Quanero 2 - System Release

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• Announcements·30 Mar 2018Official

  Creating the World of Quanero

  Find the essence of the level, turn ideas into reality and push some polygones to make it happen. That's the short form of our enviroment design. A deeper insight gives our enviroment artist Dominik in our latest blog: Hi everybody! So today is all about how we at Laserboys3000 build the dark and grimm world of “Quanero 2 - System Release” for you to experience in VR. My name is Dominik and my main responsibility on the project is to make sure that all the environments and locations in which our story takes place in are believable and furthermore visually pleasing to look at. In addition to that I try to keep in mind that an environment should aid the overall story and theme of a game and not the other way around. Today I try to break down the creation process into different steps and stages to show you how we approach and develop environments from start to finish. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/515e1fd4a2bd7078cf5f1599ea9047255474673c.jpg Preproduction:  Where the essence of the level is found In the beginning I like to ask important but sometimes boring questions about the location I am going to design. Pre Production for me  is all about story, setting, functionality and order. Each location in Quanero 2 - System release serves a unique purpose derived from the storybook. The story lays down the setting of a location and what crucial elements I have to consider and build, but in order to start production I need more in-depth information. This usually starts with me doing a really detailed description of what the area should look like. At this stage many different aspects and possibilities interact with each other and form a detailed picture of what I want an environment to look like in my head. In the process I think about daytime, atmosphere, lighting, weather, surrounding areas and many other factors that influence the appearance and functionality of a location. Once I got a decent picture of what the finished enviro...
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• Announcements·30 Mar 2018Official

  Creating the World of Quanero

  Find the essence of the level, turn ideas into reality and push some polygones to make it happen. That's the short form of our enviroment design. A deeper insight gives our enviroment artist Dominik in our latest blog: Hi everybody! So today is all about how we at Laserboys3000 build the dark and grimm world of “Quanero 2 - System Release” for you to experience in VR. My name is Dominik and my main responsibility on the project is to make sure that all the environments and locations in which our story takes place in are believable and furthermore visually pleasing to look at. In addition to that I try to keep in mind that an environment should aid the overall story and theme of a game and not the other way around. Today I try to break down the creation process into different steps and stages to show you how we approach and develop environments from start to finish. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/515e1fd4a2bd7078cf5f1599ea9047255474673c.jpg Preproduction:  Where the essence of the level is found In the beginning I like to ask important but sometimes boring questions about the location I am going to design. Pre Production for me  is all about story, setting, functionality and order. Each location in Quanero 2 - System release serves a unique purpose derived from the storybook. The story lays down the setting of a location and what crucial elements I have to consider and build, but in order to start production I need more in-depth information. This usually starts with me doing a really detailed description of what the area should look like. At this stage many different aspects and possibilities interact with each other and form a detailed picture of what I want an environment to look like in my head. In the process I think about daytime, atmosphere, lighting, weather, surrounding areas and many other factors that influence the appearance and functionality of a location. Once I got a decent picture of what the finished enviro...
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• Announcements·27 Feb 2018Official

  Real Actors in VR

  Hi everybody! We would like to give you some insight into our development. That's why we decided to do a blog series. This time our MoCap and Scan Supervisor Wolfgang Stockinger explains how we develop Realistic Characters in VR and why we’ve photographed therefore every actor over 2000 times. We want to create an VR experience which is as realistic as possible, so players can immerse deeply in our world. One of the most important elements to achieve that, are our characters. However, creating believable human characters is one of the biggest challenges in computer animation. Artists quickly tend to portray people in a perfect way, but it is the blemishes and asymmetries of a person that make the appearance alive and thus the character realistic. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/05bfbcc7b1bb859556a5b71ee930782e9212343a.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/9debf080ec7f67dcf699ed750a308c7a813aec3b.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/1a34c02cfc40c3f7cb4932ab4d783bce52b68821.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/731d2d0088163f8761c619b9b38a05410ae52713.jpg That’s why we decided to scan our actors in Quanero 2, using photogrammetry. This technique makes it possible to develop a three-dimensional model from photographs, by using many cameras, all pointed at the object you want to capture. A big advantage of this method is, that the proportions of the digital doubles fit exactly to those of the actors. There is no so-called “offset” in the motion capturing, a distance between the movements of the actors and their digital avatars, which makes the movements of the digital characters seem unnatural. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/0e30c16a2430725139fb4fec946c13a41b528acc.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/0805f8...
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• Announcements·27 Feb 2018Official

  Real Actors in VR

  Hi everybody! We would like to give you some insight into our development. That's why we decided to do a blog series. This time our MoCap and Scan Supervisor Wolfgang Stockinger explains how we develop Realistic Characters in VR and why we’ve photographed therefore every actor over 2000 times. We want to create an VR experience which is as realistic as possible, so players can immerse deeply in our world. One of the most important elements to achieve that, are our characters. However, creating believable human characters is one of the biggest challenges in computer animation. Artists quickly tend to portray people in a perfect way, but it is the blemishes and asymmetries of a person that make the appearance alive and thus the character realistic. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/05bfbcc7b1bb859556a5b71ee930782e9212343a.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/9debf080ec7f67dcf699ed750a308c7a813aec3b.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/1a34c02cfc40c3f7cb4932ab4d783bce52b68821.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/731d2d0088163f8761c619b9b38a05410ae52713.jpg That’s why we decided to scan our actors in Quanero 2, using photogrammetry. This technique makes it possible to develop a three-dimensional model from photographs, by using many cameras, all pointed at the object you want to capture. A big advantage of this method is, that the proportions of the digital doubles fit exactly to those of the actors. There is no so-called “offset” in the motion capturing, a distance between the movements of the actors and their digital avatars, which makes the movements of the digital characters seem unnatural. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/0e30c16a2430725139fb4fec946c13a41b528acc.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31808289/0805f8...
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• Announcements·19 Jan 2018Official

  We are looking for financial support

  Hi everybody! We are glad to announce "Quanero 2 - System Release" on Steam! This is still a no-budget student project. Part of the equipment was provided to us by the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, but we bear all the expenses for our actors and licenses. We are happy about every donation to cover our costs. So, if you like to help us out head over to www.quanero.com and hit the donate button! We will use Steam and all other common social media platforms to keep you updated on the developement. We will also start streaming soon, but that will be an extra announcement. So make sure to follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/Quanero2 FB: facebook.com/QuaneroSystemRelease Reddit: reddit.com/user/Quanero2 Thanks a lot for your interest and your support! Best wishes! The Laserboys3000-Team
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