Update: Marcia & improved hairstyles are coming!

Hey everyone,

There is a slight delay for the trailer for the SA-Game (PC), but we will have it next week for sure! And it will be done by BonkersMV, so it will definitely rock :)

While we are working on the trailer, I also continued with Marcia! 

I finished her Body & Face, but I don´t want to show her just yet because: her Hair is still missing! The screenshots are from Brittany! 

I am tired of trying to find people that can create proper hairstyles for games and don´t charge a fortune (1.500$ for 1 hairstyle is a bit intense, and that's on the lower end...).

So I started to learn how to create hair in Maya with xGen. That's a hair/fur/general geometry distribution tool that comes with Maya. Long story short: It looks good and I have high hopes on creating really nice looking hairstyles! And also variations! If I am not dependant on others to do that, it means we can finally have a greater variety and better looking hair, in the future. Because hair is still very niché in the 3D industry. There are not a lot of people that can do that. And it's freaking hard to do! I have to learn a lot still, but I think it´s going in the right direction.

Attached are a couple of Screenshots of the current hairstyle from Brittany. This is NOT how the hair will look like later! I have to convert it to so called "Hair-Cards" and then apply a texture with transparency. 

Here is a screenshot of the old hair so you get a better idea what hair cards are:

So the look will be different. But the big advantage is: I can create hairstyles and then derive realtime-hair from that :)

This learning process, and having a final result, will definitely take some time, but I keep you posted of course! And as soon as I have a proper workflow and can give Marcia nice hair, we will give you a proper introduction ;)

Alright, that´s it for this week! I hope you have a great weekend ahead!

All the best,

PM & Team :)