Author: Tomis Fras

Screenshots of the final assets and their instruments. I decided to incorporate my illustration as a stylistic touch and chose bold colours to differentiate the players.

Playing around with saturations and hues, I decided to make the background of the AR experience desaturated with an additive gradient – a surprising success as the outcome blends the digital and physical together. In making the world appear as a cartoon, the maquettes come across as natural along with the 2D art work behind them.

Most Importantly the mechanic of looking at the musician and hearing their motif works!

A couple of major changes since the last update – The piece will now be in MR and will have a jazz trio of Trumpet, Piano, and Bass after playing around with the soundtrack.

I chose to explore a laid-back wood maquette aesthetic, inspired by a jazzy music box.

I started to sketch some of the illustrations that I wanted to incorporate into the AR experience:

Assets for Angler. Rock assets, coral, and fish – made with an extremely low poly count, duplicated and sculpted to have the high definition detail baked in.

Additional art and proof of concepts.

The premise of the level is a soundtrack that you control like a conductor (or by proximity) via spatial AR with your phone.

You control the melody of the song by where you point your camera.

This week marked the inception of my VR Level Design project, immersing players in the mysterious depths of a deep-sea coral reef. Inspired by ambient horror and puzzles, I’ve envisioned players as divers equipped with the ANGLR drone, their sole source of light in the dark trenches.

I started by delving into the conceptualization phase, jotting down initial ideas and sketches that birthed the diver and ANGLR drone. The eerie beauty of the deep-sea environment took shape in mood boards and references, setting the tone for the upcoming weeks.