Process of Super Maya Meat Boy

'In-process' pics of my example so there is visual overview.

 

What I am working towards.

 

 I start out with the basics. Pick a cube

to work from, and do a simple start

of moving a few verticies and extruding

some faces to establish where my

basic shape is going. 

 

Continue extruding faces, so

the shape of the level design

is becoming more clearer.

 

Eventually, it will get to the

point where I break from that

original cube, and just make

another to sculpt from. The

shape on the left was just a series

of extruding and subtly manipulating

the vertices along the way to

create an intentional jagged curve.

 

Next, I add in additional objects

to detail the scene accordingly.

I make a separate cylinder, extrude

every other face on the rim, and scale

the ends down to get a buzz-saw effect.

I copy and paste that 'one' saw accord-

ingly to fill the scene.

 

Once more, the little details make

the difference. Here I just

add the fence on the sides

of the level platforms.

 

 

I mind the fact that the model

is 3D now, as opposed to 2D

level design. I invent the way

the items are placed in the space

a little. Instead of just a flat

saw blade at each position,

I multiply it to fill the whole row.

 

 

More circumstantial details. Things

like molding a separate rock to

duplicate along the edges as well

as some pipes to look like the level.

 

 

Last thing I do : add Meat Boy

and Bandage Girl. I make the

scene first before characters,

to get the best sense of space.

 

 

Ironically, then, the characters

are the first thing I texture to create

the mood of the scene. I make

everything but Meat Boy's face

a shade of red. I go to component

mode (face) to add the one unique texture.

 

 

It is a series of Right Click->

Add New Material/Texture. Sometimes,

adding again a material that already

exists from a dropdown menu.

 

 

A crucial hint is that you do NOT

have to model every little detail

before texturing it. Sometimes,

texture and color itself suffices

as enough detail. As opposed

to modeling every little thing.

 

 

Think in tiles. Rather than wall-

papering the whole rock side

as a single wallpaper, I gave the

sides 'individual tiles of rock'

to look more retro, like a game,

and fill the space more creatively.

 

 

Make camera background

fit accordingly and render.

Done.

 

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