Death By Oil

(Bombardment Studios)

Role: Lead Animator Team Size: 10 Engine: Unreal Time: 5 months

Death by Oil is a 3rd-person shooter. In an alternate reality where mechs were used in a World War 1/2 setting you are a crew of the Alliance who has wandered across a still functioning mech on a base you reclaimed that was previously taken over by the Rizar empire. Fight through large numbers of enemy mechs as you use your slow but powerful mech to push towards the enemy base in hopes to put in end to this war sooner than later.

Responsibilities

Create player leg model based off of concept and maintain style of chassis
Environmental assets including destroyed versions of existing objects and modular building pieces
Animating player and enemy legs/waist, AA gun and oil pump
Turn 2D logo art into a 3D model.
Creating textures and materials for assets

Skills Acquired/Improved

Knowledge of the Unreal work-space
Understanding of how rigging works
Greater understanding of how animating for a game works
How/why root motion is used
New skills/knowledge to improve workflow in Maya
Learning how to properly set up a skeleton for a machine
Using Substance Painter to create realistic texture

Challenges Overcome

Animating in 3D for a game for the 1st time and overcoming the challenges that come with it
Understanding how skinning a hard surface model is different from an organic one
Working with the tech team to implement functional animation for the gameplay

MF

Michael Fiorello

Game Artist/Animator

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Death By Oil

(Bombardment Studios)

Role: Lead Animator Team Size: 10 Engine: Unreal Time: 5 months

Responsibilities

Create player leg model based off of concept and maintain style of chassis

Environmental assets including destroyed versions of existing objects and modular building pieces

Animating player and enemy legs/waist, AA gun and oil pump

Turn 2D logo art into a 3D model.

Creating textures and materials for assets

Skills Acquired/Improved

Knowledge of the Unreal work-space

Understanding of how rigging works

Greater understanding of how animating for a game works

How/why root motion is used

New skills/knowledge to improve workflow in Maya

Learning how to properly set up a skeleton for a machine

Using Substance Painter to create realistic texture

Challenges Overcome

Animating in 3D for a game for the 1st time and overcoming the challenges that come with it

Understanding how skinning a hard surface model is different from an organic one

Working with the tech team to implement functional animation for the gameplay

MF

MF

Death By Oil

(Bombardment Studios)

Role: Lead Animator Team Size: 10 Engine: Unreal Time: 5 months

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Responsibilities

Create player leg model based off of concept and maintain style of chassis

Environmental assets including destroyed versions of existing objects and modular building pieces

Animating player and enemy legs/waist, AA gun and oil pump

Turn 2D logo art into a 3D model.

Creating textures and materials for assets

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Skills Acquired/Improved

Knowledge of the Unreal work-space

Understanding of how rigging works

Greater understanding of how animating for a game works

How/why root motion is used

New skills/knowledge to improve workflow in Maya

Learning how to properly set up a skeleton for a machine

Using Substance Painter to create realistic texture

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Challenges Overcome

Animating in 3D for a game for the 1st time and overcoming the challenges that come with it

Understanding how skinning a hard surface model is different from an organic one

Working with the tech team to implement functional animation for the gameplay

MF