Nyamai
Inspired by the storefronts and the works of Mateusz Urbanowicz, Nyamai is a fictional cat themed sweet shop located in Tokyo. The idea was to create a cute, stylized urban environment.
Development
Concept Art: Initial exploration for the look of the store. Experimented with the idea of a bookstore and ramen shop.
After looking through references of actual stores and doing sketches, I eventually narrowed it down to a sweet shop. Now the challenge was the name for the store. Having no knowledge of Japanese, I consulted my friend, Mia Gacutan. After a brief brainstorming session together, she came up with the name Nyamai, a play on words for the words Nya (the sound of a cat - にゃ) and Amai (the word sweet - 甘い). This immediately caught my attention.
Various stages in modeling the store front
Post-Mortem Summary
-Better experienced in Substance Painter
-Learned new techniques to help decrease poly count
-Realize the importance of clean game hygiene for developing props
-Will incorporate baking normal maps into future projects
-Developed a better work flow for creating assets
-Some objects or ideas could not be included due to time
Thank you to my friends and my professors for being awesome and building a supportive community.
And special thank you to Nick Heitzman and Sarah Broussard for their support and feedback over the course of the semester.
Thank you to my friends and my professors for being awesome and building a supportive community.
And special thank you to Nick Heitzman and Sarah Broussard for their support and feedback over the course of the semester.
