Here you will find notes and rants from yet another amateur VFX generalist who loves CGI and is currently working on his next videogame. If you're a professional modeler, animator or artist you probably won't learn much here apart from the fact that amateurs are goofy and their methods can be most unorthodox.
During the day I am your friendly project and web manager, but at night I transform into an unstoppable VFX-CGI apprentice, doing all sorts of experiments and studies trying to produce all kinds of entertaining stuff.
In 2012 I started learning game development using Unity game engine and in 2015 produced my first mobile game which was finally published on the Apple App Store - "Run and Rock-it Kristie".
It's a musical "Rayman-esque" 2D-platformer where you control an aspiring young musician Kristie Strums on her quest to superstardom.
Gameplay:
Making, promoting the game and receiving feedback from players from around the world was an amazing and invaluable experience.
Finishing such a complex personal project helped me learn so much about computer graphics, animation and game development in general, I decided to take the next step and am currently working on a second game. This time – for PC (and possibly consoles).
It will surely take me quite a while to produce something decent, so buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Good ol' email just in case: barista {@t} cgicoffee.com
Cheers,
Armen B.