Scene 4 Design

Scene 4 takes place inside the Greasy Can bar. The design of the bar is supposed to be dark and difficult to make out. The bar has an elevator which the duo take down into the bar as well as a bar which the bartender stands behnind. The bar will also have several of the generic robots socialising at the tables around the bar.

Much like the other indoor scenes, only the indoor is created to help with reducing rendering time.


I plan for most the action happen on the lower side of the above image, which includes the elevator on the right, the bar on the left and the flipped table in the centre left.

 


These tables are where the generic robots are designed to sit and socialise with each other.


This is the elevator wher the scene begins and where Vendo and the main character will emerge from


This is the bar where the mafia hitman will be posing as a bartender to ambush Vendo and MC


This is table that is flipped over when MC uses it for cover.

Character Animation

Many of my character dont have a need for a walk cycle beacause they have wheels or balls which allow them to roll along. However the Main character has a fully rigged skeleton and the animation wouldnt look very good if he just slid everywhere. This therefore meant that i needed a walk cycle for this character.

Initially, i had no idea how to do a porper walk cycle that doesnt look like the character is lifting its feet into the air. Therefore i checked on youtube and found a video by youtube user Game Dev Academy who has an excellent video about the creation of a walk cycle.

After follwign this video i was able to create a walk cycle for my main character. While it doesnt look the best, i am mostly happy with how it turned out. However, this walk cycle doesnt look that good on the character because of how the character was designed which is entirely my fault. The walk cycle sort of looks like the character is shuffling along the ground.

The animiation for the main character was handled within 24 frames. The first frame of this cycle was the character moving their right leg forward, the middle part or fram 12, was the right leg moving backward and the right leg starting to move forward and the final frame of the animation was moving the left  leg to the back again and the right leg froward again. The first frame and last frame of a walk cycle need to be the same otherwise there would be a break to the cycle and and wouldnt loop correctly.

Scene 4 Storyboard

Scne 4 takes place just after scene 3 and involves the duo taking an elevator down into the bar and talking to the bartender to gain information. The scene starts with the duo in the elveator. The duo then leave the elevator and approach the bar and talk to the bartender. The bartender asks whether he can get them anything. The main character responds with questions about the mafia. At this point the bartender is revealed to be a mafia spy and then starts to open fire with his laser pistol. The duo hide behind a table and return fire. Vendo then launches a can of Energy Oil at the bartender which incapacitates him.