The Girl and the Robot

awsome! finally the robot is in action. Really loving this. i have a question, will the entire game take place in the castle?
keep up the great work.

 

There is a physics approach:

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MovePosition.html
and
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MoveRotation.html

I haven't really used them myself, and I have noticed that most people go to the parenting approach. I assume it's because the parenting approach gives you more options/control and less "unexpected" results. For example, if you used this approach on your lift and the lift went up too fast, I assume you'd launch your character if your lift came to an abrupt stop. Whereas the parenting approach, the character never moves faster or slower than the lift itself, realistic or not.

Cheers,

Galen

 

Hello!

Last week, I did the texture of another major part of the first level: the transit tower. This is the area where the girl meets the robot for the first time. Of course, I still need to add assets like light torches, banners, etc.; but you can get the idea. Thanks for your comments and support and please check out my blog for more info.







Also,
@snowconesolid: thanks for your comment, yes the whole game takes place in the castle, but the castle have sections that are completely different from each other, from a castle town to underground tunnels, etc.
@galent : thanks for the info! I'll stay with the parenting solution for now since it works fine. I try not to use physic as much as possible since it often brings bugs.

 

Agreed, fantastic name, Simple. Indie. is what it is.

 

Hey!
Continuing to work on the first level, here are some rising platforms!

 

man i love the feel of these environments
the colors are just wonderful
is everything painted, or did you also used photos

imo you need a little bit more work on your characters
i like your robot, but he is a bit to plane
his maincolor is great, but you should add some details
now it looks like you just have a wireframe as texture
maybe add some more colorvariation, some darker or brighter parts
and i don't like your girl, sorry but she looks boring and
if you look at the video 0:23
the texture of her upperbody dress is just white
she needs some more tones

the gameplay looks nice but i haven't seen enough yet to say much about this
i will keep an eye on this, looks like it can be a great game

 

@Dhaiku
Thanks for the feedback! Yes the level is hand painted by me As for the characters, I agree with everything you say. The characters you see are actually placeholders I made quickly so I could show something. They won't be in the final game for sure; I'm hoping to find a more talented character artist to re-make them...

 

Art for the first level is coming together. I added background elements such as hills and the sea. I also scripted a Camera Tour Mode that warps the camera from points to points so I can easily show off the level in videos. Enjoy!

 

It's promising , but I think it needs more color variation and/or a lot more contrast. Good luck.

 

@rextr09: Yes, I agree about the colors. hopefully it will look betters when I start adding props. I don't want to deviate away too much from the color palette though.

 

Hey! Today I have the pleasure to introduce a new member, the extremely talented 2D artist Monaka (もなか). Monaka will help me design the conceptual look of the characters in The Girl and the Robot and will also make some promotional art.

Today I can show you some of the amazing silhouette pictures that we came up for the girl. We pretty much have an idea of our favorite figure, but we would love to hear your opinions. Enjoy!

 

This looks very good!
I'm defenitely going to follow this project. Grats on your new team-mate!

 

Thank you umauj! Hey your game is pretty nice too, can't wait to see the finish product!

 

I know I'm a bit late to this, but the camera looks brilliant, can't wait to see more on this

 

I can finally introduce Peet Lee, a very talented 3D artist that will work on the characters models. He can convert Monaka’s concepts art very well in 3D and his hand-painting texture skills are among the best! Check more of his work on our site.

 

Ooh, she's cute and fits the scene well! Can't wait to see more.

 

Nice work, I think the lighting of the scene needs to be a bit better so we can see more light direction and areas of shadows and darkness. Right now there is no real focus for the eye. Other than that, its looking great

 

Haha I thought of the exact same thing!!

 

Very impressive game that's in the works here. I like it!!

 

wow the hand painted Textures remind me of Team Fortress 2

 

fantastic new model! congratz on the new team mate.

 

Thank for the kinds words everyone, and thanks hellrazerhhh for the comment on the lighting. Stay tune for more stuff in 2013!

 

Happy new year everyone, all the best to you and thank you for your support! I’m hoping that 2013 will be the year that The Girl and the Robot gets more attention from the public.
Here is a video showing the latest shots of the first level.

 

Glad to see this is still kicking. I'd Love to see more!

 

i love your desing,love the atmosfere! it remides me a lot of Ico

 

Salim, the new model just looks great! Now I hope on the best best ever robot! 8)

 

That first level is looking great!
Keep it up!

 

Thank you all for the support, here is the latest concept of the robot

 

This week we are showing the first basic movement animations of the girl.
For more info : www.flyingcarpetsgames.com/
Enjoy!

 

Since the relationship of our two heroes plays a lot in the gameplay, we decided to focus on them for this first poster. Enjoy!

 

OMG this looks like a Miyazaki Film

 

This is absolutely mesmerizing. Ya, I recalled 'Laputa' and gone a bit nostalgic.

One thing I'd like to suggest, is, if you can show the face or front face of the character. Not typical 3rd Person Cam but rather intellegent cam and camera cuts. Switching to side and front views. You know what I mean. That way the face, emotions and expressions of the girl would come across. And players would emote more.

Looking forward to this.

 

This looks fantastic!

 

@cynel, FlyingRobot, GeneBox
Thank guys for the support, Ghibli is definitely a big inspiration for our game!
@FlyingRobot
Are you talking about a camera like in Super Mario 64? We did think a lot about this issue actually, and if the avatar movement is relative to the camera like in Mario, it makes it very hard to control the avatar on a keyboard (without an analog stick). And since we want to make the game for PC first, we decided to go with a camera that stays behind the character. But don't worry, you will still be able to see the face of the characters during the cutscenes.

 

Very nice colors, i really liked the art... keep it up

 

No, I was talking about camera like Metal Gear Solid series. The camerawork really revved up the drama of the game. Oh did I mention the awesome animations you guys are doing. Really giving a lot of character to the girl.

Can't wait to see more.

 

Here's a concept art for our evil queen. What do you guys think?

 

Awesome! Absolutely loving.

On the cons side : you could use some subtle hue variations. looks too much monochromatic.

 

reminds me of the queen from ICO

 

I think I had found the blog for this game on these forums somewhere, but I just wanted to say that it looks great and inspiring. Looks very ambitious looking forward to some playable demos!

 

I love every piece of art for this game! Keep it up.

 

Thanks guys! I'll let you know when a demo is available in the next few weeks.

 

Hey guys, here is our new pre-alpha trailer, let me know what you think.
Oh, and also we just made a Steam Concepts page, please come support us by rating the game when you have the time HERE

[video=youtube_share;ORUm1SlLdZQ]http://youtu.be/ORUm1SlLdZQ

 

Nice! Love the cleanliness of the palette. Looking so good!

 

Excellent work. Beautiful source: Miyazaki is an absolut genius. I also like colors and animations...

 

Your evil queen is kind of hot. She reminds me of Possessed Ambi from Zelda: Oracle of Ages...

 

Wow, I really like the idea and the overall look and feel. Can't wait to get hands on! Keep up the good work!

 

Very nice, also i have to agree with Asvarduil about the queen looking kind of hot : p

 

I check this game from time to time and it looks really cool keep up the good work.

 

Thanks guys for the support,
and for the ones that think that the queen is hot; trust me you wouldn't want to start a relationship with her, she's of the crazy evil type, haha!