Rogue Wave on Fortnite
GAME DIRECTION
UEFN DEVELOPMENT
ART + FEATURE DESIGN
Rogue Wave is an original IP developed by Sawhorse Productions and an Epic’s Pick selection. This round-based zombie survival experience was created in UEFN and would be Sawhorse’s first creator island on the Fortnite platform. As the Art Director, I managed the execution of both the art and technical production of the game and trailer. We utilized innovative new features and techniques like Metahuman NPC enemies, the newly released first-person Ballistic POV, and motion capture for animation.
Environment
The Art Deco Miami inspired exterior and interior designs accentuate our colorful take on the zombie survival genre. We utilized orginal modular meshes that were integrated with Fortnite gallery assets to create an optimized custom environment aesthetic.
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Metahuman NPCs
We took advantage of the newly available Metahumans interagration feature offered to Fortnite creators using UEFN. Metahuman Creator allowed us to customize and import already rigged realistic characters to use as enemy NPCs. Our artists created custom clothing using Marvelous Designer and Meta Tailor along with custom textures to further transform the Metahumans to zombies. Not only did we use these Metahumans for gameplay, but for promotional images and together with motion capture to animate shots for the game trailer.
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The Art Deco Miami inspired exterior and interior designs accentuate our colorful take on the zombie survival genre. We utilized orginal modular meshes that were integrated with Fortnite gallery assets to create an optimized custom environment aesthetic.
Metahuman NPCs
We took advantage of the newly available Metahumans interagration feature offered to Fortnite creators using UEFN. Metahuman Creator allowed us to customize and import already rigged realistic characters to use as enemy NPCs. Our artists created custom clothing using Marvelous Designer and Meta Tailor along with custom textures to further transform the Metahumans to zombies. Not only did we use these Metahumans for gameplay, but for promotional images and together with motion capture to animate shots for the game trailer.
