My Character - Illustrative Synopsis

1. The Main Character -

My main character goes by the name of Rango who is a humanoid Dingo that is mainly an Anti-Hero meaning he only thinks of himself but does have a strong bond with his brother.

He is a theft that used to work for the Millitary but then turned to crime after seeing a gold mine they had to guard during the war for Nirvana, but he also has hate for the main antagonist called Thomas Jefferson for killing his brother and Rango is seeking revenge.

2. The Primary Antagonist -

The main Antagonist of my game goes by the name of Thomas Jefferson, a multi Millionare Tycoon that wants nothing more than to rid the world of Rango and his Brother (Which is the only one he managed to kill.
He is basically modeled after the Penguin from the Batman comics and is using a run-down mine to smuggle drugs into the USA. (The image above it just a reference image)

3. Sleath Gameplay -

The gameplay is heavly based on Gears of War style gameplay with the mix of Devil May Cry hack and slash. The player is put into a basic Third Person View with the ability to change the camera to a hack and slash camera or stay in a third person view.

4. Reward for the Player -

The reward at the end of the game is that the player is able to start the game a new in  New Game + Mode which means all the weapons and skills they have gained from the last playthrough they get to keep but the enemies become tougher and even their looks change. Another reward is that the player can play as Rango's brother as an unlockable skin in New Game + Mode but the story will be altered.

5. Hack and Slash Style -

The game may have a focuse on Thrid Person Shooting but the game is mainly an Hack and Slash game because during some points in the game the player is stuck in a large area which forces them to fight in a Hack and Slash styled fashion. The style also means that the game is incredibly gory and is more suited to an older audience which I was targeting with both the design of the game and the design of the character.

6. Tag Line -

My game is an Action packed Hack and Slash, Gears of War styled game with many unique gameplay elements such as the 3rd Person over the shoulder view which hasn't appeared in a Hack and Slash game.

Meeting Joel Simons of FlickerPix

A few months ago we were visited at Shiny Money Studios by Joel Simons who the founder of Flickerpix and also animates for the company to talk to us about he's career in animation. He is most noted for creating the short animation movie called Macropolis which which had won and award for Best Animation at the 10th Annual IFTAs 2013. He arrived to talk to us about what Flickerpix was about, how he started the company and also some of the animations that he had created over the course of time that he has been with Flickerpix (The Flickerpix Studio is based in Holywood). During the talk he showed off some of one his models that he created for one of his animations which gave me some ideas as to what kind of design I wanted my character design to look like.

Flickerpix has worked on an number of short animations, mostly consist of childrens animations but they do create animations for adults using the same style as they do when they create the childrens animations. The form of media they use the create their animations is mainly Claymation which was brought on by Joel himself who used to animate in clay years before he began  his company Flickpix. However, Flickpix has done some 2D short animations for TV shows such as Jedward's Big Adventure and also Advertisements such as the Progressive Adverts.

Flickerpix has been partnered with many clients in the past such as the BBC, Channel 4, UTV, CBBC, RTE and so on. They have worked on many animations with many of their clients, the most notable animtation they have done is the animation for C4 Paralympics for Channel 4.