Ignis Beta

Team Mirabilis

presents

Team

Ryan Doyle

Geoffrey Garsson

Daniel Ribaudo

McKenna Gameros

Sophia B Marcus

Jasmine Duerk

Terry Deng

Demo Video

Game Concept

• The player stumbles upon a long-forgotten pyromancy school
• The school has been taken over by an ice mage
• Player learns fire abilities from pyromancers they rescue throughout
• The player must free the other pyromancers and escape the ice mage

Story and lore

• Magic instruction divided into elements
• Some (like the player) have innate magical abilities, while others have to study
• Ice mage was a professor at an ice school. School was attacked, pyromancers didn’t help
• Lore books are mostly what would be taught at a school. Much still left unknown.
• Slight branching narrative, though progression is somewhat railroaded

Technical Accomplishments

• Fireball
• Torches/Braziers
• Ice Walls/Blocks
• Double Jump
• Dialogue

• “Gliding”
• Wall Running
• Moving Platforms
• Respawning
• Ice Mage

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Art Accomplishments

• Character models
• Custom rig
• Animations
• Environment models

Fireball

• Function:
• Light braziers
• Break ice
• Control:
• Left click
• Technical Overview:
• Changed to have two hitboxes
• Ice must not respawn on player
• Player rotates to camera direction

ICe Mage

• Function:
• Chases player
• Shoots ice at player
• Tries to kill player
• Technical Overview:
• Goes to an array of locations
• Periodically shoots an iceball at target

Double Jump

• Function:
• Gives the player an extra jump in midair
• Control:
• Jump again
• Technical Overview:
• Sets player’s vertical velocity upward, regardless of how fast they’re falling

GLIDE

• Function:
• Slows the player’s fall
• Control:
• Left shift
• Technical Overview:
• Reduced Player Gravity and halts vertical velocity entirely

Wall Run

• Function:
• Run on walls
• Refresh other abilities
• Control:
• Move against specific walls in midair
• Technical Overview:
• Player enters an animation that moves along a wall at a set pace, can end early by jumping. Resets jump count and glide time.

Moving Platforms

• Moves between 2 spots
• Stops after given number of cycles
• Can be triggered by braziers and ice blocks

BRAZIERS

• Player lights them with fireball
• Can trigger moving platforms to start moving
• Will turn off when the platform is done
• Have dim point light when turned off as well

Respawn

• Places the player back on solid ground when they fall
• Sets point upon collision with box
• Collision with killbox triggers respawn

Character Concepts

Environment

&

Lighting

World Inspirations

• Sub-space Floating Environment
• “As if a tornado destroyed the main tower, but gravitational pull is nonexistent in her domain”

Grayboxing & Level layout

• A foggy, darkened, and floaty space
• A central “hub” but progression flows naturally
• Level design revolving around platforming mechanics

Alpha Progression

Initial Models

Playtesting + Feedback

• Mechanics - Well conceived and intuitive
• Level Design - Meets experience goals
• Animations - Pleasing and fluid
• Sound - Needs work
• Difficulty - Well balanced

Model and texture designs

• Stylized essence of an old castle acting as a old Pyromancer school
• Magical Elements
• Dramatic shift in color contrast

Modularity

• Flexible ability to form many structural, furniture and platforming layouts

Environment Level Design

• A linear, cohesive path that spirals up the tower and other buildings
• Progressive player abilities and platforming puzzles

Lighting and Mood

• Emissive lighting for path finding
• Interactive, dynamic lighting

Pre-Beta NO Lighting

Beta Lighting

Textured Character Models

Rigs

Ik Arm Issues

Animations

Unreal Implementation

Sleepy Characters (90 Degree Re-Import Issue)

Unreal Implementation

Keyframed Meshes were an slight issue

Audio and Sounds

• Fire audio low register
• Background noise/ice sounds higher register
• Music inspired by Zora themes from Legend of Zelda (esp. Vah Ruta)
• Music makes use of glockenspiel for melody
• Music is in a minor key with two melodies in the four songs - one for the icy environment and one for the player character

Thank you!