COLLIDE 22: Technology meets Creativity

A video explainer company startup called Tuneful, specialising in all things music. The first of the lineup is a video exploring the exciting history of the punk scene and how it’s visuals have developed over the years, from the early 70’s all the way to the current modern punk scene. 

Saunter is a brand concept born from the passion of technology, streetwear and the outdoors. This project is based around the creation of assets in order to deliver a new and captivating marketing strategy for fashion brands to incorporate into brand campaigns. Among creating a brand identity through the means of a brand guidelines document and a fully prototyped UX app design for an e-commerce app. I had created a 3D runway, a virtual store, a product try on AR filter and a product reveal AR filter. By doing this it provided possible users to be captivated by the fully immersive world of Saunter.  

Set in the difficult and unpredictable 1930s, Curtain Call is a recreation of the Michigan Ann Arbor Theatre. Visualised in Unreal Engine, Dawid Wonjo describes the project’s focus on texturing with complex details around the ceiling and stage. “I wanted to challenge my modelling and texturing skills with the organ prop and ornamental borders around the stage. The lighting in this scene has also been very different to anything I've done before. In general, I've never learnt so much in such a short amount of time. This has been an amazing venture into the depths of Environment Art and I'm extremely excited to see what the future holds for me.” 

This 3D Environment project is created by second year BA Game Art student Katherine Jackson. She describes her dreamy diorama as a quaint fantasy island above the clouds inspired by daydreaming in the English countryside. Made with Unreal Engine, 3DS Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and Substance Designer. 

Old Man Wheelchair Wars is a fun racing game in which two old chums are bored to death, wasting their life away in hospital. They risk it all and race their wheelchairs in a chaotic environment to relive their childhood memories of chasing each other in the streets. Old Man Wheelchair Wars is a solo project by Hassan Shaw who designed, coded and created all artwork for the game.

Terminal is a 3D cinematic environment art project created in Unreal Engine 5. With main inspirations coming from games such as The Last of Us series and The Division, the project depicts an abandoned Manhattan city street, loosely referenced from 14th Street and 2nd Avenue. Harry was specifically interested in urban decay: “I wanted to create a dark and abnormal atmosphere in the scene, highlighting how an urban area would ultimately lose a battle with nature. The project was a personal opportunity to develop my technical skills in creating realistic game environments, learning industry-standard processes in PBR material authoring and high-poly modelling.”

Théoden’s Legacy is a concept art project created by Yasmin Evans. A dark ruler named Aamon is plotting to take over the Kingdom of Blackburn. Many townsfolk have succumbed to his power, the only knight capable of defeating him is Théoden. Follow Théoden’s journey through the Kingdom of Blackburn, hunting down the creatures that lurk within.

Underground is Lucas Creighton’s final 3D project for the Production Project module which he named to be the most fun module on the Bsc Games Design course. “My aim was to create a corridor, in an evacuated military bunker. I attempted to use all the knowledge and skills I've gained through my time at Leeds Beckett and really push myself to create an industry standard piece of work. Throughout the module, I got feedback from industry personnel which was really insightful to see how they would improve my work and what changes they themselves would make. Through the different iterations, came a final environment I was happy with and feel it meets the aims I set for myself at the beginning of the project.”