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Project Orion Update: 02.16.2024: (post 1 of 2) & (post 2 of 2) in the links.
The W.H.D team has some new sample images from inside both 3D Studio Max and Unreal Engine 5 for "Project Orion". These are all blockout renders for testing and make use of the Arnold Render Plugin. As you will see in the samples from inside of Unreal Engine 5. The test renders and associated shaders, materials and emissive lighting created in 3D Studio Max provide an important function. The atmosphere is then used as a visual reference to create the same qualities within Unreal Engine 5. One of the great things about UE5 is the new Nanite system for importing meshes with high poly counts and making use of the functions that control depth range for processing large detailed environments. The Nanite system allows designers a great deal of freedom for current and next generation game development by greatly reducing the concern for polygon budgeting. The newer Lumen system for UE5 is also another great advancement for current and next generation games for functions that control fully dynamic global illumination and reflections. We hope you enjoy the sample visuals. This is post 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 there are to many images for just 1 post.
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Thank you: W.H.D Team.
Project Orion update 08.19.2023:
The W.H.D team has some new sample test render images to share for "Project Orion". These are "block-out" test renders created in 3D Studio Max using the Arnold Render plugin. Feel free to follow our game dev blog, here, as well as our links on the side and our Affiliate associated links as well.. Thank you.
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W.H.D Team.
Orion concept art visual presentation
Project Orion update 02.01.2023:
Orion concept art visual presentation.
Wicked Horizon Designs “W.H.D” is pleased to have teamed up with talented Concept Artist Momo Shisu who created the T Pose images for Orion’s base body mesh fitted armor. She did an amazing job making several to scale poses including front, back, 45° front, 45° back, top & bottom angles fitted to our 3d character model. W.H.D is always glad to promote talent that we work with, for individuals, game developers, etc who are looking for a quality Concept Artist to hire for commissions. You can find a link to Momo Shisu’s Twitter on our blog sidebar in the Affiliates category and her D/A link below. Team acknowledgements are as follows, VFX work in 3D Studio Max & After Effects Jamie. Original music score Kimmy, Music Edits Remy, Video Edit Remy.
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Links for accreditations & program software used listed below:
Momo Shisu:
Autodesk 3D Studio Max:
Adobe After Effects:
Saber plugin by Video Copilot:
Space Age Regular font:
Storyblocks:
PremiumBeat by Shutterstock:
DaVinci Resolve:
Digital Audio Workstation Reaper & Archetype Gojira by Neural DSP
Logic Pro:
Soundtoys: Plugin Some Attitude:
Project Orion October 2021 update:
- Greetings from the Wicked Horizon Designs "W.H.D" team, we have an exciting new update to share. The W.H.D team in collaboration with our affiliates at WeAnimate have together achieved a milestone. We want to thank the fantastic people at WeAnimate for their time, professionalism and attention to detail. At the bottom of the update post, we will include links to all of the appropriate products, content and services that are contributing factors. We want to include a few shout outs to individuals involved. The WeAnimate staff: Januth, Shai & the VA who was involved in the process Mia. From start to finish we are very pleased to have built a great relationship with our friends at WeAnimate. The W.H.D teammates who took part in this collaboration: Joe F. VFX, Animation & Consultation, Sam S. Unreal Engine & AARPG integration with move-set testing, Noel A. Video Editing & compilation, R. Chao Music score creation, Jamie N. W.H.D logo Animation, business organizer and project owner.
- The WeAnimate team was able to create a bone rig system for the Orion character mesh in Blender that was structured to orient perfectly with the bone hierarchy system native inside Unreal Engine for easy re-targeting. Afterwards Sam S. of the W.H.D team transitioned the native Unreal rig set up into the AARPG Combat System where we conducted extensive stress tests using a variety of unique melee combat animation packs such as seen in the demonstration video here.
We will be posting future video updates as the development of Project Orion continues to advance. The W.H.D team is very pleased to acknowledge all the hard work of individuals, businesses & content creators who in turn help us achieve our goals and promoting their brands along with our own. We look forward to sharing future updates, progress, affiliations & partnerships.
Thank you and enjoy the w.i.p (work in progress) development video. - Sincerely: W.H.D team.
- Professional & legal acknowledgements:
- Wicked Horizon Designs is always happy to promote products or services we make use of.
- Project Orion yYouTube page: Project Orion Youtube
- Epic Games Unreal Engine: Unrealengine.com
- Proper credit to the creation of the original model to "Sketch Kidd", a talented 3D designer.
- Proper credit to R. Chao for the "Waterworld" music composition in the video.
