This is what I have at the end of the semester

lighting and lens flare updates

Decals and posters and stuff

Week... I forgot. But look, cool things!

mmmhmmm.... updates

Ok so the school is now home of the fighting GORGONS!

This gives me an excuse to add in the famous Medusa head from the original game at the staircase (or anywhere else that suits me).

The intent is that my Medusa head doesn't float around but it is possessed and turns you (the player) into stone thus killing you :)

Updates!!!

Lighting Pass in the Class

So yeah... this is coming along. 

Btw I found the little check box inside of UDK that makes objects dynamic meaning that chairs, desks, books and trash cans will all be movable if you hit or run into them. Maybe I can find a way to pick up these items through kismet to block doorways or place traps

Propage

Making stuff.

New Style Guide

A little something newI made between modeling props in max and lighting inside UDK

Gonna Start Vertex Painting to Wrap Up the Interior Structure

Update 9-25-13: So apparently I forgot how to mesh/vert paint in UDK. Took me about an hour to get the material set up correctly. And I STILL have to go back in an edit the falloff for blending!

Updating in Progress

Why oh why did I tear the roof off of this thing? Idk... I think my scene was too boring. This makes it more fun :)

btw, the fire particles will look a lot cooler when I make them and I'll have them emitting their own light too.  Oh and the default skybox materials in UDK need some major readjustments or I'll break down and make that as well.

NEVER SETTLE FOR PRE-MADE CRAP!

Week 2 of Project Progress

Mood Lighting

School Mascot

As it turns out I need a mascot to make the whole project more believable. I want something that will keep the theme of the project like a bat, ghost, witch or something. Or maybe this could be a good area for an easter egg like the fighting wookies or Slimer from Ghostbusters. Could be fun :)

School WIP

Got some walls, windows, doors and floors setup with some placeholder textures.

I'm going to be concentrating most of my time and work on the southwest corner of the school (the area where the floor is blue and purple) to showcase what the game will look like by the the end of my senior year.

This section of the school will have a small office building, a bathroom, a few science classes and regular classrooms, a good section of hallway and a staircase.

Style Guide / Mood Board

I want to aim for a fairly ruined school but not one that's been weathered (I want it to feel recently damaged). Also, I'd like to achieve the desaturated and grainy movie style of Left 4 Dead and the effects, lighting and fullness of The Last of Us.

Bogleech Articles

The monsters of Ghoul School
http://www.bogleech.com/nes-ghoulschool.html

Interview with the creator of Ghoul School - Scott Marshall
http://bogleech.com/article-ghoulschool.html

An all around cool site for anything monster related
http://www.bogleech.com/

Before school evens starts

so i am going to try and keep a blog of everything i do for my senior project which is to recreate (as best as i can) the NES game Ghoul School. it wasn't the most successful game for the NES but it was one of my favorites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul_School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJlggTPOHMk