Charon

Charon is a 3D action rower where you play as Charon, Ferryman of Hades, on a treacherous journey down the river Styx as you bring an old friend Alexis back to her loved one in the afterlife against the wrath of Demeter.

Showcased at USC Games Expo 2022

Software used:
ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Unity

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My Contributions

Art Lead

Led an 8-person art team through weekly sprints, constant communication with director and producers to create quality concept art, 3D models and VFX.

3D Art (Character + Environment)

- sculpted, retopologized and textured hero character Charon + oar
- modeled and textured hero asset Demeter's Shrine
- created alpha cards for foliage

Tech Art

- created fog and god-ray particle systems
- animated base animations for Charon and Alexis
- helped rig and animate enemies
- lighted scenes

Unity

Set-dressed in-engine with Polypaint and Houdini tools from tech artist.

Final In-Game Charon model. I did the whole model from scratch, first sculpting in ZBrush, retopo in Maya and textures in Substance Painter. (Concept Art by Jack Bailey)

Charon

My Contributions

Art Lead

3D Art (Character + Environment)

Tech Art

Unity

Final In-Game Charon model. I did the whole model from scratch, first sculpting in ZBrush, retopo in Maya and textures in Substance Painter. (Concept Art by Jack Bailey)

Final high poly sculpt of Charon. (Concept Art by Jack Bailey)

In-Game View of Dock Area environment, set-dressed by me and art team.

Charon's Oar, sculpted and textured by me. Base model from Yuheng (Toby) Zhao, based on concept art from Jack Bailey.

Demeter's Shrines, base modeled in Maya, details sculpted in ZBrush, textures done in Substance Painter. In-game view Unity (not final lighting).

Simple foliage alpha cards.

Setting up Charon animation controllers after exporting baked animations from Maya.

Fun little moss shader for the dock area!

Created some fog and god ray particle systems.