- WeAnimate offer a variety of Animation, 3D Modeling & Rigging services. They have a friendly intuitive staff of professionals that will be happy to consult with you and help achieve your business goals. You can visit their website linked here to browse their products and services. Weanimate.online
- Advanced Action RPG combat System: Unrealengine.com
- Great Sword Animset: Unrealengine.com
- Twin Sword Anim set expansion: Unrealengine.com
The Wicked Horizon Designs sound team music highlight:
The W.H.D team is pleased to announce our partnership with Music Producer Kyle Misko who will work in conjunction with our in-house sound team for Project Orion's original Ost. Each member of our sound team brings exceptional talent into our game project. Kyle has created music for several different titles in the indie game scene and in numerous other genres. Most notable are his game Ost remakes & remixes “Re-visited by Kyle Misko.” He has completely recomposed the soundtrack for “Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen & Soul Reaver” and wrote music for indie side project “Dark Renaissance.” Additionally, he recomposed the main theme for “Myst.” Remixed soundtracks for “Riven, Diablo, Warcraft, Gothic” and many other titles. His personal work includes such titles as “Dead Fury, Cyberthreat, Silica Nexus Project, Total Miner, Snoot's Adventure, Daybringer, Griff the Winged Lion” and many more exciting titles that are yet to be released. Kyle has also released 2 full scale electronic albums "Life Infused Music, Part 1 & 2" under "Dj Axaw" pseudonym, as well as an Indie / Alternative Rock EP's "Spring Thoughts & Amelioration.”
Kyle is also Vocalist, and a guitar player. He also occasionally records vocal covers on different bands from the 90s as well as was a lead guitarist and singer in 3 bands up to today" From Orchestral (Cinematic, Dramatic, Classical) to Rock (Alternative, Grunge, Hard Rock, Metal) to Electronic (Ambience, Sci Fi, House Music, Drum n Bass) to Hip Hop (Phonk and Pop) to Traditional Music (done mixes on Native American Music as well Ancient Roman Music). Kyle is a young and ambitious musician, and his diverse works and talents are an excellent addition to the W.H.D sound team.
Our in-house music team Remy "Chao" R., a talented guitarist and former drummer & Kimberly A, a beat maker and ambient electronic artist will create some nice S.F.X. Chao brings a great aspect of rock to go with our synth sci-fi vibe. Remy has a great affinity for Neural D.S.P music software. With these 3 diverse individuals and talents, Chao, Kimmy & Kyle will create a fantastic dynamic music immersion atmosphere for the Project Orion game universe.
If readers would like to check out some links associated with this update post, you can find them below. The Wicked Horizon Designs team is pleased to give our amazing music and S.F.X talent the attention they deserve, additional updates will follow in due course.
Thank you everyone for visiting and reading about our game development progress.
Sincerely: Team Wicked Horizon Designs W.H.D
(Associated links to content mentioned in this update are posted below.)
Wicked Horizon Designs: W.H.D Project Orion links:
Official Blog: Wickedhorizondesigns.blogspot.com
Official Twitter: Twitter.com
Official Facebook page: Facebook.com
Our IndieDB development page at: Indiedb.com
Our official Project Orion Youtube page: Youtube.com
Kyle Misko on YouTube:
Neuraldsp:
We have some new pre-production renders created by one of our Unreal Engine environment artists Sam S. These focus on a W.I.P (work in progress) part of a location in Biome 1 that will be a waterfall valley for one of our game development projects "Project Orion". Feel free to follow us on our official Twitter: Twitter.com
Official Facebook page: Facebook.com
Our official blog: Wickedhorizondesigns.blogspot.com
some pre-production renders created by one of our Unreal Engine environment artists Sam S. These are initial block-outs he is working on for a biome location for one of our game development projects "Project Orion". In these sample images Sam wanted to convey a feeling of artificiality & warmth with the lighting scheme during a daytime atmospheric cycle. Feel free to follow us on our official Twitter, blog & Facebook page. Facebook.com
our blog: Wickedhorizondesigns.blogspot.com
Here are some snapshots of very early preliminary work our team is creating for an action 3rd person jrpg hack & slash game. The style draws upon some various inspirations from cel-shade anime, cyberpunk, Tron, etc. The atmosphere and play style draws on inspiration from games like Bloodborne, Metroid, Kingdom Hearts. The 3D modeling of characters and environments is being created using 3D Studio Max & Blender and we are using Unreal Engine for execution. Right now we are testing various systems and H.U.D properties as well as a parkour system. Some accents inside of the shown environments come from purchased content in the Unreal marketplace. The Wicked Horizon team (us) are happy to support and promote the work of content creators who develop systems, assets and various other content that help indie developers create their games. Links to content made use of in these images can be purchased by anyone in the UE4 marketplace and will be provided below. Right now we are just getting started with this project and we will post updates when time allows. We will not go into details about the story or various surprises we have in-store at this point but we hope you enjoy a brief look behind the scenes at what we are working on. Thank you for checking out our post sincerely. W.H.D Wicked Horizon Designs.
(Images posted on our Indie DB page)
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Content purchased in the UE4 marketplace used in conjunction with current project development. Wicked Horizon Designs is very happy to support amazing content creators & Epic Games content.
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