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Susanna Gibbs 

 
BA [Hons] 3D Design Modelmaking + Digital Art

Susanna Gibbs, born in 2001 in born in Vietnam and raised in Dublin, Ireland since she was a baby. Studying 3D modelling and digital design. Growing up with video games she grew attached to all things game related such as characters, designs and story. Aspiring model maker with a passion for gaming and game design.

After a lot of design changes this was the final downstairs design for the game. I decided to go for an older looking aesthetic due to the game being set in a witch house and
The final upstairs design for the game.
A full video walk though of my game I created using the following programs: Blender and Unreal Engine 5.
After drawing out quite a few fonts I decided to use this one due to it fitting the over all theme of the game and I wanted to create custom widgets for my game.
Early testing of lighting and assets wanted in the game. It was also a basic block out test I used for figuring out dimensions and sizes for my assets.
I originally wanted there to be a kitchen area, living room and then a bedroom, however, the styles of the rooms were too modern for the overall look I wanted to achieve so my ideas evolved from this.
This is showing the progress of creating the final design in Blender before I transfer everything over into Unreal Engine 5.
This was the final render I created in Blender before moving to Unreal.
The final character design created in Blender.
This was the original character design and roughly the scale I wanted her to be. I was inspired by games such as 'Little Nightmares' and 'Grounded' when I was creating this game.
Side Scroller Game

I loved the game series 'Little Nightmares' and it was one of my inspirations when creating this game. I loved the idea of creating a game where the character is tiny trying to navigate around a world where everything is much larger. With my idea in mind, a side scroller/ platform game seemed to fit this theme very well and I believe it was best suited for my initial intention for this game. This also allowed me to focus on creating all the game assets I wanted to use. The character was originally intended to have a poncho, thimble which she used as a mask and a ponytail hairstyle, but there was some complications that arose when importing into Unreal so I decided not to add them.

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