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Brendan Walker from PolyArc on the intersection of art and engineering in ‘Moss’

How do you feel VR as a technology has influenced the way you think about character design, compared to how you thought about it before?

VR influenced how I thought about character design way more than I expected it would. That’s one of the main points of the talk actually. It can be harder to get players to focus on what you want them to focus on because you no longer control the view point of the camera. You have to incentivize the player to engage with the characters you are creating with sound cues, particles, lighting, and environmental framing. But once you have the player’s attention, you really have it. If a player believes in a virtual character they can become surprisingly attached to them. This is a double-edged sword. On one hand, players can care deeply about the fate of the character you have introduced them to, which is one of the best things...

Jodie Azhar talks formalizing technical art processes

How do you think other developers can better approach the concept of building workflows into their game-making processes, whether it’s for technical art or another department?

When creating workflows you need to analyse what it is you want to do. If you’re starting with an existing workflow the first question is “Is what we have good enough?” If the answer is yes then you can leave it as it is. Overengineering a solution can do more harm than good. You need to create workflows that are right for the end user. What do they want to achieve? How do they want to work? How do they think?

There are a few main reasons for improving workflows…

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