1. Demonstrate advanced understanding of the workflows required to produce a game-ready character from a given brief and model.
2. Analyse existing industry techniques and identify the advantages of specific production pipelines and utilise these during production of a game-ready asset.
3. Using appropriate tools and suitable development pipeline to adapt a complex sculpture into a game-ready asset in order to meet the given brief.
4. Communicate and critically reflect on the outcomes of the creative processes used in development via a development logbook and final presentations.

Assessment Component 1 – (Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3)
Creation of a Game-Ready Character Asset worth 80% consisting of:
- You will Convert a high-poly sculpture into a Game-Ready character asset for use within engine.
- You will be provided with a brief based on industry standards. You must make appropriate considerations for industry methods, such as topology, texture resolutions and channels, hair implementation, skin surface detailing and other tertiary detailing, etc. Your final character should be presented to professional standards.

Assessment Component 2 – (Learning Outcomes 2 & 4)
Development logbook and presentations worth 20% consisting of:
- You will communicate your creative and technical processes through a logbook (Via a Digital Academy Forum thread). This will include ongoing logging of your work throughout the semester, along with critical reflection of your outcomes and final presentations of your finished work.

This module will further develop students understanding and practice of adapting high-poly character sculptures into game-ready assets for usage inside of Games Engines. These will adhere to industry practices and implementation methodologies.

Students will explore:
- Scan-data,
- Skin surfacing,
- Texturing XYZ,
- Clothing Simulation,
- Sculpting workflow,
- Realtime Grooms
- Retopology,
- Unwrapping,
- Baking
- Rigging/Skinning

An exciting opportunity to learn how to convert a high-poly character sculpture into a game-ready asset for use within a games engine. You will learn how to create realistic details by implementing industry-standard softwares and methodologies.

1x 2hr Lecture/Demo
1x 2hr Tutorial
1x 2hr Workshop

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Marvelous Designer
Substance Suite
Unreal Engine
Maya
Xgen
3ds Max
Blender
TexturingXYZ
Wrap3D
Adobe Creative Suite