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Zero — high-end stylised real-time character
Character Art Rigging Animation

Zero Showcase

Purple Puppet · 2024

Zero is a high-end stylised real-time character rigged and animated in Blender, implemented and rendered in Unreal Engine.

Game-ready Character

Zero is a high-end stylised character stacked with complex features. Designed with in-engine customisation in mind, she features attachments, swappable outfits and dynamic elements.

Blender → Unreal Engine

The character is implemented in Unreal Engine with customisable materials and game-ready animations.

A short cinematic animation was sequenced and rendered in Unreal to showcase the character's advanced game-ready Blender rig.

Character Design

For Zero's design we wanted to create a confident young woman that is agile and capable.

The character is designed to look good with and without the jacket and backpack. Care was taken to make the helmet design cohesive with the character design.

To contrast the character's strength we designed a cute backpack.

Rigging

Zero has a feature-packed Blender rig. We went all out with her rig and developed a game-ready, animation-friendly rig with custom animation menus for space switching, IK/FK matching, IK/FK baking, and much more.

As well as dynamic attachments, a zipper rig, and last but not least an amazing facial rig with expression pose library in Blender. This rig was designed to be animation friendly, fast and ready for Unreal Engine.

Animation

Zero was animated for a short cinematic intro featuring a walk cycle and action sequence. She was fully animated in Blender making use of our custom animation menus.

Unreal Engine Sequencing

Zero is fully set up and game-ready in Unreal Engine with customisable materials, attachments and clothing.

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Technical details

Tools
Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Platform
Realtime

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