Nova Villanueva

Beginning 3D Game Assets Development Pipeline

Learn to Integrate from Maya to Unity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This project-based tutorial covers the creation of 3D assets in a game engine, from concept to implementation. You will learn the 3D pipeline using Maya and Substance Painter, which are industry-standard programs used for content creation in game development. You also will know how to add them and work with them in Unity.
The book begins with an overall look at the production of game development and the different roles in creating assets. Then, starting with Maya, you learn how to start with a concept and take it through the entire production pipeline: base mesh, UV mapping, high poly, texturing, rigging, and animation. You will be working on one asset project throughout the entire book to understand how one phase leads to the next one. Lastly, you will cover asset placement and integration into Unity.

What You Will Learn

Build a thorough knowledge of the 3D game asset production workflowUnderstand how each phase leads up to the next oneKnow how 3D assets are implemented into UnityTexture, rig, and animate the 3D modelExport and import the 3D asset or modelUnderstand the iterative design process

Who This Book Is For

3D artists, from beginners to specialists, who are interested in learning the 3D production pipeline of game assets as a whole

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4842-7195-7
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781484271957
• ISBN-10: 1484271955
• Artikelnr.: 62011289

Autorenporträt

Nova Villanueva is Professor of Game Design at Pratt Institute, New York, USA. She has taught game development for more than five years at Pratt, Parsons, and New York's College of Technology, and is an independent game developer working on The Mills game. She live streams her game development process at twitch.tv/novavillan. Nova has previously worked as a 3D artist for Animatic Media, a 2D artist for the Webby award-winning Mafia Wars  game developed by Zynga, and is a published artist featured in the  Photoshop Creative magazine. She has an MFA degree in game design from the NYU Game Center in New York and a BS degree in media arts and animation from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: What Is the 3D Production Pipeline and Why Is It Important?.- Chapter 2: Starting with Maya.- Chapter 3: Creating a Base Mesh.- Chapter 4: Preparing the Asset for the Next Phase.- Chapter 5: UV Mapping.- Chapter 6: Creating a High Poly Model.- Chapter 7: Texturing..- Chapter 8: Rigging the 3D Asset.- Chapter 9: Bringing the Asset to Life.