Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
MODS UPDATE SEQUENCES
In Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, I worked on an update for the Mods system in character progression.
We added a deeper menu for the mod details, and allowed players to re-roll their mods to try for a better stat value of one of the randomly rolled stat types.
These are the sequences animated to help clarify for players what has happened. The sequence is especially important since the data density is quite high and complex.
Command & conquer: Rivals
Free crate/convoys
In C&C Rivals, the timed free crate feature was themed around the idea of the crate being called and delivered via convoy. This presented an interesting hurdle of trying to connect a tiny truck on the landing page to something more serious and exciting. As such the design was made that on kickoff, the truck would scale up to have the crate dropped onto it before scaling back down.
The crate drop is unique to each crate type, to imply the value of the crate by how "heavy" it appears to be when being dropped on the crate.
This animation was developed initially in Adobe After Effects for the concept stage and then implemented into the proprietary engine software.
End of battle victory
This video showcases two animation features that I developed and implemented.
Part 1: The end of battle sequence when a match is decided and the UI clears and the victory banner comes in to highlight the outcome. There was also a version for defeat made.
Part 2: The Player Level Up badge comes in as a result of crossing an experience threshold. There are multiple places that this moment can play over in the meta, so it was necessary for the UI and animations to cooperate over all cases.
The animations were first concepted in Adobe After Effects for fast iteration and then implemented into the game's proprietary engine software. Both features required collaboration with and direction for engineering and the vfx partner.
End of Battle: Victory - Nod Faction Unlock
In C&C lore, there are two primary factions. In rivals, players only have access to one faction - GDI - until player level 9, which unlocks the second faction - Brotherhood of Nod.
It was imperative that this animation felt thematically appropriate to the tone of the faction as well as being exciting.
This animation was initially developed in Adobe After Effects for the ideation and iteration stage before being implemented into proprietary engine software.
leveling a unit
Training Units is one of the most important and frequent activities that a player will do when engaging in the meta of this game. Considering that, the animation response to the behavior needed to be fast, punchy and satisfying.
This animation was implemented into a proprietary engine software and required extensive collaboration with engineering and vfx artist partners.
zombie gunship: Survival
Events
End of Battle: Victory/Defeat
PVP Mode
Level Up
Campaign Map