Introduction to Game Development: Assignment 1

By Simon Rose

Design Brief: Limbless Roman Centurion/Soldier

Written Work

Existing Characters

Helmets

Real Life Interpretations

Roman Centurion

Feet

Research + Influences

Rayman

Wii bowling

Fella, DeviantART Mascot

Andross, from Starfox

Grimly in Crash: Mind Over Mutant

Joka, from Klonoa

Limbless CharactersResearch + Influences

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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.

Character Hands

Character Movements

Research + Influences

Initial IdeasHe

lmet

+ F

ace

BodyHands

FeetTo

ga

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.

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.

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.

I decided to add a toga to my soldier as it will add complexity to

the simple body armor shape.

Ideas + Design

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.

Complete Character Ideas

Final

Character

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.

Ideas + Design

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6 7

http://www.imageenvision.com/cliparts/body-armour

http://www.clipartof.com/portfolio/toonaday/illustration/cartoon-black-and-white-outline-design-of-a-centurion-guard-1046822.html

http://en.fotolia.com/id/11213766

http://graphicleftovers.com/graphic/illustration-of-roman-soldier/

http://www.dreamstime.com/foto-de-stock-royalty-free-soldado-romano-image551545

http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/Romans.htm

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/rome/artefacts_rome.htm

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/rome/artefacts_rome.htm

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/aliens/access/curatorCol/roman.htm

http://www.elec-intro.com/roman-armor

http://en.fotolia.com/id/18897938

http://www.thisnext.com/tag/body-armor/

http://www.antoninewall.org/resources.php?sec=education

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/roman_army.htm

http://www.realarmorofgod.com/roman-soldier-costume.html

References

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/1OTtO06SP7M52gi5m8pD6CnahbW8CzxE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rayman_character.jpg

http://www.3dsbuzz.com/rayman-heading-to-3ds/

http://sandrathachao.deviantart.com/art/Rayman-Don-t-fall-152069789

http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Andross http://klonoa.wikia.com/wiki/Joka

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=fella

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090419154649/crashban/images/e/ee/Chgrimlymom.jpg

References

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-63609121/stock-vector-white-cartoon-hands-collection-set-of-variety-vector-gestures-icons.html

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

Screen Captures taken fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSwD44ilFyo Rayman 1 Playthrough (PS1) – Part 1 – Pink Plank WoodsUser: vingamer0723

References