`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.

`X-core`(John Woo Action Game)Story-01(works 2002)

Sometimes regrets remain while developing games. This XBOX project was one of them in my memory.
This game`s title was X-CORE, But members of this project called the title `John Woo Action`. Because this project collaborated with John Woo who was very famous movie director in the world.
I worked for this project as main environment concept and props designer for the first time.
So I was proud of participating in this project.
But in the winter of 2002, my company which was Digital Dream Studio had to close because of financial difficulty.
Therefore, unfortunately, this project was also dropped at that time.

This game system was similar with Devil May Cry by Capcom and Max payne by Remedy Entertainment.
And the time setting of this game was near future.
Dyaf Which is a secret terrorist organization is situated in a movie studio DMS. So in order to defeat Dyaf, Zygot was established by government.
Alex who is a main character of this game is a member of Zygot. He infiltrated into the movie studio DMS in disguise as an actor for examination of Dyaf`s plot.

This gmae starts on ths base story.
This game consist of five places. Movie studio, church, factory district, grounding aircraft and secret laboratory.
But this project was dropped after making three stage(movie studio, church, secret laboratory)

These are images which drew of the movie studio DMS


 Inside of movie studio

Inside wall

Movie set moving equipment

Ceiling of movie studio

 Main control device

Camera and lighting of future

Forklift of movie studio

As you can see, the graphic form of this game is completely different with `Hammer boy` which is my former project.  I had to adapt a new graphic form. At that time, this was a big challenge. But at this time, I think it became my big asset.

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

'The Hammer Boy' Story-05(works 2001)

Basically, game concept artist role is visualizing formal plans or director`s talks into images through concept artist`s imagination.

And the visualizing`s direction is managed by art director.

So, it is difficult to draw the suitable visual image at a time with the direction of art director.

So, sometimes concept artist has to draw many times with one theme.

Therefore, concept artist has to be open minded about retakes of art director.

I think these images is good examples.

These images are captain`s room of flying ship as cut scene of `The Hammer Boy`

I drew a luxury room at first.

But art director wanted it to be like in the normal room of a ship

Finally, i drew this captain`s room until satisfying art director(top`s work is final confirmed image)

By the way, I remember that captain`s room was very simple case

In order to get three buildings confirmed I had to draw about twenty buildings of `Sleeping city stage`.
But this was a good case. because these three buildings appeared in the game.

These are flying ships and I had to draw also about twenty ships as idea sketch at that time.

But I could not satisfy the art director.

So these flying ship did not appear in the game.

Sometimes, It happens to concept artist in game develop process.

Then, I shall close my story of `The Hammer Boy` while releasing several contents.

This video is funny content which breaking into the captain`s room because of  a collision of other flying ship after Mangchi fell into captain room.

In this video. you can see a sailor pooping.

Like I wrote before, I feel that the quality of drawing is so low after looking at these images which I drew in 2001. So I`m not confident to put these images on this blog. But these have become an important part of my history as concept artist and this game is my first game which I participated. So I am proud of this game.

'The Hammer Boy' Story-04(works 2001)

I am a concept artist and props designer.

But actually i don`t know if How it works as distinguished `concept art`,`props design`,`building design` and `level design` in game development company of other countries.

In South Korea, it usually is not distinctly distinguished this yet.(I think that level design was divided with `game design part` relatively) 

In addition, when I developed `The Hammer Boy` in 2001, the role was more vague among divisions in the game development industry of South Korea than now

So, in 2001, we had to work in various parts.

I used to have a meeting with the art director before making a stage.
But, The art director prepared only one word for the meeting.
For example, "It is a stage that Mangchi had to escape quickly from a dinosaur, well...we are trying to talk about this stage." " What is your idea?"
And then i had to draw images of level design about the stage after the simple meeting.

Actually, These works were images for level design.

Looking back, I feel that the quality of drawing was so low after looking at this images which I drew in 2001. So I`m not confident to put these images on this blog. But these have become an important part of my history as concept artist.

So i decided to release these drawings without adjusting

I remember that I liked this stage.

Mangchi has to escape quickly from the dinosaur before he becomes the dinosaur`s lunch.

But sadly, this stage was substituted with other concept which is to escape from car in `Sleeping City` stage because of developing time

 But these level designs were adopted in second stage and third stage.

This stage seems like a flight simulation game, but i don`t have screenshots of this stage.

if i take that, i`m going to release that

 Although my original work is a concept designer, I could work as game designer for two years due to these experiences and career.

'The Hammer Boy' Story-03(works 2001)

I want to show my works of `The Hammer Boy` and  I want to introduce the first stage of this game to you.

Like i wrote before, these are works in 2001

So i want you to know, at that time, i had to pursue low Polygon`s Design

Buildings of sleeping(Works 2001, Digital Dream Studio)

This is first stage of `The Hammer Boy` which is called Sleeping City

Mangchi who is a main character of this game runs and jumps between many buildings and he takes items

And sometimes he has to fight with monsters who are soldiers.

 

In South Korea, there is a strict restriction in expression of game.

of course this was back in 2001.

So, a former combat system of this game was to beat direct monsters with a hammer of Mangchi.

But it might be red-flagged.

So, we adjusted combat system by making Manchi hit a ground around of monsters.

Then, the monster is groggy and Mangchi can pass the place safety..

Anyway, finally, he arrives in boss zone.....

These are works Which i designed for a boss zone of first stage 

The Boss stage of Sleeping city(Works 2001,Digita Dream Studio)

To put simply, the user character meets boss of the spider robot on the rooftop of the very tall building That is sloping.

Then the rooftop is going to break down and tumble down on the building.

And then Mangchi who is user character starts to combat with the boss

of course, the part of rooftop keeps going to tumble down on the building until finishing the combat 

 

I remember it was not easy. but this was a very fun stage