRAFT COOP PS4#

The Tesla Mech is for the upcoming game Tesla vs Lovecraft, an intense top-down arena shooter for PC, PS4 and Xbox One where you play as Nikola Tesla, bringing his inventions into battle against the sea of nightmarish monsters summoned by Lovecraft.

Tesla vs lovecraft coop