Sea of Thieves - Infinite Pirate Generator
The Infinite Pirate Generator is a system I spearheaded along with the Tech Art, Character teams allowing us to deliver on the initial Character brief for Sea of Thieves - "Be the Pirate you want to Be"...no small feat! The system allows completely automatically generated characters to be generated with a button click and customized from there- vastly cutting down production time and allowing for some creative effects on the Characters in this vibrant, magical world! This was a necessity for the tiny size of the Character Team (no more than 4 on SoT at a time, and sometimes down to 1) and the release route the game has taken.
Character Team:
Iain McFadzen:
Ben Siddons: www.artstation.com/bensiddons
Hendrik Coppens: www.artstation.com/crowdsmurf
Sarankan Loganathan: www.artstation.com/sarankan
Stevie Cole: www.artstation.com/steviecole
Josh Mercier: www.artstation.com/joshimon
Lorenzo Melizza: www.artstation.com/l_melizza
Mark Brassington: www.artstation.com/markbrassington
A selection of NPCs generated from the IPG. You can see the diversity and personality of the generated characters really shine here. All work by the Character Art team at Rare.
A selection of NPCs generated from the IPG. You can see the diversity and personality of the generated characters really shine here. All work by the Character Art team at Rare.
IPG - Randomised Heads: Randomised gender, ethnicity, body shape, facial features, facial accessories
IPG - Randomised Bodies: Randomised ethnicity, body shape, facial features, facial accessories
IPG - Randomised Bodies: Randomised body shape, facial features, facial accessories
IPG - Base Bodies: A range of body shapes
IPG - Very early Maya side IPG tests. Fully automatically generated heads. Randomised body Shape, wonkiness and age
IPG - Very early Maya side IPG tests. Fully automatically generated heads.