Personal work 03 - Boss zone of cave

Personal work 02 - Space ship

Personal work 01 - Hot girl

`Seal-Online` Story-01(works 2003~2004)

Actually, before writing this development story, i hesitated for a long time.
To others, it could be nothing special.
But I could say like my game development history was divided with times before developing "Seal-online" and times after.
As much as that, the Seal-online is special game to me.

At first, I think i have to explain about the online game market circumstance in South Korea at that time and Grigon Entertainment which is a game development company.
In the late 1990's, South Korea encountered financial crisis and many economic policies performed by a government for overcoming this crisis. 
So by the overcoming endeavor, a venture fever was expanding in South Korea.

In game market of South Korea ,Starcraft of Blizzard and Lineage of NCsoft were a big hit at that time. And pc package game market almost fell and on-line game market rose by supplying of an information superhighway.
As a result, many people who was unemployed by financial crisis of South Korea started new business with internet cafe. And this circumstance made that many people started a new business with game development company.
So in the early 2000's, too many games were released. But the genre of released games was limited to RPG mostly. It was cause that a big hit of Lineage and Diablo inflated that.
But most of released RPG game failed in online game market. So game development companies tried to be different with other games.
In this circumstance of online game market. Grigon Entertainment released to the public Seal-online which has traits of cartoon rendering, combo system, gag concept and cute graphic.

Grigon Entertainment which develop Seal-online founded in 1998. And the company scouted `Mira space` and `Garam and Baram` company which were excellent game development companies.
And they were recognized with outstanding game development company after opening Seal online in 2003.
Finally, Seal-online was a hit. And it succeeded commercialization.
And they tried to develop other genre games while a stable service of Seal online. action RPG, sports and adventure game for X-Box 360, etc.
And they developed FusionFall through collaboration with Cartoon network.
But these games were not big hit or drop on the way of development.

So as a result. financial problem happened in Grigon Entertainment.
They tried to recover by selling the all copyright of Sealonline and Seal package game to the other company. But unfortunately. The company had to close in 2009 after 2 years since I left there.

`Ark Online` Story(works 2003)

There was a common saying in South Korea`s game developers field for a long time.
It was sci-fi games are failed certainly in South Korea.

Indeed, most game which was very popular in abroad could not succeed in South Korea or it was welcomed from only several maniacal users although Starcraft series of Blizzard was big hit.

So it used to be talked between game developers like this.
'Starcraft is just the Starcraft."
The word means it was not succeeded reason that the Starcraft was sci-fi genre.
That`s because Starcraft`s system and balance was excellent.

Anyway, most South Korea game development directors and leaders did not want to develop sci-fi game.
Because of this situation of South korea

Nevertheless, Digital Dream Studio which was my first company started to develop a sci-fi game in 2001.

The game was Ark On-line

But as i wrote in last posting, the company was failed in winter of 2002(that time, I worked for X-core team)
So, I had to be out of the company in 2002.
But I was suggested to join in Ark Online team soon from a former co-worker in the meantime, I was looking for new company.
They had reunion for completion of this game after Digital Dream Studio was failed.
I accepted the suggestion gladly because I had been impressive about this project from a long time ago.

Actually, this game`s base setting was an animation that Digital Dream Studio was making at that time.
According to my memory the view on the world was very interesting.
This world was on the back of very great robot`s god and the content was to look for one girl who could work the robot.

Full 3D animation `Ark`

But to conclude, unfortunately, I had to be out the company again, I could not take any pay for three month and the company also failed
Therefore, there was not many works Which is worth to put on my blog.

Currently, in meantime, I arranged Ark Online`s works, it was happened a desire suddenly which was to add and adjust design little bit on second image.

So i adjusted the design like this.

This is Ark online`s screenshot in 2003

`X-core`(John Woo Action Game)Story-03(works 2002)

This was Dyaf`s secret laboratory Which was final stage of this game.

I designed more than the half amount of laboratory`s place and object.

By the way, At that time, My company failed because of financial difficulty.

Therefore, unfortunately, this project also dropped at that time.

I like Sci-fi and action game, So although This game`s time setting was near future, I liked this game and I was proud that I participated in this project.

If I could develop again a game among those I could not complete games, I would want to select a this game

A Warehouse of the laboratory

A underground of laboratory

A underground of laboratory`s back side

A control device of laboratory 

A lobby of laboratory and elevator`s inside

Objects of laboratory-1

Objects of laboratory-2

Objects of laboratory-3

Objects of laboratory-4

Objects of laboratory-5

B block of laboratory`s inside wall-1

B block of laboratory`s inside wall-2

`X-core`(John Woo Action Game)Story-02(works 2002)

The church stage of X-core provided a new experience to me.
At that time, My art director demanded gothic style church. but I did not have knowledge of that.
so I went Myoung-dong church that is most famous gothic style Building in South Korea on weekend. And I sketched the building inside and outward form while participating a worship.
Because it was difficult to search suitable pictures through a internet at that time.

The outward form of Myoung-dong Church

The inside of Myoung-dong church 

So, I drew the church of X-core like this.

Inside of the church

stained glass of the church

An outward form

As you know, there is not a dome in a gothic style building.
But a design team demanded this.
it was the reason why the inside of dome was a stage`s boss place.

The inside of dome(baptism place)

Alex who was main character of X-core was attacked from a helicopter of outside.
So i had to design the rather unreal form`s building.

This is 3D data image which was made by co-worker at that time.