Project Recess VR Game R&D - Character Concepts
Project Recess was an unannounced project exploring the concept of a multiplayer VR game, where around 50 people at a time could run around a virtual playground and play games inspired by elementary school recess activities.
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To get that many people in one level at once the characters had to be fairly simple 3D shapes, so I sketched a lot of concepts for how to keep the overall shape simple but still allow personality, expression, and player customization with color choices, costumes and accessories.
Hand drawn character sketches, trying low polycount shapes while also showing how we can leave room for a bit of player customizations.
Some more sketches I drew that kept the 3D shapes needed mostly lower poly while still allowing for a variety of character possibilities.
A few more sketches I drew, exploring more uinque player avatar styles and possibilities.
One last set of electronics themed avatar sketches where I worked to keep the character models really boxy in a natural way, so this exploration set was all about computers, toasters, TVs, etc.
Process video showing me drawing a couple of the character designs above.