Allar's Awesome Blog

Kasumi Practice

SavvyKazi — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:58:51 +0000

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted but here’s a quick 15min paint I did to test out Adobe Photoshop Cs6. My review: pretty cool

Diablo 3 Launch!

Allar — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:39:36 +0000

Been waiting forever for Diablo 3 as with everyone else; have a few friends who worked on the title tease endlessly about it… but now its finally going live. My battletag is Allar#1160, lets kill some evil!

Updating this blog is hard…

Allar — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:43:09 +0000

I don’t mean to sound whiny, but ever since my new job at Plastic Piranha working on a game title called Rikochet, I just haven’t had time to publish any of the cool things I’ve been working on in my spare time. Hell, I even have a UnrealScript Editor with real auto-complete and some really nice features not found anywhere else, but I’m not happy enough with it distribute it yet. I’ve even made progress on writing my engine, but that is another story all on its own.

I’m trying to schedule some time in to update my tutorials, but we’ll see. For those who keep coming back, thank you!

Going to GDC 2012

Allar — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:28:26 +0000

I’m on my way over to the Game Development Conference in San Francisco, if you’re going to be there be sure to find me at the Plastic Piranha booth!

Savvy’s Saturday Drink Responsibly

SavvyKazi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:14:07 +0000

Another Saturday video to feast on. Enjoy!

Savvy’s Saturday Session #1

SavvyKazi — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:27:06 +0000

So kids, I’m starting a new video series of Saturday speed paintings. I’m going to be filming these paintings in as close to real time as possible and will try to talk about my process or whatever else is going on. Any who, hope you enjoy this rocky first go.

UnrealScript Edtior Proof Of Concept

Allar — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:10:14 +0000

It’s all in the title, and the embedded video!

IDE Feature Set

Allar — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:25:17 +0000

I’m currently traveling down the road others have gone and trying to create an UnrealScript IDE myself as well. nFringe and WOTgreal and some of the newer attempts are all usable and nice, but none of them are as lightweight as I want and are either missing key features, aren’t extendable to include features I want, or are outdated. Hopefully I should have a prototype by the end of the week, but if you have any suggestions for what you would like to see in an UnrealScript IDE please comment away your suggestions.

Savvy’s Flat Leather Tutorial

SavvyKazi — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:13:10 +0000

And here we have a short tutorial to show you one way to create the look of a flat leather material.

Kyle’s Modular Building!

Kyle — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:19:28 +0000

So if there was any way to build a level fast and efficient its some modular building. I suggest if there are any of you artists out there that love environmental building, look into this because you will instantly make a level designer your best friend. Here below are a few pieces I modeled & textured out, with this set I can make hallways all day, throw in some rooms and clutter… Waala! You have yourself a pretty decent level to go around go play, tweak, and then refine.

If you are going to try to start making some modular pieces here are some tips:

- ALWAYS stick to the grid, make sure everything will snap just right.

-Try to work within the a power of 2 (specifically 256 or 512 sizes) .

Everything has to be extremely precise, otherwise it will end up not fitting correctly when you import it into your favorite editor. But once done right, can be super powerful. One good read about modular pieces is this. I will update the hallway above, maybe even with some game-play!